Division 2 South August 2019

OFFICIAL DIVISION 2 SOUTH NEWSLETTER

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LLAMA LEGENDS

Volume 2 | Issue 3| D2S | Region 9 | CNH District

AUGUST 2019

Table of LTG's Welcome Editor's Note Llama Points Calendar Upcoming Events DCM Agenda Recognition Club Reports Club Articles

Contact Info & Socia

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LTG'S WELCOME Happy August, Llamas!!!

Can you believe school is here already? It felt like a few weeks ago when summer officially started. As you’re getting back into the routine of school and extracurriculars, make sure to take care of yourself. Remember to hydrate, sleep, and focus on the tasks at hand. Be sure you restart those time management skills that may have been forgotten during the long duration of summer.

I hope you all enjoyed the July DCM with all of Region 9 Key Clubbers as well as with Jade KIWINS. I am looking forward to Region Training Conference and Fall Rally North!

We will have multiple spirit training sessions this term, meaning I want every single Llama going to FRN to be 100% prepared! Look out for upcoming spirit sessions in the future.

As we’re starting Club Rush season, the most important thing for you to be doing is to be reaching out to anyone and everyone! If you have a shy friend, a friend who doesn’t seem like they’d like Key Club, just bring them to a general meeting, a DCM, a service event! You never know, and Key Club is such a life-changing experience that everyone deserves to enjoy. Think about how you first joined Key Club, and try and make that exact same experience available to a timid freshman out there.

Please enjoy this month's edition of the Llama Legends!!!

Ready with a SMILE, Christy Wong Division 2 South Lieutenant Governor 2019-2020

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EDITOR'S NOTE Hey Llamas!!

Welcome back to the new edition of the Llama Legends! I can't believe that summer vacation is coming to an end soon but it's time to face the new school year soon. Despite the challenging classes that you may be taking, don't forget to take a break sometimes to not overwhelm yourself!

Throughout the term, I want to make my newsletters based on the wonders of nature because the world is beautiful in its natural state. This month's theme is fire because August's weather is typically the hottest out of the 12 months. Although fire is destructive, the discovery of fire led to our advancements today.

I apologize for not being very active since I have been in Taiwan for the whole month of July, but I appreciate all the readers here :) I'm still very socially awkward but don't be scared to approach me if you see me haha.

As always, feedback will be greatly appreciated! Just shoot me a message on FB or IG (if you can find me teehee <3).

See you in the next issue!

Jane Chang Division 2 South News Editor 2019-2020

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August DCM: Llamas on the Go! WHERE: Cherry Grove Park, San Leandro WHEN: August 31st | 12 PM to 2 PM ENTRANCE DONATION: $2 STARTING BID: $5 per person SIGN UP: tinyurl.com/d2saugustdcm

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MEMBERS OF THE MONTH

Loren Chan Alameda

Don Cristobal Encinal 12

Tina Hoang Arroyo

Kenneth Duong KIPP King

Marco Wong Castro Valley

Maggie Liang San Leandro

OFFICERS OF THE MONTH

Nam Le Alameda

Brandon Gee Castro Valley Quan Tran Arroyo

Jessie Ma San Leandro

Jimmy Choy Encinal Cindy Kwok KIPP King

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CLUB REPORTS

ARROYO This month had an overall pretty good turnout. We had a total of five events and none of the events were cancelled this month. Moreover, most of our events had good turnouts and all the events had more than just officers in attendance. Also, we reached the goal of service events per month we had and intend to increase the goal as we improve throughout the year. We also did a pretty good job advertising our events to our members which really helped the amount of our member attendance at events. We had pretty good attendance at the dcm this month and more than half of our board was in attendance at OTC. In conclusion, this month was pretty good and we intend to improve more throughout the year.

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ALAMEDA During this month, we had a few problems with the passwords on our social media and Google accounts but were able to solve the problem within the month but during this downtime we were not able to advertise many of our major events on our Instagram but even with this problem, we had a very successful and good amount of member attendence throughout June. Our board were able to attend OTC and learn more about their positions and how to best serve our club. Not long after we had our first meeting with our new EA and discussed about ideas for club bonding over the summer and other topics.

