Division 2 May 2013

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KKiwi iwi CChronicleshronicles

The

OFFICIAL D IV IS ION 2 NEWSLETTER

Encinal - Alameda’s Danny Wong, Jay Zhang

and Bao Thai partake in the DCON spirit.

May 2013 Volume 2 // Issue 1

Kiwanis One Day page 19

Top DCON Moments 22

Eliminate Week 24

Division Leadership Team 25

& more. Div i s ion 2 | Region 9 | Cal i -Nev-Ha Di s t r ict | Key Club

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Encinal - Key Clubbers at General Session at District Convention.

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LTG Welcome ………….….………………... page 4

Upcoming Events …………………….…....………. 6

May DCM Agenda …………………...….……….. 7

Recognition ………….…..………………….…….... 8

Club Summaries ………………..……….….…....… 13

Articles ………..……………………….…..….…..… 18

Top DCON Moments ….…………….………….... 22

Eliminate Week ………..…………….…..….…..… 24

Division Leadership Team ……………..….…..… 25

DNE’s Closing Message …………………………. 28

Links/Contact Info ……….…………….…..….…. 29

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Hello Kiwis!

Welcome to the very first newsletter for the 2013-2014 term! I‟d like to formally wel-

come you to a promising new term. I hope that everyone had loads of fun at

DCON: crying, smiling, laughing, meeting new people, learning more about Key

Club, and much more! But, this is just the BEEginning! We‟ve all been quite busy

with SAT‟s, AP‟s and not to mention… all the hard work your current officers have

put in so that they can best serve YOU!

In addition, I hope many of you were able to attend the DCM on the 27th! If not, I

hope to see you at our next DCM. We have tons of events coming up, so look out

for them!

It‟s definitely been a hectic few weeks for me, and I‟m enjoying every moment of it.

I‟m already amazed by the progress our division has made! We have potential to tru-

ly go above and BEEyond. Anyway, I‟ll see your beautiful faces soon. :)

Each month, I‟ll have one deed of kindness I‟d like to see our fellow Kiwis complete.

:) You can Facebook or E-mail me a photo or message of how it goes!

Deed of kindness: Place a post-it note with words of encourage-

ment somewhere for others to read! Like on a door at school, or

even a box of eggs at the grocery store!

Flying with Service,

Cindy Weng

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Division GoalsDivision GoalsDivision Goals 15,000 hours of service

$20,000 raised for charity

1,000 members

Photo Credits: Michael Nguy and Christine Lam, Albany.

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May 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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MRF/TMRFs due by 6pm

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Officer Training

Conference

(OTC)

location TBA

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-Visuals/

articles due by

6pm

-MoMs due by

6 pm

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Kiwanis DCM

DWSE: Walk

for Poverty

9am-1pm @ Lake

Merritt

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DCM @ San

Leandro

Library, 10:30am– 2pm.

Auctioning Off Kiwis!

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D2 T-shirt

designs due by

6pm

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Eliminate Week! (May 6-10)

Good luck with AP Testing, Kiwis! You will BEE amazing!)

Encinal

(Good luck with AP Testing, Kiwis! I BEElieve in you!)

May 24 –26

Cindy is gone for the

May District Board!

We’ll miss

you, Cindy!

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@ San Leandro Library, 10:30 am– 2pm, hosted by San Leandro Key Club

Call to Order: 10:30 am

Pledges

Roll Call

Alameda, Albany, Arroyo, Berkeley, Castro Valley, El Cerrito, Encinal, Oakland, Oakland Technical,

Piedmont, San Leandro, Skyline

Old Business

Club Reports

Division 2 OTC: May 11th, 10am-3pm, location TBA

New Business

T-Shirt Designs: Yes, they‟re approaching quickly!

Due by May 30th, 6pm.

Results will be announced at the June DCM.

Winner will receive a free T-shirt and a $15 Starbucks Gift Card!

Applicants will receive a free cookie! :)

Anyone can design it (even seniors!)

Upcoming Events

Region Banquet

June Division Wide Service

June DCM

Recognition

Club of the Month: Piedmont

Member of the Month: Lillian Lee

My Absence

Love Box: Write a message, and I‟ll read it at the end!

