MONSTERVolume VI, Issue 2 June 2014

The Ofcial Newsletter of Franklin Key Club

Franklin High School 6400 Whitelock Parkway, Elk Grove, CA 95757

Division 7 South | Region 16 | CNH District

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Editor'sEditor'sMESSAGE

Happy June, Monsters!Summer has arrived! Can you BEElieve it?

Summer. A span of two and a half months to spend as wechoose. Allow me to enlighten you on your potential KeyClub adventures:

Service Events: Please be sure to check the forums regularlyfor new events!

Division Council Meetings: Create new relationships withmembers from other clubs within Division 7 South andhear from the Division Leadership Team! (see page 3) The next one is June 21st! Be sure to attend if youregistered for the joint DCM with Division 7N and 7S andOfficer Training Conference.

Fundraisers: The board is preparing a joint fundraiserinvolving Vampire Penguin and Tapioca Express. Pleasecome out to support! (More information in Treasurer'sMessage, pg. 2 and Bulletin News, pg. 6)

That's my bit. If you wish to share your own stories, art, orphotos so they can be featured on one of my publications,the divisional publications, or even the district publications,please let me know! I'll be releasing a Creative Commons &Opinions Page in July for any and all submissions. For moredetails, see the back cover of this newsletter.

In service and in friendship,Pauline Tze

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Editor's MessageTreasurer's Message

Senior Goodbyes & Advice

Division UpdatesUpcoming Events

Member of the MonthBulletin News

Major Emphasis Q&AProject Eliminate

New Committee HeadsPast Events

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Welcome!

My name is Nommy, Nice to eat you.

I mean meet!!! I don't bite; I promise!Welcom

e!My name is Nommy, Nice to eat you.

I mean meet!!! I don't bite; I promise!

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Treasurer's Treasurer's Hello fabulous Monsters,As you all know, the month of June has just begun and thatmeans SUMMER VACATION. Now what would be the mostexciting and most productive thing that you guys could dowhile on your long hiatus from school? Community service,obviously!

I encourage you guys to sign up for as many service events asyou can for this summer, so that you won't be desperatelytrying to get your hours done at the end of next year, whilealso cramming for finals! Service events will give you anopportunity to help others while hanging out with your friendsand getting the hours that you need for school.

Additionally, we'll be hosting a Vampire Penguin and TapiocaExpress fundraiser on Thursday, June 26th. While it may betricky to find rides to the fundraiser on that day, I'd like tocoax all of you to go with friends and to carpool. Comesupport your club and remember that this money goes towardscharities and also towards helping make field trips for YOUcheaper. You'll also get to hang out with friends and see what'schanged over the first month of summer vacation for them.

Now I'll leave you guys so you can go explore the rest of thisamazing newsletter and to continue with your summerhomework...

Happy Serving, Fellow Monsters!

Love,Eileen Eto

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Senior Goodbyes & AdviceI'll miss all of my friends that I've made through Key Cluband how fun it was to volunteer with them. And for allyou future Key Clubbers out there when you're out therevolunteering, always think about what great things you're

doing for the community and have fun!-Spencer Kwong

My advice is to have fun and attend events. Don't bescared to ask anyone questions; they don't bite. Also, don't

procrastinate turning stuff in time.-Timothy Tobias

I'll miss my Key Club Ohana and the countless good timesthat we had together. My advice would be to never

procrastinate and to not be afraid of trying new thingsbecause you may enjoy them.

-Jason Lee

My advice is to learn how to calculate time or you messwith people's hours and inevitably create disunity within

the club.-Colby Giang

The thing I'll miss the most about Key Club is the secondOhana i was able to form as a member even if I was amember for short period of time. I'm going to miss the

wonderful moments I spent with my friends whilevolunteering for a good cause at the same time. My adviceto new Key Clubbers is to become more active whether itbe running for a position or just volunteering more. That

will forever be one of my top regrets in high school.-Gurgagn Chand

My advice is to get out of your comfort zone and eventhough upperclassmen can be intimidating, don't let it stopyou from meeting new friends. The upperclassmen are your

mentors and are here to help you! Also, attend divisionand district events! They are a great place to bond with

your club and learn new things about the CNH District.Finally, ALWAYS RESPOND TO HOW YOU FEEL,

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE!!! -Lauren Yee

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Come to Division Council Meetings to meet other Key Clubbers and tohear updates from 2014-2015 Division Leadership Team! Thank you for thosewho applied! Even if you didn't get to be a part of this team, it just meansthat your Monster potential has yet to be unlocked!

