Hunter Key Club February 2011 Newsletter

K E Y C L U B hunter edition

Official Newsletter of Hunter Key Club in New York District 11

A New Semester and

(Almost) A New Key Club Year

In this issue…

Candidates .................. 2

Letter from the

2011-12 LTG .................. 3

Valentine's Day

Hearts and

Chocolate Sale...…...4

Upcoming Events.......5

LTC...............................6

MEETINGS // Thursday Activities, Room 420

Volume 1 Issue 6 February 2011

It's February and

Hunter Key Club is back

in action! Meetings have

commenced, we've finally

found those chocolates

boxes to start off our

chocolate fundraising sale,

we've attended a Kiwanis

dinner and a Key Club

hangout, and we've

contributed heart

decorations to Women in

Need!

We have a lot of

exciting events upcoming,

notably elections,

Leadership Training

Conference and our

annual Faculty Feud.

Stay updated with our

Google Group e-mails and

keep an eye out for

announcements on all of

these events. In particular,

there will be plenty of

opportunities to help out

in our Faculty Feud

committees.

Lastly, for those of you

attending Leadership

Training Conference in

April, Emma Cheng, the

conference chair,

promises great facilities

and tons of fun activities

and workshops. Look

forward to it!

-Ella Cheng

By Ella Cheng

Election Candidates for 2011-12 Board

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President

Ella Cheng Sera Kwon

Vice-President

Ella Cheng Sera Kwon Lily Kong Tinley Chen Emily Yeo

Secretary

Lily Kong Chen Wei Tinley Chen

Treasurer / Editor

Belinda Zhou Eric Mei

Check the Google

Groups for each of the

candidate's full blurbs!

Hello to all of my fellow Key Clubbers! As your future lieutenant governor for

the 2011-2012 Key Club year, I am really excited to get a head start on the new

service year. Thinking back, it was not long ago that I had first joined Key

Club in my sophomore year, undoubtedly curious about what exactly this

vaguely termed “service club” did. Much like the common misconceptions

around Key Club that occur in other schools (to list one, Key Club being a

locksmith club), I did not truly understand or grasp the enormity of the Key

Club organization and its contributions to the local community. However,

after just two years of service and an eye-opening Leadership Training

Conference, I realized that Key Club is not only a club where members can

have fun with their friends and perform community service projects, but also one in which members can truly

take the lead and actively make a difference. Key Club gives all of us to chance to make even the smallest

contributions and empowers us to be the workers and leaders of our rising generation. With my future duty

as lieutenant governor, it is my responsibility to make sure that this opportunity to excel and succeed is

offered to all high schoolers throughout our division.

With the new service year fast approaching, I am both anxious and eager to face the upcoming

challenges and to pursue new opportunities to expand and contribute back to the community. One focus I

will definitely highlight this year is hosting more interclub activities. For example, this year’s successful

Amazing Race and stuffed animal fundraiser are two events I hope to carry on. However, I am determined to

find even more opportunities, personally searching for new ways that our division can collaborate by

continuing to utilize my connections with Helping is Easy and calling up organizations like New York Cares

to arrange large events like coat-sortings for their winter coat drive.

Secondly, I will also aim to promote and strengthen interclub communication. Whether this would

mean opening a forum or creating a division website, I hope to create a new online means of communication

through which all our division’s clubs can share potential upcoming service projects, post up their newsletters

and share their recent achievements.

Thirdly, I will try my best to reach out and assist the new generation of board members in any way

possible. Potential ways to do this would be to help provide ready-made templates for all the division’s

editors, providing guidance and reminders for the complicated dues process for treasurers, and always

keeping up monthly emails with club board members that will list upcoming dates and important pieces of

advice, such as preparing for leadership training conference and applying for awards. Additionally, with this

consistent flow of communication I aim to increase publicity by more actively informing members about

events like leadership training conference through constant emails and, possibly, information pamphlets that

I will create. Most importantly, though, I will always make myself available for questions at any time.

As lieutenant governor, I will always be open to new ideas and advice, so never hesitate in contacting

me via phone or email over the next service year. I truly hope to live up to the great work that our former

lieutenant governor Sharif has done this past year. As the Key Club motto states, caring is truly Key Club’s

way of life and I am determined to uphold this statement throughout the 2011-2012 service year!

-Emma Cheng

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A Word from Your 2011-12 Lieutenant Governor Emma Cheng, 2010-11 Hunter Key Club Treasurer

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Valentine's Day Hearts Chocolate Sale Ella Cheng, Editor Ella Cheng, Editor

Thanks to the Key Clubbers

who cut out and decorated

hearts from Helping is Easy for

Valentine's Day! We were able

to donate a bundle of hearts to

the Women in Need facility.

We will also be accepting

hearts for Mother's Day! You

can e-mail ella.2012029@

gmail.com if you are interested

in receiving service credit for

this project.

Students coloring hearts / Ella Cheng Hunter's favorite brand of chocolate / gertrudehawkchocolates.com

It took a while to find those

chocolate boxes, but now

Hunter Key Club's chocolate

fundraising is off to a strong

start! With tons of great flavors

from the better brand of

chocolate, these candy bars are

sure to sell fast! You can help

with selling by contacting any of

the board members.

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Upcoming Events

Helping is Easy Hearts Project. Ongoing. Check Google Groups for templates.

Elections March 3. All dues-paying members are encouraged to vote.

Key Club Hangout February 25. Check Google Groups for more information.

Attend our Weekly Meetings to learn about even more

projects!

Faculty Feud Planning. Contact Lily Kong or Chen Wei for more information about committees.

“Key Club is the oldest and largest service program

for high school students. It is a student-led organization that

teaches leadership through service to others. High school

student members of Key Club perform acts of service in their

communities, such as cleaning up parks, collecting clothing

and organizing food drives. They also learn leadership skills

by running meetings, planning projects and holding elected

leadership positions at the club, district and international

levels.”

“Members of the Kiwanis International family, Key

Club members build themselves as they build their schools

and communities. Key Club has approximately 250,000

members in approximately 5,000 clubs. Key Club is

represented in 30 countries.”

--Keyclub.org

Logo / Ella Cheng

Find more information at:

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TTHHEE BBOOAARRDD

Nancy Zhang International Trustee

Ben Flikshteyn President

Irek Habrylo Vice President

Sera Kwon Secretary

Emma Cheng Treasurer

Ella Cheng Editor

What is

Key Club?

Leadership Training Conference

This year's conference is Broadway-themed and sure to be lots of fun!

Register ASAP by contacting any of the board members.