The Talon of T-O | Mansfield Lake Ridge Key Club | February 2022 | Volume 5 | Issue 11

the talon of T-O

February 2022 VOLUME 5 - ISSUE 11 DIVISION 39S - REGION 7

Lake Ridge High School Key Club

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LEDCON Theme Calendar of February Upcoming events Officers Election Result "Preparing For Next Year" Photo and Articles The UNICEF Poster Service Partners Service Partners cont.

Stay Connected (Club Info) The Kiwanis Family Officer Contact District Contact

LEDCON 2022 THEME

Service is Sweet Many contests offered Build leadership and connections Registration is open!

APRIL 21 - 24, 2022 Hilton Anatole in Downtown Dallas, TX

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ALLIES IN YOUTH

SMITHSONIAN DIGITAL VOLUNTEER

Time: Every Sunday (excluding

When: Anytime

the first of the month)

How: Click here to volunteer online.

from 3-4:30 PM

Hour: Base on your time log.

Location: 1315 FM 1187, Suite 107,

What: You will be transcribing and reviewing

Mansfield, TX 76063

materials for the Smithsonian Museum

Info: You will pack boxes of clothes, toys, personal hygiene

PROJECT GUTENBURG

products, and make cards to

When: Anytime

send to orphans in Eastern

How: Click here to volunteer online.

European countries.

Hour: 1 hour per book or article

Sign Up: Bring your hour log and

What: You will be transcribing and

sign up here

proofreading books for the online library.

FREERICE When: Anytime How: Download the FreeRice app or click here Info: You will be playing multiple-choice vocabulary games to donate grains of rice to families around the world.

KEY CLUB BIWEEKLY MEETING When: Wednesday, March 9th - Officers election will be during the meeting Wednesday, March 30th Where: LRHS Library (3:15 - 4:00 PM)

8th GRADE PARENT NIGHT When: Wednesday, March 9th Where: LRHS Main Gym (6-7:30 PM) Info: You will be setting up tables and giving guidance to the parents

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CONGRATULATIONS to the 2022-2023 Lake Ridge Key Club Officers!

President: Neva Khan Vice President: Madison Nguyen Secretary: Saman Saiforoayai Treasurer: John Dunlap Webmaster: Christopher Do Editor: Zoe Leddy Service Coordinator: Michaela McClendon Hours Coordinator: Kaitlyn Nguyen Social Coordinator: Logan Clark

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FEATURED NEWSLETTER BY MADISON NGUYEN

PREPARING FOR NEXT YEAR

It is officially the end of February, and it’s strange to see signs that this school year will soon be coming to an end.

Yes, we still have three months left, but those months are gonna go by super fast! We have already been preparing for the new year, and it seems like everything is going well.

We recently had elections to elect our 2022-2023 officer board, and I’m glad to say that they went smoothly. This year I am webmaster, but I got elected to be next year’s vice president! I’ve been able to meet all the new officers, and they are all extremely nice, and I cannot wait to work with them next year. Soon, we will have officer workshops, so that we can train the new officers and prepare them to take over around April. Additionally, we recently had an officer meeting to discuss LEDCON, and we are all so excited to go. Speaking of LEDCON, we have recently started fundraising to go. We are having a chocolate and gummy bear fundraiser that will end on March 9. Part of the money will go towards our Veterans’ Day Breakfast for next year. Additionally, since it is nearing the end of the year, we will be thinking about preparing “Kiss a Senior Goodbye”. We will be giving the graduating seniors chocolate kisses along with a note.

I am glad that we are doing something to send off our seniors, but it is also a bit sad since most of the officer board is made up of seniors.

Along with that, the new board has already been helping plan for next year. A problem that we have had for the past few years has been T-shirt planning, so we have not had one in awhile. With the new board, we will be planning T-shirts over the summer, so that they will be prepared when the school year starts. We are also thinking about bringing something back called “Key Clubber of the Month”. This is something that our club has done in the past but we stopped. What this would be is we would see who is volunteering or active the most each month, and that person would be the Key Clubber of the Month. They would be highlighted on our Instagram and mayne get a prize. I think that it would be a great wau to boost our activity levels.

In all, as the school year is slowly coming to an end, everyone is planning and working together to make sure that next year will be just as great as this year!

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write articles and take photos Due date: Anytime Info: You will be writing articles about anything that is related to Key Club or your experiences with Key Club.

ARTICLES REQUIREMENTS: IT SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 400 WORDS, A TITLE, AND A PHOTO INCLUDED. 1 HOUR PER ARTICLE. PHOTO SUBMISSIONS- 15 MINUTES FOR EVERY APPROVED PHOTO Submission: Submit articles to lakeridgehskeyclub@gmail.com and submit photos through the Key Club Canvas you can find the link to on our Teams

fundraiser Sell as many chocolate bars and gummy bears boxes as possible to raise the funds for LEDCON! The member that sells the most boxes will be able to participate in the LEDCON event

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SERVICE PARTNERS

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Click on the LOGOS of these organizations to learn more about our service partners!

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STAY

Connected Lake Ridge High School Key Club https://lakeridgekeyclub. wixsite.com/lrkc

T-O website

https://tokeyclub.com/

Key Club International https://www.keyclub.org/

Social Media & Resources for more volunteering opportunities

@lrhs.keyclub

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@LRKeyClub

Text @lrhskc2020 to 81010 to join

The Family K-Kids

CKI

Builders Club

A student-led program for elementary school students to build leadership skills and strong characters for service.

A student-led service organization for college students

A service club for middle-school students that helps them to improve selfconfidence, teamwork, and goal setting skills.

Aktian Club

Key Club

Kiwanis

A service club for adults with disabilities that helps them to discover their talents to help others and to develop confidence.

A service organization for high school students that provides opportunities to serve, improve leadership, and personal growth.

An international service organization that sponsor leadership clubs.

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Officer Contact PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT

Neva Khan Destin Drummond lrhskcpresident@gmail.com lrhskcvicepresident@gmail.com

SECRETARY

TREASURER

Elizabeth Mingle Ethan Clark lrhskcsecretary@gmail.com lrhskctreasurer@gmail.com

HOURS COORDINATOR

EDITOR

Bisola Okunola lrhskchours@gmail.com

Nhi Nguyen lrhskceditor@gmail.com

SERVICE COORDINATOR

WEBMASTER

Olivia Wurtz rhskcservice@gmail.com

Madison Nguyen lrhskcwebmaster@gmail.com

Contact our officers if you have any concerns or questions!

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District Contact DISTRICT GOVERNOR

DISTRICT EDITOR

Lilian Thai governor@tokeyclub.com

Anushka Ranjan editor@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT SECRETARY

DISTRICT TREASURER

Ginna Galindo secretary@tokeyclub.com

Makayla Hsieh treasurer@tokeyclub.com

CONVENTION LIASON

TECH PRODUCER

Val Hennessee cl@tokeyclub.com

Noah Obuya techproducer@tokeyclub.com

DIVISION 39S LTG Lauren St Clair ltg39s@tokeyclub.com

INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE Aliya Ali aliya.ali@keyclub.org

REGION 7 ADVISOR Melissa Greene region7@tokeyclub.com REMIND CODES Text to 81010 T-O District @todistrict Secretaries @tosecs Treasurers @totreas Editors @toeditors Webmasters @towebs

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