The Official Newsletter of the Egg Harbor Township High School Key Club
Volume XVII, Issue 2| May 1, 2012
T H E K E Y C H A I N
A Plethora of Projects Awaits! Amazing Projects Starting the Service Year
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KEY CHAIN CONTENTS Ar t i c les Featured Article
“ ACUA Earth Day Festival ” - Key Clubbers enjoyed a Sunday morning
at the ACUA Environmental Park helping out at the Annual Earth Day
Festival and fundraising for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation. Read
more - Page 5
2| Contents & Editor’s Letter
3| President’s Letter & ELIMINATE
Letter from the President of EHTHS
Key Club and Facts on the ELIMI-
NATE Project.
4| Events
The Art Show Experience and the
March for Babies (March of Dimes).
5| Events
The Upcoming Kathleen’s Closet
Prom Fashion Show and ACUA An-
nual Earth Day Festival).
6| International / District
The Annual Key Club International
Convention at Orlando, Florida,
and International Officers.
7| Fun Page
New Section Featuring Key-Club
Related Activities that
are “Fun”.
8| Contacts and Re-
minders Dear Key Clubbers,
Key Club is taking its first steps into the service year and it’s already doing great In just a couple weeks, we’ve already completed many projects from volunteering to help out at art shows to helping teachers clean their rooms to fundraise for the community service projects like the Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation. It’s a great start of an amazing service year so let’s keep this streak rolling.
Yours in Caring and Service, Pak Chau EHTHS Key Club Bulletin Editor
Editors Letter
On the Cover: General member Mel
Henao and Recording Secretary Cyn-
thia Thurairajah The Annual ACUA Earth
Day Festival
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Hey Key Clubbers! I hope you are all doing well and that you’re attending some of the gazillion projects we’ve posted the past two weeks. I just want to say a few things: one being that I’m extremely proud of my committee chair members for turning in their pro-jects on a timely manner and no difficul-ties at all. Two being that I’m proud of all you general members out there as well for taking the initiative to sign up for projects to help out your school and community! I’m also really proud of my officers for doing their job well and thoroughly. Each
and every one of you makes my job as President easier and it’s already been such an honor to be the President of this tre-mendous club. Don’t ever be afraid to say hello to me or ask me anything! I’m always open for anyone to talk to. Also, good luck to everybody who’s taking AP Exams. Remember to sleep early and eat a healthy breakfast! I love you all and keep caring! Yours in Caring, Love, and Service, Valerie Wong EHTHS Key Club President
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PRESIDENT & ELIMINATE
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
THE ELIMINATE PROJECT The ELIMINATE Project is Kiwanis International's global campaign to help
eliminate maternal/neonatal tetanus from the face of the Earth The
fundraising campaign will raise one-hundred-ten million for the project.
One baby dies every nine minutes from maternal/neonatal tetanus. A
total of about one-hundred-sixty babies die from the disease everyday.
The disease can be eliminated; in fact it has already been eliminated
from of 20 countries.
All it takes to eliminate the tetanus is three doses of a vaccine that costs
sixty cents a piece. One dollar and eighty cents protects one mother
and her children from dying due to this tetanus.
The ELIMINATE project has already saved and protected sixty-one mil-
lion moms and their babies and the goal is to reach less than one baby
born with maternal/neonatal tetanus per one thousand births.
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It’s that time of the year again! The Annual March of Dimes (March for Ba-bies) Walk is just around the corner! On Sunday, April 28th, a mix of volun-teers, supporters and af-fected parents will walk a five mile walk starting from one end of the Ocean City Boardwalk and end at the other end to help fundraise and support premature babies. Each walker registers online and starts fundrais-ing in order to help con-
tribute to the funding for the March of Dimes Foun-dation which is used for research, treatments, and screening.
