D23 September 2013 Newsletter: The Traveling Guide

The Ready YETI CNH | Key Club

From the Desert to the Mountains,

and the Lake to the City,

The 2013 Traveling Guide

Division 23 is oh so Pretty

The Official Newsletter of D23

September 2013 | Issue 4

Contents

Pg 1

Pg 2: Words from the LTG!

Pg 3: Recognition

Pg 5: The NEW International Board

Pg 6: Past Events

Pg 11: Future Events

Pg 13: District Events—Fall Rally

Pg15: District Contests

Pg 17: Club Snapshots

Pg 18: Contact Info

Pg 19: Our Month in Pictures

Pg 21: The Yeti Points System

Pg 22: Division 23 Events

Calendar

Back: Division 23 Goals

Pg 2

Words from the LTG

Let me just say I am so proud of all of the amazing clubs I

get to serve. I almost died when I added up all of our service

hours. Can you believe in four months we got over 2,350 ser-

vice hours!! I just couldn’t believe how well we did! I was so

shocked and surprised and you all make me so happy to serve

you.

I know that the fall season is starting and it is going to get

busy, but please please continue to be amazing and to do

amazing things. It will be difficult, but if we continue to work to-

gether then there shouldn’t be any problems we can’t solve.

There is some good things in the fall as well, like FALL RALLY! Iyi-

yiyiyiy! Who’s excited for that?! I know I am! There’s also our Re-

gion Training Conference! Iyiyiyiyiy! This Fall is going to be great,

I can already feel it.

Last month I had the honor of visiting the clubs in Winne-

mucca, Elko, and Spring Creek. It was over 600 miles of driving

but it was so worth it. I know most of you haven’t met them yet,

but we’ll hopefully see them for Fall Rally!

Just keep serving, just keep serving.

What do we do? We serve!

Mickey Rosal Division 23 Lieutenant Governor

Wise Words from the Soul

Me (left) next to Intl. Trustee Kelsie Hoppes (right)

Club of the Month

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North Valleys Key Club

This club is nestled

away in the mountains of

Reno/ Sparks. Being one

of the furthest clubs

away from everything is

not an excuse for this

club. They have at-

tended every DCM and

are on track to becom-

ing Diamond Distin-

guished.

They have at-

tended a majority of the

division events this last

month, as well as

planned their three of

their own!

Their officers are constantly on top of

everything and are amazing at communica-

tion! Thank you so much North Valleys for be-

ing in D23 because you are a wonderful club

to have. Keep it up!

Pictured Left: The North Valley’s KC holding their victory

prizes after winning the Family Feud DCM

People of the Month

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Member: Sawako Sentoku

Officer: Briana Lazaro

Briana Lazaro is the

phenomenal president from the

North Valleys Key Club. Not only

is she a powerhouse leader who

manages to bring most of the

members to most of our events,

she is also good a planning

them. This past month she has

attended four different commu-

nity service events! She is on

track to being a distinguished

officer and I know she will get it!

Sawako Sentoku is one of the most artistic people I

know! She designed our short-

lived 2013 Yeti. She is a great

members at the Earl Wooster Key

Club. She has attended every

D23 event this month and con-

tinues to do her own individual

service. Sawako continues to be

an amazing member, and if she

really puts her mind to it, she can

become a Platinum level mem-

ber!

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On July 20, 2013 the Division 23 Of-

ficers, members, and I had the biggest

feud ever. There was lots of yelling and

grabbing and lots of commotion. All

that is totally normal for us here in

Division 23. Especially since the DCM

theme was Family Feud!

The DCM started off like normal.

We discussed many major issues each

club was facing and thought of ways to

solve them in proper manners, we all

enjoyed the Key Club “Shoes” commer-

cial, and even talked about our plan to

take over Fall Rally North. Our plan of

action can not be shared out of our

division, just know that we have a

secret weapon.

After the business is when things

started to go crazy. Everyone split off

into their collective families: The Minion,

Hugga-Flakka, McLovin, Half-Eaten-

Banana, and Hoochie Family. The ac-

tual game was rigorous and eventually

the families died out until it was a battle

of the death with the Hoochie Family

and the Half-Eaten Banana Family. The

Hoochie Family eventually took home

the prize of an amazing I <3 DC Shirt

that I bought when I went to ICON.

