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Division 28 North Newsletter 2013-2014 | Issue #3 | October 2013

Region 5 | Cali-Nev-Ha District | Key Club International

Page 3 From the LTG to you

Page 4-5 Club Stories

Page 6-7 Phoenix Events/Stories

Page 8 Fall Rally South

Page 9 Key Club Week

Page 10-11 Eliminate Project

Page 12 Monthly Events

Page 13 Things to Note

Page 14 Contact Info

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Volunteers don't get paid, not

because they're worthless, but

because they're priceless.

- Sherry Anderson

Hello! This is your D28N Lieutenant Governor Christopher Bui, and I just wanted to tell you that Fall Rally is right around the corner. It is time to show our Phoenix spirit and show CNH what we got. Make sure to continue the amazing service you have been doing. Get working on those PB&J sandwiches! Have a fiery month, Phoenixes.

-Christopher Bui

Lieutenant Governor

Would You Like Tzatziki with

that? “Spanning three days at the Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, the Greek food

festival was recently held on the 27th, 28th and 29th of September. With varying cuisines

served such as gyro (yee-ro), grilled pita bread with slices of meat dubbed as gyro meat,

topped off tomatoes and onions, and finally, slathered with Tzatziki (Zah-ZEEK-KEE) sauce

(sour cream and onion). Said gyro was also served with ‘Greek’ Fries (potato fries with lemon

and spices). Not only was there food, there was also the entertainment, which included,

dancing, singing, and yelling out traditional Greek word such as “OPA!” (Ope-Ah). Church

tours were also given and visitors were led in shown the wonderful murals that the church

had to offer. Also a couple of lucky winners came home with some of the following prizes

from the raffle: a 2014 Mercedes Benz of their choice, an iPad, and many more prizes!

Benjamin Stevens, 10th, said “My experiences at the festival were awesome and super epic. I

was wrapping the gyros at the gyro stand and it was awesome. The best part was the free

food!” All in all volunteering at the festival not only got you free food, but you got the

experience to make the food, experience the culture, and meet Grecian immigrants who will

tell you amazing stories. Sound like fun? If it does, Key Club hopes to catch you working at

one of the gyros or even Tzatziki Stand!

- Anutr Sivakoses (Atech)

Cancer Walk One thing for this month that East Tech did was the Cancer Walk, which

many members attended to help a cause. There were many people there

that also attended this wonderful foundation. Many supporters from East

Tech were there wearing their pink outfits and glammed up! This is what we

did for this month so far, and there will be more events in the future!

-Maria Keang (East Tech)

Jumpstart Read for the Record

On October 3, 2013, our members participated in Jumpstart’s Read for the Record event at Aliante

Library. Jumpstart is a program that promotes early childhood education. Read for the Record is a

worldwide event where people across the nation unite to read the children’s book Otis by Loeren Long

in honor of the Jumpstart program. Our Key Clubbers volunteered by reading out loud to the kids,

helping them out in fun activities, and making friends along the way. Reflecting on his experience at

JRFTR, Ranon Pador said, “It was a great experience to work with such young children! Getting to

become their friend was one thing, but to contribute to a youthful society in need of a stronger

education, I was glad to be a part of it. The event started off with our members (along with Key

Clubbers from other schools) reading to the children in small, individualized groups. Parents sat on the

sidelines with grins on their faces as they watched their kids have fun while learning. Aedrian Aquino felt

that, “At Jumpstart, it made happy to see the kids and their parents happy.” After reading Otis, the

children went off into farm themed activity groups that involved creating murals, drawing friendship

pictures, and singing along to “Old McDonald Had a Farm”. When asked about his favorite activity,

Paulo Felarca exclaimed, “I loved when I got to draw the barn murals with the kids!” The festivities

ended with a bang, as all the volunteers and kids took part in a fun parade around the library!

