August Newsletter

D34N KCTC

Why YOU should go next year Page 3

Everything you need to know about Banana Points Page 11 Volume 5 | Issue 4 August 2017

Upcoming Division Events Page 23

Region 17 Cali-Nev-Ha District Key Club International

Table of Contents Page 2... LTG’s Message Page 3... KCTC: 4 Reasons Why You Should Go Next Year Page 7... Club Summaries Page 11... Banana Points Info Page 13... Banna Points Ranking Page 15...Events Page 17... Contact Info Page 21... Social Media Info Page 24... July DCM Page 25... DNE’s Message

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Lieutenant Governor’s Message Can you believe that we are already halfway through summer? That also means that we are a quarter of the way through the term! I hope you all have made use of your break creating an annual plan and setting personal goals for the rest of the year!

Speaking of goals, I am proud to say that we are well on our way to achieving our division goals for service hours! We currently have 1584 hours of our goal of 4000 service hours. While this is an amazing accomplishment, we still have a long way to go to reach our goal. If each and every one of you makes sure to always record your service hours with your secretary and attend as many service events you can (both club level and division level), then we will reach our goal in no time!

What is more impressive is that we have raised $2177 out of our division goal of $3000! This is a big accomplishment and I cannot wait to see how the rest of the year unfolds. Keep planning those fundraisers for the rest of summer and continue taking advantage of vacation time. With all of your dedication and hard work, we can definitely surpass our division goal before the halfway mark of the term!

Now on a more serious note, I want to reiterate how important communication is. Even though there will be times when things come up that prevent you from communicating with others, please do not make the mistake of procrastinating on a response. I personally have made this mistake and I can confidently say that it can create some really big problems. So, please please please make sure to pay attention to all the emails, texts, and calls that you receive. You don’t want to create unnecessary stress or work for yourself.

In terms of stress and work, I want to remind all of you to take a break every once in awhile to breath and relax. The upcoming year of school can be intimidating and scary with new classes, multiple curricular activities, intense competitions, and much more. Do not forget your responsibilities and duties, but also do not forget that your wellbeing is very important. After all, you cannot help others if you cannot help yourself first.

Use your time wisely, work hard towards your goals, and remember that progress is gradual. I hope you all have an amazing last month of summer everyone!

Please contact me if you have any questions :-) See you all soon!

With the spirit of service,

Kayla Tai

Division 34 North Lieutenant Governor

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"This year was my first time attending Key Club Training Conference and I'm glad to say I did! KCTC was a great learning experience and a great way to bond with people many other Key Club's. At KCTC we played many ice breakers in the beginning. Afterwards see separated into our Red Robin groups. These were the groups in which we moved from station to station. Each station was centered around a various aspect of Key Club or leadership skill. My favorite workshop was definitely the "gaining members" one to me the best part of the day was the sand castle building contest! KCTC is an event I would recommend to any keyclubber, officer or not."

Mariah Padilla

El Camino Key Club

KCTC: 4 Reas Should Go N 1. Workshop Go to interactive workshops and learn how to become better at your role in Key Club!

Check out articles written by Key Clubbers about their experience at KCTC along the sides of the pages!

Perform funnytasks with the LTG’s to complete your bucket list! pg.3

sons Why You Next Year ps 2. Games Play games like Mafia, Untangle and Musical Jukebox.

On Saturday, June 24, I attended KCTC, or Key Club Training Conference. The road to KCTC was long and confusing, literally and figuratively. It was about a two-hour drive to Watsonville from Belmont, so we had to get up pretty early. But the planning of KCTC was difficult as well. At first, we were all excited to go, but then we learned that since our Lieutenant Governor, or LTG (Kayla Tai), would not be able to attend, so our entire division couldn’t go.

Then we had to start planning our own division-wide training conference. Meanwhile, the board members of Carlmont Key Club started planning the June DCM, or Division Council Meeting. Then we found out we were allowed to attend KCTC and decided to turn the June DCM that we had originally planned into a fundraiser because we would have had the June DCM at KCTC. Later, we realized we could not have the June DCM at KCTC because our LTG would be absent, thus Carlmont’s DCM-to-fundraiser was back to a DCM. Although that must have been extremely confusing, that is more or less how the Division 34 North’s planning of KCTC went down.

When we were finally at KCTC, I had tons of fun and learned a lot. I enjoyed having time to just goof off with my friends during lunch and eat tofu hotdogs. KCTC was a great experience for me, and I am super excited for next year.

Isabella Mattioli Carlmont Key Club

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At KCTC I learned a lot about how to become not only a better secretary but a better member. There were many stations set up along the beach that each focused on one specific goal. The presenters were mostly LTGs and Club officers.

Afterwards, we had a nice lunch consisting of hot dogs and assorted snacks. We ended the day with a fun 15 minute sandcastle building competition. Since our LTG was not present, we had to combine with D34S. In the end, we received third place in voting with 86 dollars.

