Bayside High School Key Club Newsletter (October 2018 Edition)

Bayside High School Key Club Newsletter

October 2018 Edition

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Cover Page Table of Contents Events Attended It’s My Park Day National Eating Disorders Association Walk Page 7 October Divisional Page 8 Ronald McDonald House Page 9-10 Walk to Cure Lupus Page 11 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Page 12 Annual Totten Trot 5K Foot Race & Kids’ Fun Run Page 13 Bayside Village Halloween Family Funday Page 14 Light the Night Walk Page 15 Recaps Page 16 Contact Us Page 17 Contact the Division Board Page 18 Stay Updated & Follow Us on Social Media Page 19 November Calendar Page 20 End Page

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Events Attended October 1. It’s My Park Day 2. National Eating Disorders Association Walk 3. October Divisional 4. Ronald McDonald House 5. Walk to Cure Lupus 6. Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 7. Annual Totten Trot 5K Foot Race & Kids’ Fun Run 8. Bayside Village Halloween Family Funday 9. Light the Night Walk

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My experience at “It’s My Park Day” was lit. A lot of key clubbers went and we dug holes to plant a type of flower called the daffodil. In addition, we cleaned up the park by picking up garbage. Although it may sounds laborious and boring, it was actually easy and excessively fun, because we worked together as a group while talking about how the event added to our boring lives. I met had ‘some’ friends, and I say that not because we didn’t socialize, but because I knew almost everybody there. This event was a great way to meet new friends from outside of the school. I was glad I got the chance to participate in this event instead of spending my day at home staring into space for 24 hours. -Lingxiao Lin, member

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The National Eating Disorder Walk’s purpose was to prove the power of a community and to help others fight the illness by supporting one another. All in all, it was an enjoyable experience. Although, walking at 5am in the morning to pick up my friend and arriving at Flushing Library wasn’t a pleasant idea. At the same time, the meet up changed to 7:40 am. and since we already arrived at Flushing Library, we had time to eat breakfast. Later, I was able to go out of my comfort zone and communicate to people in different grades and schools. During the walk, I was able to meet and learn from new friends with different personalities.

The walk did not feel long at all, because while we crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, we had fun talking to one another and taking photos of the sceneries around us.-Cindy Qiu, member

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On Sunday October 7th, I went to the National Eating Disorder Walk, located in Foley Square. This walk’s purpose was to help people with eating disorders. A eating disorder is basically when a person is disturbed from his/her eating habits. It can be caused by many previous events, such as low self-esteem, bullying, peer pressure, depression, lack of self confidence, behavioral problems and etc. There are many ways a person can get an eating disorder, and it impacts a person’s health negatively. A person can get help from others by talking to them about all their problems, but it won’t necessary help because a person’s mind consists of how they see themselves as and how they view their life. There were many people, many different nonprofit, and for-profit organizations trying to help these people get better. The walk in Manhattan was full of people gathered all around donating money to help people get healthier and return to normal eating habits and normal lives. During this process, people got to donate, register, and receive T-shirts to support people. Top donators get a prize and a shout out by the people. In this walk we traveled with a group and we walked up the Brooklyn Bridge, there was a nice view and many organizations there to help support the people and spread awareness.

One thing I learned about this event is that, there are many people all around trying to help spread awareness and help the people. Another thing is that we are able to meet new people, people who had suffered through this and people who supports and help people out. Overall, this walk has taught me a lot in getting more aware of this situation and meeting new people.-Nicole Lew, member

October Divisional! ~During this event, Bayside Key Clubbers attended the October Divisional and helped Lieutenant Governor Asia Lin set up and clean up for the meeting.

