September '21 Newsletter

NGKC September Newsletter North Garland High School Region 9 District 2S Volume 9 Issue 4

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CLAIRE NGUYEN (SECRETARY) Hey Key Club members!! Thank you all so much for deciding to join; we're looking forward to a bright year with you all. We officers hope you all enjoy the events we have this year!!

VINH TRAN (WEBMASTER) Hey volunteer enthusiasts! The first quarter of the school year just finished, and there's still a threefourths of the way left to go. Remember to sign up for events, spread Key Club's mission, and most importantly, take care of your health. Let's keep the momentum strong as we work forward to building more memories.

IVY NGUYEN (EDITOR) I hope you're having a great break so far! As to say, membership deadlines are coming up soon so make sure to get those prepared and turned in! I hope the recent events have left a strong impression and driven you to volunteer more in the future. Please look forward to what Key Club has to offer!

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MEMBERSHIP DEADLINE! The due date for membership applications and fees have changed to Friday, October15th!

If you haven't already, pick up an application form in room 511 ASAP! You'll need a parent signature so make sure to make enough time to prepare all of the necessary items.

Movie Night Social Thank you to all of those who attended our movie social on September 24th! We hope you had an amazing time and enjoyed the movie. Look forward to more events where we get to hang out moviesocial.pdf and interact!

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A Helping Hand A Helping Hand is a project that serves to raise awareness for children in the foster care system and advocates for foster kids who are struggling emotionally or financially. By donating items such as hygiene products, coloring books, school items, gifts, and clothing, you, too, can lend a helping hand!

september riddle If you don't keep me, I'll break.

What am I?

Message Submit a screenshot of your completed activity to any officer on Remind, Discord or email to keyclubnghs@gmail.com to earn thirty Key Club minutes!

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our calling 09/18

trusted world 09/29

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Code Cares

Tango Tab Pack meals to be delivered to those in need.

Aiding elders in yardwork.

More information to be released!

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Dart Time: 7:40 AM Location: Bar Louie - 8166 Park Ln, Suite C310 Dallas, TX 75231

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Pumpkin Carving Social More information to be released!

Trusted World Sort through clothes and/or package foods Time: 10a-12p and 12p-2p Location: 613b Easy St, Garland, TX 75042

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Experiencing Change WRITTEN BY CLAIRE NGUYEN

Senior year has been a period of major change for me. Along with talk of college applications and scholarships, I’ve also quit my major elective, theatre, and many AP classes in order to make room for my mental health. After clearing my schedule, I felt a gap where I surprisingly have a lot more free time, and I suddenly felt like I was missing something. Key Club helped fill that gap; attending meetings, volunteering with my friends, and going to socials made me feel a lot better about my decision and about how I spend my time.

As a notorious people pleaser, being able to help people and organizations by making their job easier makes me feel so excited that I was able to fulfill their expectations. Working with my fellow officers is such a rewarding experience, especially since everyone has their own responsibilities that all come together in the end. Belonging to a group and devoting time into a mutual goal reminds me of theatre in a way no other organization or extracurricular has given me.

Volunteering with my peers is also a very rewarding experience, despite having to wake up early or spending time on weekends volunteering. Spending time with my peers and working hard to do an efficient job and help around events where we can is an experience I’ve never really gotten anywhere else. Although Key Club is not about competition, having a friendly rivalry with my peers about total service hours is also something that

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makes me feel like I truly fit in somewhere.

Due to my past issues with productivity and feeling motivated, I’ve always struggled with working up the drive to participate, which is one of the reasons I changed my schedule majorly for senior year. Being able to simultaneously take it easy and work hard in Key Club is such a great way for me to practice working efficiently and pushing myself to do tasks I’ve never done before.

While my senior year is looking a lot different than years before, Key Club helps ease the transition from my earlier high school years and college by giving me a place to belong, friends to forge new bonds with, ways to push myself, and somewhere I can be myself. I’m glad I get to be involved with such a beneficial club that provides support for my school, my fellow peers, and my community.

