Division 19 South | May Newsletter 2021-22

Division 19 South

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The best way to find yourself is to

lose yourself in service - Mahatma Ghandi

Table of Contents Message from the Lieutenant Governor April Recap District and Division Updates Updates From Home Clubs Service Project Spotlight Division Leadership Applications Division Contacts

A Message from the Lieutenant Governor My name is Anika Chandra, and I am hoppin' with excitement to serve you all as Division 19 South Lieutenant Governor for the new 2021-22 term! I'm excited to get this term started and even more thrilled to work with you all in growing our division. As we start switching over into an in-person term, I look

April Recap Welcome to the new 2021-2022 Term!

Are you all ready to hop into this new term? After DCON weekend, April 9-11, the new 2021-2022 term started! From our very own Division, all the way up to the District level, changes blossomed. New District Officers were elected, and the newly elected Lieutenant Governors were installed. At the club level, new Presidents took their place and began navigating service through these trying times. Here's to starting the term right!

Division & District Updates

District Treasurer

District Secretary

District Governor

1,000,000 Service Hours Raise funds by 10% for all Key Club preferred charities All clubs fundraise $20 per member for preferred charities

35,000 dues-paid members by Dec. 1st 2021 All clubs increase membership by 20% by Dec. 1st 2021

Lieutenant Governor

13,000 Service Hours Fundraise over $6,500 for Key Club preferred charities

Updates From Home Clubs During this month, Bishop Montgomery High School Key Club is making the final preparations for our upcoming board training session. In terms of service opportunities, we are not giving out any this month to focus more on our new board members. We plan to have the new board members come up with at least one service opportunity for May and June. We are also helping them lead our next general meeting in May. Leyna Tran

Carson has been busy getting ready for next term. In the past month, we have been finalizing the officers and we are currently advertising our home club at our school. During one of our school events, we will be able to talk more in-depth about key club, where students can learn what the club is all about. There, the board will be sharing the different experiences of the club from the previous years, like the different achievements accomplished, and the fun and memorable moments we had to encourage others to join.

This can allow our club to see how many people are interested in joining for the next year and hopefully we will be able to catch the attention of more people joining. We also had members from our club that attended DCON.

Eloise Ilagan

Since last month, Narbonne Key Club has been continuing to work hard and complete volunteer hours. Over Spring Break, the official board made sure to further train and contact the new incoming board in order to make sure they were prepared to take on their duties. On Friday, March 26, a Jeopardy Game Night was planned as the last social to bond with the previous board members. Some categories of the game included: Art & Architecture, “K” Words, Chart Toppers, and more. The new board members will hold their first meeting this upcoming Friday, April 16, and began the transitions of guidance from the old board to the new board as an acting board until the end of the 2020 2021 school year.

Banessa Ramirez

This month, RUHS created 106 care kits to give to the homeless. In this project, we worked with PATH, a global nonprofit organization that works to create health equality in the world, who helped us distribute all the kits we made as a club. Our club organized a drive where our club members could either drop-off homemade care kits, which needed to have at least a few masks, bottled water, a pair of socks, baby wipes, and hand sanitizer, or bulk items, which we made a sign-up sheet for. We received 56 homemade care kits and were able to assemble 50 additional care kits from the bulk items members dropped off. Our initial goal was to obtain 60 care kites, but we ended up providing 106! The care kits were then dropped off on Tuesday, 4/13/21, at the PATH West LA location.

Anika Chandra

Service Project Spotlight With the homeless population in L.A. being especially vulnerable to the virus that has ravaged our nation for over a year, Redondo Union Key Club knew we had to do something to help. After frequent email communication with a volunteer with People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), multiple Board meetings spent creating an item signup sheet, and over 30 dedicated members offering to help make a change, our club made over one hundred care kits for the homeless.

Each student has a different role to play in assembling the care kits, combining into one well-oiled volunteering machine. Some members offered to bring Puma socks, while others brought over 20 packs of baby wipes. In total, each care kit was filled with an abundance of helpful items that PATH told our club would be ideal: one pair of socks, three face masks, two water bottles, two packs of baby wipes, hand sanitizer, hygiene pads, first aid kits, and toothbrushes.