Newsletter Prizes

Announcement of the Task Coordinators for the 2-13-2014 term.

Fall Rally Spirit Coordinators (3)

In addition, there should be one FRN Spirit Leader per school.

Spirit Cheers

Preferred Charities Coordinator

Key Leader Coordinator

Kiwanis Family Coordinator

Website Coordinator

Time for…. Cheers! And then the Auction may begin! :)

Comments/Questions?

Adjournment

May DCM Agenda May 19, 2013

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Albany had the most service hours.

Piedmont had the most funds raised

for service.

Piedmont is our club of the month.

Recognition

Club Members of the Month

“By far my favorite thing about Key Club is

its uncanny ability to reach into the good-

ness of people. I love how it can influence

people to think and act in ways they would

not have before, no matter if out of genuine

kindness or just for self-interest, as cynical

as that is.”

“I have no idea what my „spirit animal‟ is,

but I guess I‟d be a frog.”

Avery Kuang, Alameda

G-double-O-D J-O-B, good job! Good job! :)

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Kai Huang, Albany

“For my favorite Key Club memories, DCON 2013 definitely

tops them all. Dude, I wore a tutu with tights.”

“String cheese. Not many people know, but I love string cheese.”

“My favorite Key Club memory was when I barely made the

height limit to go on the sky ride at Oakland Zoo after volunteer-

ing for Kiwanis One Day.”

“My spirit animal is a fox because they are clever and sneaky.

They are also independent yet highly social.”

Emily Cai, Arroyo

“The first event that I ever went to, we were digging around a

creek. It was the first Key Club bonding experience that I had,

and I was able to meet a lot of people.”

“I love to take photos and work on design projects. I‟m also

on the yearbook, I love to travel, and of course go to events!”

Eli Rudy, Berkeley

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“I like how everyone is like family to one another and how

we always are welcoming more people. It makes me feel

apart of something more than just as club.”

“I like steak.”

Calvin Tang, Castro Valley

“I love Key Club because it‟s fun, you get to meet peo-

ple and it‟s just awesome!”

“I really don‟t have a favorite food because I like to try

new things, but my favorite DESSERT is COOKIES.”

Anthony Saefong, Oakland High

“My favorite memory is when I helped out at Uhuru‟s.

I worked up front and asked people for donations and

by the end of my shift, I got a total of $48 in donations.

“I like to draw and listen to music.”

LemLem Shikor, Oakland Tech

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“I like Key Club because you can do community service

and meet people outside your own school.”

“[My favorite food is] In-N-Out burgers with extra let-

tuce, grilled onions and no tomatoes.”

Minjie Zhu, Piedmont

Viet Hua, Skyline

“I like how down-to-earth everyone in Key Club is and how

we are all passionate about making our community a better

place. I also really like the spirit.”

“My inner animal is a sea turtle because I‟m pretty chill and I

like to go with the flow.”

“It was your normal average sunny day at the first Key Club meeting at

my school, and there was so much enjoyment in the room I couldn't help

but jump around the room all giddy and stuff. All the members were all so

nice, including the Board members as well! That was my most favorite

memory….”

“My favorite food has to be...EVERYTHING, but seafood...Ok maybe a

little seafood, but not too much. ”

Wesley Wong, San Leandro

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Encinal’s Lillian Lee

What do you like about Key Club?

I enjoy involving myself in a club that’s different from one I’ve ever been a part of before. Key

Club is actually the first EHS club I ever joined, and I chose Key Club first and foremost because

of the close community I saw when I looked at all of its members. I knew that being a part of

community service and helping my community with a group of people so committed would

be really fun! And it is!

Do you have any favorite Key Club memories?

One of my favorite Key Club memories is actually the first event I attended after I joined the

club. I came with a few of my friends to help set up for the Halloween Haunted House. It

was the very first time I got to feel the energy of all the club members working together.

People I didn’t know seemed perfectly comfortable involving me in activities, even if

they hadn’t seen or talked to me before. It was really fun getting to know all of the other

members, who were extremely welcoming and helpful to me, someone who wasn't yet

sure of their place in the club.

What do you like to do in your free time?

In my free time…. This is going to sound fake. But it is honestly very true! The majority of my free

time is spent with my friends at community service events! I find it so rewarding giving back to

the community, interacting with new and interesting people and even just finding ways to

spend more time with people who I know enjoy Key Club just as much as I do.

