KEY CLUB GONE VIRTUAL what the virtual world of key club looks like
Plano East Senior High has decided to
the Plano East based Learning Cast
place many extracurricular activities either
program, and transcribing historical
on hold or virtually through Zoom or
collections through Smithsonian to name a
Google Meets. With these measures taken
few. Many organizations have switched to
into account, our sponsor and officer team
allowing virtual service opportunities and in
have decided to hold meetings and service
response to this, Key Club has decided to
activities online. After preparing since
lower the service requirement to 12 hours a
June, Plano East Key Club’s first meeting
semester. Every month, the informational
will be held on September 4th and monthly
meetings will provide 3-4 service
meetings will hopefully continue through an
opportunities for members to gain a
online format like Google Meets every 2nd
sufficient amount of hours.
Friday of each month.
An exciting addition to Plano East Key Club this year is a member of the month.
COMMUNICATION IS KEY, AND KEY CLUB HAS ADAPTED ACCORDINGLY FOR THEIR MEMBERS. Exploring the world of virtual
Each month, one member will be chosen
volunteering has been a hurdle, but our
based on the number of hours completed
team has found that there are many
during the month, attendance of meetings,
service opportunities that we can feature.
and general engagement in the club. At
Some opportunities include sending a
each meeting following the first, the officer
virtual note of hope to families and
team will recognize the member of the
healthcare workers through March of
month and send them a certificate via
Dimes, recording a podcast on a class that
email, as well as feature them in an article
you have or are currently taking through
of the newsletter.
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