Division Service Spotlights

FABSCRAP BROOKLYN VOLUNTEER

On Monday, January 31st, from 9 am to 12 pm, 12 members from the Staten Island Technical High School Key Club went to the FABSCRAP event. FABSCRAP is a nonprofit organization that focuses on reusing and recycling textile “waste” to make sure that none of it goes to waste. They pick up the “waste” fabrics from companies and recycle them and get them ready to sell to artists, designers, etc. at an extremely affordable price. Any money they make will cover their service fee and excess money will be used towards their charitable mission.

The event took place at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. At the event, we helped sort out different types of fabrics into categories like shred, spandex, wool, polyester, cotton, etc. We sorted out the different types of fabrics from boxes using scissors and staple removers. The fabrics were then put into trash bags depending on their category. Once the box was done, the fabrics sorted into bags would be weighed and set aside. These would then be recycled and resold to people at a very small price and allow things to not go to waste. After the sorting, we were each allowed up to a pound of free fabric for us to keep.

For me personally, the event was fun and quite unique. I have never seen a nonprofit that focused on reusing and recycling fabrics before. The people there were also extremely nice and helpful. They explained how to sort out the fabrics, what kind of fabrics go where, and answered any sort of questions we had. I would recommend this event and do it again. 14 JOEY HUANG, SI TECH

On January 20, 2022, New Dorp High School held an in person event at our club meeting in order to spread joy and care to our local seniors. For this event, this was an interclub mini service project with Staten Island Technical High School and was held during our club meetings in order to encourage more students to enroll in Key Club and serve our community. Specifically, members gathered at our club meeting in our school’s cafeteria after 8th period to hand make positive letters to spread joy to our elders during these difficult times. Additionally, the members were seated in several groups with their peers and each group received construction paper, markers, and other artistic resources to write their heartfelt letters. In fact, to inspire creativeness some ideas suggested included poems, songs, endearing notes, an illustration, etc. The atmosphere was very lively and I was exhilarated to see so many members passionately create such artistic and moving cards. Due to the many submissions we received, both New Dorp and Staten Island Technical High school will be delivering these cards to be donated to elders at a local senior home, ArchCare. The event was a huge success and many seemed joyful and excited to participate.

The Comfort in A Bag project was discussed on Tuesday, January 25th amongst the Wagner Key club. The purpose of this project was to raise awareness for individuals who lose valuable things during emergency situations. The Wagner key Club decided to support this cause by bringing in items like blankets, toys, stuffed animals, books, Snacks, and even written letters to those receiving these items for support and comfort. Each member who participates in this project will receive 1 hour and 30 minutes of community service. While also helping those in need by providing assistance and comfort to those who lost precious items during emergencies.

C O M F O R T I N A B A G

Curtis High School’s Key Club is holding a candy gram fundraiser activity for the American Heart Association. Since Valentine’s Day is coming up, Key Clubbers are selling candy grams to the people at Curtis. These students write up who they want to give the candy to for Valentine’s Day, and on that day, Key Clubbers send it out to the recipients. We are doing this to help the ones who need support. This activity will benefit the students because they don’t have to worry about buying candy at a high price for their Valentines and it also allows us to donate the money to the American Heart Association to fund the ones in unfortunate conditions. All of the members of the Club want to make a change and help fight devastating diseases that occur in America.

At our last meeting, our club introduced various events, two of which piqued my interest: The New York City Compost Project and Bean Bean Bean.

As someone who cooks as a hobby, food scraps and waste are often thrown into the trash, and the compost project was an opportunity to put these items to good use for the environment. Through this project, I learned that composting consists of utilizing alternate layers of organic material to provide carbon, nitrogen, and water to the soil, which in turn serves as fertilizer and reduces carbon footprint from landfills. This is extremely important when looking towards the future of our planet and the current crises we are facing, and I believe that these small efforts are a starting point towards positive change. I look forward to donating these food scraps that I have accumulated to the Snug Harbor dropoff site on Saturday. In the past I have participated in other other Key Club virtual games such as the UNICEF Plant the Peace Games, and I was excited to hear that our club introduced a new one called “Bean Bean Bean. ” Bean Bean Bean gives various options for trivia, such as times tables, world capitals, and vocabulary, which accumulate beans that are converted to a dollar amount. This money is then donated to food banks, charities, and disaster relief efforts. Through trivia questions, I was able to provide some easy contributions to various charities that partner with their site, which although small, means much more to the communities that these donations go to.

I am looking forward to more fun Key Club events in the future while serving my local community with these contributions.

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