Division 35E | July Newsletter

d35e newsletter july 2016

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03 LTG letter 05 Recognition 06 Editor’s letter 07 Shining Stars Banquet 09 May DCM 11 Relay for Life 12 Pantene Beautiful Lengths 13 Xterra Triathlon 14 Westhoff Carnival 15 Lark Ellen Carnival 16 July DORAK 17 Upcoming events 19 connect 20 contact

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from the

LTG LTG

Happy July, Division 35 East!

We made it through the first two months of summer! But that doesn’t mean the service stops there. We still have a little more than a month filled with FUN and volunteer work left!

If you’re not going on vacation, I expect to see each and every one of you at our upcoming events.

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In the month of May, we were able to complete 703 hours of service, and raise a total of $533.00 for the Pediatric Trauma Program. I am incredibly proud of how well we are doing in terms of service and funds raised. With your help, I hope to INCREASE these numbers by the next newsletter.

I would you to reflect and think about your experiences in the past as a member or Club Officer. Think about what you wish to accomplish this term, starting with the rest of summer you have left. Keep your goals in mind throughout the rest of the term, and constantly aim to attain those targets. With these plans in mind, you can better become involved and serve the communities you are in by the time school starts. I look forward to hearing about your goals, and seeing you STRIVE to reach them!

As always, feel free to let me know if you have any questions and concerns, or if you want to talk about life problems and rant. I’m only a message away!

I’ll see you soon Elephants!

Stomping Through For Service,

Emily Chen

Lieutenant Governor 2016-17 Division 35 East, Region 13 California-Nevada-Hawaii District Key Club International

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recognition Bill Yen

member of the month

Bill Yen is constantly popping up everywhere at events! For example, he was the only person from our Division to attend Key to College. Not only does he attend a lot events, but he also puts 110% into everything he does. When given a task, Bill will go above their call of duty to make sure the task is not only accomplished, but that the finished product exceeds expectations. He constantly amazes others with his creativity and dedication. I cannot wait to see what else this individual will bring to Key Club. So for his endless dedication and effort, Bill Yen is, without a doubt, the perfect candidate for June’s Member of the Month.

Giselle espinoza Shy and humble, Giselle Espinoza has really stepped out of her comfort zone to serve Key Club! When given a task, this officer is extremely organized, responsible, and reliable.

She makes sure the job is done, and done correctly! She is constantly helping others and never expects anything in return. Your ideal ‘caring’ figure, Giselle always has a positive influence on her fellow officers and serves as a role model for members as well! So without further ado, the officer for the month of June is Giselle Espinoza!

offucer of the month South hills In the past month, this club has grown a lot! Even with the school year coming to an end and even with final's week, South Hills was able to keep up with their events, such as their BBQ Bash. Despite this month being very busy for members, this school still had an impressive amount of service hours! So we would like to award South Hills for Club of the Month! Keep it up!

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club of the month

letter from the

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hello, elephants!

I hope your summers have all been great ones so far. And to those with summer school: sorry.

Division 35 East has AMAZING service opportunities and socials for all of you during these summer months, so I look forward to seeing most of you at those events!

I’d also like to point out that, of course, summers are very hot so make sure to stay hydrated and drink lots and lots of water!

(Maybe not in California?)

I hope we can all achieve both our division goals and personal goals by the end of this term. Do your best and I look forward to our achievements!

Denise Rosete

Division 35 East News Editor

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D35E Banquet

SHINING STARS hosted by D35E

This year’s end-of-the-year banquet was held on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at Diamond Bar Golf Course.

It was a bittersweet night where we bid farewells to our past DLT and congratulated the Division achievements from the past term whie also welcoming the new term.

An evening filled with tears and smiles will definitely be one we will all remember.

MAY DCM

On the 21st, we had our May DCM and made cards for troops at Brunswick West Covina Lanes. In the beginning, we played a few icebreakers, which included our previous Lieutenant Governor’s favorite, Baby Shark. Then, we started the DCM and talked about old business, new business, and did our usual routine. We also had a dare picked out from a list and it turned out to be the popular “Running Man Challenge”. The whole division participated and it resulted in many laughs and giggles. After it had ended, we finally went inside to start the fun. There were a few lanes reserved for us and we all were able to make some friends, bowling with people we may not have talked to before. Some were able to make at least one strike throughout their games, while others didn’t have much luck.

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Either way, it didn’t matter if you were good at it or not because it was just a time where we could bond and get to know each other more, which is what made it so worthwhile. If you weren’t interested in bowling or if you wanted a break from it, there was an area full of arcade games as well as delicious food if you ever got hungry. You also had the opportunity to decorate cards with the various supplies provided by our amazing Division Leadership Team. Whether it was an appreciative message or garnished with bright colors and stickers, the act of simply making a card to show our gratitude for our troops was extremely heartwarming. Overall, the DCM was very enjoyable and such a great experience, like they always are!

