BLUESFEST In this issue, we will talk about upcoming volunteer events, one of which is the Bourbon Street Blues Fest. Help sell Beads of Hope during the Fest or help clean up the park afterwards. Read on for more! MAY 2015 America's Grow-A-Row With Spring coming into full swing, what better way to get outside than by helping others? A new volunteer opportunity for Key Club is America's Grow-A-Row. Interested? Of course you are! Read on for more. Volume 1, Issue 1 THE VIKING KEY
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BLUES FESTIn this issue, we will talk about upcoming volunteer events, one of which is the Bourbon Street Blues Fest. Help sell Beads of Hope during the Fest or help clean up the park afterwards. Read on for more!
MAY 2015
Americ a 's Grow-A-RowWith Spring c oming into full swing, wha t better way to get outside than by help ing others? A new volunteer opportunity for Key Club is Americ a 's Grow-A-Row. Interested? Of c ourse you a re! Read on for more.
Volume 1, Issue 1THE VIKING KEY
IN THIS ISSUE VOLUNTEER EVENTS
About Americ a 's Grow-A-Row
BANQUET
DCON
CONTACTS
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EDITOR'S NOTEHey Key Clubbers!
I'm Jordan Rosenb loom, the ed itor of Key Club for the
2015-2016 servic e year. The newsletters will be d ig ita l
aga in this year, and c an be ac c essed a t
http :/ / issuu.c om/ jordanrosenb loom. In this issue, we'll
rec ap rec ent events like DCON and d isc uss upc oming
opportunities for volunteering . Read on for more!
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VOLUNTEER EVENTS
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May 4th - Key Club meeting in the aud itorium
May 16th - Volunteer a t Americ a 's Grow-A-Row, an
organiza tion tha t p rovides fresh p roduc e to food deserts
May 18th - Key Club meeting in the aud itorium
May 20th - Annua l Flags on Graves event a fter sc hool
About Americ a 's Grow-A-Row
This p rogram sta rted in 2002 with a sma ll p lot and a sing le
volunteer (Chip Pa illex). After seeing a p lea from the
Flemington Food Pantry requesting tha t any ga rdeners
dona te exc ess p roduc e, Chip and his daughter Kyra , who
was four years old a t the time, c ultiva ted their own garden and dona ted
about $3,000 worth, or 120 pounds, of p roduc e tha t year. From these humb le
beg innings, we?ve grown into an organiza tion tha t has dona ted over 3.7 million
pounds of p roduc e in 13 years through the ac tive pa rtic ipa tion of more than
4,000 volunteers!
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BANQUETOur first annua l Key Club End of Year Banquet is just a round
the c orner! On May 19th a t 7:00pm, we'll be c eleb ra ting
the c ommunity servic e endeavors of this past sc hool year,
honoring outstand ing members for their involvement and
servic e, and b idd ing fa rewell to our senior members. Be
sure to RSVP by May 8th and get ready for a night full of
fun, food , and servic e!
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DCON
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HOW DID WE DO?3rd Place - K-Family Rela tions3rd Place - Scrapbook1st Place - Ma jor Emphasis1st Place - Single ServicePla tinum Service AwardDistinguished Officers100% CMRFEarly Bird Dues
The 2015 Distric t Convention, known
otherwise as DCON, was held from Friday.
Marc h 27th to Sunday, Marc h 29th, this
past Marc h. The event c eleb ra ted the Distric t
Board , c lub offic ers, and genera l members a like
for their outstand ing c ommitment to ga lvanizing
c hange in their c ommunities. There were informative,
educ a tiona l, and engag ing workshops intertwined
between festivities throughout the weekend , whic h inc lude
two danc es and numerous rec ognition sessions. The theme this year
was "The Magic of Servic e", whic h went perfec tly the Harry Potter