What is your favorite food?

My favorite food is popcorn chicken. Ayyye. #Quickly

What is your spirit animal and why?

My spirit animal has to be a dog. The reason being: I have to get to know somebody before I

am comfortable hanging around them, but once I do, I am a fun-loving person and all I really

want to do is talk and have fun.

Kiwi o f the Month

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ALBANY

New board members have been selected for the 2013-2014

term! Welcome to our new Alameda board members! During

the month of March, our club raised $265 and a portion of it will

go to PTP. We started out our new term with the Oakland Run-

ning Festival, which took place on March 24, where we volun-

teered to help with registration and cheer on runners as they

partook in the 5K, half-marathons and full marathon. The next

event we participated in involved our whole division! The Easter

Egg Hunt which took place at the Dunsmuir Hellman Estate on

March 31 was the first division wide service of the year which al-

lowed many of the new officers and members alike to get to

know each other and enjoy Easter. The next event was purely

business. At our Kiwanis Takeover, we effectively raised more

than $200 for our club with a bake sale -- what a great step to-

wards an amazing year! During our meetings, we are interested

in recruiting more members as well as providing the best services

available for our members. We are extremely excited to work

with our division to provide service and to spread the Key Club

LOVE.

At our Emeryville Bayshore Cleanup event, we cleaned up most

of the trash and were able to make the beach cleaner and

more visually and hygienically pleasant. This month, we also vol-

unteered for the UC Berkeley Suicide Prevention Walk. Many of

the Key clubbers had a long term donation collection for PTP

and raised more than $300.

ALAMEDA

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ARROYO

In the month of April, we have participated in many events which in-

clude the Ukulele Festival, the beautification of the Oakland Zoo

and the Easter Egg Hunt. At the Ukulele Festival, our volun-

teers helped with registration, selling t-shirts, handing out pro-

grams, running the snack bar and assisting in the stage set up for the

event. There were more than fifty volunteers, including participants

from other clubs. As much as fifteen Key Club members attended. At

the Oakland Zoo event, we helped pull weed and pick up trash from

the creek. Additionally, we helped run an egg hunt at the Easter Egg

Hunt. We worked at the face painting booth, the craft stations and at

the Games Area for children.

BERKELEY

We haven't had very many events this month, but the training that

Molly went to at Princeton Review was extremely important to our

club. Molly had a great experience and she learned so much. She

became more organized and developed better leadership skills. In

addition, she bonded with other Key Clubbers from around the Bay

Area and she represented BHS Key Club as well. Unfortunately, the

other board members weren’t able to make it to the training, so Molly

shared her knowledge with us. Another event we had recently was

the Easter Egg Hunt at UC Berkeley. According to the members who

went, it went great and it was super fun. The Key clubbers helped

hide the eggs and supervise the children. Many people said it

brought back good memories because they used to do the Easter

egg hunt when they were little.

As of right now, our club has planned two activities this weekend.

One is building a house and is a service opportunity. We have several

other events coming up as well.

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Castro Valley is currently transitioning into the new board --

having the new officers run the meetings and such. We had a

great turnout at the Easter Egg Hunt in Oakland. Castro Valley

also attended K-One day in Hayward along with our Kiwanis

club and Circle K members in serving the homeless. We made

200 sandwiches while bonding with our Kiwanis and Circle K

members. In just a few days, all of the sandwiches were gone!

It was a great event; we served many homeless people while

we had fun with our Kiwanis family. We had a car wash on the

same day to fundraise for our club. We are planning on fund-

raising more to keep our club on track.

This month, our club participated in the Easter Egg Hunt and the

Oakland Running Festival. These events went great, although

our club is still trying to encourage more members to attend the

events. (Only a couple of members went to the Egg Hunt and

Oakland Running Festival). Our club also attended DCON

which was an amazing and inspiring experience for the mem-

bers to become better leaders of the club. Lastly, LTG Cindy

Weng's visit at our school was a good way to have members

meet and get to know our LTG and to also learn how to inter-

act with other clubs through the joy of service.

