D12S September Newsletter 2013

VOLUME 1 | ISSUE 2 SEPTEMBER 2013

CNH KEY CLUB

In THIS issue… Contributions by Division 12 South members

September 2013 | Volume 1 | Issue 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE OFFICIAL DIVISION 12SOUTH NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 2013 PAGE 1

PTP Fundraising | 4

Back to School Recruitment | 5

Upcoming Events | 6

August DCM Recap | 9

Message from the LTG | 2

Goals Update | 3

Club Recaps | 10

Recognition | 20

Reminders | 21

Contact | 23

THE OFFICIAL DIVISION 12SOUTH NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 2013 PAGE 2 2013

HELLO SUPERVILLAINS!

School is starting up again for most of us, and I

want to remind all of you that the beginning of the

school year is a great time to recruit new members,

increase service hours, and fundraise! There are

plenty of member recruitment and retention

techniques that you can use for your own club that

will help in this process. Continue to plan

proactively with your club. Those first few meetings

make a huge impact on your potential members –

make the most of it! Make them want to stick with

Key Club for the rest of their high school years. We,

as leaders, want to inspire others to become part of

this ohana we call Key Club!

Keep in mind that Fall Rally North is on

October 19th – it might sound far away, but it’s

coming up really quickly! Start planning what

you’re going to make and wear for spirit gear – you

are not limited to what the spirit pack offers. Go

above and bee-yond to rep that green and gray

all day! BUT WAIT! There’s more – fundraising for PTP

with your clubs! You should all be actively

fundraising for PTP prior to FRN. Take advantage of

this time to plan and successfully carry out a

fundraiser. All funds donated to PTP will be stored in

our “division account,” which we will use to bid on

district officers, including myself!

Keep up the golden work Super Villains! I will

see you all on September 28-29, where YOU will be

coming to RTC as the golden Stars of Service!

Striving for service,

Lindon Tran

Division 12 South Lieutenant Governor 2013-2014

MESSAGE FROM

YOUR LTG


Golden Goals 2013 Set goals for your club!

Division Goals

District Goals

Don’t underestimate setting goals for

your club! Goal setting can be a vital

reminder to the members and help

you push your club to its fullest

potential.

Set goals for service hours, fund raising,

member attendance, and more!

As a division, we’ve set a few goals to

push our division to reach new heights!

Keep in mind that not only is Fall Rally

North coming up soon, but also that we

CAN still fundraise for PTP after Fall Rally.

As a joint effort, Division 12 South can

have an enormous impact on the world.

- 20,000 Hours

- $3,000 for PTP

- 1000 lives saved from

MNT by February 14th

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This term the Cali-Nev-Ha District

has set goals to better our progress

as one big Key Club ohana. While

working in your own clubs, be sure

to remember the following goals

CNH has set together!

- 46,000 members

- 1,000,000 service hours

- $150,000 for PTP - 3 lives each from MNT


Fundraising

for PTP Pediatric

Noun; the branch of medicine

concerned with the development,

care, and diseases of babies and

children.

Trauma

Noun; a body wound or shock

produced by sudden physical injury,

as from violence or accident

Prevention

Noun; the act of KEEPING FROM OCCURING

Key Club and PTP

The Kiwanis Cali-Nev-Ha Foundation

established the Pediatric Trauma Program

with the MISSION to reduce the number

of unintentional trauma in children. PTP is

an extremely important program that is

making our world safer and happier every

day.

What can we do to help?

FUNDRAISE, FUNDRAISE, FUNDRAISE!

The money that D12S fundraises for PTP

before October 19th is used for the CNH

District Board officer auction at FRN to win

our LTG and many other amazing District

Officers! All the proceeds from FRN go to

PTP.

PTP uses the money for:

- Donations to hospitals

- New pediatric medical equipment

- Training of Pediatric doctors, nurses,

and first responders

Be an outstanding Key Clubber and talk

to your club about setting up some

fundraisers! Small or large, the possibilities

are ENDLESS. It is now OUR MISSION to

help Kiwanis reach their goals!

Presented to you by Division 12 South PTP Task Coordinator Trisha Nguyen

2013

What do YOU know about Pediatric Trauma

Prevention?! Prevention?!