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CASTRO VALLEY The month of June has been really slow. We hosted the June DCM at Lake Chabot, and it was a lot of work planning and coordinating everything. But somehow through the hardship of preparing for the DCM it helped bring the officer board closer. At the DCM everyone stuffed with the good food barbequed by the Kiwanis and had tons of fun pieing the DLT and presidents. We also had our anual summer social this month. It was a great opportunity for the members and officers to bond and share many laughs and smiles. There was only two service events this month, but we were able to have a fundraiser. At SL Cherry Festival we helped patoral and assisted vendors. At the June DWS was a better turn out for us. A bunch of members initially went to help serve meals in the kitchen, but it was already full by the time we got there. So, our job was switched to picking up trash off the sidewalks, and help cleaning the Asian Garden Park across the street.

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ENCINAL This month we had no events. However, elections and banquet proved to be a huge success this month. Elections ran smoothly, everyone ran unopposed except for the position for president. While it was a close call, Sarah, our president from our last term, won. At banquet, we were pleasantly surprised with multiple awards! One of our awards that we received were for Llama Points, exemplifying our club's punctuality in terms of turning in our reports on time. Furthermore, our present and former officers received awards! Jackson received the Outstanding Editor award, Mandy received the Outstanding Treasurer, Lisa received Outstanding Secretary, and Jeffrey Smith received Outstanding Advisor. For the upcoming month, we'll definitely be having events as well as a board meeting to clear up any miscommunications.

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SAN LEANDRO In the month of June San Leandro Key Club has been active in the Division Wide Events such as the Officer training conference where the officers was able to attend workshops and learn lot more about Key Club, the Division Bonding where the members of SLKC spent time painting and socializing with the other Division 2 members, the DCM where all the clubs and its members were recognized and the DWS where we helped out cleaning and serving food for the homeless in Oakland. Although this month has not been the most active San Leandro Key Club has ever been we are still happy with how our club is growing and becoming more like a family. We are all looking forward for the month of July because we have a lot of things planned and it might also be one of the most evenful months since its the month before the school year of 2019-2020 starts.

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SAN LORENZO With the help of the division wide service event our club was able to meet our goal of five service events for the month of June. One of our first events for the month was one our favorite events because we got the opprotunity to host a game night for children at a local elementary school.

Our club also participated in an event at our local community center in which we help moderate a color run.

This month was a great opprotunity for our club to create bonds with our member as we head on into a summer of service.

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JUNE:

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By: Meilin Beloney, Alameda During the month of June, Alameda Key Clubbers not only celebrated the beginning of summer, but we were also able to attend a total of eight service events. These events were Cohen Bray House, Pick It Up, Equal Rights Gala Luncheon, Fight Hunger In Oakland, Relay For Life, Food Pantry, Uhuru Food Booth, and June DWS: Meals For Homeless. These events gave key clubbers an opportunity to give back to their community while staying active over the summer.

Pick It Up is one of our monthly events, where we pick up trash in Oakland Chinatown.

Although this event is a lot of hard work, it is very gratifying to see how much we have accomplished in such a short amount of time. This month, we were able to fill almost two trash bags full of garbage. Afterwards, we hung out at the nearby T4 and enjoyed boba while bonding as a club.

Another event that we attended was an interclub with Kipp King and San Lorenzo: Uhuru Food Booth. For this event, we volunteered at SF Pride, working behind the scenes to make food at the Uhuru Food Booth. It was hard work, but it was a lot of fun making food and getting to know other key clubbers from our division.

All in all, it was a busy but gratifying month full of service and bonding!

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By: Alexandra Reyes, Arroyo Last month, our club volunteered at Arroyo’s graduation ceremony, which took place on our school’s field. We volunteered from 5-7:30 pm. After helping out, we were able to stay and show support for our graduating seniors. This event gave us the opportunity to congratulate our previous president, Kenneth Thai, and LTG, Vivian Luong.

We volunteered alongside our school’s CSF (California Scholarship Federation) club, so there were about 15 of us helping out. Us, volunteers, passed out programs to people in line and welcomed them as they came in. Since there were more than a thousand people attending the event, it was kind of a hassle making sure that everyone got a program. Fortunately, we were able to complete our task in an hour, so we spent the rest of our time watching the ceremony.