Terry Nguyen, Emily Nguyen, Megan Shih, and Cynthia Tze (respectively) in a group photo.

Lieutenant Governor Emily Nguyen is an incoming junior from Laguna Creek.Division News Editor Megan Shih is an incoming senior from Pleasant Grove.Executive Assistant Terry Nguyen is an incoming junior from Pleasant Grove.Administrative Assistant Cynthia Tze is an incoming junior from Franklin.If you need to contact any of them, the standard email format is:d07s.cnhkc.positioninitials @gmail.com (ex. Emily Nguyen's isd07s.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com)Congratulations to all of them!

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June-July 2014

An excited Nommy monster indicates that a Key Club event is occurring day! These events, which arelinked, include:6/15/14 Superhero 5k6/21/14 The Slime Run6/22/2014 Sunday Jazz Concert6/26/14 Tapioca Express and Vampire Penguin Fundraiser6/27/14 Movie Night6/28/14 Midsummer Night's Dream & Ice Cream Fantasy6/28/14 Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma6/28/14 Run for Independence6/29/14 Volunteer Appreciation Picnic7/4/14 4th of July 5-miler7/12/14 Outdoor Work PartyCheck http://franklinkeyclub.freeforums.org frequently for more updates!

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Vanessa Wong is the extraordinary monster for themonth of June! She joined Key Club since her freshmanyear and now stands as an incoming junior. Vanessaenjoyed her time at her favorite event, the CaliforniaInternational Marathon Packet Pick-up. Despite her lovefor this club, Vanessa also enjoys playing tennis. Key Clubbrings different excitement for every person, and inVanessa’s case, it is a place that is “rewarding and it helps[me] make a lot of friends. It is also a way to receive easyhours and is fun because I can make friends and hang outwith them.”

Congratulations Vanessa! I have had the honor of going tomajority of the events with you and I know that you arealways on your feet, ready to do whatever you are told todo. You are a wonderful Key Clubber and your spirit forthis club is truly admirable!-Lesley Wong

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Member of the MonthMember of the MonthMember of the Month

About Pediatric Trauma ProgramThis program was established by ourdistrict, Cali-Nev-Ha, in 1994 to developlocal projects that can reduce the numberof children in our district that are injuredor killed by accidents.Please see cnhkeyclub.org for the PTPbrochure for more information.

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June District FocusJune District Focus: Health and Safety

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division focus: pediatric trauma program

BULLETIN NEWSBULLETIN NEWS

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Major EmphasisWhat is this about?Key Club International built a program where all Key Clubs andmembers could focus their energies on serving children across theglobe. The program, our Major Emphasis, is called Children: TheirFuture, Our Focus. An important element of the Major Emphasisprogram is the service initiative, which is created on a 2-year basis. Itensures that all our energies are “directed to a single area of need,to make a substantial impact." (keyclub.org). The current serviceinitiative is Project Eliminate (see pg. 8).What role does Franklin Key Club play?The main way we, Franklin Key Club, contribute to the MajorEmphasis is by fundraising for charities dedicated to serving children.These include Key Club International's partner organizations: UNICEF,March of Dimes, and Children's Miracle Network; as well as PediatricTrauma Program.How can I, a member, help?Participate in fundraisers and pay your dues on time! These dues alsobenefit YOU the member.

Questions and Answers

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Neonatal tetanus causes painfulconvulsions, extreme sensitivity to light

and touch, and excruciating death.It is caused when tetanus spores,

found in soil everywhere, comes intocontact with cuts during childbirth.

Mothers can only watch as their babysufers because any contact would increase

the pain. The only way to save babies and

their mothers from this fate is to provideimmunization to the mothers.

You can help by attending fundraisers,participating in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF,

and donating during Eliminate Week.

Maternal and neonatal tetanus killsmothers and their babies.One newborn baby dies every 9

minutes from tetanus; 160 die every day;60,000 die per year

in May, our division focus was...

Learn more at EliminateProject.org &

share this video-> MNT This is OUR project.

