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T otte n ville H igh Sc hool hoste d a “Stu de n t Ac tivitie s F air” on Se p te mb e r 2 9 , 2 0 2 1 . P rior to the fair , of fic e rs gathe re d mate rial an d re sou rc e s to re c ru it u n de rc lassme n . W e p re p are d “H ow to J oin : Ke y Clu b ”
han d ou ts, Q R c od e s w ith lin k s to ou r c ommu n ic ation p latf orms, an d e ve n a p r e se n tation that w as p laye d thr ou ghou t the fair. As w e se t u p ou r b ooth in f r on t of the sc hool’s e n tr an c e , w e me tic u lou sly p lac e ou r mate rial an d p r e p ar e f or the in c omin g w ave of stu de n ts. Soon , c haotic n oise f rom b u stlin g gr ou p s fille d the e n tran c e of the sc hool. O ff ic e rs shou te d taglin e s an d ap p roac he d the u n de r c lassme n to shar e more ab ou t Ke y Clu b . Eve n tu ally, w e got ve ry c omfor tab le w ith ou r stu mp sp e e c h an d w e r e ab le to b u ild a mome n tu m of sign -u p s. Sign u p she e t afte r sign u p she e t b e gan to f ill u p qu ic k ly as w e sc ramb le d to gathe r more . W atc hin g the imme n se n u mb e r of c u riou s stu de n ts stop p in g b y an d ad visin g e ve ryon e ab ou t w hat Ke y Clu b is has e stab lishe d a se n se of f u lf illme n t w ithin u s. As w e e x p lain the b e n e f its of Ke y Clu b an d its ab ility to b oth f orm an d he lp ou t c ommu n itie s e ve ryw he re , the se u n de rc lassme n ’s e ye s light u p w ith in te re st an d shoc k . Look in g b ac k thre e ye ars ago how w e w e re in the ir same shoe s, w e w e re more than e c static that this time w e w e r e the on e s w ho gu id e d the m an d he lp e d ou t the u n d e rc lassme n d e c id e if Ke y Clu b is r ight for the m or n ot. De sp ite b e in g ou t of b re ath b y the e n d of the day, e ve ry b re ath w as w or th all the e ffor t to mak e Ke y Clu b mor e k n ow n ar ou n d . T oge the r w e k n e w that n ot on ly w as Ke y Clu b n ow mor e k n ow n , b u t that the re are n ow more p e op le to he lp sp re ad aw are n e ss e ve ryw he re . T oge the r w e w e r e mak in g a diff e re n c e . T he day w as tre me n d ou sly su c c e ssf u l. T hrou gh sc r e e c hin g voic e s an d imp assion e d d rive , w e man age d to ge t 1 8 5 n e w me mb e r sign -u p s. W e look f or w ard to e x p an din g T otte n ville Ke y Clu b mor e e ve ryday!
by by Regina Regina Lee, Lee, Donald Donald Liang, Liang, Malak Malak Elkafafi Elkafafi
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