At the end of the DCM we earned

a lot about the people in the division

we served and learned who the feisty

people are.

Past Events July Family Feud DCM

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Around D23 in 600 Miles Past Events

On July 27th, 2013, Jessica

San Juan, Mickey, Caitlin,

Mickey's family and I took a trip

out to the part of Division 23

that were unchartered territory:

Winnemucca, Spring Creek,

and Elko. The trip was definitely

long, over 600 miles of road and

over 18 hours of driving. It was

definitely an amazing day and

it was full of new friendships and

the discovery of devoted clubs.

The first stop was the Albert

Lowry Key Club in Winnemucca,

Nevada. They have a great ad-

visor who has such creative

fundraising and volunteering

ideas. The next stop was the

Spring Creek Key Club in Spring

Creek, Nevada. It was nice

meeting up again with the

members that had come down

to Reno that helped with the

Special Olympics back in June.

They surprised us with one of

their favorite activities; hiking.

They took us on a mile hike through Lamoille Canyon.

The last club of the day was the Elko Key Club from Elko, Nevada. Their VP was

very friendly, easy to talk to, and capable of practically anything. She was deter-

mined and unstoppable. After visiting all three eastern clubs we headed 300+ miles

back home to Reno and Sparks, Nevada

Jhana Fry |D23 Executive Assistant |Earl Wooster Key Club

OTC in the park in Wiunemucca

Traveled on lots and lots of road

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Left beautiful Reno/ Sparks early in

the morning to begin our journey

!st Club Visitation with Albert Lowry

Key Club in Winnemucca, NV

4th Visitation/ Hike with Spring Creek

in Spring Creek, NV

3rd visitation/ OTC with the

Elko KC in Elko, NV

Lamoille Canyon—The place we

hiked in Spring Creek

Circle K Family Fun Festival

Pg 9

The circle K host-

ing of the Family Fun

Festival on July 27,

2013 was definitely

an experience! It did-

n't have a big turn

out as they hoped,

but the other volun-

teers and I had a

great time regard-

less. The people who

went to support had

a blast! I met fellow

key clubbers from the

Wooster HS Key Club

also here in D23. I

spent the day trying

to get to know them

and hopefully build a

better relationship.

We became so close

by the end of the

day, and it made the

event even more

worthwhile.

I manned various

jobs such as advertising

with posters to get any

by standers and people

going about their day to

visit the event. It's actu-

ally quite a hard job! If

you see those people

holding signs advertising

for their store give them

props! It's Tiring and a les-

son learned. The Circle K

members were very nice

and generous to us.

They were watching

over the key clubbers

like big brothers and sis-

ters which was quite

lovely to see. I hope next

year or the next event

would be a big turn out

and more key clubbers

could participate! Family

Fun Festival may not

have been the biggest

turn out but it did pro-

vide experiences for fu-

ture events. (:

Christine Galvez |D23 President |Reed Key Club

Christine (right) with Analley (middle), and Sawako

(Left) looking good while working the booth

Kiwanis DCON Set-Up

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Jessica San Juan | D23 Member | North Valleys Key Club

The 93rd Annual CALI-NEV-HA Dis-

trict Convention was held in Reno, NV

this year, which is in the Division 23 area.

I along with other Key Club members

from different clubs in Division 23 took

the time to help set up for the District

Convention. I met up with the Key Club

members and Key Club Assistant Ad-

ministrator, Marshall Roberson, at the Sil-

ver Legacy Casino two days before the

convention to set up and unload the

truck. Most people see the finish project

where everything is neat and tidy,

but this gave some me and the

others the chance to see what goes on

behind the scenes. It wasn’t all just tak-

ing boxes off the truck and bringing them

inside; the boxes had to be sorted based

on purpose. This was definitely a difficult

task for me. The boxes were to be sorted

in different categories such as sales,

meals, pre-registration, audio-visuals, and

many more. Luckily, the boxes were color

coded to make the Key Clubbers jobs

easier; all they needed to know was

which room to put them in and where in

the room to put them. Helping with the

setup gives those helping a better appre-

ciation of all the hard work put into our

Everyone moving boxes and putting

them where they need to be put

Inside the huge freight elevator! Bringing

the boxes inside the hotel

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Future Events

Camp Lotsafun Field Day

When: Saturday, August 24, 2013

Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Where: Evelyn Mount Community Center (1301 Valley Road in Reno)

Duties: Playing Basketball and making crafts

with the special campers.