Members could choose to either assemble full care kits or to purchase one item in bulk. Once we received all of the bulk items, the RUHS Key Club Board worked tirelessly to assemble all of the bulk items into 50 care kits, and combining that staggering number with the 56 kits that members assembled themselves, we were incredibly happy to stride up to PATH’s West L.A. drop-off location with over 100 care kits in tow.

I didn’t see any member without a smile on their face after hearing of the success of our project, and we truly hope to continue helping the homeless in the future. In a time of great need, I am so thrilled to say that our Key Club volunteers rose to the occasion.

- Nadia Bidarian, RUHS Key Club President

Division Leadership Team What's hoppin' Beastie Bunnies!

My name is Anika Chandra, and I am hopping with excitement to serve you all as your Lieutenant Governor for the 2021-22 Term.

This term, I will be working hard to act as a liaison between your home clubs and the district and will be representing our division to the district. In order to ensure that our division is moving in the right direction and optimize our success, I will be heavily relying on a strong division leadership team to help support our division. Being a part of this team means growing your passion for service, gaining leadership skills, and creating friendships beyond Key Club. I am looking forward to working and serving alongside you!

Please read the description and responsibilities for each position, and feel free to contact me if you have any questions! After looking through the applications, I will be reaching out to you to schedule a zoom interview where we can talk, get to know each other a bit more, and further discuss the position and its responsibilities. I encourage you all to apply for a position, or multiple, no matter your school or grade level, and please don't hesitate to reach out!!

An Executive Assistant, or EA, helps the lieutenant governor oversee the clubs, ensures that the division is moving on the right track, and works handin-hand with the lieutenant governor. This position requires a lot of time; it's a big commitment that comes with many responsibilities. As executive assistant #1, you will oversee 6 schools. This means making sure your schools have completed their MRFs, communicating with them, and assisting the lieutenant governor in helping your clubs in any way possible. You will also help the lieutenant governor track our division growth—how many service hours we have completed, how much money we have raised for preferred charities, our growth towards our goals, etc.

An Executive Assistant, or EA, helps the lieutenant governor oversee the clubs, ensures that the division is moving on the right track, and works hand-in-hand with the lieutenant governor. This position requires a lot of time; it's a big commitment that comes with many responsibilities. As executive assistant #2, you will oversee 6 schools. This means making sure your schools have completed their MRFs, communicating with them, and assisting the lieutenant governor in helping your clubs in any way possible. You will also help the lieutenant governor determine monthly recognition—which clubs and members have been exceptionally amazing and deserve recognition.

As the Division News Editor (DNE), you will be in charge of creating the monthly newsletter, articles, and visuals. These all have a monthly deadline, which you must meet, and the position involves creating graphics, overlays, and documenting division events. This position will be working closely with the Division Social Media Coordinator.

As the Division Social Media Coordinator, you will be in charge of running the Division Instagram, TikTok, and all our other media platforms. You will also be tasked with finding ways to promote Key Club and our division through these platforms. This position will be working closely with the Division News Editor.

The Head Spirit Coordinator (HSC) oversees our divisions spirit cheers and helps the Lieutenant Governor plan Fall Rally South. This includes writing, choreographing, and teaching the cheers to members for division events such as Fall Rally South, as well as planning these events. Once Fall Rally South is over and all the cheers are created, the HSC must be prepared to help the members of the Division Leadership Team where ever he/she is needed.

As the Fundraising Coordinator, you will be in charge of coming up with creative fundraising projects where our Division can raise money for Key Club preferred charities. You will work with the lieutenant governor and region advisor to create fundraisers and execute fundraising events.

The Service Project Coordinators will be in charge of planning Division service projects throughout the term, as well as planning activities/service projects for DCMs. There are TWO of these positions available.

Hoppin' for Service, Anika Chandra Lieutenant Governor 2021-22 Division 19 South | Region 8 California-Nevada-Hawaii District Key Club International Email: d19s.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org Cell: (424) 254-9144

Division Contacts

Name Executive Assistant Email

Anika Chandra Lieutenant Governor d19s.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org

Name Executive Assistant Email

Name Division Social Media Coordinator Email

Name Division News Editor Email

Name Fundraising Coordinator Email

Name Service Project Coordinator Email

Name Head Spirit Coordinator Email

Name Service Project Coordinator Email

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