This past Saturday, there was an amaz-ing art show at the Shore Mall. It made me wish that I had some artistic ability. The artwork was from people of all ages; from five year olds in kindergarten to college freshmen. All of the artwork there was very impressive. There were even some paintings that were from people in our school; even from our very own Key Club! Anyway, I got a chance to help set up the art show and run it for a while. I got to meet some of the artists in person and discuss their paintings with them. I also gained some artistic appreciation from this project. It turns out that, to my surprise, there is a lot more than meets the eye when deciphering a paint-ing. One has to really have an open
mind to understand a painting else you may miss the artist’s intention entirely! It’s like reading a poem. You can’t al-ways take the words literally but take them figuratively and you should be able to comprehend it. It’s always a good thing to be open-minded and to see things from a differ-ent point of view. I’ve learned that things may not be what they seem so take a second look but with an open mind. Paintings are like labyrinths of brush strokes; used to hide the true meaning of the picture. Even thought this may have seemed like any other project to gain hours , I gained a whole new perspective for art!
A PLETHORA OF EVENTS EVENTS
The Art Show Experience BY SHENELLE ALEXANDER
General Member
March for Babies BY PAK CHAU
Bulletin Editor
Major Emphasis (ME) Committee Chairs Josh Perez (left)
and Shenelle Alexander (right) setting up the art show in
the Shore Mall.
March of Dimes Supports:
Oral Cleft Prevention
Premature Birth Prevention
Neural Tube Defect Prevention
Treatments for Vision Defects
Treatments for Respiratory Defects
Research for Infant Survival Rate
Screening for Newborns
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Hey guys! This weekend is Kathleen's Closet Fashion Show! Just to start off, I can't even explain how excited I am con-sidering this is my first fashion show and first time modeling. I've always wanted to walk in a long, beautiful dress and im-press a crowd ever since I was a little girl. I remember watching models on televi-sion and wishing one day I could do it as well. And here's my chance! The best part is, is that it's a charity event for mod-eling donated prom dresses. We’re mod-eling the dresses so that people who like them can purchase them. All proceeds go to the food bank! So not only am I get-ting to finally have a chance to model, it's
also for a great cause as well! I'm really looking forward to strutting the runway with a few of my close friends, and I know they’re excited too! I'll be modeling two dresses that day, one brown and one red. Two very lovely dresses that were donated to Kathleen's Closet. The show is on Saturday, April 28th at 1:30. Hope to see you guys there! Wish me luck!
EVENTS
Through rain and shine, Key Clubbers are there to help! On April 22, Key Clubbers went to the ACUA Earth day festival. Although it was rainy and a bit cold, the recycling plant had a ton of people who enjoyed different tents to learn about the environment. Key Club-bers helped Big Brothers Big Sisters fundraise by setting pins up for bowling. And collected donations. Children of all ages donated money to the cause and bowled on the wooden alley under the
tent. Even non-Key Clubbers joined and helped the kids who couldn’t pick up the ball roll the ball down the lane. It was great getting to watch the kids’ faces light up when they knocked the pins down and getting a Frisbee as a prize. Throughout the event, we each took turns going around the festival to learn about the environment and how we can help. Even though there was rain, re-gardless, it was an amazing day at the ACUA environmental park!
Prom Fashion Show BY ABBY SALES
General Member
Volley-Ball-A-Thon (VBAT) Commit-
tee Chair Jessica Pamfilo (left) and
general member Abby Sales (right)
try on the donated prom dresses
before the fashion show.
ACUA Earth Day Festival BY CYNTHIA THURAIRAJAH
Recording Secretary
Membership Committee Chairs Shirley Luo (top right) Jasmine Lee (top left) as
well as Recording Secretary Cynthia Thurairajah (bottom right) and general mem-
ber Mel Henao (bottom left) volunteer for the Big Brothers Big Sisters bowling fund-
raiser.
Side Note: Big Brothers Big Sisters is an non-profit organization that focuses on helping unprivileged children finding teachers or mentors to help them reach their fullest potential.
