Desert Oasis Key Club | October 2023 | [T.M.]

Volume 4 Issue 6

THE

Diamondback DIGEST

Desert Oasis Key Club | Division 28 South | Region 5 | CaliNev-Ha District |Key Club International

In this Issue…

1 Calendar

7 Recap of events

3 Meet the board

5 Editor’s Note

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MRP

11 Division updates

15 RTC Behind the scenes

31 Boo grams & Pop tab competition

13 RTC updates

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Food Drive

31 Contacts & Resources

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Ronald World Food McDonald Day House!

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Springs Preserve Haunted Harvest 29

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Filo x KC Campus Clean Up 19

Membership Fee Due! 24

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October DCM @ Bonanza HS 30

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Halloween!

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Upcoming Events

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10/19- Membership Fee Due!!

10/20- Blackhurst Fall Festival

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10/20- Frias Monster Mash @6-8pm

Panda Express Fundraiser

Preserve Trail Clean Up

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Blackhurst Fall Fest!

RTC!!!!

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Chipotle Fundraiser @4pm-8pm

10/21- RTC!!!!!! @8am-8pm 10/24- October DCM @ Bonanza H.S. 10/19-10/22- Springs Preserve Haunted Harvest @4-9pm 11/4- Chipotle Fundraiser @4-8pm 11/11-FRS!!!

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Meet the

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Hana Burgess President

Jaelyn Beltran Executive Vice President

Catherine Nguyen Treasurer

Olivia Nguyen Secretary

Kayla Lee Sergeant at Arms (SAA)

Officers Avery Bautista VP of Service

Diviyana Kumar VP of Spirit

Trischelle Molina Bulletin Editor

DJ Borum Upper Classmen Representative

Kaelynn Coller Sergeant At Arms (SAA)

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BoO!! Did i. scare you?

Don’t worry, It’s just your lovely bulletin editor, Trischelle Molina:). Can you believe it’s almost Time for RTC? I can’t wait! I hope you guys enjoy this edition of the diamondback digest. it’s full of all the fun service events we did in september and the beginning of october, your articles and visuals, important info from the division and the district, upcoming events, and more info about events such as rtc, our food drive, and more! I hope you chose to participate in all of thr service events, fundraisers, and food drives we have in store for this month! If you’re going to RTC, make sure to practice the cheers! Also, don’t forget to submit your articles & visuals! they are a really easy way to get hours and they always make me happy! and who knows..maybe you’ll be featured in the next newsletter ;) Love you Key-utieS!

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Hello Key-uties!

My name is Diviyana Kumar and I proudly serve as your 2023-2024, Vice President of Spirit! I am so excited to attend RTC this year together with all of you guys! RTC is being held at Green Valley High School this year from 8am-8pm. We recommend that students arrive around 77:15am. RTC will consist of 6 workshops that include topics such as, learning to become a Key Leader, Managing School, Service Projects, and so many other workshops!

There will be lunch and dinner provided, and there will also be little tags that you can purchase for your name tag at RTC. I do want to remind members that RTC is NOT for hours. The only way to get hours from RTC is by articles, visuals, and any service workshops. That is all I have to say now, please make sure to attend RTC Prep meetings after the general meeting! If you have any questions, feel free to email me! My email is listed at the back of the newsletter.

Yours Truly, Diviyana Kumar

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RECAP OF EVENTS We volunteered at the Greek food fest!!

We cheered runners on at the St.Jude Walk/Run!

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We walked in the hoco club parade!

We cleaned up the campus along with Filipino club!

sorry nai :)

We did Pie-Tp and other dares at the Hoco tailgate!

We had a somi somi fundraiser!!!

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MEMBER RECOGNITION 9

What is the Member Recognition Program?

The Member Recognition Program recognizes dues paid Key Club members with a minimum of 50 service hours for their work in Key Club. Service Record hours are automatically transferred by our Club Secretary, Olivia Nguyen, to the Member Recognition Program in the Monthly Report Form. There are four levels: bronze, silver, gold, and platinum.

Requirements: You must have paid our $25 club membership fee by December 1st and have completed a minimum of 50 service hours by the end of this term to qualify. You must also fulfill other requirements (based on the level).

Here are more resources: CNH 2023/2024 MRP RUBRIC CNH 2023/2024 MRP CHECKLIST

MRP Checklist/ Rubric: Requirements

Bronze

Dues paid Service Hours Additional Requirements Training Events Events with Kiwanis Family Interclubs

Yes Yes Yes 50 hours 100 hours 150 hours 200 hours 5 of 9 6 of 9 9 of 13 10 of 13

Gold

Platinum

Yes

Host Club/Division/Region /District Workshop

2 2 3 2 1 x 1 1 x

2 3 4 3 1 x 1 1 x

4 4 5 4 2 1 2 2 1

4 5 6 5 2 1 2 2 1

Club Committee Member

Yes

Yes

Division/District Committee Member

x x

Yes Yes

Club, Division, or District Leadership position

x x

Funds Raised for PTP

$5

$25

Yes Yes Yes $50

Division Events

District Events

International Activity Articles/Visuals Submitted Chair of an Event

Yes $100

PROGRAM (MRP)

Silver

I hope this motivates you to go above and beyond in Key Club!