Relax and eat hotdogs, chips, bananas, and cookies for lunch!

Richard Tang Aragon Key Club

Hi, I’m Jason and 3 members from Lowell went to KCTC. The visuals are from one of the members who went, Justin, and all of us had lots of fun.

We built a sand sculpture, ate a lot of food, and just had fun learning about Key Club!

Jason Fong Lowell Key Club

3.Foooood!

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Try and beat other divisions in the sand sculpting contest!

4.Sand Sculpting

On June 24, Aragon Key Club, along with other clubs from Division 34 North and across Region 17, participated in Key Club Training Conference at Manresa State Beach. At this region-wide event, we attended various workshops with a short lunch break in between. Following the workshops, each division held their own DCMs, however, having already held ours, we played a series of ice breakers followed by a division sand sculpture building contest where we partnered up with Division 34 South to raise over $80!

Sylvia Young Aragon Key Club

"I attended 2017's KCTC and it's my first one! I gotta say, it was such a blast! I got to learn so many things about not just my officer duties, but also how to be outspoken in an uplifting manner! I got to bond with so many new people through icebreakers and Red Robin Workshops! My favorite station was definitely "BEE-ing a leader"! With the lively enthusiasm, it just made the event so much greater. At the end of the event. we got to do a sandcastle competition with all the divisions and it was so fun to collaborate with D34 South!

10/10 would recommend to go to KCTC for anyone interested in Key Club!"

Jason Pang El Camino Key Club

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Club Summaries

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In the month of June, South City’s Key Club participated in several events such as Tour de Cure and the KCTC. We are currently working on our own key club website and planning for our DCM in September.

-Kristie Poon

Unfortunately, again we have not been too active this past month. We had a couple people attend KCTC and are planning some events and fundraisers for this month. Which I hope our members will go to.

-Jason Fong

San Mateo

This summer, San Mateo High School made it a priority to take part in district events, as previous commitments prevented us from hosting any of our own. On June 19th, we held a board meeting which served as our visitation, which helped us figure out our plans for the upcoming year. Members also attended the Coyote Point Cleanup, an event that allowed us to contribute to our community in a meaningful way. This month, we plan on focusing on contributing more as a club, and increasing our impact on the community.

-Krithika Thanigaivelan pg. 7

Good Job South San Francisco for being the only club to submit their club summary early!

E l C a m i n o

As the first month of summer vacation is on its way and school comes to a halt for a bit, Key Club continues to keep on rolling. This past month, El Camino High School’s Key club had some fun in the summer fun. We enjoyed the June DCM hosted by Carlmont where our division not only raised funds for PTP but one of our officers, Mariah Padilla, was elected as PTP Task Coordinator for the term. It’s great to see our club get more engaged at a division level considering that was one of our points of emphasis this year to improve upon. Furthermore, we helped out at the Polhemus water station during Tour de Cure. There, we were able to help provide water of the participants, control traffic on the crosstreet, and most importantly cheer them on. Just last week we continued with our summer beach clean-ups at Ocean Beach where we cleaned up a great amount of trash off the sand after a pretty chaotic July 4th weekend at the beach where much trash is unfortunately just tossed on the ground. We also ended the beach clean up by climbing a considerably large rock and enjoyed some great views on top of it. In the following months we are preparing to hold a trivia contest within our school to raise money for PTP in September, and that will be our major focus for the rest of the summer and heading into the beginning of the school year.

-Umar Patel pg. 8

Westmoor

This month Westmoor Key Club has not been as active due to the summer break, but we have been planning for the upcoming August DCM. It will be the first time Westmoor's new board will be hosting a DCM and we are very excited. Our board has been brainstorming several ideas for a service event, and looking for ways to help our community. Since the school year will be starting soon, we are also preparing volunteering events for our club members, and thinking of ways to engage our members in our weekly meetings.

Carlmont

-Samantha Chen

In the last few weeks Carlmont Key Club has had several activities. We began the month with the July DCM at Burton Park, which we planned. We went to KTCT with seven members. We also had our July board meeting, at which we planned the Ice Cream Social fund raiser that we held today.

The funds will go to the Pediatric Trauma Program.

-Jonathan Deridal

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Aragon

In the past month, Aragon Key Club has been busy at work with various events. We had several members attend a Coyote Point clean up. Every year, the Kiwanis Club of Greater San Mateo host a clean up at Coyote Point Park to remove invasive species and other debris from our adopted area. We also volunteered at the 4th of July Carnival hosted by Woodside Terrace AM Club in Redwood City. Several members from Aragon also attended Carlmont's Ice Cream Social. For the rest of the month, we plan on attending the Division Beach Clean up on the 29th and plan to attend a clean up at San Bruno Mountain in recognition of this month's spotlight on service.

-Alex Ma

LAST WARNING: ANY CLUB SUMMARY SUBMITTED PAST 6:00 P.M. ON THE 15TH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

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Banana Points Q.What are banana points and why are they important?