-Anya Batara (Legacy)

The Day of Service and Remembrance was a special event to commemorate

9/11. There were a lot of people there and it was a really nice atmosphere. We

said the pledge of allegiance and then after a couple more ceremonial things

happened, we started the volunteer work, which was handing out fire safety

pamphlets to the local residents. It was a very nice thing to do. Everyone should be

prepared for a fire. It was a lot of fun handing out fliers. More people should go

next time!

-Nick Gutierrez (Rancho)

Service and Remembrance 9/11

Helping out at the Greek Food Festival was an interesting experience. The smell of

food and culture was everywhere. Looking around, all your eyes see is “Greek.” What

I did was help cook the food. No, I don’t quite remember what that food was, but it

smelled and looked delicious. It was kind of hot, but that was okay! Looking at all the

happy people and talking to them was medicine enough. There were a lot of

volunteers besides people from our club, so I encourage every Rancho Key Clubber

to go next year!

-Nick Gutierrez (Rancho)

Greek Food Festival

Region 5 RTC 2013 “This weekend was one of the best weekends I’ve had so far, filled with memories. I hope

you guys felt the same way. A-Tech members were all so spirited throughout the day.

Everyone could hear us chanting the "A-WHAT" cheer so loud. RTC is an event that I

believe everyone in high school should go to at least once. Hope everyone had fun

yesterday!”

-Johnny Yang (Atech)

Like Boom! We’re Gonna

Rock This House!

Hold up wait a minute! We still have more spirit in it!” said nobody ever after they poured every last ounce of their

spirit into the Regional Training Conference held at Centennial High School. This differed from the past years’ RTC’s,

usually held at Cimarron Memorial High School. The start of the event was filled with spirit as the clubs, starting with

Liberty, crossed from the school dirt lot into the Centennial’s front doors. As the schools filed into the gym, there

were enormous clubs such as Clark High School’s, while some were not as large, but were still as powerful such as

Coral Academy’s Key Club. For Group 2, the day started off with presentations on how to run for positions, with

current officers taking the stage and sharing their experiences. The next presentation was on what it means to be

members of the Kiwanis Family and our roles in it. Honey-baked ham catered the lunches this year in form of

sandwiches. (There were multiple other variants such as ham, turkey, and vegetarian, too.) Finally, one of the

highlights of the day was the Spirit Rally, featuring notables such as Liberty, cheering to their red white and blue,

East Tech cheering to their titans, and the Advanced Technologies Academy pouring their hearts out (which I can

say from a personal experience) to their cheer “Fire It Up.” Although many of teams did not make it (including A-

Tech), I can say from personal experience that I learned what it was to be part of a real Key Club Ohana, a true

family. The last highlight of the day was dancing till there was no more spirit in it, and playing Ride That Pony

(started, yet again, by A-Tech and Clark), bonding, energizing, and intermingling with other schools’ Key Clubs. I

want to congratulate all teams that won their respective spirit sticks, and next year, the Mavericks will truly be

“Blazing, ignited and can’t be beat!”

-Anutr Sivakoses (Atech)

Winning RTC East Career and Technical has been one of the schools that work

hard to keep key club going great. For this month, RTC was a big

accomplish for them. They practiced many days in their cheer and

it was a struggle because of certain difficulties. Everyone doubted

on their win for the spirit cheers. Out of nowhere, they won! You

can see the surprise in their faces each time they were called up.

They won Division 28 North, Best Spirit, and Region 5 stick! It was a

big accomplishment.

-Maria Keang (East Tech)

Rams Got Spirit

WOW! That's all I can conjure up after experiencing key club's RTC. Something about

a group of people from different high schools packed into an all-day event was

amazing. I thought I would get annoyed by the fact people would be so loud all day

ran though my head. But after the first hour I didn't want to stop myself from cheering

with my school. I only regret giving myself a headache. PFFFH who am I kidding I

don't even regret that! RTC is something I wish I can partake in every year of my life.

And if I can go back in time, I would do it without the slightest hesitation.

