Septemberoctober newsletter

THE LOCKSMITH New York District / Division 11 Volume 4 Issue 34

Stuyvesant High School September/October Issue

Editor’s Note: Hi Key Clubbers! I hope you’ve had a productive first marking period. All E’s am I right?

JK Shoutout to all the new freshmen, it’s so great to see you guys at events, being active and interacting with other Key Clubbers, you guys are amazing. Seniors, I hope you guys finished your college apps or in the process of doing so. I hope all of you guys are doing well and I can’t wait to volunteer with you.

Director's Note: Hey everyone! We're almost two months into the school year; can you believe it? It feels like school started just a while ago. Anyways, thanks for reading our newsletter.

We hope you enjoy it.

Remember to volunteer and send us pics and articles!

16-’17 Stuyvesant Key Club Board: President: Jiaqi Gao jiaqigao12@gmail.com Vice President: Michelle Yang librasapphire2000@gmail.com Editor: Yvonne Pan ypan1@stuy.edu Webmaster: Alvin Zhu alvinzhu33@yahoo.com Secretary: Yuki Lau stuyyuki@gmail.com Treasurer: Sarah Rim sarahrim1221@gmail.com Contact Us: www.stuykc.org www.facebook.com/groups/stuyv esantkeyclub/ Stuyvesant High School 345 Chambers Street New York, NY 10282

Table of Contents

Timeline of Past Events September/October Events Upcoming Events Color Run Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest September Divisional Alice Mural Restoration Brooklyn Mid-Autumn Moon Fest Atlantic Antic Festival Kiwanis Benefit Dinner Korean Day Parade PTC Conferences Asphalt Screams Halloween Game Expo Halloween Parade and Party NYCRUNS Haunted Island

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Timeline of Past Events September 3: September 10: September 10: September 16: September 17: September 18: September 24: September 25: October 1:

October 2: October 8:

Color Run Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge (ROC Race) Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest Restore Alice Mural MOCA Mid-Autumn Family Fest Brooklyn Mid-Autumn Moon Fest and Parade Photoville Urban Adventure Race Photoville Atlantic Antic Festival Korean Day Parade Library Tutoring Grub Street Food Festival Volleyball Invitational and Festival Poster Event Columbus Day Parade Library Tutoring

Timeline of Past Events October 9: October 16:

October 8: October 22: October 23: October 27: October 28: October 29: October 30: November 3:

Future of Story Telling Library Tutoring Insane Inflatable 5k Marco Polo Festival B&N Game Night 9th Imagine Science Film Festival Dog Vaccination & Licensing Event Columbus Day Parade Light the Night Walk Columbus Anti-Bullying Walk Parent Teacher Conferences Asphalt Screams Parent Teacher Conferences Fall Rally Halloween Game Expo City Field Climb Halloween Parade and Party PS 124 PTC Translation

September/October Events Color Run (Saturday, September 3rd) Time: 7:30am to 1:30pm Location: Aviator Sports and Events Center, Brooklyn Description: Color Run is a 5k, un-timed race in which thousands of people, or “Color Runners�, are doused from head to toe in different colors at each station. We'll be helping out at color stations, the finish line, festival area, water stations, etc. Although this event is still some time away, volunteer spots fill out extremely early every year, so please sign up ahead of time if you are planning to go.

Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge (ROC Race) (Saturday, September 10th) Time: 11am to 5pm Location: Aviator Sports and Events Center, Brooklyn Description: ROC Race is the original game show-inspired obstacle run featuring larger-than-life obstacles including the infamous Wrecking Balls, the menacing Sweeper, the newly re-imagined Jump Balls, and an epic finish line slide down The Hippo! Volunteers will be helping with of variety of tasks including check-in, T-shirt distribution, merchandise tent, bag check, water stations, working at obstacles, and motivating runners through the course. Please select Event Support Shift 2 on the second link!

Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest (Saturday, September 10th) Shift Times: 11:30am-1:30pm; 1:30pm-5pm; 5pm-8pm Location: Chinatown - Forsyth St near Manhattan Bridge Description: We will be helping Chinatown Partnership and Chinatown BID with their next weekend walk! We will be helping Chinatown BID set up for the event. This involves setting up tents, tables, chairs, lanterns, the stage, and controlling traffic. This is a very popular event and in past years, volunteers got to take home free moon cakes.

Restore Alice Mural (Friday, September 16th) Time: 4pm to 7:30pm Location: Alice in Wonderland wall next to Stuy!

