A Leader’s Journey Through Key Club A peak into the life of a high school leader
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By Leanna Chun
anuary 24, 2020. After months of back-and-forth emails and non-stop anxiousness, the grand plan had finally come to fruition. She scrambled around the high school campus getting donation boxes ready, folding the flyers, and having T-Shirts passed out to the performers and volunteers. For the first tim e, all of the performing arts, including orchestra, band, Dance Spectrum, choir, and theatre, all gathered in the gym for a special performance known as the Benefit Concert, to raise money for the Pediatric Trauma Program. Families and friends
from all around the area noisily crowded the entrance of the gym before the doors were finally opened at 7 pm. The concert was a huge success— raising over $4,200 for the Pediatric Trauma Program with only donations, and uniting two of her passions: music and Key Club. As Madeline Cheng, or as her friends call her, Maddie, stepped on top of the bleachers, a wave of relief and achievement swept her body as she gave a final speech before the memorable night came to an end.