D35E | September Newsletter

D35 EAST NEWSLETTER

september 2017

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03 LTG letter 04 Member Recognition 05 Editor’s Letter 06 Registration Week 07 Elim Food Drive 09 Stuff the Bus 10 Kiwanis Car Wash 11 Park Clean Up 13 Officer Training Conference 14 September Dorak 15 Breaking the Ice 16 Upcoming Events 17 Cyberkey 18 Connect 19 Contact

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from your

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WELCOME BACK, ELEPHANTS! Consider this my warm welcome to another wonderful school year with many more expectations, plans, and surprises than those experienced during summer.

The next few months will definitely be the most eventful months in the entirety of the term. Aside from our annual Fall Rally South, I personally have many more plans in store for Division 35 East. Traditions will be brought back, new traditions will be made, and I am beyond grateful to be able to share these experiences with each and every one of you!

To the freshmen, high school will go by quickly. Please take advantage of the opportunities given to you before they slip away. To the sophomores, many of you are beginning to engage in more responsibilities and grow into mature leaders and I applaud you for that. To the juniors, this year is considered as the most stressful year in high school but you are ultimately in control of how you tackle the challenges ahead of you. Lastly, to the seniors, including myself, I have nothing more to say other than we have made it. My only request is that you work as diligently and passionately that you have had the past three years.

Be hard-working. Be passionate. Be what you have always been, Elephants!

- March Suayngam Lieutenant Governor 2017-’18 Division 35 East, Region 13

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California-Nevada-Hawaii District Key Club International

recognition

member of the month:

Xean Nguyenla

The contagious senioritis is the main culprit for a lot of seniors who stop attending as many service events, but that is not the case for Xean!

Xean continues to go to events and encourages many others to join as well. He offers rides to members who don’t have one and is namely the reason why Charter Oak has maintained consistent attendance. Through his past three years of experience as an officer in Key Club, he selflessly gives advice to others and is easily someone to confide in. Being the outgoing, considerate, and friendly individual he is, Xean is the perfect candidate for August Member of the Month.

officer of the month:

Dana Zeidan

Dana Zeidan is an exceptional, punctual, and dedicated leader of Northview Key Club. She truly embodies the core value of inclusiveness and strives to ensure everyone around her feels welcome! Dana has not only drastically helped increase her home club’s membership, but she consistently advertises events which contributes to the growth in attendance. Dana, being the epitome of a leader, deserves to be recognized as Officer of the Month for August.

club of the month:

Nogales

Despite starting off the term shaky, Nogales has been able to rebound back. Their improvements have been prevalent; including more service events and consistency in representatives for their home club at all events. Showing exceptional promise for the future, we would like to award Nogales for Club of the Month!

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letter from

the editor

Hello Elephants!

As we slowly transition into the school year, I hope that you continue to be excited about service and volunteering! For me, September really reminds me that school is now a reality. As a senior, it may be hard not to fall into senioritis, but I am hopeful that we can all get through this year together!!! For juniors, sophomores, and freshmen, I hope that your school year is going well so far, and am curious to see how your Key Club experieneces are going (If you ever see me at an event, make sure to tell me :) )! Hope you guys enjoy this month’s newslettter, and see you guys soon.

- Jocelyn Chow

d35 east division news editor

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registration

NOGALES

This month we volunteered at the Dr. Robert M. Packer Library, our school library. For the first week we put barcodes on new textbooks and organized them to make them more accessible for registration week. This registration week rolled around and we aided the librarians in handing out schedules and textbooks to incoming and returning students.

Registration was from 8am to 3pm, so you can imagine it was a long day. Although, it was worth it, we had gotten a lot of hours from this experience and also have registered hundreds of students.

Nogales: Julianna Albert, publicist

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elim foo

NORTHVIEW

Northview: Zulelalee Escobar, historian

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Hunger is a year-round issue that many people are unaware of. Iglesia de Cristo ELIM food bank has contributed to helping those in need of this on going dilemma. Every Saturday morning, from 7-9am, volunteers help distribute free food to the public.

Some of these foods include fresh fruit, canned vegetables, boxed pasta, and other non-perishable items. This past month, key club members from both Northview and Charter Oak came together on July 15th to lend a helping hand. Members were separated into about four different groups, each with a certain task to complete. The first group was sent into the storage room to organize cans by their expiration dates, get rid of expired food, and organize the food into categories. The second group moved dirt from the back to the front of the church and added mulch to create a better scenery. The third group helped carry boxes of food from inside the pantry to people’s cars that were located in the parking lot. The last group went outside and held a large sign that attracted people’s attention to the food bank. Once everyone had completed their task, everyone gathered together to clean up any mess that was made. The weather that day was so hot that fans needed to be placed where the volunteers were. Despite the heat, everyone had a nice time volunteering at Iglesia de Cristo ELIM food pantry.

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CHARTER OAK

“The Elim community and keyclub members were all smiling and having a good time; the environment was very positive and appreciative,” said Hoang.