Description: CITYarts invited us to help volunteer with the mural outside of Stuyvesant. If you're interested in painting and making our environment a more beautiful place, sign up! This is an amazing opportunity for Stuy students to leave a mark on their mural!

September/October Events MOCA Mid-Autumn Family Fest (Saturday, September 17th) Shift Times: 11am-2:30pm; 2pm-4:30pm Location: Museum of Chinese in America- 215 Centre St, New York, NY 10013 Description: We will be helping out at the Mid-Autumn Moon Family Festival. There will be many activities related to customs and traditions of Mid-Autumn Festival such as mooncake tasting, stellar story time, moon-themed arts and craft.

Brooklyn Mid-Autumn Moon Fest and Parade (Sunday, September 18th) Shift Times: 9:30am-12:30pm; 12pm-4:30 pm; 4pm-7pm Location: Leif Ericson Park, Brooklyn (btwn 65th and 67th St & 8th Ave) Description: We will be helping out at the Autumn Moon Festival and Parade hosted by Better Chinatown! This event aims to bring the community together as well as give the community an event to enjoy. Volunteers will be helping with setup, breakdown, as well as running festival activities. Lunch will be provided as well as free drawing tickets for the raffle being held. Prizes include a Delta airplane ticket to Hong Kong, China Southern ticket to Guangzhou and Delta US round trip. (3 hours of volunteering= 1 raffle ticket, 5 hours of volunteering= 2 tickets) Urban Adventure Race (Saturday, September 24th) Time: 12pm-4pm Location: TBA (downtown Manhattan) Description: We will be helping with Urban Adventure Race! It is a massive team-based scavenger hunt through the city. Volunteers will be stationed at various checkpoints to assist certain challenge! Sign ups for this event closes Sep15th!!

Grub Street Food Festival (Saturday, October 1st) Shift Times: 8am to 1:30pm, 1pm to 6pm Location: corner of Essex and Hester Streets in the Lower East Side Description: We will be helping out Hester Street Fair with their 7th annual Grub Street Food Festival! With over 50 food vendors, it truly will be a celebration of the variety that makes this city’s eating scene so incredible. Volunteers will be helping out with setup, breakdown as well as any tasks the food vendors request.

September/October Events Photoville (Sat + Sun, September 24th+25th) Time: TBA (will likely be 12pm to 9pm, separated into two shifts) Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park Description: We'll be helping out at the 5th annual Photoville located on the Brooklyn Waterfront! Photoville is a massive and unique photographic event that showcases over sixty exhibitions of photos taken around the globe in shipping containers. They aim to connect photographers and their audience through the power of visual storytelling. In addition, there will be multiple activities for volunteers and visitors to participate in such as the NY Times Photo Hunt and the Daylight Book Signing Event. There will also be an orientation prior to the event, details TBA. (Photoville will also provide you with a food voucher to redeem at one of the yummy Smorgasburg food vendors!) Since the last shift ends a bit late, you will be able to leave early if necessary.

Atlantic Antic Festival (Sunday, September 25th) Time: 11am-4pm Location: Atlantic Ave, between 3rd and 4th Ave - Brooklyn Description: We will be helping Atlantic LDC with their Atlantic Antic Festival! Volunteers will help with distribute event programs, Post-Atlantic Antic Merchant Promotion flyers, and help visitors download the Topi app with all event details.

Volleyball Invitational and Festival (Saturday, October 1st) Shift Times: 9am to 12:30pm; 12pm to 3:30pm Location: 66th street and 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY Description: Better Chinatown is helping out TaiShan Organizational Group host the First Chinese American Volleyball Invitational and Festival. Volunteers are needed to help with setting up, distributing food and goodies, and breaking down. Volunteers will be entered in a raffle for either a Hong Kong ticket or a domestic ticket. The more hours you volunteer for, the more raffle tickets you get!!

September/October Events Library Tutoring Locations (Every Saturday) New Dorp Library (Starts October 1st) Location: 309 New Dorp Lane Time: 2pm to 4pm Dyker Heights Library (Starts October 1st) Location: 8202 13th Avenue, Brooklyn Time: 11am to 1pm Flushing Library (Starts October 8th) Location: 41-17 Main St, Flushing Time: 2pm to 4pm Seward Park Library (Starts October 15th) Location: 192 East Broadway at Jefferson St Time: 2pm to 4pm New Utrecht Library (Starts October 15th) Location: 1743 86th St. at Bay 17th St, Brooklyn Time: 2pm to 4pm Chatham Square Library (Starts October 15th) Location: 33 East Broadway, Chinatown Time: 2pm to 4pm Description: Every Saturday, Stuy students from the different boroughs travel to a local New York Public Library branch, where they volunteer to tutor children in grades K-8. Just go to the location, find a group of Stuyvesant-looking students (there will probably be posters/signs), and tell them you're from Stuyvesant Key Club. If you sign up to be project captain, send us a PRF once a month with the cumulative hours! You will not need to submit a PRF every week!