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Definitely Not A Psychological Strategy WRITTEN BY DANIEL NGUYEN

As the membership deadline for our club approaches, it’s time to start getting things into action in the club. Naturally, as with any year, we are seeing new Key Club members, but this year is critical for the club’s new members because it will be one of their first times being in a service club since Covid-19. That raises the question, however, of maintaining membership engagement in the club. I think the solution is quite simple: no matter the event we do, if we do not create strong social connections within the club, there will be no membership engagement.

What do I mean by strong social connections? I mean a club lives and dies by how closely connected its members are.

If no one shows up to an event: dead club.

However, if we can get at least one person to come, then we can get them to invite their friends. If we’re lucky, we might even get a whole friend group to come. One part of this process is about tapping into already established friend groups in order to connect volunteering and a joint experience with friends. The other part of the process is about getting interconnections between friends and friend groups. This is where the real magic of Key Club happens. Once we get individuals and their friend groups to come, they then meet other people and their groups. Most of the time, this only ends up as a simple, “Hi, I met you at this one event.” However, over time, familiarity builds and a simple greeting may turn into a great friendship.

showing up, but not anyone else. It’s the same friend groups and a couple of others, but what really needs to happen is we need to introduce new friend groups and create new connections so that people have someone to volunteer with. This has to start with reaching out. If we can get at least every member in our club to try out an event once, I’m sure there will be many that would want to come back for the experience.

Personally, I want Key Club to be a place where its members can meet new people, whether it’s within the club or within their community. I want the experience to be eye-opening to the bigger world and its many people. I think this starts with the officers. We represent the club as its leaders and role models. Therefore, we have to lead by example and reach out to others within our club first. Once members have a connection to the officers, they have a connection to the club. Once this happens, who knows what chain reaction will happen next, but I’m excited to find out.

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I think one of the main problems in the club right now is that the same people keep

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PARTNERS March of Dimes strives to prevent birth defects and infant deaths by conducting research on infant health.

They are committed to preventing premature births and have launched campaigns to promote the importance of prenatal care.

UNICEF

UNICEF works to protect children and their rights, ensuring protection for children suffering from war, poverty, disabilities, exploitation, and violence. UNICEF also advocates for the equal rights of women and girls and are working to accomplish the Sustainable Development Goals, which are set to attain a sustainable future and leave no one behind.

Children's Miracle Network raises funds for children’s hospitals, medical research and awareness for children’s health issues. They have raised funds for 170 children’s hospitals across North America.

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March of Dimes

Children's Miracle Network

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Officer Information President Ai Do aido102816@gmail.com Vice President Isabella Ignacio IsaIgnacio108@gmail.com

LTG Tisha Gautam ltg2s@tokeyclub

Vice President Chris Vo vochris102@gmail.com

Regional Advisor Dennis Hogan region8@tokeyclub

Secretary Angela Lianthong angelalianthong@gmail.com

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Advisor Joel Blakley jrblakle@garlandisd.net

District Board

Secretary Claire Nguyen cyanflower85@gmail.com

Govenor Lilian Thai governor@tokeyclub.com

Treasurer Daniel Nguyen dnbusi20@gmail.com

Secretary Ginna Galindo secretary@tokeyclub.com

Historian Amy Nguyen littlepugamy@gmail.com

Treasurer Makayla Hsieh treasurer@tokeyclub.com

Webmaster Alvin Tran alvin33220@gmail.com

Editor Anushka Ranjan editor@tokeyclub.com

Editor Alvina Tran alvina22440@gmail.com

Convention LIason Valerie Hennessee cl@tokeyclub.com

Editor Ivy Nguyen ivklan000@gmail.com

Technology Producer Noah Obuya technproducer@tokeyclub.com

SOCIALS Email keyclubnghs@gmail.com

Website https://www.ngkeyclub.com/

Instagram @ngkeyclub

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Remind @ngkc21

Twitter @nghs_kc

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Reminder “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.”

– Charles R. Swindoll

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