Take some opportunities and have some fun!

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October DCM

Our division, Division 28 South is hosting another DCM! This DCM, we are dressing up in halloween costumes, practicing Fall Rally South cheers, and having a bingo dare fundraiser (Similar to the one we held at the HOCO tailgate!) We’d love for members to join us at this DCM and represent DOHS Key Club, especially if you will be attending Fall Rally South!

Please come to support Bonanza Key Club as they are new to our division this term!

When?

Tuesday, October 24th, 2023

Time?

5pm-6pm

Where?

Bonanza High School | 6665 Del Rey Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89146

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Register:

October DCM is Registration Form

Stay Connected!

Division Website Division Newsletter 12

RTC U

RTC IS COMING UP Q U I C K! SO LETS GO OVER SOME GUIDELINES

Do’s

SHOW YOUR SPIRIT

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MEMORIZE THE CHEERS AND MOVEMENTS MAINTAIN SAFEKEY - NO VIOLENT OR DISCRIMINATORY LANGUAGE, GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP DURING CHEER SESSIONS REMEMBER YOU ARE A GUEST AT GREEN VALLEY HS RESPECT THE SCHOOL AND THE ROOMS PICK UP ANY TRASH YOU SEE! BRING MONEY AND CASH: SHIRTS AND RIBBONS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

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Don’ts

NO GLITTER WHATSOEVER NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINKS- YES THAT MEANS NO WATER BOTTLES NO BAGS - USE YOUR POCKETS NO OUTSIDE NOISEMAKERS (BLOWHORNS, MEGAPHONES, THUNDERSTICKS) DO NOT RUN TO WORKSHOPS - THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD (If any officers or members from our club is caught running, we will be disqualified from the cheer session)

Updates Join Whova!

Whova is a conference app that we will be using for FUN-KEY RTC, where you will able to see the RTC schedule, workshops and their descriptions, presenter, a map of Green Valley High School, and a place to socialize with other zombie penguins that may be outside of your club and division! Download the Whova app and search for “Las Vegas Region Training Conference 2023” before entering the invitation code “VegasRTC23”.

RTC Overlay

Want to show off your FUN-KEY RTC spirit online? Well, you’re in luck because you can with the FUN-KEY RTC overlay! These overlays will be valid until October 18th at 11:59 PM, so request them while you can!

Request an Overlay!

1. Email the D28S LTG at d28s.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org 2. Include your first and last name, home divsion, and home school 3. Include your workshop and time (if applicable) 4. Attach your desired photo

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RTC Behind Thank you to the RTC Spirit Committee for working so hard to prepare for RTC this weekend!

Diviyana and Jimena brewing some snazzy cheers!

Our Barbie Seamonkey ears!

Alex and Benji making our PINK PINK pom poms

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After the St.Jude Walk/Run, the DOKC board and spirit committee met at Diviyana’s/our VP of Spirit’s house to make spirit gear and the cheers!

d the Scenes

We had rtc prep after our Somi Somi Fubdraiser as well!

We made tons of progress on the spirit sticks and spirit gear!

Kayla and Olivia making our tutus!

Bama making tutus! Look at the progress!

Hana making our Fun-KEY RTC Spirit Stick!

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SOMI SOMI Fundraiser !

“I had so much fun getting Somi Somi with my friends! The soft serve was so tasty especially the strawberry flavor. The nutella filled taiyaki was also delicious when paired with the soft serve. This fundraiser was such a great way for me to enjoy Somi Somi and support Key Club!!”

Catherine Nguyen | 11

“During the Somi Somi fundraiser, I made my contribution by purchasing taiykai! Taiyaki is one of my favorite foods so I was glad I was able to help promote and fund Desert Oasis Key club by buying some delicious food! I got a 5 piece to share with my friends and got my favorite filling of cheddar! I hope to fund the club more in the future by buying good food!”

Hana Burgess | 12

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Panda express Fundraiser Our Panda Express fundraiser was a success! We sold Orange Chicken and Chow Mein at all three lunches on Friday! I was happy to see all the members and even nonmembers come to support DOHS Key Club! We hope to have more like these so make sure to check the concessions for us every Friday to grab some Panda Express bowls and fortune cookies! My fortune said, “Make some lasting memories” That’s honestly very fitting for Key Club!

DOKC loves food… can you tell?