Color Me Rad

When: Saturday, September 21, 2013

Time: 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Where: UNR

Duties: Throwing colored cornstarch at racers!!

Sign up at www.colormerad.com/volunteer right now!

http://www.colormerad.com/volunteer.html

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Key to College

When: September 28

Time: 11 AM - 3 PM

Where: Joe Crowley Student Union, UNR

Duties: To listen to our Circle K-ers and prepare

ourselves for life at college!

Car Was for PTP

When: September 7, 2013

Time: 10 AM - 4PM

Where: Sierra Car Care on California and Booth

St. (Near Reno HS)

Duties: Wash Cars for the Pediatric Trauma

Prevention Program!

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Golden District Events

Fall Rally North October 19

Pg 14

October is fast approaching and you know what that means!

Fall Rally!! Iyiyiyiyiy!! This is your chance to meet up with

other Key Clubbers from all over Nevada and California. Show off

your spirit and brag about your awesome Key Club-ness and hone

all of your amazing abilities!

Price Breakdown*

$50 Bus

$33 Tickets

$10 Spirit Gear

$12 Buffet Lunch**

$11 Membership Fee*

$04 Charity Donation Fee

——————————-

$120 Total

*Prices subject to change

based on clubs needs

**optional based on club

Day Breakdown

4 AM Head to Cali on

buses

8AM Arrive at Six Flags/

Cheer practice/ Put on

Spirit Gear

9– 9:30AM Head to Park gates

and get in! Ride until we rally

11AM or 1PM Spirit Rally to the

death!

12 or 2PM FREE TIME TILL WE

LEAVE

Calling all artistically gifted yetis!

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As the last few bits of summer comes close to an end, the Galena

High School Key Club Officers are hard at working planning for the

upcoming school year! The officers are finding innovative and crea-

tive ways to recruit brand new Key Club Members and make a

greater impact in the community. The members are are hard at work

planning the the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure hoping for a do-

nation goal of $500.00, spreading word about the effects of breast

cancers, and rallying support for the cause! As all of the Galena Key

Club members are enjoying their last few bits of summer, they are

preparing for a full force, amazing school year with plenty of goals

and and plans for a bright, impactful Key Club!

Galena Key Club

Every day feels like an oven in July. It feels like we could burn our hands if we lay

them on the table for too long. The Summer Family Fun Festival was amazing ex-

cept for the balloons that would pop every few minutes. However, they also

made our day by showing us how important teamwork is when it comes to

blowing and holding balloons. One who is afraid of balloons that would pop

while blowing could hold them instead while the others who are just a little bit

braver could blow them up. With the Key Clubbers from Reed High School,

Christine and Analley, we saw the horrors of the day with balloon explosions

while blowing, dropping the balloons to the ground, and random balloon pops.

Balloons are such remarkable and adorable objects but now, I believe most of

us would take a moment of consideration if we are asked to blow up balloons

again in the summer.

Earl Wooster Key Club

Club Snapshots

Some of my favorite Snapshots direct from the club MRFs.

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D23 Lieutenant Governor:

Joseph “Mickey” Rosal

775-636-5587 or [email protected]

Executive Assistant of Reno/Sparks:

Bunny Mo


Executive Assistant of Spring Creek/Elko:

Kevin Terral

[email protected]

Executive Assistant of Reno/Sparks:

Jhana Fry

[email protected]

Region 06 Advisor:

Michael “Mr. Mike” McStroul


Contact Info

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Our Month in Pictures

Family Feud DCM (7/20)

Kiwanis DCON

Set-Up (8/13)

Pg 20

Kiwanis DCON

Set-Up (8/13)

East D23 Visitations

(7/27)

Summer

Board

8/2-4

Yeti Points System (YPS) Hi, Yetis! This is Bunny and I am writing this to spread the news about Division 23’s Yeti

Points System (YPS), its history, and how it will be put into effect. YPS was initiated two

years ago during past Lieutenant Governor Alyssa’s term. It went on hiatus during past