-Andrew Chau (Rancho)

October DCM

Still reminiscing about our memories at RTC, members from our Key Club attended

the October DCM and shared their experiences with each other and what they

learned from the many workshops RTC had to offer. We also learned of a new

division-wide service competition in which we are trying to have each person in our

clubs make as many Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches as they can and donate

them to their local charity of choice. Lastly, we had some fun learning our new cheer

for our division in order to get ready for Fall Rally!

-Jasmine Ballar (Rancho)

Where: Six Flag Magic Mountain

When: November 9th, 2013

Meet up location: Western High School at 2:00am

Bring Money and have fun!

D28N Cheers!! (Videos will come at

a later date)

Phoenix Shout:

We are the phoenixes loud and proud!

We are the phoenixes shout so loud!

Stop! Now let’s get loose!

Burning over here *WOOT WOOT

A little over here *WOOT WOOT

A little louder over here *BOOM BOOM

REMIX!

We’re blazing, we’re flaming, we never stop chasing!

We show ourselves off and go:

PHOENIX FLAMETHROWER ATTACK!

WOOOH BOOM AHH TSSSS

Phoenix Fireball:

Hey C-N-H!

We’re gonna make you feel it

How 2-8-North

We always bring the spirit like…

(stomp-clap-stomp-stomp-clap)

Go phoenix, go phoenix, go!

(stomp-clap-stomp-stomp-clap)

Show no mercy, show no rest, come on Phoenix we’re the best!

FIREBALL! WOOOO

(Wave from left to right, right to left, then front to back)

Fall Rally South is the great gathering of Key Club members from all

across our CNH District of California-Nevada-Hawaii. Since it’s at Six

Flags: Magic Mountain, you know it’s going to be big! After the

colossal Spirit Rally in the Golden Bear Theater, you spend the rest of

your day exploring the huge park with your friends. On the day-of,

we’ll be meeting at Western High School at 2am. There, we meet

with the rest of Division 28 North and receive the shirts, supplies, and

spirit gear before boarding the buses. Show your phoenix pride!

(Written by Daniel Lang, Atech)

What is it all

about?

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.

Do your part to make sure

Key Club Week—Nov. 4-8,

2013—starts Kiwanis Family

Month with a bang.

When:

November

4th-9th, 2013

Submissions:

• Submit a Picture of the Key Club Day event. Make

sure that everyone in the picture has signed a Kiwanis

Photo Release Form.

• Include Name of the Key Club Week Day when the

picture was taken (e.g Friday ‘Show Your K in Every

Way’)

• Add a Brief Summary or Blurb on what the club did

for the event day.

• Include Key Club Name, Officer Contact Information,

Division #, and other Identifying Information with the

submission.

Submission Dates:

Clubs can begin submitting their Key Club

Week information on November 15th, 2013

to cnhkc.kff@gmail.com. The deadline for

submission is December 6th, 2013.

For any questions regarding this contest for

Key Club Week recognition, please contact

Kiwanis Family & Foundation Chair Susan

Chor at cnhkc.kff@gmail.com.

How are we helping?

Maternal and neonatal

tetanus (MNT) is

devastating, killing women

and babies in the poorest

countries of the world. But

we can rock the world with

hope. Key Club members are

teaming up with the entire

Kiwanis family and UNICEF

to help save and protect

women and their future

babies around the world

with The Eliminate Project:

Kiwanis eliminating

maternal and neonatal

tetanus.

Through The Eliminate

Project, the Kiwanis family

will change the world. MNT

affects many, many mothers

and babies in the poorest

countries of the world, and

it's going to take the help of

many, many people to

eliminate it from the world.

With The Eliminate Project, Kiwanis International and

UNICEF have joined forces to eliminate maternal and

neonatal tetanus. This deadly disease steals the lives of

nearly 60,000 innocent babies and a significant number

of women each year. The effects of the disease are

excruciating — tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful

convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and touch.