Korean Day Parade (Saturday, October 1st) Time: 12pm to 2pm Location: Manhattan - 6th Ave and 38th St down to 27th St Description: We will be participating in the parade under KCS or Team HBV. Team HBV is a national initiative that supports students to raise awareness about Hepatitis B in their communities. The parade will start at noon to 2 PM from 6th Avenue and 38th Street down to 27th Street. Lunch and t-shirts will be provided. Extra points will be given!

September/October Events Poster Event (Sunday, October 2nd) Time: 11am to 1pm Location: 29 Bay 25th Street(between 86th St & Benson Avenue) Description: Volunteers are needed to help with putting up posters. Volunteers will be going to local stores and putting up posters. Lunch will be provided!!!

Columbus Day Parade (Saturday, October 8th) Time: 12pm to 2pm Location: 18th Avenue and 61st intersection (Brooklyn, NY) Description: We will be helping out at the 35th annual Columbus Day Parade hosted by the Federation of Italian American Organization, community groups, and local businesses! Volunteers will have the opportunity to directly participate in the parade as well as hand out fliers to onlookers.

Future of Story Telling (Sunday, October 9th) Shift Times: 8am to 1pm;12pm to 5pm Location:124 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 Description: Future of Story Telling is launching the world's first immersive and interactive storytelling festival.

It's all about celebrating and sharing the newest forms of experiential storytelling with an ever growing and ever more passionate audience.

Dog Vaccination & Licensing Event (Saturday, October 15) Time: 8am to 5pm Location: Cunningham Park in Queens Description: The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will be hosting their annual dog vaccination and licensing eventin Cunningham Park. Volunteers will primarily set up tents and chairs until around 10~11am, and will later have the chance to interact with visitors and dogs for the rest of the day. Do it for the puppies!

September/October Events Insane Inflatable 5k (Saturday, October 15) Shift Times: Event Shift (7am-1pm); Breakdown Shift (12pm-2pm) Location: Aviator Sports & Event Center, Brooklyn, NY Description: We'll be helping out at the Insane Inflatable 5k! Volunteers will not only be able to spectate this amazing race, but will also have access to the Insane Midway You will also receive a customized volunteer t-shirt, lunch and snacks. Volunteers must be 16 or older for the event shift and 13 or older for breakdown shift.

Marco Polo Festival (Saturday, October 15th) Time: 9am to 12pm Location: Grand St between Mott and Mulberry St Description: We will be helping with this year's Marco Polo Festival. The festival invokes story of Silk Road, Marco Polo, and Kublai Khan. Volunteers are needed for set up and operate the marionette puppets or other visual elements in the parade.

B&N Game Night (Saturday, October 15th) Time: 6:30pm to 8pm Location: Barnes & Noble near Stuy!

Description: We will be volunteering at Barnes & Noble for their table top gaming meet up. Volunteers will facilitate the games.

9th Imagine Science Film Festival (Sunday, October 16th) Time: 12pm to 5pm Location: The New School, Kellen Auditorium - 66 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003 Description: We will be volunteering at Imagine Science Film Festival! Volunteers help with set up, admittance to the festival, take down, and monitoring the events. In addition, volunteers get free access to all festival events! They are also looking for volunteers to help photograph and film the events! If you would like to help with photograph/film, just tell us in the comment section!

September/October Events Light the Night Walk (Saturday, October 22nd) Time: 5:30pm to 8:30pm Location: Astoria Park - Queens Description: We will be volunteering at Light the Night Walk. This event helps to raise awareness and funds toward the cure of blood cancer. Please keep in mind that this event is a nighttime walk event, so make sure you can stay out late!

