D35E | February Newsletter

D35 EAST NEWSLETTER

february 2018

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03 LTG letter 04 Member Recognition 05 Editor’s Letter 06 Toy Drive 07 Community Service in Thailand 09 Covina Club Update 10 Toys for Tots 11 Rose Floats 15 San Dimas Club Update 16 December Dorak 17 Breaking the Ice 18 Upcoming Events 19 Cyberkey 20 Connect 21 Contact

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from your

ltg

BY THE TIME YOU ARE READING THIS, I will no longer be the only Lieutenant Governor of Division 35 East. With the completion of our annual Conclave, the LTG for the 2018-2019 term has been elected and they are preparing to carry on not only my legacy by the legacy of our division. Time flies by fast and with the LTG elect now under my wing, retirement has only become more and more of a reality. One of my last promises as your Lieutenant Governor will be to train them to the best of my abilities. I am confident that they will bring further success for 35 East.

An LTG’s success comes from the officers and members that serve alongside them during their term. With this in mind, I encourage the underclassmen of our division to explore officer positions within their own club or even on the division level. It is time that we seniors pass on the torch to all of you. I can only ask of you to continue on your passions in this wonderful organization and welcome new members into our family.

Division 35 East has always been in good hands and will continue to be in good hands.

As for myself, I will prepare my belongings for the retirement home, joining the LTGs which I have known during my years in Key Club. IP IP IP Lieutenant Governor Daanyaal Kumar, IP IP Lieutenant Governor Sabrina Bodine, IP Lieutenant Governor Emily Chen.

FROM YOUR SOON TO BE IP LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,

- March Suayngam Lieutenant Governor 2017-’18 Division 35 East, Region 13 California-Nevada-Hawaii District

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Key Club International

recognition member of the month:

Daniel Min

Daniel can be described as kind, devoted, and persistent. He attends service events out of genuity and yearn to help those in need. Daniel not only tries to attend every event possible, he emanates friendliness and is always looking forward to meeting others. Daniel meticulously cut flowers for the Rose Float Decorations and worked at a swift pace to put out as many flower petals as possible. He also ensured each and every person at the Covina Christmas Parade had a program.

Without a doubt, Daniel demonstrates his passion for service, thus we would like to recognize him as January Member of the Month!

officer of the month:

George Liu

George is a hard-working and full of potential individual who proudly serves as South Hills Key Club President. Recently, there was a shortage of volunteers at an INSAN event. News of this shortage reached George, he then brought his friends and family members to the event to volunteer, exceeding the required amount of volunteers for the event. Collectively, they were productive and were able to accomplish a lot. For these reasons, we would like to award George as this month’s Officer of the Month!

club of the month:

Diamond Bar

Diamond Bar Key Club has accomplished many service hours throughout the whole term and never fail to meet deadlines and submit forms on time! They consistently set up fundraisers and service events ahead of time. Diamond Bar carefully plans each month’s events and has them ready by the beginning of each month. With all that being said, Diamond Bar is being recognized for January Club of the month.

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letter from

the editor

HAPPY FEBRUARY, ELEPHANTS! I hope that all of your guys’ Key Club experiences have gone well so far! I can’t believe that my term is almost over :( I hope that you all will keep reading these newsletters till the end, and I will try my best to put out content that is enjoyable for you guys to read!

Here’s a poem that I wrote in the spirit of February and its well known holiday, Valentine’s Day: Roses are red, Violets are Blue, Key Club is Life, See you guys soon!

- Jocelyn Chow

d35 east division news editor

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toy drive

Towards the end of December, La Puente Key Club held a toy drive for two weeks throughout the whole school!

We partnered with our local community center, the La Puente Community Center with this toy drive. All toy donations were to be given to the the Boys and Girls Club of La Puente. From all the toys we collected, we also gave some to the toy drive hosted by our La Puente Kiwanis which were given to the patients of the pediatric unit at White Memorial hospital. Many toys were donated to our toy drive, which brought many smiles to the kids who received them!

