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NOVEMBER3 0 , 2 0 1 3-Di v i s i o n4h e l di t sFa l l Ra l l yi n t h ep e a c e f u l t o wno fNi a g a r a o n t h e La k e . Ke yCl u b b e r s we r ed i v i d e du pi n t og r o u p so f t woa n dr a nu pa n dd o wn Qu e e nS t r e e t i nt h ev i c i n i t yo f S i mc o ePa r kt a k i n gp i c t u r e s o fd o wn t o wnf o rt h es c a v e n g e rh u n t . Be t we e nh a v i n gt o t a k eap i c t u r eo f at e a mme mb e r j u mp i n go f f as wi n g( t h e y h a dt ob ei nmi d a i r f o r t h ep i c t u r et oc o u n t ) , t on o t b e i n g a b l et of i n dab u ss c h e d u l er e s u l t i n gi nd r a wi n go n ei nt h e s n o w, Ke yCl u b b e r sh a dal o to ff u nwi t ht h es c a v e n g e r h u n t a n da c t i v i t i e s . Di v i s i o n 4 me mb e r swe r eh a p p yt oh a v eDi s t r i c t Go v e r n o r , An n u , c o med o wna n dj o i no nt h ef e s t i v i t i e s . Bu t h a v i n gf u nd o e s n ’ t me a nt h a t t h e s eKe yCl u b b e r sd i d n o tg e ta n ywo r kd o n e . I nt h es h o r th o u r st h a twe n tb y t o of a s t , Ke yCl u b b e r swe r ea b l et ol e a r nmo r ea b o u t t h e o t h e rc l u b swi t h i nt h e i rd i v i s i o n ,p r e p a r ef o rn e x ty e a r , l e a r nmo r ea b o u t t h ewo r k i n g so ft h i sy e a r ’ sDCON, a n d mo s t i mp o r t a n t l y , o f f i c i a l l ye s t a b l i s ht h ePi r a t eOc t o p u sa s Di v i s i o n4 ’ sMa s c o t . Ov e r a l l , t h eFa l l Ra l l ywa sag r e a ts u c c e s sa n de v e r y o n e h a dal o t o ff u n . As h o u t o u t t oAl i c i aa n dLi l i awh owo n t h es c a v e n g e rh u n t a n dBr a e d e nCo r rwh owa sv o t e dt h e mo s t s p i r i t e di n d i v i d u a l o f t h ed i v i s i o n . La s t ( b u t d e f i n i t e l y n o t l e a s t ) , Di v i s i o n4wo u l dl i k et oe x t e n dawa r mt h a n k s t ot h eo n ewh od i dt h emo s tf o ro u rd i v i s i o n : Ka t h e r i n e Ga l l .S ol e tu sg i v eav i r t u a ls t a n d i n go v a t i o nt oo u r wo n d e r f u l LTGf o r a l l t h eh a r dwo r ks h eh a sp u t t oma k e t h i sr a l l y , a n dDi v i s i o n4 , as u c c e s s .
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NOVEMBER9 , 2 0 1 3Mo s t t e e n a g e r ss p e n dt h e i r S a t u r d a y s c a t c h i n gu po ns l e e p , g o i n go u t wi t hf r i e n d s , o rwa t c h i n gt h e i r f a v o u r i t eT. V. s h o ws . Bu to nt h i sp a r t i c u l a rd a y , s e v e r a l t e e n s d e c i d e dt od os o me t h i n gd i f f e r e n t .Ont h i sc h i l l ymo r n i n g , o v e r5 0Ke yCl u bme mb e r sf r o m Ma r cGa r n e a u ,Pa r k d a l e , Up p e rCa n a d aCo l l e g e ,A. Y.J a c k s o n ,Yo r k Mi l l s ,a n d Ri c h mo n dHi l l , g a t h e r e dt o g e t h e r wi t ht h e i r s h o v e l si nh a n dt o h e l pp l a n tt r e e sa r o u n dt h e i rc o mmu n i t y .Al t o g e t h e r ,t h e r e we r eo v e r1 2 0t r e e sa n ds h r u b swh i c hwe r ep l a n t e da r o u n d Ta y l o rCr e e kPa r kn e a rt h eDo nVa l l e y . Th et r e ep l a n t i n ge v e n twa ss p e a r h e a d e db yme mb e r s f r o mMa r cGa r n e a uKe yCl u ba swe l l a st h eKi wa n i sCl u bo f Ea s tYo r k . Fo ry e a r s , Ma r cGa r n e a uKe yCl u bh a sh e l p e dt o p l a n tt r e e sa r o u n dTa y l o rCr e e kPa r ka n dd e c i d e dt oe x t e n d t h i so p p o r t u n i t yt oo t h e rKe yCl u b swi t h i nt h es a med i v i s i o n i nh o p e s t h a t t h i s t r e ep l a n t i n ge v e n t wi l l b e c o meat r a d i t i o nf o r Di v i s i o n5 . Ov e r a l l , t h et r e ep l a n t i n ge v e n t wa sa sh u g es u c c e s s . Th e e v e n t b r o u g h t t o g e t h e rKe yCl u b b e r sf r o ma l l a r o u n dt h ec i t y wh oh a dac o mmo ng o a l o f h e l p i n go u t t h e i r c o mmu n i t y . Th i s S a t u r d a ywa su n d o u b t e d l yaS a t u r d a ywe l l s p e n t .