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St. Jude walk/run!

“This is my 2nd time volunteering at the St Jude walk/run as a club and I had a great time. This year, there were less runners, but this didn’t mean the cheer spirit was less.

This was our first service event as a club and a great number of members were able to make it. There were other clubs/organizations from Desert Oasis and other kids too.

The participants in the run/walk, ranged from kids, pets, elderly, etc. Liberty High School Key Club challenged us to a cheer battle and they definitely won lol. Overall, St Jude Walk/Run has been the only reason why I’m so energetic early in the morning besides for RTC” Diviyana Kumar | 11

“This event was as fun as could be. We all went in groups to cheer on the runners with our different cheers and screamed and rooted them on. We got whistles and cheer items to show our love for all of the runners. As each younger child ran by we would give them motivation and all put our hands out for them to run by us and give us a high five. I hope to do an event like this again!”

Kaelynn Coller | 10

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“This was my second time volunteering for the St.Jude Walk/Run and it was really fun. A lot of members came and I saw some old friends from other schools. The whole two hours I was just running around taking pictures from different angles, and I definitely got some weird looks. I had to borrow Catherine's phone and I feel bad for filling up her phone storage with over 100 photos of St.Jude. There were a lot of kids and whenever they ran by we all put our hands out to get a high five. It was truly a great experience and I can't wait to go again next year.”

Trischelle Molina | 10

“St. Jude Walk/Run was a blast! It was so fun being able to teach members cheers and cheer on the runners. We even bumped into Liberty Key Club and we chanted some cheers.

We also got to five-high the cutest little kids. I would 100% recommend to everyone to go and support St. Jude and their cause.”

Olivia Nguyen | 10

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Greek food fest

“I had a lot of fun volunteering at the Greek Food Festival! I got to interact with Key Club members from other schools, and everyone at the festival was really nice. I helped out at the Sauce station before transferring to the Kid’s Area. I enjoyed working and talking with the other volunteers, and would love to volunteer at the festival again in the future!”

Josalyn Andersen |9

“I went to the greek food festival and it was a lot of fun.Everyone was really positive the whole time.It was really nice that I got free food after all the volunteering.”

Ruby Covarrubias | 10

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“Volunteering at the Greek Food Festival was honestly really enjoyable! I was assigned to the gyro booth and helped assemble the gyros. I got to meet a lot of other cool key clubbers from other schools too. The atmosphere of the festival was lively and energetic as well which made the event a lot more exciting. I would 10/10 recommend the Greek Food Fest to anybody looking to volunteer and have good time!!

Catherine Nguyen | 11

“I volunteered at the greek festival setups & all weekend. I learned a lot and made plenty of friends with the ladies and gents at the church and especially learned a LOT about greek pastries, cakes, baklavas, etc!! Although my body was sore and tired after all of these shifts, I found it very fun learning all these new things and being in charge of a booth and training my peers how the church wanted us to do our jobs. I think the most fun I had was meeting my new friends from Vista. I made more than those and I definitley learned a lot about customer service, marketing pastries and food that may not look as good as they are and also how to restock and properly clean up stations. Overall, I’ve loved the experience and I will definitley do it again next year whether it be for Key Club or outside hours :)!!”

“I went and worked the booths with kids from other high schools volunteering and my friend malorie. we had a lot of fun selling pastries & helping out everyone there. it was very hard to learn the names and titles of the specific packs and cookies but it gave me more in depth knowledge of what i’m selling and why people enjoy these desserts so much. i had a lot of touching moments when certain customers mentioned how these cookies and pastries reminded them of how their grandmas & moms used to make. it reminded me of how important food is to the Greek culture and how lucky I was to be experiencing this in real time. “ Rheta Azarine | 10

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Campus Clean up “We cleaned up the campus with the Filipino club, it was very fun going around cleaning with my friends. I felt like I was doing a good thing helping the campus out! I think it was very fun finding trash in places you never really look!

Jasmine Kizikaya |9

“This event really showed me the importance of key club. Getting to bond friend ships and teamwork while getting to cheer up teachers and make jobs easier for janitors is so amazing. Knowing all of this makes the job all the more fun to do!

Jaxson Sparano | 9

Picking up all the trash from different rooms throughout the school was really fun but at the same time a little gross. What was really cool was that I got to be in classrooms that i’ve never been in before and some of the classrooms looked really fun to be in.

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“Cleaning the campus was very fun. We walked around campus and cleaned up. This helped make the school cleaner and we worked with our friends.

Ryan Soberano | 10

“We did a campus cleanup with our school’s filipino club and this isn’t the first joint campus cleanup we’ve done with them. Hana, president, and I went outside to the basketball courts to look for trash. Since tailgate was hosted on the basketball courts, there was a ton of trash leftover. There was a halo halo leftover cup and no joke I almost threw up. This is probably one of the worst things I’ve smelt so far because it was DISGUSTANGGG. Overall, this made me feel bad for the janitors because the students purposely don’t clean up after themselves.”

