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STATEN ISLAND TECHNICAL
Throughout the month of December, Staten Island Technical High School Key Club held a club wide food drive! Through the combined efforts of members and officers alike, our club raised over 400 cans of food and many other assorted nonperishable food items!
Collection for the food drive began early December and continued to the end of the month. We encouraged members to donate canned goods and other kinds of non-perishable food in order to assist those who were (and still are) directly impacted by the pandemic. The food bank we chose to support was City Harvest, an organization dedicated to the collection and redistribution of food to the unfortunate residents of New York City. Our original goal was 100 pounds of food to be collected, but evidently we surpassed our goal more than 4 times! With a grand total of 427 nonperishable food items - which equates to roughly 401 pounds of donations we broke both our standard goal and stretch goal of 200 items, just in time for the holidays and the New Year. Thanks to the countless donations from members and officers alike, we were able to pass our goal with flying colors. City Harvest will be collecting our donations at the beginning of January once school gets back in session and we are extremely content with the success of the Staten Island Tech. Food Drive. We hope to keep this momentum and kick off 2022 even stronger! BY JUSTIN ZHOU
SUSAN E. LETTERS OF HOPE WAGNER
Susan E Wagner Key Club has been participating in writing letters of hope and comfort. The after effects of the pandemic have left our emotions all around the place. We are writing letters to soup kitchen workers, all over the city to promote good mental health and the feeling of loneliness. All of our club members are participating in the project. Not only that, we are in preparation for our Kindness Wall Service project. To promote happiness, and words of encouragement to keep going. We are writing down quotes, putting them together at the wall to show what kind of community Wagner is. It's a joint collaborative effort with Key Club, Guidance office, and all students from our school.
BY BECKY KOSHY
SUSAN E. WAGNER PRESIDENT
NEW DORP
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA
On December 18th at the Woodland Cemetery, I attended the Wreaths Across America event, along with my Co-President, James, and Treasurer, Michael. Wreaths Across America is an event to remember and honor America’s fallen veterans by placing a beautiful wreath on a fallen veteran’s grave. National Wreaths Across America day is in December because they believe that the best time to honor our fallen heroes is during the holiday season when many families have an empty seat on the table. At the event, NY Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, representing Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn, came and gave a great speech about America’s brave heroes, and then we began putting the wreaths. We were all given wreaths, a fallen veteran’s name, and an American flag. We would place the name on the wreath and put the flag in it. After a few hours of hard work, the cemetery transformed from a somewhat creepy place to a beautiful memorial filled with wreaths to honor our noble and brave soldiers. I am truly honored and proud to have attended this event, and I am looking forward to cleaning up the wreaths from the cemetery in January!
BY DANIEL GORELIK
NDHS KEY CLUB CO-PRESIDENT
TOTTENVILLE EVENTS
As the holidays approached and COVID-19 cases surged, Tottenville High School Key Club introduced more virtual events to accommodate the changing times. We held two in-person meetings on December 3rd and December 17th, where 95 and 86 members attended respectively. There, we introduced events such as Cranes for Cancer, Bean Bean Bean, and Luv Michael — all incredible virtual event options. Cranes for Cancer is a virtual event where you “fold” paper cranes to help reach the organization’s goal of 200,000 cranes for the cancer patients at Primary Children’s Hospital. “Referred to as the ‘bird of happiness, ’ origami cranes symbolize hope. It is said that for every 1,000 origami cranes created a wish will come true. ” Tottenville has already folded 135 cranes with the intention to meet the goal. Bean Bean Bean is an online quiz website that donates to charities based on the amount of “beans” collected. Incredibly, Tottenville has already collected 15,251 beans, dedicating over 100 hours, that will be distributed to charities across the world. Luv Michael is a non-profit organization that allows the opportunity to employ autistic adults to make handmade granola. Through this self-paced program, volunteers learn about autism, are inspired to become advocates, earn service hours and educate others about issues facing autistic individuals. We have long supported Luv Michael though their virtual volunteer program. Our members contributed over 160 hours to have conversations with friends and family advocating for the autistic community and fundraising to support the organization. Taylor wrote “My favorite part of this event was seeing how passionate the Luv Michael team was towards their cause. ” Mahima added that “[her] favorite part of this event was getting to learn about Luv Micheal and what they promote. Through the volunteer campaign, people are able to spread awareness and even get people to donate to this cause. ” December was another successful month for Tottenville High School, and we look forward to continuing again in January.
DOOR DECORATING CONTEST
Curtis Key Club had an amazing time decorating their door for the door decorating contest!Displayed is a picture of Olaf in an exquisite mug of hot cocoa. The Key Club is definitely worth melting for!!!
BY OMOSEFE NORUWA