Columbus Anti-Bullying Walk (Sunday, October 23rd) Time: 11am to 3:30pm Location: City Hall Park Description: In honor of the National Bullying Awareness Month, the Kiwanis Family will be bringing awareness to the issue of bullying and its prevention. We will be joining New York District of Kiwanis International in marching and rallying alongside elected officials, neighborhood leaders, clergy, community leaders, and school officials. We will be meeting at 11 at City Hall Park in Manhattan, and begin marching across the Brooklyn Bridge at 12. The rally held after the march at Columbus Park in Brooklyn will begin at 1:15 and end at 3:30.

Parent Teacher Conferences @Stuy (Thursday + Friday, October 27th + 28th) Time: Thurs- 5:30pm to 8pm, Fri-1pm to 3pm Location: Stuy!

Description: Stuyvesant ARISTA, Red Cross, and Key Club will be rewarding credits for volunteering for Parent Teacher Conferences. On the PTC website, you may indicate your preferences for the teacher you want to help. If you have been asked by a teacher to be their helper ensure that you have an account at ptc.stuyarista.org. If you do not have an account, your teacher will not be able to request you. Please indicate that you are part of Key Club in "Your Information" view. We will be helping teachers out with checking parents in and timing meetings. You can request specific teachers under the same tab, but make sure you ask them in advance.

Asphalt Screams (Friday, October 28th) Time: 3:30pm to 6:30pm Location: Asphalt Green Battery Park - 212 North End Ave, New York, NY 10282 (near Stuy!)

Description: We'll be helping out at Asphalt Green’s community event Asphalt Screams. Volunteers will be helping with set-up/clean-up and coach activities. This event is super fun! You can go after PTC!

September/October Events Fall Rally (Saturday, October 29th) Time: 10am to 4:00pm (Registration begins at 9am and ends at 10am) Location: Stuy!!!

Description: The annual Fall Rally will be held at Stuy! This is one of the largest and best events of the year as Key Clubbers from across New York will be attending. There will be a large icebreakers, an orientation on developing leadership skills as a club officer, and more! This event will require attendees to dress business casual and the admission price is $8 for both food and refreshments!

Halloween Game Expo (Saturday, October 29th) Time: 12pm to 7pm Location: Microsoft Office - 11 Times Square, Manhattan Description: We will be volunteering at Halloween Game Expo! There will be game developers showing off their latest games one-on-one to a crowd of 800 people. Volunteers will be helping with check in, set up, clean up, crowd control, etc.

Citi Field Climb (Sunday, October 30) Time: 9am to 12pm Location: Citi Field 123-01 Roosevelt Ave, Queens, NY 11368 Halloween Parade and Party (Sunday, October 30th) Time: 12:30pm to 3:30pm Location: Washington Market Park - near Stuy!

Description: We will be volunteering at Halloween Parade and Party! Volunteers will be helping out with their stroller checking area.

PS 124 PTC Translation (Thursday, November 3rd) Time: 4:30pm to 7:30pm Location: PS 124 - 40 Division St, New York, NY 10002 Description: We'll be helping out at one of PS 124's parent teacher conferences. We are looking for volunteers who can speak Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) who can act as translators for parents. This is a cool opportunity to brush up on your Chinese-speaking skills!

Upcoming Events

Maker Faire (Saturday + Sunday, November 5th + 6th) Time: 11am to 5pm Location: Barnes Noble near Stuy!

Description: We'll be helping out at Barnes Noble with their demoing STEM educational toys; Stuy's robotics team will be doing a demo of their robots and we will help with the customers.

Election Day (Tuesday, November 8th) Shift Times: 10am to 3pm; 3pm to 8pm Location: 29 Bay 25th St (btwn 86th St & Benson Ave) Brooklyn, NY 11214 Description: We will be volunteering for Election Day. Volunteers will be handing out fliers. Lunch will be provided!

Concern Worldwide (Friday, November 11th) Time: Afternoon, exact time TBA Location: Concern Worldwide US, Inc. (16th floor, 355 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10017) Description: We'll be helping Concern with their rolling and packaging hand-stitched embroidered calendars they order every year by women from one of their programs in Bangladesh.

BT5K 2016 (Sunday, November 13th) Time: 6:30am to 12pm Location: Hudson River Park – Pier 84, New York, NY Description: We will be volunteering at ABTA BT5K at Hudson River Park. Volunteers will be assisting with event check-in, registration, refreshments, course marshaling, and a host of other things.

Upcoming Events

Seeds of Hope Gala (Wednesday, November 16th) Time: 3:30pm to 9pm Location: Metropolitan Pavilion West - 639 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036 Description: We will be volunteering at NAMI-NYC Metro Seeds of Hope Annual Awards Gala. Volunteer will be greeting guests, help with crowd control, assist with live auction, etc. There will be pizza at 5pm! You are allowed to arrive a little later if you don't have 10th free.