In the middle of July, Charter Oak Keyclub helped Elim Community Food Pantry put together boxes of fresh produce for people in need. At 7 in the morning, we began our work with other local keyclubs. Our members split into small teams to take up the tasks of organizing cans, sorting produce, and shoveling the yard. While performing their tasks, everyone was meeting other keyclubbers and overall having a good. When the boxes were ready to be distributed, all of the volunteers met up at a station to assist anyone who needed an extra hand in taking their food to their car. Finally at 9 o’clock, it was time to clean up the tables and kitchen. Before the event was over, Elim insisted that we take a group photo and so we did. The Elim community and keyclub members were all smiling and having a good time; the environment was very positive and appreciative. It has been a pleasure to work with the Elim Community Food Pantry because not only the boxes went to good homes, but it gave great opportunities for members to bond. Charter Oak will always be looking forward to working with the community again.

Charter Oak: Vivian Hoang, mrc

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stuff the bus ROWLAND On July 29th, both the Division 35E Elephants and Division 35W Seals, came together to help children that may not be able to afford back to school supplies in a “Stuff The Bus” event. Key Clubbers stood outside the local Walmart to ask for donations to quite literally “stuff a bus.” The goal was to fill an entire school bus with school supplies to give back to children in need. The event was broken into four three-hour shifts so everyone was able to soak up the bright sun and help raise money and donations.

The goal was to fill an entire school bus with school supplies to give back to children in need.

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Rowland: Great Kim, editor and Alexa Magbitang, publicist

kiwanis car wash

LA PUENTE

On July 29th, La Puente Key Club volunteered at the La Puente Kiwanis Car Wash at the Delhaven community center. This carwash was to help raise money for scholarships going towards seniors! Our volunteers arrived at 9am and were put to work on washing cars and drying them! Some volunteers were sent to go hold up signs to attract more customers for the car wash, while others were drying and shining windows of cars that had dried up. Despite the hot weather, our volunteers pushed through the heat and remained strong and positive while washing and drying the cars that came through.

It was satisfying for our members to see many of the customers leaving happily to their clean cars and the amount of cars coming in and out throughout the entire day! The service event lasted all the way until 2pm. The La Puente Kiwanis and other volunteers were grateful for our assistance at the carwash, but we’re even more thankful for them allowing us the opportunity to help them out!

La Puente: Diana Nguyen, social media director

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park clea cle

DIAMOND BAR

Diamond Bar: Karen Tan, tech editor

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Last month I joined several other Key Clubbers from both Diamond Bar and Walnut High School in Schabarum Park to help clean up and maintain the park. Although it was hot, it was fun to meet new people and spend time with old friends. We chatted about the dwindling summer and complained about the school and stress right around the corner. However, this event also opened my eyes to a new perspective: for example, when walking through a park or other public place, I have never considered the time and maintenance required to keep the trash cans green. Now, I realize and appreciate how much work goes into the things that people seldom think about. This was definitely an enlightening experience that I hope to share with other Key Clubbers again.

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WALNUT

In the past month, Walnut Key Club and Diamond Bar Key Club collaborated to cleanup a local regional park in our community. Key Clubbers awoke early in the morning for hours of service, which included moving and repainting trash cans to be newly painted.

As we refurbished over ten of the park’s trash cans, the members from both school’s Key Clubs had the opportunity to bond and get to know each other and really exhibit our core value of inclusiveness.

With the school year approaching, having the opportunity to still perform service in the summer is always such a rewarding experience. Despite the heat and early hours, everything that’s for Key Club has always been worth it, and I hope I can share that experience with the new Key Clubbers that enter this upcoming year. Having the chance to serve in the summer allowed me to reflect on why we serve and why it’s important to never stop serving; even during summer vacation.

Service is a virtue, and having the ability to spread happiness is all I’ll ever ask for; and exactly what Key Club has given me through initiative and leadership.

Walnut: Bill Yen, treasurer

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officer training conference COVINA

On July 22, all Covina Key Club board members attended the annual Officer Training Conference that was held at Walnut High School. We started the meeting off with some icebreaker games like “watermelon�, where you pretend to pass down a watermelon in a circle and slurp to the left or right to the member next to you or slurp up to skip a member.

If one does not pass the watermelon down in time, he or she would have to tell one fact about himself/herself. It was an exhilarating bonding experience and we got to know a little something about each other! After playing icebreakers, there were 6 different sessions in total. From these session, we learned so much valuable information about our club itself, our duties as board members, and how we can prosper our club to work hard and do its very best. Going to OTC made us more educated and closer than ever before. I highly encourage everyone to go to the next OTC and you will not regret it!

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Covina: Kylie Nguyen, vice president

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dorak:

Random Acts of Kindness September dorak: Welcome new members and help them wash cars!

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breaking the

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what are your plans for this school year?

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upcoming events sept.

September dcm

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Where: John A. Rowland HS Time: 9:00AM – 3:00PM

oct.

Pre-Fall Rally #1

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Where: Shadow Oak Park Time: 9:00AM – 11:30AM

oct.

October DCM/ Pre-Fall Rally #2

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Where: Walnut Ranch Park Time: 9:00AM-12:00PM

Pre-Fall Rally #3 Where: Creekside Park Time: 9:00AM-12:30PM

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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 20

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