Avery Bautista | 11

Cleaning up the school was honestly a very rewarding experience! I loved going around the perimeter of the building to collect all the trash littered around the bushes and grass. It took a while to get all the trash collected, but afterwards, the campus was almost spotless!

Catherine Nguyen | 11

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HOCO TAILGATE!!

I Dare you too…

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50% of proceeds to PTP!!!

Get dumped with ice water

Get Pied in the face!

Eat a spoonful of mustard

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❤️ Key club!!

Club parade

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SERVICE ICEBREAKERS

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As our general meeting icebreaker, we decided on making dog toys in works with the Desert Oasis Student Council. It was really fun as all members, new and old, were able to make their own toys and directly help out for a cause. I can’t wait to do more service events during our general meetings, as it also gives our members more of a reason to attend the meetings. Dog toy making is an easy yet wonderful service event that directly helps the community!

Due to the teacher strike, Key Club wanted to make teacher appreciation cards. This is always a great icebreaker activity, regardless if there is a strike going on. Members artistic abilities were evident in their cards because they went all out.

We hope the teachers appreciate a small note of appreciation from us :)

Service Icebreakers

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FOOD DRIVE World Food Day is on October 16! In celebration, we will be hosting a food drive which will be donated to Three Square!! Please drop your items off at Mr.McLean’s room (Rm.1209)

SUGGESTED ITEMS MEAT AND HIGH PROTEIN: Canned items,

including meat, tuna, ham, salmon, stew, chili, spam, peanut butter, soups, beans Dried seasonings CARBOHYDRATES: Boxed cereal, oatmeal, flour, instant mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, rice PERSONAL HYGIENE: Toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, bar soap, deodorant, shaving products, travel size toiletries BABY PRODUCTS: Diapers, baby wipes, baby formula (90+ day shelf life) PAPER CLEANING PRODUCTS: Toilet paper, paper towels, plastic storage bags, disposable eating utensils ALLERGY FRIENDLY PRODUCTS: Gluten-free canned/boxed soups, rice pasta, alternative nut butters

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UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS BAG IN A BOX (BIB)

FOUNTAIN SYRUPS: sodas and juices

BULK COOKING ITEMS: oils, spices, acids,

processed dough, condiments & flour over 5lbs

OFFICE FURNITURE

DAIRY PRODUCTS: milk, ice cream, cheese

Fresh seafood

OPENED/REOPENED PACKAGES FLAMMABLE ITEMS

FOODS THAT DON’T HAVE INGREDIENT LABELS

Make sure to take a picture of your donations to submit on the SELF REPORT FORM! You will receive 15 minutes every item you donate!

MAX 5 HOURS!!!

Even if you have exceeded the amount of hours you can get please feel free to donate more items! You would mean the world to a lot of people!!

BOO GRAMS DOHS Key Club selling Boo Grams for the month of October to fundraise for our club! These will be halloween-themed lollipops delivered to your friends during their 8th period. They will be available for purchase ($1) all throughout the month of october! If you’d like to purchase one, please see a board member before or after our meetings!

POP TAB We are holding a pop tab fundraiser! Please hold onto the pop tabs for now & we will start collecting them in November. This will be a competition with a prize so starting collecting as much as you can! These pop tabs will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House to help support families and their children’s healthcare journey.

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Contact Us! President: Hana Burgess desertoasiskc.pres@gmail.com Executive Vice President: Jaelyn Beltran desertoasiskc.vice@gmail.com VP of Service: Avery Bautista desertoasiskc.vpservice@gmail.com

VP of Spirit: Diviyana Kumar desertoasiskc.vpspirit@gmail.com

Secretary: Olivia Nguyen desertoasiskc.sec@gmail.com Treasurer: Catherine Nguyen desertoasiskc.tres@gmail.com

Bulletin Editor: Trischelle Molina desertoasiskc.be@gmail.com

@desertoasiskc

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Resources!

DOKC Resources Insta: @desertoasiskc website:https://dohskc.wixsite.com linktree: @desertoasiskc remind:@e23ag3 Division 28 South Resources

Insta/Tiktok: @d28sseamonkeys Twitter: @d28sseamonkeys website: https://d28skc.wixsite.com Youtube: Division 28 South Seamonkeys LTG contact: d28s.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org Subscribe to Seamonkey Saturday

CNH Resources

Region 5 Resources

Insta: @cnh_keyclub Youtube: CNH Key Club website: cnhkeyclub.org

Insta: @R5zombiepenguins

Read the D28S Newsletter

Read the CNH Newsletter

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Have a Spooky Halloween!

thanks for reading!