La Puente: Diana Nguyen, social media director

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thailan Over winter break, Walnut Key Club sent a group of ten Key Clubbers and their advisor to Udon Thani, Thailand. The purpose of the trip was not for a vacation but it was to improve the community by engaging in various service projects that ranged from: mixing cement, plastering walls, planting trees, and even teaching english to Thailand grade schoolers.

Our program was called “Intro to to the base and prepare meals, and Community Service in Thailand”, one out deliver them to the elderly and disabled. of many offered by Rustic Pathways. It In addition, I was able to see how making was a trip composed of many service sustainable fish farms and helping projects in a week. However, we paint a school cafeteria made a huge learned a lot about Thailand’s culture difference in people’s everyday lives. and the way of living there as well! One of our leaders, Tee, explained to us Aside from the service projects we did, about long term and short term service. we also had time to learn more about Unlike community events here in Southern Thai culture. We played traditional Thai California that are mostly short term, the instruments, Muay Thai, Thai dancing, service we performed back in Thailand cooked authentic, Thai dishes, and learned were mostly long term. We gave meals basic Thai phrases. We were also immersed to the elderly and disabled, forming into the buddhist lifestyle there and had the a connection with them because the chance to visit temples and ate breakfast groups who go after us will deliver meals with the locals. From these events, I have to them as well. The trees we planted learned so much about the respect Thai and the fish farms we made for the people have for eachother, their own families will help them by providing food lives, and their beliefs. Thailand holds true or even money if they decide to sell it to its nickname, “The Land of Smiles”. at the market. When we planted trees, All of the service projects were memorable we used organic soil and refrain from experiences; Meals on Flip Flops was one using pesticides to spread awareness service project where we went to the that eating organic is the right way. local markets to buy ingredients, go back

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nd trip

photos courtesty of Bill Yen and Catherine Cao

The house we worked on will be finished after a few more groups go, and at the end, the family we built it for will have a brand new house. The children had a newly painted cafeteria and new basic english skills.

It was probably the greatest feeling ever, especially because I got to talk to the locals who we helped after and got to know them better. Just thinking about how we worked on sustainable and long term events that will the benefit the families in the future make me happy inside. Not only did I feel happiness from helping the families, I felt happiness because they helped me as well. They taught me gratitude and appreciation for what the world has to offer and I feel extremely thankful that I was able to have this opportunity.

I thought the community events back at home were already amazing but helping these people were truly something new and unforgettable. There were jumbled up emotions helping these people, including happiness, gratitude, love, and even sadness. I loved helping them and it warmed my heart to know the outcome of the projects and the people we were helping. I think one of my favorite moments was when we asked the woman we were building the house for “What color do you want your walls to be?� and she replied back that

any color would suffice, as she was already grateful that we were building a house for her and her family. I never wanted the service events to stop, which was why I felt sad because I knew I would have to leave that beautiful country and go back home.

All in all, the experience to embark on an international community service has given me priceless experiences; ones hard to do it justice with mere words.

Rustic Pathways provided our group the opportunity of a lifetime, the realization that we were there to facilitate change around the world leaves me feeling nothing less than awe, inspiration, and most importantly, caring.

Walnut: Lindy Chen, district key leader coordinator

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covina club update

“during the process of creating masterpieces, most of us also created beautiful new friendships.� - Kylie December was quite a successful month for Covina Key Club! On the 13th, we met up after school to create Christmas teacher appreciation cards. Each card came with a candy cane and a handwritten, heartfelt letter thanking an individual teacher for all the hard work they went through during first semester! On the 15th, we had our very first fundraiser on our school campus during lunch. We sold hot cocoa that was donated by our fellow key clubbers for $1 each and included a free candy cane. It was astonishing on how we all came together to promote our club, which made this sale such a success! On the 27th and 28th, we helped decorate the floats for the annual Rose Parade with other divisions. Everyone was distributed to work on specific task like cutting up flowers, pasting organic materials such as lentils, crushed flowers, or beans onto sections of the float. During the process of creating masterpieces, most of us also created beautiful new friendships.