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~Written For Key Club President Kelly~ The Walk for Lupus was an extravagant experience. It was the third Key Club event I attended in 2018. I was able to bond with the members of my school as well as talk to some people from other schools. The walk felt very short because of the long conversations I had with my fellow members. The adults participating were also very appreciative of us being there. Attending this event made feel great as well, because I was able to help a cause that I believed in. Everybody there was very enthusiastic about the event and the cause. Key Club is a great organization and the people in it are very considerable with the way they attended this event. I think I will enjoy attending more events in the near and further future.-Xikai Ma, member

My Key Club Walk to Cure Lupus was overall very fun. I got to meet new people and talk to others. As a plus, we got free food and merchandise.

We walked for a very long time and it was very tiring, but I am glad I came to this event. In the future I plan on attending more events that provide benefits to other people and doing as much as I can for others.-Chris Yang, member

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Last Saturday, I attended the Walk to Cure Lupus. It was an experience of struggles and fun. I met a lot of key club members both from my school and from other schools. When we arrived to the Intrepid Sea, which is the location of where the walk took place, there was food and drinks provided for us. All the food was delicious! After we finished eating, the walk had begun. I had a poster that said " Bayside H.S.K.C. Walk to Cure Lupus" to hold up, but since, I didn't bring any gloves; my hands were freezing. Adding on to my struggles I made myself hold up the poster throughout the entire walk. My shoulders were sore after and my fingers felt like they were about to fall off. In the end it was worth it because I spend time with my friends and help raised awareness to a horrible disease that there's no cure for. I would love to do this again next year, but I'll have to remember to bring gloves next time to provide protection against the cold weather.-Jonathan Yu, member

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The Breast Cancer Walk was a fun event that many key clubbers from different schools went to. We all met up at the library around 7:50 am and left around 8:30 am. We walked there together as a group and got there around 9 am. Since we arrived way ahead of time, we ended up waiting about an hour in the weather. The wind was blowing really hard, and I couldn’t really do much about it. After the walk started, we took about 30 minutes to finish the walk. When I passed the finished line, I was really happy because I would seek shelter from the cold, but overall this event was worth it, because it was for a good cause.-Jie Liu, member

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Annual Totten Trot 5K Foot Race & Kids’ Fun Run Congratulations to our advisor, Mr. Jacoby, for finishing the Totten Trot Race(21st place)!!!

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Bayside Village Family Funday

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The Light the Night event was an inspirational event that was filled with people who wanted to make a change. Survivors and supporters were there to show their fight against leukemia and lymphoma, and walked together as one. Red lights, spreading awareness against this disease; white lights, those who have survived; yellow lights, a remembrance of lost loved ones; all glowed in the dark. People from all sorts of backgrounds and pasts came together for one cause. I was glad to participate in this event and will definitely attend more events to spread more awareness to make the world a better place.-Ellena Oh, member

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Contact Us 2018-2019 Board Officers President:

Vice President:

Kelly Yang

Amanda Santiago

929-316-8881

347-237-7062

Co-secretary:

Co-secretary:

Fenny Chen

Doan Huynh

929-213-9908

929-235-3564

Treasurer:

Editor:

Sandra Cao

Hana Ho

929-402-4432

347-517-6163

Webmaster: Natalie Yu 917-892-0272

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Contact the Division Board

Facebook: [NYDKC] Division 8

Instagram: @nycdkc8

Lieutenant Governor: Asia Lin Executive Assistant: Stephanie Wang Division Secretary: Aj Zheng Division Editor: Lauren Ye Division Webmaster: Jing Ren

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Stay Updated & Follow Us on Social Media Follow us on our Facebook Group page: Bayside HS Key Club ‘18-19’

Text @bkeyclu to 81010

Follow us on our Instagram Baysidehskeyclub

Add us on Snapchat at BaysideHSKC

Google Classroom code: pimfi5

Website: https://baysidehighschoolkeyclub .weebly.com/

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November Calendar

Ronald McDonald House

Holiday Lights Display for Juvenile Diabetes

Kidney Walk

Friendsgiving

Fall Rally Decorate the Castle

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Caring~ Our Way of Life