A. Banana points are a currency that every club can earn by sending in articles and visuals and attending important division-wide events. Whichever club has earned the most banana points for the month will receive the Spirit Stick and add their own decorations to it! However, the club that has earned the most banana points by the end of the year will win a mystery prize!

Helpful Tip

Sending in visuals, articles, and club summaries early are an easy way to earn a lot of banana points! pg. 11

Q: How does the banana point system work?

A: Methods to Earn Banana Points Monthly Report Forms (MRF’s)

Early ( Bonus Points)

On time

Club Summaries

3rd of every month: 15 points The 10th: 7 points

5th of every month: 10 points The 15th: 5 points

Articles (max. 50 per mo.)

The 10th:10 points

The 15th: 5 points

Visuals (max.50 per mo.)

The 10th: 7 points

The 15th: 5 points

DCM Attendance (per person) Advisors

10 points 15 points

Division Events Advisors

10 points 15 points

FRN Attendance (per person)

10 points

Email/ Form Responses

5 points

Spirit Gear

10 points

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Ralston Middle School Graduation

On the morning June 14th, I volunteered for Ralston middle schools graduation.

Four other volunteers and I set up chairs for the attendees. There were also adults helping us. Two people would fold out the chairs while the volunteers would place the chairs in rows. We set up 1200 chairs in total. It took 45 minutes. I enjoyed this event as it was not too difficult and the weather was nice. Also, I liked that we could talk with friends while setting up chairs. The other people helping us were nice too. Overall, I would do this event again.

Jessica Yu

Carlmont Key Club

El Camino’s Beach Cleanup

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July 4th Redwood City Carnival My name is Srimaye Samudrala from Aragon high school. I volunteered at the July 4th Carnival and have Here a few pictures for the articles and visuals about the event.

Srimaye Samudrala

Aragon Key Club

Coyote Park Cleanup On July 1, Aragon Key Club, the San Mateo Kiwanis Club, and other sponsored Key Clubs, participated in a clean up in a section of Coyote Park. We worked to remove invasive broom from the area to prevent it from damaging native plants by spreading further in the park.

Sylvia Young

Aragon Key Club

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The Division Leadership Tea Feel free to contact them if you have any questions!

DNE: Andy Wu

Email: andywu454@gmail.com Phone:( 415) 837-8361

LTG: Kayla Tai

Email:d34n.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com Phone: (650) 200-7978

Executive Assistant: Isabela Mattioli

Email: Isabellammattioli@gmail.com Phone: (650) 863-3930

Executive Assistant: Umar Patel Email: upatel023@gmail.com Phone: (415) 871-3787

Executive Assistant: Kristie Poon

Email:kristiethepoon@gmail.com Phone: (650) 922-0086

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am and Task Coordinators Key Leader Coordinator Emily Nguyen

Phone: (650) 315-6292 Email: emilybcn2033@yahoo.com

MNT Coordinator Cameron Arcega

Phone: (650) 580-0750 Email: cameronarcega@gmail.com

Social Media Coordinator Ellen Batsuri

Phone : (650) 787-3009 Email: zuulunbatsuuri20@gmail.com

FRN Spirit Coordinator Jonathan Yabut Phone: (650) 534-8760 Email: yabutbut@gmail.com

DCON Spirit Coordinator Richard Tang Phone :(650) 580-7226 Email: ahskc.sec@gmail.com

PTP Coordinator Mariah Padilla Phone: (650) 892-4918 Email: mulac96@gmail.com

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Club

Name

Contact the Clu Email

South San Francisco

Kristie Poon

ssfhs.president@gmail.com

Lowell

Jason Fong

jason13fong@gmail.com

Alex Ma

ahskc.pres@gmail.com

Aragon

El Camino

Carlmont

Hillsdale

Umar Patel

Jonathan Deridal

Dinh Poon

upatel023@gmail.com

792330@seg.org

dinhpoon2000@gmail.com

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ub Presidents Burlingame

Anya Smith

Westmoor

Samantha Chen

Mills

Notre Dame

San Mateo

Cherry Lin

Madison Macha

Krithika Thanigaivelan

anyacamilesmith8@gmail.com

whs.kc.schen@gmail.com

cherralin@gmail.com

mmacha20@ndhsb.org

naturerocks01@gmail.com

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Upcoming Division Events

*Regional Training Conference | September 30- August 1 *Carnival Fundraiser | August ? *Fall Rally North | October 21

*Candidate Training Conference| December 9 *District Convention (DCON)| April 12-15, 2018

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July DCM -Awards Member of the Month Club: Aragon

Srimaye Samudrala

Officer of the Month Club:Mills Gillian Garcia Club of the Month Prez: Umar Patel El Camino pg.24

Let me know if you think the newsletter can be improved or be more useful to you. Thank you!

-Andy Wu, D34N Division Newsletter Editor (2017-2018)

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