Having this opportunity to meet great persistent key clubbers to make meaningful work is truly a blessing and a great experience for all of us!

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Covina: Kylie Nguyen, vice president

toys for tots During December and January, Nogales hosted its first annual holiday toy drive. It was a rather successful outcome. More toys were donated than we had expected. A shout out to Vivyan De La Torre for donating the most toys. We donated the toys to Toys For Tots. Our focus was donating to a charity such as Toys For Tots, which gives our toys to underprivileged children. We also wanted to give our members a chance to become more involved interclub, so we gave our members the chance to volunteer their time to decorate boxes for people to donate toys in. The boxes came out extremely cute and each one was different in its own way. The club officers distributed the boxes around the school, and they individually announced the details of the toy drive to each class and the admin in the office. Our cabinet just gathered together recently to discuss more details about out upcoming Jog-AThon (March or April), and we have started to work on the details. For January, we hope to give our members more chances to volunteer interclub, as well as promote division events.

Nogales: Sim Chopra, secretary

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rose

On December 16th, Diamond Bar, along with the whole division, had the honor to participate in the annual Rose Float Decorating event with the Kiwanis. From decorating the float itself with various seeds, blending beans and petals, and cutting statice flower petals, this was one of our highlights for December’s service events. Every year, thousands of volunteers from multiple organizations such as Kiwanis, Rotary, and Lions club come out to work together in decorating floats for the annual Rose Parade every New Years. From getting to work together with friends and a bunch of pretty flowers to meeting so many different volunteers from Key Clubs all over California, Rose Float Decorating has to be one of the most unique and exciting events out there. Although it takes a lot of hard work and can be tiring due to the long hours, it was always encouraging to see our efforts and work of those around us coming together to create a gigantic, phenomenal, one-of-a-kind, all natural, awesome, and floral creation.

Each year so many people come with the intention of serving, but always leave with new, meaningful connections with people they’ve never met and the satisfaction of knowing all the great work that was done gets to be shown for everyone to see. This was an amazing experience overall and we cannot wait until we do it again next year!

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Diamond Bar: Wesley Lu, treasurer

floats

One of the most wonderful times of volunteering during the school year is the Rose Float decoration event at the end of December. Not only do so many people look forward to it because it’s such an important event for Key Clubs, but it’s also one of those opportunities where there’s a great deal of volunteers to work together and interact with. Throughout the three days that were offered as volunteer opportunities, the hundreds and hundreds of people who contributed were most likely having a great time socializing with new people while working together to bring a beautiful rose float to life.

Sometimes you come alone and it kind of just sucks, but you volunteer anyway because it’s what you love to do. But as alone as it can get in such a vast group of volunteers, there will always be interacting with new and unfamiliar faces. And meeting these new people usually creates a wonderful connection of friendship. Volunteering is certainly an activity to be thankful for sometimes.

The decorating of the rose floats was quite meticulous, and being a part of the process really opens your eyes and makes you appreciate the work put behind them.

Planning, agreeing, revising, and putting plans into actions with an appropriate pace is a very patient process for those who invest themselves in the decorations for so many days. Being able to help those who seem to have so so much on their hands is quite satisfying; of course the process gets much faster with more people.

Similar passions bring people together. And at this amazing and enjoyable volunteer opportunity, it sure was true for everyone there.