To eliminate MNT from the Earth, more than 100

million mothers and their future babies must be

immunized. This requires vaccines, syringes, safe

storage, transportation, thousands of skilled staff and

more. It will take US$110 million — and the dedicated

work of UNICEF and every member of the Kiwanis

family.

Kiwanis and UNICEF joined forces to tackle iodine

deficiency disorders, achieving one of the most

significant public health successes of the 20th century.

Now, they are eliminating MNT from the face of the

Earth. And in doing so, the project will reach the

poorest, most neglected mothers and babies with

additional lifesaving health care. The end of this one

disease means the beginning of better health for so

many families.

•Neonatal tetanus kills one baby every nine minutes—

nearly 60,000 newborns every year.

•To eliminate MNT from the Earth, more than 100

million must be immunized to protect themselves and

their future newborns. This requires vaccines, syringes,

safe storage, transportation, thousands of skilled staff

and more.

•It will take US$110 million—and the dedicated work of

UNICEF and every member of the Kiwanis family.

•Kiwanis and UNICEF joined forces to tackle iodine

deficiency disorders, achieving one of the most

significant public health successes of the 20th century.

Trick-or-Treat for Unicef:

Since 1994, Key Club has been Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF and over the years has raised nearly US$5 million for iodine deficiency programs worldwide and HIV and AIDS programs in Kenya and Swaziland. Now it’s helping The Eliminate Project.

http://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/theELIMINATEproject/SLP/TrickortreatforUNICEF.aspx

Eliminate Week:

Become heroes for the cause. Help save or protect women and their future babies. Aktion Clubs, Builders Clubs, K-Kids clubs and Key Clubs have marked their calendars for Eliminate Week: May 5–9, 2014. Around the globe, Kiwanis-family clubs like yours are focusing on a week in May to raise funds and awareness for The Eliminate Project. Now's the time to start planning your week of fundraising fun!

http://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/theELIMINATEproject/SLP/EliminateWeek/EliminateWeek_KeyClub.aspx

October 12th: RTC October 17th : October DCM October 18th : Articles/Visuals Due October 26th: Alzheimer Walk October 30th: MRFs due October 31st: Halloween

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Alzheimer Walk

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MRFs DUE

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Halloween

A Kiwanis-family member

keyclub.org

October

MRF due: Last day of every month

Articles and Visuals due: 18th of every month

When: November 9, 2013

Where: Six Flags: Magic Mountain

Meet Up Location: Western High School at 2am. Buses leave at 4am!

Early bird: November 1st

On Time: December 1st

Can pay with credit card!

When: November 21st, 2013

Where: Veteran’s Tribute

From 5pm-6pm

November DCM Fall Rally South

Membership

D28N Submissions

Key Club Week When: November 4th-9th

Show off your Key Club spirit at school for a whole week!

When: Present to November DCM

Make as many PB&Js to donate to Shade Tree! Winner is determined by how many sandwiches are made per member. Advisors keep track of how many sandwiches are made. There will be prizes to the winning club!

PB&J Contest

Miracle Minute: About $14,000 of donations!

Blankets: 115 blankets made!

Good job Key Clubbers!

RTC SERVICE

PROJECT UPDATES

Lieutenant Governor Christopher Bui d28n.cnhkc.lgt@gmail.com

Executive Assistant Wardell Freeman d28n.cnhkc.ea@gmail.com

Secretary Maria Keang d28n.cnhkc.dsec@gmail.com

Specialist Thomas Gonzalez d28n.cnhkc.ds@gmail.com

Tech Editor Numfon Vilay d28n.cnhkc.dteched@gmail.com

District Governor Victoria Lai cnhkc.dg1314@gmail.com

District Secretary Amanda Redublo cnhkc.ds1314@gmail.com

District Treasurer Johansen Pico cnhkc.dt1314@gmail.com

District Tech Editor Lincoln To cnhkc.dte1314@gmail.com

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See you at fall Rally!