SAVE LIVES |

WE DO IT FOR THE KIDS.


BACK-TO-SCHOOL Member Recruitment A new school year means new members!

Look back to our district goals;

we have some large numbers

involved! Without more Key Club

members, we would not be able

to achieve such goals. Now that

the new school year is coming up,

we should start looking into ideas

and methods to get more

members into Key Club. It is never

too early to start planning!

Promoting Key Club

Here are some ideas!

CLUB

RUSH

TABLE CLOTHES

PINS

BRING A

FRIEND TO

KEY CLUB

DAY POSTERS

&

FLYERS

TRI-FOLD SMALL

INCENTIVE BE

INVOLVED

IN SCHOOL

EVENTS

MORNING

ANNOUNCE

-MENTS



GET READY FOR REGION 9-15-17’S

REGION TRAINING

CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 28-29

RTC is the ultimate bonding

and learning experience –

some like it even better than

DCON! It’s a weekend full of

Key Club information and a

time where leaders are

inspired. So much happens in

just one weekend:

Workshops that build

and educate leaders

Buddy groups create

and perform cheers and

a skit at the bonfire

RTC Dance / Alternative

Activities

An overnight stay in

cabins

September DCM

Ice breakers and team

bonding games

SEE YOU THERE!

Why should YOU attend RTC?

Registration Deadlines Early Registration Deadline:

September 12th

Late Registration Deadline:

September 20th

It is $60 per person on time, and $70

per person for late registration

TELL YOUR PARENTS TODAY!

Registration forms, waivers, and

more detailed information has been

sent out on the Division 12 South

Google Reflector

Make some new friends!

CAMP JONES GULCH

The following divisions are invited:

D2 Kiwis

D8 Ballers

D12W Spartans

D12E Heroes

D12S Villains

D26N Red Devils

D26S Blue Devils

D34N Aqua Apes D34S Purple Penguins

D43 Tigers


FALL RALLY NORTH OCTOBER 19, 2013

KEY CLUB WEEK November 4th – 8th, 2013

Key Club Week gives you the

opportunity to show your community

what Key Club is truly about: service.

Each day places an emphasis on

service, to promote Key Club within

our homes, schools and communities

and to make Key Club a household

name. Think ahead of time and

check out the following suggestions!

MONDAY

Show your K in every way

TUESDAY

Kudos to the Key Players

WEDNESDAY

Connect the Ks

THURSDAY Bring a friend to Key Club

FRIDAY

Your way


This month the Division 12 South Council Meeting was hosted by Oak

Grove Key Club on August 17th in Palmia Park from 3PM to 5PM. During the

DCM we had a guest speaker from the Santa Teresa Library who talked about

service and academic programs with the various branches of the San Jose

Libraries and a presentation by PTP Task Coordinator Trisha Nguyen. Oak

Grove Key Club sold pizza, spam musubi, and cookies along with their water

balloons to fundraise for PTP! Right as the clouds began to clear, we started

our water balloon games. After about 1,000 water balloons, a few boxes of

pizza, two trays full of spam musubi, and a few minor difficulties, the August

DCM became a big splash of fun! Thank you to everyone who helped

coordinate and prepare this wonderful DCM!

- Kyle Dimla, Division 12 South Editor


CLUB RECAPS ANDREW HILL

ANN SOBRATO

EVERGREEN LELAND

OAK GROVE

PIONEER

SANTA TERESA

SILVER CREEK

GUNDERSON

WILLOW GLEN

YERBA BUENA


ANDREW HILLFor this bittersweet month of August, we

intended not to have any events so that our

members could spend their last few days of summer

relaxing and doing their summer assignments! Our

design for our mural has been finalized and we plan

to paint it during the Labor Day weekend. For the

following months, we will have at least 2-4 events

each! We will also be collaborating with other clubs

to fundraise. We will have our first club rush and

meeting in the month of September!