We've teamed up withKiwanis and UNICEF to

make it happen. Together,we can make a global

impact.

It costs $1.80 for the vaccine that canprotect one woman and all her future babies.

We can protect the connection.The current service initiative for Key

Club's Major Emphasis: "Children: TheirFuture, Our Focus”

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The new Key Club year has just begun, but your new committee heads are ready to lead and serve you!

I look forward to getting to collaborate with my partner and other Key Club members, and alsoto create scrapbooks that are unique in their own way. I also want the scrapbooks to show howdedicated and caring our club is as well!

-Caressa Wong, Scrapbook Head

I'm looking forward to working with others in Key Club and having the honor of smooshing allof everyone's beautiful Key Club achievements, contributions, and memories together at the endof the year I want to be able to create something everyone can see and understand and berelatable. Everyone is important in Key Club, like the great emperor of China from Mulan said,"A single grain of rice can tip the scale. One man may be the difference between victory anddefeat."

-Sophia Duong, Scrapbook Head

Hey Monsters! I am very excited to able serve as one of your new Project Heads for the 2014-2015term. In this year, I hope to bring a variety of service events and projects for all of you to serve! Ilook forward to working alongside my fellow Key Clubbers on new ideas that we have in store.

-Michelle Nguyen, Project Head

I am looking forward to being one of Franklin KC's project heads and a great year ahead full offun service events!

-Cindy Lam, Project Head

I'm looking forward to being able to put my computer skills to use in Key Club. I hope to makeout website easier for the members to use and maybe even win an award for the website atDCON!

-Kajal Maran, Web/Tech Head

I am greatly looking forward to assisting everyone in the effort to give back to our community! Ihighly enjoy thanking and congratulating people for the work they've put forth and now I'mexcited to initiate many recognitions to our well-deserved Key Club members!

-Lesley Wong, Member Recognition HeadHey Monsters!I'm so glad I am able to serve you all as your spirit head!!! I'm looking forward to seeing all youBEEuties decked out in orange and cheering your hearts out at all of the wonderful events KeyClub offers, like Fall Rally and DCON. I also can't wait to represent Franklin Key Club with allthe amazing spirit and motivation we have at our service events alongside both the new and oldfaces.

-Cassandra Zhou, Spirit Head

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1. Sunny Hsu (incoming junior) is our Vice President.

2. Michelle Nguyen (incoming sophomore) is one of our ProjectHeads.

3. Sharon Hsu (incoming senior) is our President.

4. Eileen Eto (incoming junior) is our Treasurer.

5. Lesley Wong (incoming junior) is our Member Recognition Head.

6. Cindy Lam (incoming junior) is one of our Project Heads.

7.Sophia Duong (incoming junior) is one of our Scrapbook Heads.

8. Kajal Maran (incoming junior) is our Web/Tech Head.

9. Pauline Tze (incoming junior) is our Bulletin Editor.

10. Andrew Yu (incoming junior) is our Secretary.

11. Cassandra Zhou (incoming junior) is our Spirit Head.

12. Caressa Wong (incoming sophomore) is one of our ScrapbookHeads.

How well did you do? 0-1 Baby Monster2-4 Monster Apprentice5-7 Monster Initiate8-10 Capable Monster11-12 Monster Nommy StatusThink you can do better? Talk to us during meetings and events andtry this test again! To contact anyone on the board, the email is firstnamelastname.d7s @gmail.com

CONGRATS!

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Past Events-HIGHLIGHTPast Events-HIGHLIGHT

Key Clubbers show their love for one another in front of asign pledging peace, love, and hope for cancer survivors.

Key Clubbers thank cancer survivors for coming to the Relay.

Ryan Santiago (incoming junior) “kills” cancer, which isrepresented by Nick Stringfellow (graduated senior).

Relay For Life

I was chosen out by Wanda to be "cancer" andpeople had to beat me. One little girl actually startedpounding me with her fists, but that was okay. I got to seea lot of the Key Clubbers from our division and meet alot of new people. It was a lot of fun. Even though I'mgraduating, (like you think I would chill and do my ownthing), I was able to outreach a little bit more instead.

Next year you should go if you can. Raising even alittle bit of money helps, and even though we didn't reachour team goal, we had a lot of people come and donate,which was great, participate. It was a lot of fun.

