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Record yourself doing something you love or teaching a new skill (ex. Playing piano, making origami, cooking) and share it on social media!
Create artwork/ letters, music recordings/ videos, or children’s book read-aloud videos, and email your work to eholcombe@exception alcare.org
Mental Health Monday
Therapy Tuesday
Giang Nguyen | 12 | Tech Editor
Service has not been easy this month, as Key Club faces challenges in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic among everything else. With the order to stay at home and the prohibition of public gatherings, we as Key Clubbers turn to alternative approaches and continue to remain resourceful. We find ways to serve the community and raise funds from within the confinements of our own homes. And through that, the service goes on. As a shining example of our division’s efforts, the Division Service Week was an illustrious success. With the opportunity to participate in daily activities and receive hours, we saw a rise in service and community outreach. The activities included creating videos aimed towards promoting mental health, writing thank you cards for teachers and school faculty members, and even recording healthy exercises to support a cause through charity apps. Because of the restrictions as a result of being separated during lockdown, we saw a new system in place for logging hours during the
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service week: participating members would self-report their hours by emailing proof to their respective project chairs. Such a system places honesty and trust on fellow Key Clubbers to do the right thing, rather than abusing it to their advantages. It is a great way to highlight the Key Club core value of character building, both through the honor system and the service activities. I personally enjoyed participating in the Division Service Week, as I was able to see the creativity of my friends and other Key Clubbers shine. On Food Bank Friday, we helped raise money for food banks by playing trivia games that awarded one bean for every right answer. I challenged myself to get to 500 beans, but sadly I fell short at 492 beans. My favorite activity was Mental Health Monday, which allowed for everyone to be creative and post stress-relieving activities on their social media stories. I also learned how to play Minecraft guitar music for that day, which was both fun and surprisingly stress-relieving. Truly, Minecraft solves everything.