- Covina: Judie Legaspi, Secretary

As the yearly AP/IB testing season drew to a close and the end of the school year approaching ever so slowly, Key Clubbers from South Hills attended the monthly DCM for the month on May 21, 2016. Activities during the event included writing cards to troops and bowling with the rest of the division in the Brunswick West Covina Lanes. Attendees included Vivian Tiet, Angel Kim, Samantha Gandara, and Alyssa Carillo.

The event began at 10 a.m. with the call to order and roll call for the present members of each KC schools. Later, attendees were updated with upcoming events, including information for the next DCM in June and the D35E Banquet, also taking place in June.

Soon after, cards with heartfelt messages to troops were written, lei bracelets were sold for $1 each, 35E Key Clubbers gathered together and hit the alleys in the Brunswick West Covina Lanes, and money was raised for the Pediatric Trauma Program, or PTP. Members later did the Running Man challenge, and cheers and laughter were spread all around.

It was later revealed that a stunning $461 was raised for PTP, and that 50 cards for troops were made with love and care.

All in all, May’s DCM was a rather successful event, and here’s to hoping that the June DCM will run just as smoothly.

- South Hills: Czarina Rodriguez, Editor

On May 21st, 2016, Division 35 East had their May DCM held at West Covina Brunswick Lanes. Before they started the meeting members gathered together and enjoyed some ice breakers led by the DLTs. Then the day had started with the pledge of allegiance and the Key Club pledge. Emily Chen, the LTG, had begun the meeting at around 10 a.m. First order of business was member attendance of the clubs. Afterward each club sent up a representative, usually their club president, to announce the club’s past activities for the month and the club’s upcoming events. Following all the clubs reports, the monthly awards were distributed by DLT, Agnes Tran. The member of the month was Chris Moy, officer of the month went to Katelyn Ta, and the club of the month was Diamond Bar High School. The next order of business was pull tab collection. The division collects pull tabs and donates the tabs to the Ronald McDonald Fund. Two clubs had brought pull tabs to donate: Rowland had brought one very packed bag of pull tabs, however, Charter Oak had not just one bag, but three bags of pull tabs. In the end, Charter Oak went home with Ellie the Elephant for having the most pull tabs to donate. Afterwards, the DLG had talked about more upcoming events and then adjourned the meeting. Before going into the bowling alley, there was still one most task to discuss. The club with the highest attendance won the privilege of deciding a DLT dare. The club with the highest attendance was Diamond Bar, and the dare they chose was the Running Man challenge. However, not only did the DLTs participate, but all members had joined! There were roughly around 50 or so people doing, or attempting, the running man in the parking lot of a bowling alley. Afterwards, members started to walk into the alley and began their games. Many members were quite good at the sport. For example, Charter Oak member, Tammy Wong had a big lead on her opponents for plenty of the rounds. Also, another Charter Oak member, Lillian Yeh, was a first timer and ended with a very impressive score. A lot of members got very into the game, and by the end of the day all of the members enjoyed themselves and had fun spending time with others from Division 35 East.

- Charter Oak: Kendra Jucal, Recruitment Officer

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Relay FOR LIFE

Relay for Life started on May 1985 when one man decided to walk and run 24 hours resulting in $27,000 for the American Cancer Society to help fight the health issues concerning cancer. Fast forward to today, millions of supporters come to honor cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost and, fight back a disease that is burdening America raising millions of dollars towards the American Cancer Society. In the beginning, the supports are welcome to take laps around the track to help support the teams that they are in. The last lap is part of the Fight Back Ceremony which symbolizes the emotional commitment that the supporters are taking. At the end, they had the Luminaria Ceremony. This event is to remember the people that were lost to the battle of cancer by having candles lighting inside of personalized bags and are placed around the Relay track as glowing tributes to those who’ve been affected by cancer.

When our club first came to the Relay For Life, they were just beginning to set up. We had a stage set up for the entertainment. For example, for one of the entertainment, it was a group of people studying karate and they were showing the audiences they moves that they had learned also including music as the background. In the morning, it was slow and the Kiwanis provided breakfast to eat and ate until they had an assignment for us to do. The West Covina Key Club was also there to help the Kiwanis. As the day passed, we sat at the booth selling cupcakes to raise money for the funds of the West Covina Kiwanis. They had three flavors which were chocolate, red velvet, and vanilla with purple food coloring in honor of painting the world purple and supporting the American Cancer Society. We left around noon enjoying the environment and selling cupcakes to help the Kiwanis. Overall, the purpose of Relay for Life is to bring the community together to get rid of a disease that had taken many people away. Relay For Life does this by providing a family-friendly environment and having food and games to help build the community and build trust among their fellow peers.