Nick Stringfellow

what went down

Sharon HsuFor me, personally, this was my first Relay for Life

and it was really fun. Though there wasn't as many peopleas there probably were last year, it was really cool becauseI got to meet a lot of people from other schools.

Consumnes Oaks kept a jail where you paymoney to get people arrested. There was one personfrom Laguna Creek who kept getting arrested, which wasreally funny because we'd be playing a game, and in themiddle of the game, he'd get arrested; that happened like10 times. Perfect right?

At Relay for Life (5/17 to 5/18), Key Clubbers fromDivision 7 South and many other organizations, includingModel UN and American Cancer Society, joined togetherin a 24-hour relay to show support and fundraise to helpcancer patients. Activities during the relay included ascavenger hunt, walking around the track, and hanging outwith other Key Clubbers.

One of the most delightful occurrences was seeingMr. Mendoza, a Franklin High School teacher who retiredhalfway through the 2013-2014 school year because of hisown fight with cancer.

Franklin Key Club raised $345, but our goal was$1000. Nevertheless, we seek to reach the goal we set nextyear for sure!

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Past Events (continued)Past Events (continued)

Now Glowing Fun RunNow Glowing Fun Run

Left to Right: Tommy Ku (graduated senior)assembles glow necklaces; Samantha Tai(incoming junior) prepares a string for aglowstick; Key Clubbers string necklacesonto glowsticks.

Do you know what'slovelier than wearing glow gear?Assembling it in mass quantitiesin one hour. Yeah! During theNow Glowing Fun Run (5/17),volunteers prepared glow gear tobe handed out to the runners. Ithought we were going at adecent pace, even though thewind was blowing ferociously,causing some of the gear to rollaway.How wrong I was.

When Cassandra Zhou

attempted to pull the glowsticks out of the box we threwthem in after stringing them,the outcome was atrocious.Even Celena Yee, who is reallygreat at untangling things,couldn't salvage the majorityof the wreck. When therunners came, we were left tohand out all the other glowgear and the packages wedidn't have enough time toassemble.

-Pauline Tze

During the Chili CookOff event (5/17), volunteershelped supervise jump houses andgame booths, as well as breakingdown canopies after the event wasdone. Lawrence Lee found theevent to be enjoyable. "This eventwas nice because we managedjump houses and a game booth."

Left to Right: Shannon Ngo(incoming sophomore) breaksdown a canopy; Gurnoor Kaur(incoming sophomore) manages ajump house.

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Past Events (continued)Past Events (continued)Stone Lake Elementary's Ice Cream SocialStone Lake Elementary's Ice Cream Social

No Excuses 5K RunNo Excuses 5K Run

At the No Excuses 5K Run (5/24)Franklin Key Club volunteers helped outby registering runners, sorting through T-shirts, handing out medals, distributingfood after the race, breaking down tablesand canopies, and loading everythinginto a U-Haul truck. We were delightedto team up with students from Laguna,McClatchy, and John F. Kennedy KeyClubs.

“Children, ice cream, andgames. This was all at theStonelake Elementary’s IceCream Social (5/16). KeyClub helped out at the eventby monitoring the childrengames. For one ticket, a childcan play one game. Gamesinclude mini golf, tic-tac-toe,a prize wheel, and manymore! After a child has wona game, the volunteers giveout prizes suitable to him

or her. The children werereally happy whenever theygot a prize. For thevolunteers, it was wonderfulto see the children smilingand being energeticwhenever they won andobtained a prize. To thankthe Key Club volunteers forthe energetic attitude andkind manners, thecoordinator gave out free icecream to everyone.”

-Andrew Yu

Andrew Yu (incoming junior) supervises aball toss game.

Clockwise (left-right-down):

Cynthia Tze (incomingjunior) helps a manregister for the race;

Christina Wang(incoming junior) andJessica Su (incomingsenior) organize race T-shirts by size;

Jessica Su preparesfood trays to behanded out to therunners.

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Past Events (continued)Past Events (continued)

May DCMMay DCMAfter leaving the Elk

Grove GO Festival, I took nap inmy mom's car near Rotary Groveto wait for the DCM to begin.Upon waking up, I found a beeon the window and quickly tooka photo of it. CNH Bees mascotright? Awesome!

