d28w | september newsletter
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Division 28 West Seamonkeys September Division NewsletterTRANSCRIPT
S eamonkey S equel C N H | K E Y C L U B
September 2012
BONANZA | CENTENNIAL | CIMARRON – MEMORIAL | DESERT OASIS | DURANGO | ED. W. CLARK
FAITH LUTHERAN | NORTHWEST CTA | PAHRUMP VALLEY | PALO VERDE | SIERRA VISTA | SPRING VALLEY
SOUTHWEST CTA | THE MEADOWS | WEST CTA | WESTERN
Official Newsletter of
Vol. 1 // issue 3
3636 WOODVIEW TRACE INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46268 USA 317- 875- 8755 • US AND CANADA: 800-KIWANIS
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Lieutenant Governor Johansen Pico d28w.cnhkc.ltg@ gmail.com
Region Advisor Ms. Alyson Palmer [email protected] Executive Assistant Geewoo Kim [email protected] Division Secretary Emily Pham [email protected] Technology Editor Elizabeth Quan [email protected] Division Specialist Pauline Nguyen [email protected]
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one : in this issue//contact
two : a word from our LTG
three: division leadership team
four : introducing the international board
five: important dates
six: division news//upcoming events
seven: club articles
ten: recognition
A Word from Our L T G
I hope everyone is enjoying the final waves of their summer vacation by relaxing and
taking time to prepare for the upcoming school year. As I reflect on my summer, I recall both
ups and downs, but generally this summer has been great. From International Convention in
Orlando, Florida, to riding the waves of Summer Board in Rancho Cucamonga, California, I
have many new pieces of information to present at Division Council Meetings, as well other
resources that can be emailed to you. At the August DCM, I presented information on Member
Recruitment, and I hope you all take that information to use as we approach your first General
Meetings and the club rush. Key Club International has reached a record high of 265,456
members, and it is only expected to keep growing. Each and every one of us makes up that
number, and you can help contribute to that growth by recruiting members into our wonderful
Key Club Ohana. Division 28 West is the largest division in Las Vegas, so let’s keep on growing
and keep utilizing the potential of our members to increase our output of wonderful service for
our communities. Together, we can help our district reach its goal of 46,000 members, 800,000
service hours, and $154,000 raised for Pediatric Trauma Program (PTP); which altogether gives us
one million reasons to serve. As the school year approaches, remember to stay motivated and
keep on riding the waves. If you happen to fall off your surfboard – get back up and keep on
riding. See you all at the September DCM, Seamonkeys!
hello
seamonkeys!
In service,
Johansen Pico
Division 28 West Lt. Governor
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Division Leadership Team
from the editor
Elizabeth Quan
Technology Editor
Can you believe that summer is over already? Time certainly swam by,
and I haven’t even started my AP homework yet! I still have to get my
sleeping back on schedule. No more sleeping at 3am every night!
Anyways, there is SO much to look forward to this Key Club year,
including DCMs, RTC, Fall Rally, club dues, and most certainly DCON! I
have included information about these events further into the newsletter.
Thank you to all who have been submitting articles and visuals! Since the
school year is started and more events will be coming up, I hope to be
expecting even more submissions! All of your hard work is much
appreciated and I will do my best to continue serving you all. See you
next month!
HELLO, SEAMONKEYS!
Elizabeth Quan
Geewoo Kim
Executive
Assistant Pauline Nguyen
Division Specialist
Emily Pham
Division
Secretary
Introducing…
i n t e r n a t i o n a l b o a r d
the 2012 – 2013
Rebecca Riley
Key Club International President
Caitlin Stroup
Key Club International Vice-President
t r u s t e e s : Marc Chen
Zack Dameron
Cecelia Ferguson
Yein Ha
Calvin Leung
Ratan Manohar
Colten Meisner
Mary Alice Peng
Kayla Lash
Betty Sterns
Jack Vielhauer
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important Dates dues, dues, dues! Early Bird: November 1st
Regular Dues: December 1st
Dues/fees must be received by those dates
fees, fees, fees! Region Training Conference fees of $25 per member is
due to Ms. Palmer on September 14th
Fall Rally South fees of $125 per member is due to Ms.