Lieutenant Governor McXine’s term, but Marshall suggested to the three EAs that we res-

urrect it. I took it into consideration and decided it would be a great idea for our division

to have YPS back. YPS serves a couple purposes:

Fun competition

Increased attendance and participation from clubs

Grounds to identifying clubs/members that deserve Club/Member of the Month

And with this system, responsibilities are accounted for. By that, I mean each EA

must monitor certain clubs so that not all the work of tallying points, figuring out who went

to which event, etc. falls on one EA. Kevin Terral monitors clubs in the Spring Creek/Elko

area: Spring Creek, Albert Lowry, Elko. Jhana Fry monitors clubs in the Reno/Sparks area:

Wooster, Sparks, Spanish Springs, Reno. And Bunny Mo monitors clubs in the Reno/Sparks

area: Galena, Reed, Hug, North Valleys.

Now to explain the distribution of points. As all Key Clubbers know, members are on

the very top of the inverted pyramid and that is the reason why members will receive

more points than officers—no offense. It is highly recommended that officers attend as

many Key Club events as they can, but we can’t forget how important members are! In-

stead of words, here is a table to display the points system.

Members # of Points Officers # of Points

DCMs 5 DCMs 3

Service Projects 5 Service Projects 3

MRF Submissions 8 MRF Submissions 5

Hosting/

Planning Events

10 Hosting/

Planning Events

8

Fundraisers 10 Fundraisers 8

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1 2 3

4 5

MRFs

DUE!

6 7

8 9 10

11 12 School

Starts!

13 Help

with

Kiwanis

DCON

14 15 16

17 Help with

DCON take

down

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 August

DCM /

Camp

Lotsafun

field day!

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Car Wash

for PTP

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Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

Division 23 August Calendar

Attend Kiwanis DCON

Hi, Yetis! This is Bunny and I am writing this to spread the news about Division 23’s Yeti

Points System (YPS), its history, and how it will be put into effect. YPS was initiated two

years ago during past Lieutenant Governor Alyssa’s term. It went on hiatus during past

Lieutenant Governor McXine’s term, but Marshall suggested to the three EAs that we res-

urrect it. I took it into consideration and decided it would be a great idea for our division

to have YPS back. YPS serves a couple purposes:

Fun competition

Increased attendance and participation from clubs

Grounds to identifying clubs/members that deserve Club/Member of the Month

And with this system, responsibilities are accounted for. By that, I mean each EA

must monitor certain clubs so that not all the work of tallying points, figuring out who went

to which event, etc. falls on one EA. Kevin Terral monitors clubs in the Spring Creek/Elko

area: Spring Creek, Albert Lowry, Elko. Jhana Fry monitors clubs in the Reno/Sparks area:

Wooster, Sparks, Spanish Springs, Reno. And Bunny Mo monitors clubs in the Reno/Sparks

area: Galena, Reed, Hug, North Valleys.

Now to explain the distribution of points. As all Key Clubbers know, members are on

the very top of the inverted pyramid and that is the reason why members will receive

more points than officers—no offense. It is highly recommended that officers attend as

many Key Club events as they can, but we can’t forget how important members are! In-

stead of words, here is a table to display the points system.

1 2 3 4 5

MRFs

DUE!

6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Fall

Rally

Planning

Day

15 16

17 18 19 20 21 Color Me

RAD

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Key to

College/

Sept.

DCM

29 30

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Division 23 September Calendar

1 2 3 4 5

MRFs

DUE

6 7 8 9 10 11

12 Region

06 Train-

ing Con-

ference

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Fall Rally!!

Iyiyiyiyiy!!

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31 Hallow-

een

Heeey ;D

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Division 23 October Calendar

Recruit More Members than last year into D23

Raise $3000 for Fall Rally

Get at least 228 Attendees to Fall Rally

Win the Fall Rally Spirit Stick

Win the Division Excellence Award

Win Most Improved Division

Help most officers win Distinguished Awards

Help members win scholarships

Have an unforgettable Key Club year

DIVISION 23 Goals

These goals will serve as a reminder for us to continue to work harder,

Note: The ones in bold are the ones I really want to accomplish...oh wait they

are all in bold!

-Mickey Rosal |D23 LTG

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