After my siblings and mymother returned from their funat the park, they told me thatRotary Grove was occupied.'Odd. Isn't that usually where theDCM is?' I thought. I spottedEileen Eto rolling water balloonson a skateboard and decided tojoin her.

We tried contactingCynthia Tze, the AdministrativeAssistant, for information, and

interact in all of the variousactivities. I liked that my shift didnot involve much heavy liftingwork and thus I was able to fullyappreciate just aiding the eventand spending time with otherfellow volunteers.” At the end of the race, we wereassigned to set up umbrella tables.Also, we were delighted to findthat Zach Groves, a Franklin KeyClub alumni, had won the race.Go Zach! Key Clubbers work together to fix a broken umbrella.

Elk Grove GO FestivalElk Grove GO FestivalAt the Elk Grove GO Fest

(5/31), Franklin Key Clubberscheered on runners whilemonitoring the race course. Uponcoming to the event, ChristinaWang and Jessica Su wereseparated from everyone else for adifferent task: monitoring theparking lot. However, ChristinaWang found her task to be just asenjoyable.“I really enjoyed volunteering forthe EG GO Festival because itwas really fun to watch people

apparently, everyone was on their way.After a lot of waiting around

under random trees, the Caring for Craftsevent finally started. I handed out cookiesand wandered around talking to otherKey Clubbers happily as I loomed a babyhat.

Since the event started late, theCaring for Crafts event ended earlier thanI liked. However, I continued to loom asPresidents rapped out their club updatesand bade for pies to throw at peoples'faces in the name of fundraising forProject Eliminate. It was quite hilarious.

At the conclusion of the updates,the Division Leadership Team attemptedto begin a series of civilized water balloongames in exchange for $4 each fromparticipants.

Haha. Were they in for a surprise.It erupted into an all out water balloonwar within 10 minutes. I opted out andchose to loom under some trees withEileen Eto and Andrew Yu. It was quitepeaceful until our soaking wet fellow KeyClubbers decided to share their love.

At the very end of the event,everyone who came to the DCM took agroup photo.

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Past Events (continued)Past Events (continued)Dreamnight at the ZooDreamnight at the Zoo

Park FestivalPark Festival

Cassandra Zhou (incoming junior) and DavidKeet (incoming sophomore) clean up theirstation.

Clockwise (above-right-down): Angie Yan (incoming junior) gives ayoung girl a prize; Jennifer Tham andAlison Tom (both incoming seniors)run the face painting booth; SophiaDuong (incoming junior) manages theobstacle course bounce house

“The Park Festival was a lively eventin which Franklin Key Clubvolunteers helped out with managingthe bounce houses, game booths, andface painting.

Despite the blazing summerheat, I enjoyed seeing thekids smile and laugh whenthey play and when they seethe paint on their facesand/or arms.”

-Alison Tom

"For me the Park Festival wasa really fun experiencebecause I got to help outchildren and see the smileson their faces as we gavethem candy. I ran arounddoing different tasks andthey were all very fun. Seeingchildren help each other tomake sure that they were allplaying fair was veryinspiring. The event wasoverall a very fun event andit was 100% worth it to goout on a hot summer day tohelp make a difference!"-Eileen Eto

“At Dreamnight at the Zoo(6/6), Tommy, Cassie,Celena, Sammi, and I,volunteered at the arts andcrafts stations. Whether itwas making tie-dye seahorsesand turtles or making circularart out of paper using tablespinners, we all had a blast.As the event started, wehelped set up the stationsunder very windycircumstances, which was

fun yet also very frustrating.When we did complete thesetup of the stations,everything went extremelysmoothly. We helped the kidswork with paints, braceletmaking, glitter, and coloring.All in all, the event was veryinteresting and the memberswho attended this event saidthat they would go again!”

-David Keet

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Creative Commons & Opinions PageI highly encourage that you share your opinions and passion about our club, to the club!

Articles are welcome, as well as creative forms of expression i.e. poetry, art, and comic strips.Requirements:

-If you use Key Club logos digitally, please follow Graphic Standards rules, which can befound in this downloadable brand guide: http://www.keyclub.org/fad/cm/brand.aspx

-Inclusive content is encouraged; offensive submissions will not be published-Submit by the 10th of the month you wish the content to be published in

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us! All officer andcommittee head emails are formatted: firstname lastname.d7s @gmail.com

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