Springing Into Service / OAKC Newsletter July

JULY 2017 | VOL XVII | ISSUE II

Springing Into Service

Key Club International |CNH District I Region 3 I Division 30 South I OAKC

Table Of Contents & Updates

Come Join us at our annual BEACH BOOMBA! Bring your sunscreen, your surfboards, and your Key Club colors for this event! See you there!

1 T.o.C. & Updates 3 Calendar 5 President’ Corner

6 Editor’s Note 7 Hours Leaderboard 9 June DCM 11 More Volunteering!

13 O.T.C 2017 19 Contact Us!!

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President’s Corner Hello Sunshines!

Hope summer has been treating you well! We’ve only got a mo nth or so left till school starts again so be sure to make the most of it; whether that means sleeping in, binging on your favorite TV show, hanging out with friends and family, or volunteering at Key Club events, I hope y’all take a little bit of time for yourselves to relax and have fun. June has been a busy month, so take a moment to recap on what’s going on in our club, division, and region. Huly will be fully of suprises, with our Summer Social, Beach Boomba, and a multitude of different events such as COTG for y’all coming up, so stay tuned for more updates!

As the start of my last and final year at Oxford approaches, I've bene thinking about how I'll soon be having a lot of lasts: last first day of school, last Fall Rally, last DCON, last cluster party, last day in uniform; the list goes on and on. In and out of Key Club, I've made so many good memories here my last five years, and as cheesy as it sounds, the years really do fly by, so live in the moment and make the most of them. Joining Key Club three years ago as a little freshman was definitely one of the best decisions of my high school career, and there hasn't been a single moment where I've regretted being a part of this incredible family. Every person's Key Club journey is a little bit different, but remember that you always have the support of me and the rest of your OAKC ohana no matter what. So take a chance, challenge yourself, and make the most of your Key Club experience.

Your Pres, Samantha

Editor’s Note Heyo!

Going through the months of summer are always unusually quick, and utterly wasted by many of us, including myself. Managing to stay productive in some way or another tends to become a matter of guilt or necessity, instead of one’s own will, and I am one who is succumbing to the first spoken matter. However, as truthful as that may be, the one thing that is keeping me from the grasps of laziness and is making me act differently than my previous summers is my job as an officer.

Being bulletin editor is comparatively more labor-intensive than the rest of the roles due to the raw need to understand their role. First, you don’t get the luxury of knowing how to specifically do your role. Unlike how treasurers know they have to manage money and how historians know they have to take pictures, this role is something that requires the person to think well and hard on how they’ll approach the issue differently, and how they can make it better. You can’t just copy off the editor alumni (which I admittedly did at first), and you can’t use the same template for each and every article because that’s just in bad taste. You need to spend countless hours on the design of the front page, the nuances of the table of contents and the layout of the often 20+ page magazines. Although it is often hard to do and even tedious, learning how to use programs such as InDesign and Photoshop while failing multiple, multiple times is only adding to my skillset and overall person, which I am grateful for. Hopefully, I can continue doing something just like this in the future, in one way or another. Till then, I’ll continue doing my best as B.E. and hope to have more people read my issues. Thanks for reading!

Sincerely, Jeremie

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To Our Members of the Month for June & July: Thank You Mia & Milan!

By Anna Phan I Web Editor

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his year’s June DCM, held at Oak Knoll Park, was a service and social combo event where fellow key clubbers in Division 30 South could gather news and announcements from Lieutenant Governor Vivian Bui, bond with others in the divi-

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sion, and do service by creating paper crafts meant to be sent to several charities. Overall, it was a wonderful experience where division news, bonding, and service hours were offered at the same time.

June DCM started out with the Division Leadership Team’s boba & popcorn chicken sale where proceeds would go to the Pediatric Trauma Program and

Project Eliminate. During the meeting, Lieutenant Governor Vivian Bui went over updates in the club and district, future events, recognition, and more.

During the open mind session, members shared embarrassing moments, bringing humor and bonding experiences to the meeting. Following the meeting was a fun icebreaker introduced by the division’s spirit coordinators.

During the service event, members made paper lanterns, hands, and cards.

The cards and lanterns would be sent to war veterans through the American Legion organization, where the paper hands would help raise money for the Save the Children’s programs. We learned how to make cards shaped like shirts and paper lanterns, which was really entertaining and informative.

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More Volunteering!

(Including June DCM!)

By Mai-Vy Truong I Historian

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his month, there were a handful of events that were extremely fun and beneficial to our community. At the beginning of June, we had the OC Visions Walk, which was hosted at Angel Stadium. This was one of my favorite events of the month because I was able to watch and cheer for adorable children just waddling their way through the course. Not only that, I helped re-energize the runners by passing out food and water throughout the day. Another highlight of this month was June DCM. My favorite part was when we played All Aboard, which is basically a game of betrayal. The leaders call out a number and

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members had to get into groups based on that number. So when there was a group of five and the number four was called, one person got out, hence, a game of Betrayal. Nevertheless, it was a very fun game that helped Key Clubbers bond with each other. I definitely would encourage members to attend as many DCMs as possible because it is an amazing opportunity to interact with members within the District and have fun at the same time. Let’s hope July brings us some more fun!