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NOVEMBER 2 9 ,2 0 1 3 -Ma r c Ga r n e a u Co l l e g i a t e I n s t i t u t e ’ sKe yCl u bh e l dt h e i ra n n u a l f u n d r a i s e r , El i mi n a t e Ni g h t . Ma r cGa r n e a us t u d e n t swh oa t t e n d e dt h eo v e r n i g h t s l e e p o v e rp l e d g e dami n i mu mo f$ 2 5 ,wi t ha l lp r o c e e d s f r o mt h ee v e n tg o i n gt o wa r d st h eEl i mi n a t ePr o j e c t . Th e El i mi n a t e Pr o j e c ta i mst o“ e l i mi n a t e ” ma t e r n a la n d n e o n a t a l t e t a n u sf r o md e v e l o p i n gc o u n t r i e s . Th i sy e a r , t h e t o t a lt o p p e dp r e v i o u sy e a r s ’ ,c o mi n gu pt oawh o p p i n g a mo u n t e x c e e d i n g$ 5 0 0 0 . Pa r t i c i p a n t sp u l l e da na l l n i g h t e r , t a k i n ga d v a n t a g eo f t h ema n yo p p o r t u n i t i e st h e ywe r eo f f e r e d . De l i c i o u ss n a c k s we r ed i s t r i b u t e da l l t h r o u g h o u t t h ec o u r s eo f t h en i g h t , a n d t h eg y m wa sa v a i l a b l ef o ru s ea ta n yp o i n td u r i n gt h e s l e e p o v e r . S t u d e n t s wa t c h e da c t i o nf i l ms a n dh o r r o r mo v i e s wi t ht h e i rf r i e n d s ,a n dwe r ea b l et oa t t e n dad a n c ea t mi d n i g h t . Th eo v e r n i g h t e v e n t r a i s e da p p r o x i ma t e l y$ 5 1 0 0 , we l l s u r p a s s i n gt h eo r i g i n a l g o a l o f$ 4 0 0 0 . Th e s ef u n d swi l l b e a b l et of u l l yi mmu n i z eo v e r2 8 0 0mo t h e r sa n dt h e i rf u t u r e c h i l d r e nf r o mo b t a i n i n gt h i sd i s e a s e .“ I t ’ sal o to fwo r k , ” Ma r cGa r n e a u Ke yCl u b ’ sc o p r e s i d e n tMo n aAd i b r e ma r k s , “ Bu t i t ’ sc o mp l e t e l ywo r t hi t wh e ny o un o t i c eh o w p e o p l ea r eh a v i n gf u n ,a n dt h a tt h e yc a r ea b o u tt h e o r g a n i z a t i o n . ” Ov e r a l l , El i mi n a t eNi g h twa sat r e me n d o u ss u c c e s s , a n d mo s ti mp o r t a n t l y ,h e l p e dr a i s eb o t hf u n d sa n d a wa r e n e s s . Ke y Cl u b b e r sa r el o o k i n gf o r wa r dt on e x t y e a r ’ s e v e n t !
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Th i sf u n du s e se a r n e di n t e r e s tt oh e l pKe yCl u b sa n dKe yCl u b me mb e r ss e r v et h ewo r l db yp r o v i d i n gg r a n t sf o rs e r v i c e o p p o r t u n i t i e s . Th ef u n da l s op r o v i d e sa c a d e mi cs c h o l a r s h i p sf o r h i g h e re d u c a t i o n .Th eYo u t hOp p o r t u n i t i e sFu n di se s t a b l i s h e d t h r o u g hap o r t i o no fy o u rKe yCl u bI n t e r n a t i o n a ld u e sa n d t h r o u g ht h ep u r c h a s eo f G. Ha r o l dMa r t i nFe l l o ws h i p s . YOFg r a n t sc a nh e l py o ut a k ea c t i o n . Lo o ka r o u n da n di d e n t i f y t h et h i n g st h a tn e e dt og e td o n ei ny o u rs c h o o l ,c o mmu n i t yo r wo r l d . YOFa p p l i c a t i o n sa r ed u eo nOc t o b e r1 5 t ho f e v e r yy e a r . Th o u g h t h ed a t eh a sp a s s e d , ma k es u r ey o ua p p l yn e x t y e a r !
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