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OAKLAND HIGH

OAKLAND TECH

In the month of April, we had a couple of events that our mem-

bers participated in. We attended the Kiwanis Takeover for Oak-

land High and raised over $110 from a variety of things ranging

from donations to doing back flips, cartwheels, push-ups and

more! It was super fun and it was a great way to fundraise. We

also attended Kiwanis One Day, which took place at Camp Ar-

royo. We helped the camp fix up their facility for their future

campers with Piedmont, Skyline and our KIWIN's club by doing in-

ventory and cleaning up wood chips. It was a great experience.

We were able to get a lot of work done and spend time with our

Kiwanis. Our members were full of energy and they enjoyed work-

A few of us in Oakland Technical High School Key Club had the op-

portunity to attend DCON last month with the Cali-Nev-Ha district

for three days. We all seemed to have a wonderful time cheering

for Division 2 and learning new things about college and leader-

ship, presented by upperclassmen and current college students.

The speeches given by the past and current elect leaders and in-

spirational speakers were very moving; and brought many of us to

tears of happiness and pride within the region. DCON was a life

changing experience for some of us. After attending this event, I

can clearly see there are now improved leadership skills within our

club board and stronger relationships between members. Many of

us are now looking forward to the Convention for next year and al-

ready making plans of what to accomplish at the event. Moving

onto fundraising -- Our club managed to fundraise $119 through a

tapioca sale at school for PTP. Many students at our school were so

eager to buy these drinks. They sold in less than 10 minutes. We are

planning to hold another tapioca sale in the future and looking to

find other ways to fundraise for PTP and for the Eliminate Project lat-

er in the year. For Easter, many of our members attended the East-

er Egg Hunt located at the Dunsmuir Hellman Historic Estate in Oak-

land. They helped gather admission fees and did the hokey pokey

dance with the other volunteer crew. Overall, Oakland Technical

High School’s Key Club is striving and moving forward!

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PIEDMONT

SKYLINE

This month, Piedmont Key Club has been mainly focused on transi-

tioning the new officers and making sure that they know their duties.

We have attended the Easter Egg Hunt and Kiwanis One Day. We

are starting to look for new events for April and May.

A new board for Skyline Key Club started its term this month and the

meetings and events have been more lively. During the beginning of

the month, meetings only had a few people, but with recruitment

efforts, the most recent meeting (on April 12th) became a meeting

with a room filled with new people excited for what's happening in

Key Club and more. The meeting consisted of lively social games

such as Assassin and lots of prizes like chocolate bunnies that kept

the crowd wanting more. Events occurring this month include Kiwa-

nis One Day, helping out with cooking at Uhuru markets near Lake

Merritt, the Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco and April DCM.

An ongoing event of Skyline Key Club is donating to PTP.

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SAN LEANDRO

This past month has been an amazing month for San Leandro. We

are determined to improve our club by increasing our members –

adding more freshmen and adding at least 10+ hours per members.

We’ve done events, such as the Kiwanis One Day, Dollars for Schol-

ars Dinner, and we also had a DCM. The Kiwanis One Day event

was where San Leandro Key Club united with Arroyo Key Club and

worked successfully together to clean the Oakland Zoo Area by

planting, pulling weeds and clearing up the creek. We also got rec-

ognized by the San Leandro Times of Neighbors Community Service

Group. After that, we had a BBQ with our fellow Kiwanis and we got

to explore the zoo. Another amazing event that occurred this past

month was The Dollars for Scholars Dinner; we set up for the dinner

and then served food and drinks. We had a very special guest at-

tend this dinner, Katharine Sarafian, the producer of the Oscar-

winning movie, Brave. She gave a speech about how being the

past Key Club President had changed her life and point-of-view. The

Key Club adventures that she experienced gave her the idea for the

movie. Lastly, the DCM was led by Cindy Weng, our LTG. At this

DCM, the Leadership team was announced.

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Articles Key clubbers had fun volunteering at the division wide service event, the Easter Egg Hunt.

Albany Key Club tidied up a local beach at their Emeryville Bayshore Clean Up event.

Castro Valley

Albany

Oakland Tech

Oakland Tech

Alameda

Oakland Tech

Oakland Tech

Albany

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Kiwanis One Day On April 6, 2013, we joined with Skyline and Piedmont Key Club, our KIWIN‟s club and the

Oakland Kiwanis Club for Kiwanis One Day by volunteering at Camp Arroyo.