Keep shining Key-uties! <3

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Creating Leaders of Service: OTC â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17

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By Jeremie Manuel I B. Editor

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he Officer Training Conference 2017 was an event led by Key Club International that was meant to help aid the new officers with their duties and tasks.

People from all over the Golden State came to the conference, and by certainly any means possible. I myself had to sit through a 2 hour bus ride to get to Costa Mesa High, but it was all worth it, as the moment I entered the event, I was greeted by whimsical smiles and familiar faces.

There, I got to reunite with old friends, meet my Soulmate (an apparently very popular game with Key Club), and got to learn many things about the history of the organization and what exactly Bulletin Editor is meant to do. Led by the numerous LTGs, the event was one of my favorite events of my time with Key Club and has hyped me up for DCON 2018. I really recommend others to apply for an officer position because this type of knit community and experience is something one can find only as a Key Club Board member.

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By Samantha Yao I Pres.

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t’s just begun to hit me that as senior year approaches, I’ll soon be having a lot of “lasts,” in school, Key Club, and my personal life.

This past June was my last OTC; together with officers from all around Region 3, I and the rest of the OAKC officers present gathered at Costa

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Mesa High School for a day of workshops, learning, and spirit.

We attended workshops to learn more about our respective positions and brainstorm ideas for possible fundraisers,

By Amber Sun I Treasurer

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his Past month, I attended my second Region 3 OTC. It

meeting ideas, or solutions to problems within our board or club. It was incredibly inspiring to be able to meet other leaders from across Orange County/ Region 3 and listen to how they’d overcome their own challenges and struggles, and I definitely left knowing a lot more than I had coming in. I’m proud to be able to serve all of you, and I hope that I will be able to put this experience to use throughout the rest of my term (and see some of you there next year as well!).

is an event that I have been looking forward to for an entire year because it, alongside RTC, is where I am united with Region 3 officers who share the same goal and mindset as me. Upon arrival, I was greeted by extremely enthusiastic Key Clubbers who I knew were just as excited as me to attend workshops.

The two workshops that I attended were the Treasurer workshop and Preferred Charities workshop. I not only learned a lot through these workshops, but I was able to bond with other Key Club treasurers or those who had the interest of becoming one. I was able to share some of my ideas with other officers and learn what to do and what not to do from past Treasurers. I’m trly thankful to have the opportunity to go to OTC once again, and I hope I will be able to apply some of the knowledge I gained through OTC to help made this year a bee-utiful year!

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By Brittney Le I Publicist

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n July 17, all of the Key Club officers from Region 3 met up at Costa Mesa High School for 5 hours for one purpose: to train for the term in order to effectively serve you. Despite the heat bearing down, officers from Region 3 came out to workshops led by Lieutenant Governors to learn more about Key Club and their duties.

This day was known formally as OTC, or Officer Training Conference, which is held once a term. The day started off with some pizza, service projects, and making new friends.

We attended an opening session, along with a closing session, which all officers and LTGs listened to an overview of upcoming events and responsibilities. OTC also consisted of two training sessions, in which we went to a room and learned about a certain position or something related to Key Club, like our goals and charities.

OTC was a fun event to attend, primarily because of all the things you learn and friends you make from all over Region 3. Even if you're not an officer, but you're interested in learning more about Key Club and enhancing your skills, there's an event for you: RTC, or Region Training Conference. This is practically the same thing as OTC but it's open for all Key

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Clubbers to attend, learn, and make new friends! RTC takes place on October 14 at Fountain Valley High School, and I highly recommend going, especially with your friends and if you're interested in getting more involved in Key Club!

By Huda Saleh I VP

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hile summer seems to be passing by so quickly, Officer Training Conference this June was a great opportunity for the Region 3 officers to catch up with new and old Key Club friends, as well as learn more about our respective positions and other KEY components of this organization.

Before we actually went to the training workshops, the event started off with a registration period, then a dog toy-making service project, and then a period where we did ice breakers within our division. My favorite game was ‘Soulmate’ because we were able to laugh over the different questions and learn more about our friends’ preferences.

Anyways after the icebreakers we went inside the auditorium for the opening session followed by the two workshop sessions. Personally, I attended the “Vice Presidents” workshop and the “How to Run a Meeting Workshop” but their were various options for the types of workshops you could go to.

Furthermore, while OTC wasn’t a new experience for me, I was still able to learn some new things and hope that we can implement these new ideas this year to improve our club. I was pretty tired by the end of the long day, but overall I’m glad that I went.

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