THE PANDA EXPRESS
DIVISION 13/15/17 – DECEMBER 2013 Division 13/15/17 – April 2013
In This Issue : Key Club 101 PNW District LTG Greetings Club Reports – November Eliminate Project Board of Magical Surprises Upcoming Events Reminders/Contact
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Brr! It's cold in here!
KEY CLUB 101 Core values
Mission Statement Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership.
The core values of Key Club International are leadership, character building, caring and inclusiveness.
Motto Caring–Our Way of Life
DIVISION 13/15/17 Mascot
NINJA PANDAS
We are the Ninja Pandas!
Schools Britannia, Burnaby North, Claremont, Churchill, Oak Bay, Killarney, Pinetree, Prince of Wales, Tupper, U-Hill, Vancouver Technical, Vancouver Westside
Area Administrator Criena Sekhon
District We are in the Pacific Northwest district. We are one of two CANADIAN divisions! The other Canadian division is 11/18c in Abbotsford.
Divisional Colours Red and White to represent our Canadian spirit!
Past Lieutenant Governors Jennifer Zhen from VanTech (2012-2013) Brenda Nguyen from VanTech (2011-2012) Cheryl Li from VanTech (2010-2011) Kyra Sekhon from Claremont (2008-2010) Joshua Tiong from Van Tech (2007-2008) Nakita Sekhon from Claremont (2006-2007)
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PNW DISTRICT
Division 11/18C This is our “sister division” Division 11/18C. The lieutenant governor is Shirley Chou who some of you got to meet at the May DCM. Her division covers Abbotsford, Maple Ridge, and Chilliwack. Their divisional mascot is the crab and their divisional colours are red and white to show off their Canadian spirit. Together, Division 13/15/17 and 11/18C are the only Canadian divisions in the Pacific Northwest District!
International Trustee This is our district's International Trustee, Roshni Chandwani! She was elected at the International Convention. As International Trustee, she will be looking after the Pacific Northwest (us), Kentucky Tennessee, and Eastern Canada Districts! Also, big congrats to PNW's Kelsie Hoppes for also winning an International Trustee position!
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LTG GREETINGS Hey Key Clubbers, BRR, IT'S COLD IN HERE! I hope you guys have been well and coping with the cold weather. The November DCM was so fun! I didn't expect that we'd play “Move Your Butt” for half an hour but I hope it was fun and interesting nevertheless. The December DCM is coming up soon, hope to see you all soon! :)
October DCM Recap
In Caring and Service, Soobeen Park
Thanks to everyone who came to the October DCM! The attendance was great with lots of new faces.
NINJA PANDAS
While making cards and colouring books for KCCP, we watched Halloween Town while munching on some snacks. The Novembers DCM is coming up so make sure to attend!
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CLUB REPORTS - NOVEMBER Britannia
In November, members participated in many volunteer projects. With Christmas coming up, Britannia Key Club signed up to take part in gift wrapping at Metrotown with the MS Society and to take on various roles for Rogers Santa Claus parade. Both the orientations for these two events took place in November, and the executive team is very happy with the turnout of Key Clubbers representing Britannia. In addition to volunteering, some members attended CKI's Interclub, where we contributed to Operation Christmas Child. Some of us sewed trauma dolls; while others traced and cut out fabric for these dolls. It was a great night! Members enjoyed visiting the Sauder building at UBC and meeting other members of the Kiwanis Family. Most importantly, we think we speak for everyone when we say that we enjoyed the delicious Subway cookies. In all seriousness, was great to hear about what other clubs were doing. Finally, at the end of November, Britannia Key Club had its yearbook photos taken! We hope that you enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed posing for them. We are looking forward to a very productive, fun-filled holiday season! Visit the Metrotown gift wrapping booth, you just might meet another Key Clubber! :)
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VanTech November was filled with great enthusiasm and success as Van Tech's Key Club achieved more than $600 for UNICEF! Shout outs to Nada, Marissa, and Kim for bringing in a significant amount of donations! With Key Club Week to start off the month, our club had the opportunity to show the rest of the school some of our spirit and got to experience our first Miracle Minute of the year for the Eliminate Project. Collecting more than $40 in change at our meeting, our lucky members got to see our club's president get pied in the face with a plate full of whipping cream!! We definitely need to see THAT again!