We woke up super early to make sure that we‟d arrive on time and we did. We learned a little about the camp and its goal. Then, we separated our group into two groups for the different things that needed to be done. One group had the job of doing inventory – counting, stocking and moving many boxes.

We first moved out all the boxes that were filled with wine glasses, glass cups and wine buck-ets. Then, we counted every single one and made sure that they were in good condition. We had to make sure that the glass was not chipped or it would potentially hurt someone handling it.

The second group had the job of spreading wood chips around the rock climbing area, so that there would be a cushion if kids were to ever fall off the climbing area. These volunteers unloaded a truck with 150 pounds of wood to get started.

It was a very tiring day, but the members were energetic and had a lot of fun doing it!

By Sherry L iang , Oak land High

For their Kiwanis One Day event, Skyline and Piedmont teamed up to spread wood chips and do

inventory at Camp Arroyo, a camp for children with disabilities.

Piedmont Oakland

Oakland

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By Emi ly Cai , A r royo

Oakland Zoo

Beautification

On April 6, Arroyo and San Leandro Key Club spent a day at the Oakland Zoo tackling weeds and picking up trash by the creek.

Old weeds and other mysterious plants that grew endlessly were replaced with new grass which would be used to feed the zoo ani-mals. Because it was a cloudy day with a sprin-kle of rain, many volunteers complained that it was wet, muddy and slippery.

As a team, Key Club rolled up its sleeves and contributed to the beautification of our local Oakland Zoo. Afterwards, our Key Club volunteers and Kiwanis got to spend the day inside the zoo. With great service, comes great reward!

Kiwanis Takeover

The Kiwanis Takeover was very successful – we had a fun time attending the Kiwanis meeting and selling baked goods. We received some very generous donations from the Kiwanians.

To my surprise, we have many talented bakers in our club who contributed to our fundraiser. We sold des-serts such as peanut butter cookies, colorful cupcakes, mint-chocolate chip brownies, and even banana bread. It was great meeting and getting to know our fellow Kiwanis who sponsor us.

I am hoping we can attend these meetings often in the future to get more involved with our Kiwanis family.

By Qiqi Wu , A lameda

Alameda Key Club sold baked goods at

a Kiwanis meeting.

Arroyo and San Leandro worked together to pull

weeds — steps toward a more beautiful zoo!

Arroyo

Alameda

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On March 24, we set off early on a beautiful Sat-urday morning to help register people, adults and chil-dren alike to participate in the upcoming Oakland Running Festival.

We arrived at approximately 8:00 a.m. at the Marriot Hotel in downtown Oakland. Lines were al-ready forming as we walked through the large glass doors. Our goal was to help these people, over 3,000 people, with their needs and to assist the coordinators to make sure everything would go smoothly.

We were debriefed by a very nice lady who directed us to our designated stations that were already filled with Key clubbers. They then im-parted the jobs we were supposed to do. One of these jobs included giving each participant their respective number that corresponded to their name and sign-up sheet. We were also responsible for carrying inside food as well as helping out all of the booths.

As people busted through the doors signaling the start of the event, we were slightly over-whelmed, but as the event went on, we got into the swing of things. We regained our composure and soon we were handing out and reading the sheets like a factory line!

“The event was a blast! We worked hard for such a long time and helped so many people with their numbers. There was so many people all filled with joy to partake in the festivities,” said volunteer Emily Liu.

“I especially enjoyed putting together sets of pins to give to people. Ten hours of work seemed really tiring, but it was meaningful at the end because I helped my community!” volunteer Jason Fan said.

As the event continued, another volunteer and I were ushered in to the booths in charge of handing out samples of energy gummies made by GU. This booth had so many free gummies that if everyone in the convention center was to take ten, we would still have plenty left over!

Overall, it was a great event and we felt very good helping the people.

Oakland Running

Festival By Br ian Ye , A lameda

Alameda’s Jason Fan worked at the registration

booth for the Oakland Running Festival event.