Palmer on October 1st
Submit ARTICLES/VISUALS due to Division Tech Editor (Elizabeth
Quan) by September 15th, 6:00pm.
submission
Submit MRFs to Johansen and Division Secretary (Emily Pham) by
the 30th at 6:00pm
Submit Newsletters to Division Tech Editor (Elizabeth Quan) by the
15th at 6:00pm
Submit MoM Nominations to the Division by the 30th at 6:00pm
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Division
news
Superheroes
of Service
September DCM
keep your eyes peeled for more information!
region training conference 2012
and upcoming events
Western High School
5:00pm – 6:00pm
4601 W. Bonanza Road
Las Vegas, Nevada 89107
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ARTICLES
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club articles
Business companies showcased
what seemed to be millions of
furniture in the three colossal towers
of the World Market Center. With
companies having selected items for
donation, the Habitat for Humanity
was there to pick them up. Fifty
percent of the donations are to be
sold with proceeds to the
organization and the other half to be
donated to unfortunate families in
need of furniture. With other adult
volunteers wearing bright green
shirts, we took large clothes bins on
wheels and dollies around all the
buildings to look for furniture with
"Habitat for Humanity" signs outside
of businesses' office space. We then
carefully transported back to Habitat
for Humanity's office space. With a
day full of walks around the towers,
waits for huge freight elevators, and
transporting furniture, I am joyous to
know such furniture are going to an
amazing cause and we volunteers
made it happen.
Jordan Afaga President, Northwest CTA
World Market Center
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During the end of a summer break, kids prepare themselves for the
new school year by buying school supplies. For some kids, it is an
exciting unfortunately moment. For others, it may be depressing
because they cannot afford them. But this year, Aid For Aids of
Nevada, also known as AFAN, took the challenge of spreading the
word out. Parents of about 50 kids have reached out this summer
saying how worried they were of not being able to set up their kids
for success. A friend of mine works for AFAN and was able to reach
out to me and I helped by doing the next step of taking it further to
my key club peers. My club and I were able to each buy a bunch
of school supplies to help. We were informed to turn in all
donations of school supplies by August 3, 2012. Aid For Aids of
Nevada received many employers from Kohls to help assemble
the backpacks on August 11th. AFAN hoped to reach their goal of
being able to provide 50 school supply filled backpacks. Instead,
they ended up with 80 backpacks and were more than happy to
provide for other kids in need of school supplies. My club and I
were filled with joy, knowing we were able to help. Lots of kids
have been set up for success this school year!
School Supplies for Kids
Loreal Dadulla President,
Cimarron Memorial
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“Leadership is a relational ethical process
that brings people together for success.”
Double Shot Espresso
On August 5th Double Shot of Espresso held their first informational meeting to
discuss the beginning of their new organization. What DSE would do is work with
clubs such as Key Club, NHS, Student Council, etc. to provide them with
opportunities to volunteer at places that could possibly help them develop work
skills or even find employment. They are also a new form of social media that
focuses only on the positive form of online posting. They have a website that they
are developing that has many of the same aspects of the most popular social
media networks, but without the worries of being put down by anybody through
post or comments. The name Double Shot of Espresso comes from the
invigorating, enlightening feeling people get when they drink a double shot and
they believe that with their focus on positivity and uplifting people’s spirits that it
will provide the same feeling. This is definitely a revolutionary way to approach
social media that I hope spreads throughout Nevada and then the U.S. I am
looking forward to how this will turn out and I really hope that the people who
need it can find this organization and take what they need from it to grow.
Marcus Castile Vice President, Northwest CTA
Recently we had an event at Spring Valley High School. We teamed up with Student
Council and NHS to prepare students for the upcoming school year. Our job was to
prep administration papers to mail out. We also helped organize papers, put them in
envelopes, and seal envelopes. There is an upcoming event called ANIMEGACON
located at the Las Vegas Hilton. It will be a five day event, and our previous Vice
President Celina Oh helped us out with this event. Thank you Celina!! Two more weeks
until school starts. At our freshman orientation we will be prompting Key Club. We are
hoping to recruit as many members as possible, the more the merrier. Spreading the
word about Key Club to other school mates/friends will help our club when school starts,
during school, and summer. One of Spring Valley Key Club’s goal is to keep as many
members as possible. We do not want our members to dwell after Fall Rally. Officers are
still planning an officer meeting as soon as possible to talk about our plans for the 2012-
2013 Key Club year.
August Updates
Lexus Wong President, Spring Valley
RECOGNITION Club of the month…
Ed W. Clark Member of the Month
Month… Dannica Concepcion
From West CTA... Dannica is one of those members that reminds West CTA that they are
there to serve and to always care for one another. Dannica shows true
dedication in the face of challenge and using her communication to the
fullest really shows how flexible she can be as a person using everything to
her advantage. Dannica is a humble, hard working, and a self motivated
member. West CTA wishes there were more members like Dannica.
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