International Board Believe it or not, there’s a lot of positions in Key Club that are far higher than our President Valerie Wong. In fact, the Key Club President is under the Lieutenant Governor of his or her division in this case Division 1B’s Kelly Tran. The Lieutenant Governors of all twenty-three divisions serve the District Governor which rules over the states in which he or she presides in; in our case, the District Governor is Nicole Ventrone. It doesn’t stop there; the District Governors are then ruled by International Trustees whom watch over regions of the world, ours being Nick DePorzio. Finally, International Trustees serve the almighty Key Club International President and Vice Presi-dent Annie Lewandowski and Catt Lovins.
BY PAK CHAU
Bulletin Editor
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BEYOND THE EHTHS KEY INTERNATIONAL/DISTRICT
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Summer is quickly approaching and so is Key Club International’s 69th An-nual International Convention. Every year, over two thousand Key Clubbers gather somewhere to find out more about Key Club, to meet the Interna-tional Board from all over the world, and to meet new friends from the other side of the world! This year’s Key Club International Convention is going to being hosted at the famous Hilton Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Other than being able to live in an extravagant hotel for four days, Key Clubbers also get the privilege of exploring the Walt Disney World amusement parks with other Key Clubbers from around the world! This year, there are members going to the Key Club International Conven-tion in Orlando, Florida. Some of the members include EHTHS Key Club President Valerie Wong, EHTHS Key Club Vice President) Parth Parikh, Division 1b Lieutenant Governor Kelly Tran, and Former Division 1 Lieu-tenant Governor Cecelia Kang! If you are interested or would also like to go, please notify an officers as soon as possible so that paperwork can be com-pleted.
ICON 2012 BY PAK CHAU
Bulletin Editor
KEY CLUB’S 69th ANNUAL
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KEY CLUB’S 69th ANNUAL FUN PAGE
K E Y CL UBBE R K E Y CL UBBE R
This Key Clubber is a c-section, cut thirteen inches off her hair and re-
cently knocked over a mailbox while trying to get out of a driveway.
Who’s This Key Clubber? Think you got the answer? Ask an officer!
You are drawing KEY CLUB
For Pak C.
Caption this:
Return to Pak to consider publishing in letter.
Starting this Key Club general meeting, I will now be taking nominations for Key
Clubber of the Week. You must nominate someone other than yourself. All you
have to do is fill out the nomination form below and put it into the “Editor’s Mail-
box” out side Mr. Stevenson’s room and the nominee may have a chance to be
featured on this page! They might even be featured in one of the games below!
Nominee’s Name:
Nominee’s Grade:
Three Facts About the Nominee:
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CONTACT YOUR OFFICERS
Valerie Wong President
(609) 742-3868, [email protected]
Parth Parikh Vice President
(609) 576-9885, [email protected]
Cynthia Thurairajah Recording Secretary
(609) 440-3366, [email protected]
Vi Nguyen Corresponding Secretary
(609) 742-3455, [email protected]
Pak Chau Bulletin Editor
(609) 553-3366, [email protected]
Michael Tran Webmaster
(609) 788-4845, [email protected]
Kelly Tran Division 1B Lieutenant Governor
(609) 432-9204, ltg1btrank @gmail.com
Selina Su Treasurer
(609) 442-5975, [email protected]
Tiffany Luong Sergeant-at-Arms
(609) 969-3333, [email protected]
REMINDERS...
May 15, 2012 Next General Meeting
Next OCC Meeting
May 8, 2012
May is Mental Health Month. May is also
Bicycle Safety Month.
Teacher Appreciation Day and Red
Cross/Crescent Day is May 8th.
Be Kind to Animals Week is from May
6th - May 12th.
May 13th is No Tobacco Day… Not that
you should have any…
Key Clubbers must have the required
minimum 50 hours in order to use on
college papers.
Join the Facebook group if not already
part of it and check for updates and
projects!