- Quyen Vo, President

THE KEY CLUB EXPERIENCE

No words can express how I

felt when I first joined Key Club. I

have never seen such an

astounding number of people

dedicating their time to one goal

– to create a better world. I will

never forget how honored I felt

when my school’s Key Club

president specifically asked me

to design a mural for our Key

Club. It was my first contribution

as a Key Club member. I am

really looking forward to see

what new opportunities Key Club

has in store this year. Also, I can’t

wait to make new memories with

my new Key Club family and

continue to help make a

difference in our communities!

- - Jennifer Luu


ANN SOBRATO In late July and early August,

Sobrato Key Club got a substantial

amount of activities done. We hosted a

carwash with Willow Glen Key Club on

Juily 27th. On August 6th we advocated

for Voices United, a substance abuse

prevention non-profit organization, at

the National Night Out at the Seven

Trees Community Center. We also sent a

few volunteers to the last Music in the

Glen of the summer on August 8th.

Simar Dhillon attended the Spirit of 45

with other Division 12 South Key

Clubbers as the only member from

Sobrato. Four for you, Simar!

- Kyle Dimla, President

The car wash was a fun

experience! Getting up early in the

morning was worth it because we were

fund raising for a good cause. Not only

that, but comining with Willow Glen to

help out made the experience that

much more fun! Getting to know new

faces from Willow Glen was great

because everyone was so nice. Seeing

everyone work so hard at the carwash

made me feel so happy; I hope we can

have another car wash soon!

- Gabby Baniqued, Secretary

CARWASH FOR KIDS


Within the past month, EV Key Club has volunteered

at Sausage Fest, a 5k or 10k run that is organized to

benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We also

volunteered with our monthly Second Harvest Food

Bank Food Distribution. Including August, we were able

to complete 259 hours of service over summer as a club

– and to further increase these hours within the school

year, we have planned out ways to recruit members!

Club rush will be in about 2-3 weeks, so to recruit

members, we are planning to create large posters and

place them all around school. We also plan on using

clothespins and writing messages on them and putting

them on random students during break and lunch. We

also plan on decorating a tri-fold board with Key Club

info and visuals in order to capture the attention of

other students. It will include examples of events we do

and have answers to questions about Key Club and

how it will benefit them.

- Thuyvy Tu, President

Hey D12S!EVHS Key Club recently got the honor of volunteering with

San Jose’s Sausage Fest 5K & 10K Run on August 3rd. It is a race benefiting

the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. At 6:30AM on a freezing morning at

Los Gatos Creek County Park, EV Key Clubbers gathered to draw smiley

faces on runner bibs and prepared to cheer on runners from 8 to 80 years

old! Free Sausages were handed out to all participants, and cheering

continued until the final runner crossed the finish line. Families and friends

alike came from all over the Bay Area to support the race’s cause!


For the month of August, Gunderson

started off working with Kiwanis. On August

3rd, we participated in the Back to school

Shopping Spree at Old Navy in Oakridge mall

to help low-income family children. We also

worked with other Key Clubs sponsored by

the Downtown San Jose Kiwanis to host the

Kiwanis Take Over meeting. We hosted a

Panda Express fund raiser on August 7th. On

August 10th, we volunteered with the

Salvation Army at the Back to School

Backpack Carnival with our Kiwanis. We hope

to continue serving our community regularly

although summer vacation is coming to an

end.

- Vivian Nguyen

Books Aloud is an event held at the MLK Library

in Downtown San Jose and is provided to us by our

Kiwanis Club. We send out volunteers each month to

help sort out audio books to ship out to the visually

impaired and those with learning disabilities. This

event is a great cause to help come out and support

those with different types of learning disabilities. We

always have a fun time at the event and I believe

that other Key Clubbers should definitely get a

chance to volunteer as well!

- Brandon Roman

On August 5th, Gunderson and Santa Teresa

worked with San Jose and Independence Key

Clubs to host a wonderful meeting for our

Kiwanians. We presented our hard work to

Kiwanians and fundraised for our club as well

as advertised new events. This meeting helped

us get to know more about our sponsoring

Kiwanis Club and it was definitely a pleasure to

work with clubs from 12East!

- Vivian Nguyen, President


San Jose Summer Jazz Fest as an

energetic, upbeat event in

Downtown San Jose on August

9th to the 11th. Everyone

gathered around for three days

of jazz in the summer sun. It was

a very fun event to work at – a

highlight for everyone’s summer!