Goddard Book Fair (Saturday + Sunday, November 19th + 20th) Shift Times: Sat: 9am to 2pm, 1:30pm to 6pm ; Sun: 10am to 3pm, 2:30pm to 7pm Location: Goddard Riverside Community - 593 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024 Description: We will be volunteering Goddard Riverside Community Center facilitate their book fair by working at different sections of fair, and help with assisting customers.

17th Annual Winter's Eve (Monday, November 28th) Time: 3:30pm to 9pm Location: Winter's Eve Command Center, 125 Columbus Avenue at 65th Street, 3rd Floor (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Description: Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square is a celebration for the entire Lincoln Square neighborhood. It kicks off the holiday season with the Upper West Side's only tree lighting ceremony and keeps the excitement going all evening with dozens of free live performances, food tastings from top local restaurants, and tons of family fun. Winter's Eve is an outdoor event, so please dress warmly and wear comfortable clothing!

Color Run

Photos taken by Larry Wong

Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

Photos taken by Melissa Gao

Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

Photos taken by Jiaqi Gao

Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

Photos taken by Jiaqi Gao

Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

Photos taken by Kaileen Wang

Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

Photos taken by Kaileen Wang

Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

Photos taken by Christine Jegarl

Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

Photos taken by Christine Jegarl

Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

Photos taken by Christine Jegarl

Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

Photos taken by Christine Jegarl

Chinatown BID Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

Photos taken by Christy Guan

September Divisional

By Tiffany Chen: walked into Stuy's lunchroom for the September Divisional, and immediately, I was surrounded by friendly people from a lot of different schools. While I'm naturally a shy person, I felt comfortable knowing that we were all connected through Key Club and that there was nothing to be afraid of. I joined the large group of Stuyvesant students, and in a few minutes, the divisional commenced.

First, we recited the pledges. We also did single claps to thank everyone that was there. Also, we took attendance. It was done by Calvin yelling out school names and a representative of the school yelling back the number of people attending the divisional from the school. I felt so much pride when I heard Sarah, our treasurer, yell out "26!", the most out of every school there.

Afterwards, we spoke about our accomplishments. Included was the two fundraisers held by Stuyvesant: the Midwood + Stuyvesant Bowling Fundraiser and the Stuyvesant Dave & Buster's Fundraiser. Hearing about everything the schools have done made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

We were able to accomplish this much. I felt so proud.

I'm so happy I was able to attend my first divisional in September. I was able to meet new people and hear about other schools and how their Key Clubs function.

Alice Mural Restoration Event

Photos taken by Christine Jegarl

Alice Mural Restoration Event

Photos taken by Christine Jegarl

Brooklyn Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

Photos taken by Jenna Foo

Brooklyn Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

Photos taken by Jenna Foo

Brooklyn Mid-Autumn Moon Fest

By Bingyi Zeng: On September 8th, I rushed out of my house and ran to 8th Avenue just to arrived right on time for the setup of Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. I've always loved this event because of all the free food they gave out during the festival.

When I arrived at the tent, people were already working together and setting things up. Their enthusiasm and sparkling energy inspired me and I quickly joined them and helped with the set up.

After setup, we just sat and helped with different tents. The event went smoothly and I was so glad that I volunteered at this event. It was really nice helping people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival. This was an amazing experience and I look forward to volunteer at this event again next year.

Atlantic Antic Festival

Photos taken by Vivian Huynh

Kiwanis Benefit Dinner

Photos taken by Julia Qin

Kiwanis Benefit Dinner

Photos taken by Julia Qin

Korean Day Parade

Photos taken by Vivian Huynh

Korean Day Parade

Photos taken by Vivian Huynh

Korean Day Parade

Photos taken by Vivian Huynh

Korean Day Parade

Photos taken by Rachael Cheung

Korean Day Parade

Photos taken by Rachael Cheung

PTC Conferences

Photos taken by Irene Chen

Asphalt Screams

Photos taken by Qingyi Zeng

Asphalt Screams

Photos taken by Sharon Zou

Halloween Game Expo

Photos taken by Rachael Cheung

Halloween Game Expo

Photos taken by Rachael Cheung

Halloween Parade and Party

Photos taken by Sammi Lin

NYCRUNS Haunted Island

Photos taken by YuYu Gao

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