- Nogales: Hanna Lam, Vice President

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Pantene BEAUTIFUL LENGTHS

People forget that having healthy hair is not everyone's reality. For women battling cancer, having hair is especially important. This month, Diamond Bar Key Club hosted a Pantene Beautiful Lengths Rally during lunch along with a couple other volunteer clubs at our school to provide students an opportunity to donate their hair and make a difference in someone's life.

Volunteers helped measure, tie, cut and bag the hair and over twenty people generously donated their hair to be turned into free wigs for these women: amounting in over 160 inches of donated hair. We also accepted hair that was bleached or dyed and donated the hair to Children with Hair Loss and Locks of Love.

Overall, it was cool working with other clubs and people who weren't even a part of these clubs – people who just wanted to make a difference in other people's lives. It was satisfying to know that I made a real change in someone's life and how they felt about themselves in such a hard part of their life.

- Diamond Bar: Karen Tan, Tech Editor

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Xterra TRIATHLON

Hello, I am the Vice President of Bonita Key Club. In this month of May seven members took part in volunteering for the Xterra Triathlon in Bonelli park on May 14. Taking part in the event members were split up to help with different parts of the race if that being, passing out water and gatorade to the runners, directing bicyclist on their path, and helping other officials in beginning the race at the start line.

In my experience me and another member had a great time making gatorade and filling up cups of water to then pass to the runners approaching after the bicycling part of the race and it truly hit us how much compassion the participants had as you could see the toll it took on them and the generosity they had even when they didn't want the drinks.

Other members had the same realization as they saw participants of all ages even a father and daughter, as they helped direct the bicyclist. Many of the participants smiled at them as so did they and cheered them on. Time passed quickly that none of us noticed since we were having fun and focusing on our duties.As the race ended and all members meet up many of the participants thanked us for volunteering as they were packing up and we were helping clean up, which we were honored since we weren't the ones working our butts off and finishing a triathlon!.All of us left happy and willing to do it all over again.

- Bonita: Melanie Lopez, Vice President

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Westhoff CARNIVAL

I had the pleasure of volunteering at the Westhoff carnival, an annual event held by Westhoff Elementary School in Walnut. Once I arrived, I was assigned to the face painting booth. Other volunteers helped to set up the booths and games, and assigned to help run fun games such as the bottle throw, ring toss, and a game where you could “fish” for prizes!

When the time came for the event to start, I got my paintbrushes and paint ready. The first little girl wanted me to paint a butterfly on her face. I used blue and black paint, then finally dabbed gold glitter on the edge of the wings. Kids lined up to get their faces painted for the next couple of hours at my booth. Although I painted the most butterflies, the piece of art that I was most proud of was a young boy with a toothy grin who asked for fire coming out of one arm and ice out of the other.

Swirls of fiery red, orange and yellow danced on his right arm, while shards of blue and white cascaded down his left arm. At the end of the night, I was exhausted, but I was so glad to have been able to put smiles on so many children’s faces, even if the paint would be washed off later that night.

- Walnut: -Valerie Truong, Cabinet Member

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Lark Ellen CARNIVAL On Friday, May 20th, Lark Ellen Elementary School, in Covina, had their annual after school carnival. Our Vice President’s Secretary, Wendy Tang, had the opportunity to volunteer. She explained to me what she helped out with throughout the evening.

First, she arrived at 4:00 pm to sign in and set up about fifteen to twenty tables for the games that anyone would be able to participate in. Some of these games included a bubble making station, sac race, jump rope, and hula hoop. She even helped run a few of the booths that gave out prizes like pieces of candy. For example, a few of those booths were the darts, knockdown-the-cans, and basketball. She said that the children were proud of themselves when they received a prize and their faces lit up with excitement. Although this event was created purely for entertainment, there was a little competition involved; Especially with the bubble making station.

Wendy also stated that “although the children were of a young age, they had a great mind filled with lots of creativity. When it was my turn to help with the bubble making station, the students wanted to see whose bubble lasted the longest without popping. It was interesting to see the figures that they created. It was so cool because there were different shapes and sizes.”

She also explained how the adults and families started leaving early as the sun started to set and the sky got darker. Despite the fact that others were leaving, Wendy stayed until 9:00 pm to clean up and make sure the trash was picked up to keep the school clean. Wendy, the elementary school students, and their families had a blast! She’s excited for next year and can’t wait to experience the fun once again while volunteering.

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- Northview: Zulalee Escobar, Editor

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Upcoming Upcoming Events Events july 23

OTC

(OFFICER TRAINING CONFERENCE) WHERE: Walnut High School TIME: 10AM - 2.30 PM

CONta c t

Emily Chen

Lindy Chen

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

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Catherine Cao

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Denise Rosete

Ashley Lee

DIVISION NEWS EDITOR

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Melody Zhao

Angel Kim

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