Division 8 April Newsletter

KEY  CLUB  New  York  District  Key  Club  Division  8          

       Appreciate            Division  8  

 Issue  1,Volume  1                    April    2014                

I.    Lieutenant  Governor  Gree=ng    3  II.   Leadership  Training  Conference  (  LTC  )  4-­‐5  III.    Service  Year  Flashback      6-­‐7  IV.  Service  Spotlight        8-­‐9  V.  Interna=onal  Conven=on  (  ICON  )    10  I.   Paper  Status  Chart        11  II.   Contact  Informa=on                                  12      

KEY  CLUB  Table  Of  Content  

Upcoming  Events      May  4:  TD  Five  Borough  Bike  Tour  

May  4:  SpagheG  Luncheon  Fundraiser  May  11:  Japan  Day  May  17:  Divisional  Training  Conference    May  18:  AIDS  Walk  May  31:  The  Color  Run  May  31:  Relay  for  Life      

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KEY  CLUB  Lieutenant  Governor  GreeRng  

Hey Division 8 Ninjas!

My name is Henry Wang and I am honored to be your 2014-2015 Lieutenant Governor. I couldn’t be happier to be able to embark a new journey of service with you all. I would like to personally thank all the Immediate Past Officers for all their hard work. Division 8 wouldn’t have been able to acquire an array of achievements without their effortless work. Message to graduating seniors: Please continue your Key Club journey and join Circle-K and visit our division in the future!

As the new service year rolls in, I would like to improve the unity both within and outside our division as well. In the upcoming weeks, we will be having a plethora of events to attend such as the AIDS Walk and The Color Run. I look forward to forming new friendships with each and every one of you! Feel free to message me if you have any further comments, questions, or concerns. I may be a ninja, but I would be more than happy to talk to you guys!    

Yours in Service, Henry Wang Lieutenant Governor New York Key Club Division 8 Cell: (347) 881-8068 Email: [email protected]

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Leadership  Training  Conference  (  LTC  )  

KEY  CLUB  

 The 66th Annual Leadership Training Conference was held from March 27 - 30th at the Desmond Hotel. This year, I had the privilege of being named the title of the New York District Distinguished Key Club President. Leadership Training Conference is a great way of experiencing the values of Key Club and truly seeing what the organization is about. During LTC, I was able to learn many new things such as leadership skills, better communication qualities, college etc. I was also able to proudly watch my incoming board prepare and learn what was coming their way in the future year. This is my 4th LTC. It is truly amazing to see the same people that I met years ago mold into the leaders that they are too, speaking with such confidence. Those who were once very timid and outspoken. I was also able to meet many new kind and caring people with the same passion as my own which is to serve our communities and do good for the people around us. The 66th Annual Leadership Training Conference was truly inspiring!

Immediate Past President Andrea Lin, Bayside High School

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KEY  CLUB  Another  PerspecRve  (  LTC)  

 “LTC is the best weekend of your life.” That’s a fact I can confirm after attending my first Leadership Training Conference this past March. These brief but memorable three days of interacting with other Key Clubbers, attending informative workshops, and going through crazy wardrobe changes were magical just as the theme itself states.

Like most First Timers at LTC, I was both extremely nervous and excited. What are we supposed to do at workshops? How do I naturally approach key clubbers without being awkward? All these questions were constantly roaming through my mind. However, after the attending my first workshop, it was as if magic was really in the air. I’ve realized that being able to interact with others that share the same passion as you do is a memory that you’ll want to cherish forever. Through this past conference, I have formed a new family with brothers and sisters that I never had.

At the moment, “I feel good, oh I feel so good!” LTC has opened new doors for me within Key Club and the journey has just begun. The 66th Leadership Training Conference was an unforgettable experience and I now truly understand what being a key clubber means.

Kelly Song, Benjamin N. Cardozo High School

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KEY  CLUB  Service  Year  Flashback  

“Please welcome your 2014-2015 District Key Club board!” The cheers were deafening. A new Key club year has started in April of 2014. It also marked the end of my Vice president term in Key Club, and also marked my last year in Key Club.

Four years ago when I walked into my first Key Club meeting I had no idea what was going on. A school with a total population of 400, this club was huge, around twenty people. I knew no one, not even my fellow freshman friends. But soon, one event that I attended became 2 which became 4 which became 8 and so on. That February while running for editor, I knew that what I was doing was going to change my high school life. Not only did it change it, it changed me. I experienced my first AIDS walk, my first relay for life. I met my Kiwanis and went volunteering with them.

Key Club from its freshman year to senior saw multiples of changes. Every year as a new LTG started working with us, we would get new experiences. One of my biggest memories was when we stuffed our own stuffed animals with Past Distinguished LTG Antonio Liu. We all sat together in a huge circle in the basement of the Forest Hills Library and talked, listened to music, and stuffed the endless amounts of animals.

Key Club, like I said doesn’t only change your life, it also changes who you are mentally. Leadership skills we didn’t have before was some things we developed ourselves and improved on to lead our club better. Public speaking was taught by our fellow key clubbers to help improve talking with other key clubbers. We helped each other out unconsciously because that was Key Club.

After my first LTC in sophomore year we went on the same walks as we always do. March of Dimes, AIDS walk, Relay for Life, etc. But this time there was a difference. LTC does that to you. Every time you see a key clubber you think to yourself, “OH! That person goes to so and so school and has a great personality!” (Or in my case the people would have great hair.)

Key Club changed me so greatly that if I didn’t join key club I don’t know who I would be anymore. I don’t know how I would spend my weekends at home instead of going volunteering and meeting new friends and reconnecting with old friends.

I will definitely remember everyone because some people are unforgettable and the things that we have been through speak a lot. Rain during AIDS walk, the BLISTERING heat during March of Dimes. Freezing while practicing Christmas Carols on the way to a senior center. Key clubbers being late, getting lost in Far Rockaway and the list goes on.