- Yasmin Sepah

In the month of August, many of our

members began easing back into the routine of

school. We do not have many service events

planned in August, but we have plenty of

service events in September already!

We participated in:

San Jose Jazz Summer Fest (August 9th)

Williams Elementary Ice Cream Social & Movie

Night (August 16h)

Calero Shoreline Clean Up (August 17th)

Second Harvest Food Bank (August 24th)

Italian Family Fiesta (August 24th)

SAN JOSE SUMMER JAZZ FEST

In the month of August, we’ve been

putting our focus into the August DCM

and fundraising. We accumulated about

2 fundraising events in August. We held a

fundraising event at our school for

schedule distribution and sold lemonade

and Gatorade to kids picking up their

school IDs and schedules. We also have a

fund raising event on the day of the DCM

at Tapioca Express. We will receive 15% of

the profit and the event goes all day!

- Jason Bui, President


OAK GROVE HIGH SCHOOL

ORIENTATION

On August 6th, students lined up at 8AM to

Take ID pictures and pick up their

schedules. What aperfect opportunity to

fundraise and make students aware of

Oak Grove Key Club! We had cups of

lemonade for 50 cents and small

gatorades for $1 each!

- Lisa Nguyen, VP


An exciting new school year has just begun and like

July, August had been a good month for Pioneer Key

Club. This month, we’ve attended the Edenvale Library

Book Sale and the Salvation Army Back to School

Shopping Spree, where we donated our morning to

escorting a child through Old Navy and helping them

get clothes for the new school year. The Spirit of 45 was

a fun event in which volunteers helped run a post-World

War II reenactment fair in Kelley Park. We also had a

park beautification event on the day of the August

DCM!

- Jacquelyn Quach, President

On August 6th, I attended National Night Out with a few other people from clubs in

our division where we volunteered for the non-profit Voice United, a substance abuse

prevention program. We passed out literature on what the program does and its

current newspaper as well as took down names and emails for people to get

connected with the organization. IT was a little awkward to just approach random

people, and at times there was a language barrier, but by the end we were able to

get a decent amount of names and passed out literature to multiple families. After the

volunteering, volunteers were able to get free pizza and snow cones, both of which

were delicious, and sit and enjoy the Night Out for what it had to offer. This was a great

event because we were able to spread awareness of a great local non-profit and

what it has to offer; and good food is always a bonus.

- Matt Jensen, Secretary

National night out


For moth of July, Santa Teresa Key Club has been working hard to finish the summer

strong and prepare for the upcoming school year. We volunteered for an entire weekend at

the Edenvale Library Book Sale and at events given to us by our Kiwanis, such as Books

Aloud, Music in the Glen, and the Old Navy Back to School Shopping Spree. We also

participated in the Almaden Half Marathon, the first of many upcoming marathon events.

Lastly, we participated in our schools’ Freshmen Orientation, as tour guides and club

recruiters. We gained almost 100 signups from the Class of 2017, and I’m excited to get to

know each and every one of the nervous, awkward freshmen. Now that the school year has

started, Santa Tersa Key Club is excited to make an impact on our campus.

- Adrian “King Koopa DeGuzman

Santa Teresa High School Key Club President 2013-2014

On July 28th, I was fortunate enough to help

sell books at Edenvale Library and become

part of their awesome volunteer team.

Volunteers each take turns to sell books and

raise money which funds special library

programs and events such as performers and

author visits. It was one of the most incredible

events I’ve ever been to. No words can

describe and no picture can portray how

welcoming the workers are. I certainly will go

back next time and dedicate more time to

volunteer at this event again!

- Qiqi “Cheeky” Zhao

STKC Secretary 2013-2014


We have been tutoring English learners for

the past 8 weeks and finished on August 6th.

We mainly helped them read and write to

get them prepared for school. We also did

the Sausage Fest on August 4th where we

cheered for the runners and cleaned up.

Thank you to everyone who came to our

DCM on the 27th of July! We hope you guys

had a great time hearing the live band and

enjoyed great company with the Willow

Glen community! We also raised $700 at the

car wash with Ann Sobrato to fundraise for

the Eliminate Project, thank you to everyone

who came to support!