South Hills; Daphne Yu, editor

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rose

Every first day of the new year it is a tradition for people nationwide to watch the Tournament of Roses Parade that takes place on Colorado Boulevard. This year’s theme was “Making a difference” which is what volunteers do to the community each and every day. This parade is only possible with hours of dedication and hard work of thousands of volunteers from surrounding communities. Our division and other organizations had the opportunity to help decorate these parade floats from a company located in Irwindale. Key Club members woke up bright and early on select days to help glue seeds, roses, and bark onto the Kiwanis float. Volunteers thought it would be an easy task but soon realized it was more difficult then seen on television. Volunteers were split up into different groups to make the process faster. One group was in charge of dividing bark into different categories in order to later glue them onto the float. Another group was in charge of cleaning the float from any seeds that may have fallen off or dirt from people’s shoes. There were two other groups that cut up roses or glued different types of seeds onto the float. Those that were in charge of gluing had to be extra careful not to get glue onto their clothes because it would be difficult to come off. Despite the fact of getting dirty from all the bark, dirt in the air, sticky hands from the glue, and random seeds in your hair, everyone had a great time. This popular service event created new memories for volunteers because not only did they get to spend time with friends, but they got to see the floats in person. Rose Parade decorating has not only become a California tradition but it has also become a Key Club tradition.

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Northview: Zulelalee Escobar, historian

floats

This holiday season brought many key clubbers out to participate in events that give back to the community. One of these events included decorating Rose Floats with the Kiwins for the annual Rose Float parade in Pasadena. Members painted floats and decorated using beautiful violet flowers. Everyone sat in a circle and talked, enjoying both their hard work and meeting new people. Although perhaps it seemed as if what each person’s contribution was small, when everyone’s work was put together, it created a grand masterpiece. Working from early in the morning until later in the day, each member worked hard with the Kiwins to create a beautiful float. A special thanks to the Kiwanis for being there, and each and every member that came! I hope this new year brings in the best service year, because service never stops!

Rowland: Great Kim, editor Alexia Magbitang, publicist

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D O

dorak:

Random Acts of Kindness February dorak: Compliment someone sitting next to you at a session.

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breaking the

E i c Are you excited for DCON 2018? I HIGHLY RECOMMEND attending.

It is a one-of-a-kind experience!

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upcoming events feb.

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February DCM/Color War Fundraiser

feb.

Region 13 Winter Formal fun fact: ltg march is going with ltg kaylyn :)

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mar.

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Where: Via Verde Park Time: 11:00AM-1:00PM

Where: San Dimas Country Club Time: TBA

D35E X D35W Awake-a-Thon

Where: Del Haven Community Time: TBA

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dlt contact MARCH SUAYNGAM

AMY LO

Lieutenant Governor

Head Spirit Task Coordinator

d35e.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com

whs.amylo@gmail.com

BRANDON MA

BILL YEN

Executive Assistant

Head Spirit Task Coordinator

brandonma123@yahoo.com

billkyen@gmail.com

LINDY CHEN

MELODY ZHAO

Executive Assistant

Head Fundraising Task Coordinator

lindy.whs@gmail.com

melody0617@outlook.com

ASHLEY LEE

EDWARD CHEN

Division Secretary

Head Fundraising Task Coordinator

ashleylee1255@gmail.com

whs.edward@gmail.com

JOCELYN CHOW

JEREMY CHANG

Division Newsletter Editor

Event Coordinator

d35e.dne.cnhkc@gmail.com

changjeremy9@gmail.com

CHRISTINE NGUYEN

WESLEY LU

Member Recognition Coordinator

Inter-Club Coordinator

christyy.nguyen469@gmail.com

wesleylu100@gmail.com

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presidents NAYELI MARTINEZ Bonita nayeli.mnez@gmail.com

AMINA HEARNS Nogales aminamariehearns@gmail.com

AGNES TRAN Charter Oak agnesntran@gmail.com

DANA ZEIDAN Northview danazeidan00@gmail.com

VIVIAN HOVAN Covina vivianhovan@gmail.com

BREANNE SEE San Dimas see.breanne@gmail.com

MEGHAN SHEN Diamond Bar meghanHshen@yahoo.com

GEORGE LIU South Hills georgeliu2002@gmail.com

MICHAEL YU John A. Rowland michaelyud35e@gmail.com

CATHERINE CAO Walnut lingers.catherine@gmail.com

JASMINE TRUONG La Puente jasmine.truong01@gmail.com

CESYL REYES Workman lysecreyes@gmail.com 22

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