As a senior, my key club year is coming to a close. As I type this up per request of our LTG, tears come to my eyes. Graduation is 7 weeks away and that only means I have 7 more weeks with all the wonderful people I have met during my key club years. But key club will never be officially over. As I end my really long letter to the Key Clubbers reading this, I hope you guys all remember one thing. Key Club (cough cough) is a way of life.

Immediate Past Vice President Su Jung Bae, QHSS

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KEY  CLUB  Service  Year  Flashback  ConRnued  

Immediate Past Vice President Su Jung Bae, QHSS

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KEY  CLUB  Service  Spotlight  

 OVen  in  our  lives,  we  associate  April  with  showers  and  May  with  flowers.  But  what  do  you  think  of  when  you  hear  “April  5th”?  Kiwanis  One  Day  of  course!  On  this  day,  every  club  is  encouraged  to  join  the  rest  of  the  K-­‐Kids,  Circle  K,  AcRon  Club  and  Kiwanis  for  a  day  of  united  service  with  their  Key  Club  Family.  This  Kiwanis  One  day,  Cardozo  and  Queens  High  School  for  the  Sciences  united  with  Veronica  and  Robert  Witherspoon  of  Circle  K  to  clean  up  Springfield  Gardens  Park.    

 It  was  a  windy  Saturday  as  the  group  arrived  by  bus  to  see  a  once  beauRful  garden  destroyed  by  Hurricane  Sandy.  While  most  of  us  were  blessed  to  be  untouched  by  Sandy,  this  park  wasn’t  as  fortunate.  The  trees  were  stripped  bare  from  winter,  the  stream  which  once  split  the  park  was  a  murky  brown  color  and  even  the  paint  on  the  benches  was  chipped.  Two  girls  were  assigned  to  paint  benches  green,  while  everyone  else  grabbed  some  gloves  and  a  rake  to  clean  up  the  fall  wreckage  of  leaves.  And  even  though  we  had  a  shortage  of  plasRc  bags,  it  felt  great  to  haul  each  full  bag  onto  the  sidewalk  and  admire  our  handiwork.  By  the  end  of  the  day,  we  had  raked  16  bags  of  leaves  in  two  hours.  For  example,  we  had  big  hands  shove  theme  into  the  gloves,  and  lijle  

   hands  whose  gloves  kept  falling  off.  We  had  strong  people  who  carried  enormous  bags  on  the  back  alone.  We  had  the  less  strong  people,  who  required  help  carrying  their  bag.  We  had  groups  of  two,  three,  four  and  even  a  mother  and  her  child  working  in  unison.  All  together  on  Kiwanis  One  Day.  The  true  purpose  of  this  Saturday  was  to  work  together  on  one  project  and  I  think  we’ve  done  it.        

Emilly Tan, QHSS

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KEY  CLUB  Another  Service  Spotlight  

On April 5, 2014, Melissa Ha and I represented Bayside High School and Division 8 at the Second Annual Relay for Life event at Brooklyn Technical High School. Despite getting lost to Brooklyn Tech and asking three people for directions before arriving at the school, I had a fun day at Relay for Life. At the start of the event, we met Key Clubbers and non-Key Clubbers from all over. Subsequently, Tech students showcased their amazing talents and blew the crowd’s minds. Talents ranged from cheerleading to singing to Chinese yo-yo-ing. Shortly after all the talents were showcased, there were opportunities to purchase food, decorate a luminaria , and participate in activities such as the dunking booth, pie throwing booth, and face painting. At the dunking booth, a teacher spent eighty dollars for students to throw the ball endless amounts of times to try to dunk the other teacher. Some students succeeded in dunking this teacher. Some other students also volunteered to get dunked. After returning to the auditorium from these activities, the audience gained a plethora of knowledge from the guest speakers. Stories of cancer experiences were told and people were inspired. Last but not least, the luminarias were lit and placed all over the sides of the auditorium. Everyone was asked to stand up and walk around the auditorium in the dark as three songs played. At the conclusion of the event, the amount of money raised was announced and everyone left with more knowledge about cancer. In my opinion, this Relay for Life event was a success!  

Sandra Wong and Melissa Ha, Bayside High School

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KEY  CLUB  InternaRonal  ConvenRon  (  ICON  )  

Want to meet Key Clubbers from across the country? Come to International Convention (ICON 2014) from June 30th to July 5th in Anaheim, California. This $1,400 trip includes a round trip airfare, breakfast, snacks, diners, 6 night hotel room with 3-4 other key clubbers, and close attraction tours such as Disneyland. Register here at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ICON14 For more information: nydkc.org Interested in attending? Email me at: [email protected]

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KEY  CLUB  Paper  Status  Chart  

School ERF March MRF April MRF

Aviation High School X X X

Bayside High school X X X

Benjamin N. Cardozo High School X X X

East West High School X X X

Francis Lewis High School X X X

Queens High School – Science X X X

Robert F. Kennedy High School X X X

John Bowne High School

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KEY  CLUB  Contact  InformaRon  

Name Email

Kiwanis Committee Representative Mrs. Rebecca Ovadia

[email protected]

Kiwanis Committee Representative Mr. Jason Steiner

[email protected]

District Administrator Mr. Goldstein

[email protected]

Lieutenant Governor Henry Wang [email protected]

District Governor Jacob Spencer [email protected]

District Executive Assistant Kiera Solomon [email protected]

District Executive Assistant Theresa Lin [email protected]

District Secretary Heather Farley [email protected]

District Treasurer Anusha Syed [email protected]

District Bulletin Editor Sharon Lin [email protected]

District Webmaster Danny Qiu [email protected]

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