During graduation, we were able to go onto the field and get a front row view of the graduates. Fellow officers and Key Clubbers from other schools within our district were able to attend the event too, including our LTG, Christy Wong! Although many people were sad to see the seniors go, everyone was excited to see their friends, family, and classmates accomplish this special, yet very important milestone.

All in all, volunteering at our school’s graduation was fun; we were able to get some service hours, while being able to say our goodbyes to the seniors. We’re glad we were able to share this bittersweet moment with everyone in the crowd, and graduation will be another event we will be looking forward to volunteering at in the future.

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By: Kiaran Lau, Castro Valley At the Alameda food bank, we learned a lot about how departments pack their food, and the efforts that alameda makes for providing meals. Ultimately, alameda works towards making sure many troubled families and individuals receive enough nutrition in their daily lives.

At the food bank, we volunteered our time into packing potatoes into red hand-sewn bags. They taught us how to check for rotten and inedible produce, most of which were quite squishy. I worked with Andrew and Rafael as a 3 man team. We figured that one person working on one bag was a bit lengthy, and so we worked together for maximum efficiency. In total, we saw around 25 volunteers all working on packing potatoes, apples, and onions. It was in a way an educational event, as we got to have insider experience on food bank departments.

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By: Claire Liang, LPS On June 11, 2019, Leadership Public Schools - Hayward Key Club, Castro Valley High School Club, and Cal State East Bay Circle K had an officer installation celebration at Joyful House Restaurant with the Kiwanis. First, we started off with introductions. Then, we talked about the goals that each club had for this term. It went great and we got to know our Kiwanis family better. In addition, we got to understand what our Kiwanis do for our community and how open they are to helping us. We also got a better understanding of how Key Club works which is important because most of the board is new to being a Key Club officer. This gives us hope and excitement for what is to come for the 2019-2020 term!

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UHURU!

By: Melanie Siu, KIPP King June was Pride month, as it was a time to celebrate those who identify as LGBTQ+, as they face a lot of oppression in our society. To commemorate the impact they’ve had in our world, we helped volunteer for Uhuru’s food booth at San Francisco’s Pride parade! Volunteers served and cooked a variety of delicious African comfort food to the thousands of people that attended pride. Although volunteers had to pull through the many stressful orders and 8 hours of service, they walked out with satisfaction and pride, knowing the fact that they were able to help such a beneficial and empowering organization towards African culture.

“Uhuru” means “freedom” in Swahili. Uhuru is an organization and movement that has a huge part in establishing an independent economy for African people. With volunteers putting so much effort into helping out Uhuru, they helped bring empowerment to African culture with the various tastes of African comfort food, and brought so much support to such an empowering organization. Seeing so much effort put into this event definitely bridged cultures and represented the abundance of love Key Clubbers have for service.

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DIV 2 SOUTH PRESIDENTS ALAMEDA

KIPP KING

ARROYO

LEADERSHIP PUBLIC

CASTRO VALLEY

SAN LEANDRO

ENCINAL

SAN LORENZO

Nam Le namhuule51012@gmail.com

Elly Kung ellykung91@gmail.com

Kristy Chan kristycvkey@gmail.com

Sarah Kohgadai sarahkohgadai@gmail.com

Mariana Siu marianasiu@kippbastudent.org

Emile Convocar hy.convocar.emile@leadps.org

Jarlene Clavido jarlizabethclavv@gmail.com

Christopher Ramirez cramirexkeyclub@gmail.com

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DLT CONTACT INFORMATION

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Christy Wong d02s.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

MEMBER OUTREACH & REC.

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

SERVICE PROJECTS COORD.

Ashley Bernaados d02s.cnhkc.ea2@gmail.com

Amanda Lee amalee94502@gmail.com

NEWS EDITOR

FUND. PROJECTS COORD

TECH EDITOR

SPIRIT COORDINATOR

Isabel Leung d02s.cnhkc.ea1@gmail.com

Jane Chang d02s.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com

Lisa Vien lisa.vien19@gmail.com

Abigail Thai abigail.thai@kippbastudent.org

Alyssa Contreras alyssac360@gmail.com

Nam Le namhuule510@gmail.com

HISTORIAN

SPIRIT COORDINATOR

Emily Xu emilycvkey@gmail.com

Jessie Ma jessiexma@gmail.com

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