- Bernadette Vu, President

During summer on Thursday

evenings, many came by Willow

Glen Elementary for a Willow

Glen tradition: Music in the Glen.

Willow Glen helped host the

Kiwanis food booth at MITG –

with help from other D12S

schools! Whether it was handing

out soda, scrambling for

popcorn, or simply hanging out

with friends, every Thursday

brought new faces and new

experiences. It is definitely an

event WG is sure to return to in

coming years!

- Donald Franks, Member

MUSIC IN THE GLEN 2013


We've received three pages full of sign

ups at Orientation on August 5th. On behalf

of service events, we've volunteered for

Spirit of 45 in History Park on August 10th

from 12PM- 4PM. Also, we will be

volunteering for Sacred Heart on August

24th from 9AM - 12PM by packaging food

bags for the needy!

- Kathy Loc, President

The event I attended with my club was Spirit of '45 which was on

August 10th, 2013. It was located at History Park, which is next to Kelley

Park. The event's purpose was to remember the end of World War II and

also to honor the soldiers who served and fought during the war. My

experience was great and I was to sell water bottles for the people who

got thirsty. The customers were friendly and everyone was dressed in

beautiful clothing back in the day. I would like to volunteer for this event

again next year!

- Allen Nguyen, Treasurer


SUPER VILLAINS

Of the month OFFICER OF THE MONTH

SANTA TERESA KEY CLUB TREASURER

MEMBER OF THE MONTH

DONALD FRANKS

TRISHA NGUYEN

WILLOW GLEN KEY CLUB MEMBER

CLUB OF THE MONTH

SANTA TERESA

THE OFFICIAL DIVISION 12SOUTH NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 2013

DON’T FORGET

upcoming Region Training Conference | September 28-29

Early: $60 by September 12th

Late: $70 by September 20th

More info is on the D12S Google Reflector!

Fall Rally North | October 19th

Registration will be released closer to the date!

Fundraise for PTP with your clubs!

The t-shirt design winner design will be announced

soon!

SUBMISSIONS MRFs & TMRFs

Early: Due on the 3rd by 6PM every month

Regular: Due on the 5th by 6PM every month

Send in to [email protected]!

Club Articles & Visuals

Early: Due by the 13th by 6PM of every month

Regular: Due by the 15th by 6PM of every month

The Division Editor’s email will be available next

month!

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Hello Division 12 South Super Villains!

Thank you for all your good feedback and comments on the August issue of The

Scheme! I’m really glad you guys enjoyed it because I put my all into these newsletters!

Literally! Also, I want to give a big thank you to everyone who submitted articles, visuals,

and anything that contributed to the creation of this publication. Please continue to

send in your articles and visuals on time – I love to read all of your club’s stories and

experiences

Stay Golden,

Kyle Dimla

Division 12 South News Editor 2013-2014

MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR

THANKS FOR READING!

CONTACT US!

DIVISION 12 SOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM

THE OFFICIAL DIVISION 12SOUTH NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 2013

LTG | LINDON TRAN

[email protected]

408.931.1756

NEWS EDITOR | KYLE DIMLA

[email protected]

408.921.0470

EA | GABBY BANIQUED

[email protected]

408.665.9821

EA | AUDREY LOPEZ | VALDEZ

[email protected]

408.425.4597

EA | PHIIP WITCRAFT

[email protected]

408.477.6215

PRESIDENTS (CONTINUED)

WILLOW GLEN | BERNADETTE VU

[email protected]

YERBA BUENA | KATHY LOC

[email protected]

PRESIDENTS ANDREW HILL | QUYEN VO

[email protected]

ANN SOBRATO | KYLE DIMLA

[email protected]

EVERGREEN VALLEY | THUYVY TU

[email protected]

GUNDERSON | VIVAN NGUYEN

[email protected]

LELAND | THOMAS NGUYEN

[email protected]

OAK GROVE | JASON BUI

[email protected]

PIONEER | JACQUELYN QUACH

[email protected]

SANTA TERESA | ADRIAN DEGUZMAN

[email protected]

SILVER CREEK | ISABELLE KIM

[email protected]

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