Alameda

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“My top DCON moment was probably when our whole division started doing the wave so

loudly that later on other people from other divisions said that they could hear us from afar.” - Ashley Ung

“My top DCON moment was when a lot of Key Clubbers got up and started to form a snake/

train-like thing around the stage area. We high-fived passerby's and cheered as one. We

stopped being different divisions and started to bond together as one large district. I felt closer

to Key Club than I had ever been. As a Senior in high school, it is definitely something I won't

forget.” - Scarlett Wu

“My DCON moment was getting pinned by a guy and finding out it was a girl;

and the amount of sleep I got *cough cough*”- Edmond Lau

“My top DCON moment was when one of our members wore a ridiculous outfit on the spirit

day. He had an unusually large amount of make-up on his face and wore very tight tights. Ad-

ditionally, he wore a tutu, a headband, and stuck a feather in his hair. He was so dedicated

that he agreed to wear this atrocious attire just to represent our lime green division. (We love

you Kai!)” - Xiuhoon Giang

“Seeing Cindy Weng. ^___^ “ - Steffen Yorn “Seeing the wedding proposal :)” - Qiqi Wu

“My favorite DCON moment was when I got to cheer my heart out with the rest of

my division, and staying up late talking to my roommates.” - Jeff Van

Q: What was your top

moment at DCON

2013?

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“My top moment was the lady who got

proposed to. It was a beautiful sight be-

cause it was my first time seeing someone

get proposed to. Their kiss at the end

made it even sweeter.” - Jaime Wong

“My top DCON moment was having all

3000 key clubbers attending stand up

and screaming in unison with each other

about how we feel!” - Grey Janowski

“My favorite DCON moment was the balancing Key Club and school workshop. Not only was it

very helpful, it was extremely interactive because the speakers were making jokes and keeping

everyone awake.“ - Julie Ho

“My top DCON moment was when the

whole division cheered together during

general session because this was the first

year that the division was together and not

split up. Also, when we marched into the

convention cheering. It was one of the best

DCON ever!” - Melissa Yip

“I absolutely LOVED general sessions! It felt amazing

to see my IP Club president walk across the stage

being installed as our LTG, to see my club on the

screen for an award, to cheer my lungs out and

lose my voice for my division. Never in my life did I

think that I would have the capability to talk to

strangers and make friends the way I did at DCON.

It was an absolutely AMAZING experience that I

wish would've lasted longer.” - Megan Phuong

“My top DCON moment was definitely being called

up on stage for both Distinguished and a Awarded

Scholarship. Overall, DCON was pretty amazing and

it's sad to think that this year was my last. Circle K,

here I come?! :D” - Evellyn Le

“My top DCON moment was when my friend

James Chen, immediate past Kiwanis Family

Chair had spoke about Key Leader and men-

tioned me as a person in his Key Leader neigh-

borhood who had been elected President.” - Jessica Huynh

“When we first reached Anaheim hotel. All the key clubbers around. OMG. THE

FEEEEEEEEEEEEEELS ~ ” - Janet Yan

“When I stood on stage, looking over the sea of

Key Clubbers and I spotted our Kiwis. That was

the moment I realized our potential and the

love I have for the organization.” - Cindy Weng

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You can get this as your cover photo on Facebook! Go to Key Club International’s Facebook

page and click on the cover page. Right click the image > Save As.

WHAT IS THE ELIMINATE PROJECT?

Kiwanis International and UNICEF has teamed up to cre-

ate The Eliminate Project. Their goal is to eliminate mater-

nal and neonatal tetanus.

Tetanus affects almost 60,000 babies and many mothers

each year.

Newborns with this disease suffer through repeated,

painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and

touch.

HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE IN ELIMINATE WEEK?

Raise funds and awareness for the Eliminate Project!

Go to keyclub.org > Serve > The Eliminate Project to learn more and get more ideas!

Ideas?

Set up a booth outside a grocery store

(eg. Safeway). Pass out pamphlets, talk

to people about The Eliminate Pro-

ject and collect donations

Typical fundraisers: coin jar, bake

sale, car washes, etc.

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Meet your

Division

Leadership

Team.