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Prince OfWales For the month of November, Prince of Wales Key Club held a very successful bake sale fundraising for the Eliminate Project. We also volunteered at community centres, at the Camosun Bog, and at the Santa Claus Parade. One of the most special activities PW Key Club did this month was getting to meet our West Vancouver Kiwanians! We were warmly welcomed, and had the chance to enjoy a nice dinner with them. We are also taking in orders for our club hoodies!
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Killarney
The month of November has seen some pretty chilly weather and some pretty busy and great key clubbers! After Halloween, we raised around $100 from trick-or-treat for UNICEF for the Eliminate Project. Nineteen of us attended the Interclub hosted by UBC CKI. We had fun meeting new people and challenged ourselves through the very detailed task of making trauma dolls. We also began our crepe sales again and offered students and staff delicious freshly made crepes during lunch. Key clubbers spent time making posters, attending training sessions, and cooking and assembling the crepes. We sold out, making $80 after expenses and that will go towards our Build-A-School fund, to build a school in Sierra Leone with Killarney's Adopt-A-Village club. For this month's DCM, we had 12 members attend, all of whom had lots of fun playing icebreakers. Organizing for our Christmas fundraiser, Deck the Halls, and our annual special event, Cutting Edge is underway. Mark your calendars, Cutting Edge will be on January 17th!
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DISTRICT PROJECT 9 160 38 61 1.80
One baby dies every 9 minutes from maternal and neonatal tetanus
160 babies dies each day from maternal and neonatal tetanus
38 countries remain at high risk for maternal and neonatal tetanus
It was announced at Spring Board by Governor Trang Tran that our district project for the term is The Eliminate Project. The Eliminate Project raises money for women in multiple countries that are effected by Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus. MNT is caused when tetanus spores, found in soil everywhere, come into contact with open cuts during childbirth.
Kiwanis will help protect 61 million mothers and their future babies
The effects are excruciating - newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and have extreme sensitivity to light and touch. There is little hope of survival and the baby dies within 7 days of being alive.
It only takes $1.80 to provide 3 tetanus vaccinations to one mother
Together, Kiwanis and UNICEF can stop this disease.
With around 12000 Key Clubbers in the Pacific Northwest, our district goal is to get $2 dollars per member for a total of $24000 by District Convention 2014. I would like to put Vice Presidents within each club in charge of organizing fundraisers for the Eliminate Project. Consider making a Projects or Fundraising Committee with interested club members. My goal for our division is $200 per club by DCON 2014!
Eliminate Educate Educate yourself about MNT, and share what you learn with your club, your community, your family and your school. Advocate Let the world know that the poorest, most vulnerable babies and mothers need our help. Rally others to get involved. Eliminate Over the next five years, the work you do to eliminate MNT will change the world. Together, Kiwanis and UNICEF will eliminate MNT and give the poorest families the chance to lead the healthy lives they deserve.
Make sure to be advertising the project and fundraise! If you want some ideas for fundraisers, hold a Miracle Minute at your club meeting! Bake sales at lunch hour are usually very successful too! Get creative with fundraiser ideas. At big school events, have a booth set up for your club and sell goods for The Eliminate Project.
The district board made a PNW Eliminate Project page to show updates on our district's progress. Like and share the page! facebook.com/PnwEliminateProject
Board Of Magical Surprises This is the Board Of Magical Surprises, a point system where clubs will be rewarded for various things. This page will show what points each club got for the previous month and their overall total. At the end of the term, I will be tallying up all marks and the winning CHARTERED and UNCHARTED club will receive a reasonable prize of their choice. Let's see who wins at the end of the term! :)
BOMS Board for : November 2013 School
Previous # of Total members at DCM (1 pt each)
“Move Your Butt If You Love Key Club” (10 pts)
Dues Secretary Club President TOTAL Paid Report Newsletter Report (100 pts) (10 pts) (10 pts) (15 pts) (c)
Britannia
300
30 (10 X 3)
EXEMPT
Burnaby North
26
4
PAID
317
3
Killarney (c)
448
13
Oak Bay (c)
0
Pinetree (c)
406
7
Prince of Wales (c)
293
Tupper Van Tech (c)
10
15
365
15
45
10
15
377
10
15
355
10
15
536
EXEMPT
Claremont 342 (c) Churchill (c)
10
10
PAID 40 (10 X 4)
PAID
10
100 10
10
110 433
PAID
10
10
5
100
10
10
190
4
EXEMPT
358
6
433
15
209
100
10
10
15
519
Vancouver 135 West (c)
PAID
20 (10X2)
20 (10X2)
15
190
U-Hill
EXEMPT
155
20 (10 X 2)
15
155
Dues are all in! :)
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UPCOMING EVENTS
December DCM What: November Divisional Council Meeting Where: Old Spaghetti Factory (53 Water Street) When: December 28th 4:30 pm Who: Key Clubbers!
The Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/even ts/661458900543624 Please remember to bring your Secret Santa gift if you are participating! See you then! :)
December's DCM will be on December 28th, 2013 from 4:30 pm at The Old Spaghetti Factory in Gastown. As divisional tradition, we will be eating dinner together, exchanging Secret Santa Gifts, and skating downtown at Robson Square afterwards. Please dress warmly and be at the restaurant by 4:30 pm, the reservation is booked for 4:45 pm! The restaurant is walking distance from Waterfront skytrain station.
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IRSA's Winter Benefit Gala What: Empowering Girls, Inspiring Futures: IRSA's Winter Benefit Gala Where: Performance Works at Granville Island When: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 5:45pm - 10:00pm Who: Key Clubbers!
Each year, IRSA organizes an annual dinner gala in support of an international issue. For the last ten years, IRSA had partnered with the Canadian Landmine Association to host Night of One Thousand Dinners (N1KD). This year, however, we are excited to be supporting the Canadian Harambee Education Society (CHES) for our eleventh annual gala. CHES is an organization dedicated to empowering young females in Tanzania and Kenya through education. Brenda Nguyen, the PeaceArc LTG of Circle K, is asking us Key Clubbers for help on the day of the event. The approximate shifts are: 3-5pm, 5-9pm, and 9-11:30pm. You may come whenever you can and choose to help set up, take down, or butler throughout the event. Please contact your club officers to sign up! Check out the Facebook event page : https://www.facebook.com/events/387055088091804/
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The Eliminate Showcase What: 2nd Divisional Eliminate Showcase Where: Vancouver Technical Secondary When: Thursday, January 16th, 2013 Who: Key Clubbers!
The Eliminate Showcase will be on Thursday, January 16th, 2013 from 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm. The Eliminate Project raises money and awareness to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus in third world countries. This project was chosen as the District Governor's Project for this Key Club term. Do you have a talent you want to share? Why not perform at the 2nd divisional Eliminate Showcase? Contact your club officers or myself at ltg.spark@gmail.com for more details!
LTG Election What: LTG Election/January DCM Where: Frog Hollow When: January 25th, 2013 Who: Key Clubbers!
The Key Club term is approaching its end. That means it's time to elect the incoming lieutenant governor! The LTG election/January DCM will be at Frog Hollow Neighbouring House on January 25th, 2014. If you are currently in grade 11 or below, from a chartered Key Club in Division 13/15/17, and are interested in running for lieutenant governor, please contact me as soon as possible to go over election procedures and questions, and to prepare candidate profiles and speeches!
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Reminders/Contact December Dates December DCM: December 28th Secretary Report Due: December 5th President Report: December 5th Club Newsletters: December10th Dues Deadline: December 1st
DISTRICT EXECUTIVES
Core Values: leadership, character building, caring and inclusiveness. We are...
DIVISION 13/15/17 NINJA PANDAS ! LIEUTENANT GOVERNER
District Governor Trang Tran pnwgov.trang@gmail.com District Secretary Hakikat Bains bains.hakikat@gmail.com District Treasurer Eric Grewal ericgrewal1@gmail.com District Bulletin Editor Sara Thomas slthomas01@gmail.com Convention Chair Denny Lim dwhanlim@gmail.com International VP Caitlin Stroup keyclubcaitlin@gmail.com
Soobeen Park (c) 778 – 968 – 7824 ltg.spark@gmail.com Don't hesitate to contact me!
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