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Edmond Lau

Danica Liang DIVISION NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Hey Kiwis! My name is Danica (Pronounced Dan-ick-kah) Liang and I am your Division Newsletter Edi-tor! I look forward to meeting all of you and I cannot wait to see our division grow and go BEEyond and above! When I am not doing Key Club work, I like to read, run, write and watch TV and movies. My favorite movies are probably The Proposal or Les Miserables. My favorite TV show is Parks and Recreation. Anyways, I love meeting new people, so don‟t be afraid to say hi to me or start a conversation! I‟m only 4‟11 and 3/4 and I‟d like to think that I am quite approachable. :)

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Hey Key clubbers! My name is Edmond Lau and I am one of the few EAs serving Division 2. Simple information on me: I go to San Leandro, Vice President of Key Club, I have tons of derp photos, I eat food(buy me food and I will love you forever), I love to take photo of myself and others >:D; I probably have a derp photo of you guys, and I love to photo bomb. If you know me, and you take a photo around me, I WILL PHOTO BOMB, so be prepared when you take a photo. It will be an amazing year for us. My quote for the year is "All hail Dictator Weng!" #2Wengz

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Hello, all you lovely D2 Kiwis! I‟m Jeff Van, a sopho-more from Castro Valley High School, and I‟m truly hon-ored to serve as your next Executive Assistant. This is my 2nd year of being in Key Club, and I can‟t wait to begin my third. The 2013-2014 administrative term has barely start-ed, but I already know that we‟ll definitely be able to ac-complish unBEElievable things! In my free time, I like to play tennis and run. I also read a lot; I‟ll read anything from classics to manga, and I‟m always up for book sugges-tions! My all-time favorite book is Paper Towns, by John Green. I‟m usually found on the computer, listening to mu-sic, or doing community service with Key Club. I have one dog, named Max, and he‟s a miniature schnauzer. My favor-ite food is sushi, and the best movie ever made was 3 Idiots. I also really love making new friends, so if you‟d like to y‟know, maybe hang out or something, hit me up!

Hey my fellow Kiwis, my name is Julie Ho and I‟m very ex-cited to be one of your Executive Assistants for the new term. I am currently a junior that attends Skyline High School. My hobbies are consisted of taking pictures, playing golf, and providing service to my school and community. I also love traveling and I wish I could visit Italy in the near future. I am also really friendly and I love making new friends so don‟t be shy if you want to introduce yourself or ask me a question or just want to make conversation. With that being said, this is going to be a great term and I can‟t wait to see how far we're going to progress as a division.

Julie Ho

Jeff Van

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

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DNE’DNE’DNE’SSS CCCLOSINGLOSINGLOSING MMMESSAGEESSAGEESSAGE Hey everyone!

My name is Danica Liang and I am from Alameda Key Club. I feel extremely honored to be

serving as your 2013-2014 Division Newsletter Editor! I know that this upcoming term will bring us

many things and I can‟t wait to see what WE, as a division, will accomplish.

As we‟re starting off the new term, now is the perfect time for past officers to be training new

officers. Training is important and it‟s good to get it out of the way right from the start. An unin-

formed officer is not as effective. If you are confused about what you are supposed to be doing, just

ask. We (the Division Leadership Team, your current and past officers) are your resources and we

want to see you succeed. :) And honestly, I love getting questions!

Thank you for taking the time to the FIRST issue of the new volume! Hope you enjoyed it! Thanks to

those who contributed (historians/editors, the VPs who sent in MoM submissions and people who

submitted their top DCON moment) and thank you to ALL of you for doing your part in serving

the community. I love Key Club and I hope that all of you will eventually feel the same way as I do

towards this organization (if you don‟t already). :) With Kiwi love,

Danica Liang, Division Newsletter Editor

I miss DCON!

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Links

Contact Info

Don’t forget to join the Google reflector groups!

Division 2 Google Reflector: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!

forum/d02_kiwis

CNH Key Club: cnhkeyclub.org

Thank you for reading! If you have any questions, comments or

concerns regarding the newsletter or submissions, email Cindy or Danica.

Cindy Weng

Division 2 Lieutenant Governor

[email protected]

(510)-847-3607

Danica Liang

Division Newsletter Editor

[email protected]

(510)-846-9238

Edmond Lau

Executive Assistant

[email protected]

(510)-701-6980

Jeff Van

Executive Assistant

[email protected]

(510)-779-8215

Julie Ho

Executive Assistant

[email protected]

(510)-213-3049

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