Franklin High School 6400 Whitelock Parkway, Elk Grove, CA 95757
Division 7 South | Region 16 | CNH District
Live United Toilet Paper Drive Franklin Key Clubbers hold signs to encourage people to donate toilet
paper to non-profit organizations
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THE MONSTER MEDIA
Volume V, Issue 3: JUNE 2013
The Official Newsletter of Franklin High School
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Monster of the Month
Kajal helps out at the Super-heroes 5K Packet Pick-Up by distributing t-shirts to runners
June’s Monster of the Month is incoming sophomore, Kajal Maran! With a passion for service, Kajal has attended many events in her one year of Key Club, including Beautify Our Parks and the Stone Lake Elementary Ice Cream Social. Her favorite event so far is the Spring Eggstravaganza where she helped children celebrate Easter. She enjoys being a part of Key Club and says, “I want to give back to the community and it makes me feel like I'm doing some-thing worthwhile." When she’s not volun-teering, Kajal enjoys playing tennis and is part of Franklin High School’s team. Thank you for your dedication and hard work Kajal!
Hey there Monsters! Another month has passed and we’re finally settling into summer mode! If you haven’t noticed already, the newsletter has gone through some pretty drastic changes. I may have gone a little crazy with everything but I hope you do enjoy this newsletter. Speaking of newsletters, the Division Newsletter Editor has finally been announced at the May DCM and our very own Nick Stringfellow has gotten the position! Be sure to congratu-late him and I know we all look forward to seeing what he has in store for us this year. I hope you all are having a fabulous summer and make sure to take advantage of all the service opportunities coming up!
In service and in friendship, Sharon Hsu Franklin Key Club Bulletin Editor
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
2|Contents & Announcements
Monster of the Month……….…2
A Note from the Editor………...2
3|June Calendar
4-7|Past Events
Color Me Rad 5K…………….....4
No Excuses 5K………………..….5
Recycling Sorting Party………..5
Live United Toilet Paper Drive..6
Stone Lake Elementary Ice
Cream Social…………………....6
Superheroes 5K Packet Pick-
Up………………………………….7
Superheroes 5K Race.………....7
8-9|Upcoming Events
10|Contact Information
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14 Stone Lake Ele-mentary Ice Cream Social Superheroes 5K Packet Pick-Up
15 Beautify Our Parks Superheroes 5K
Packet Pick-Up
16 Father’s Day Superheroes 5K
17 18 19 20 21 Key to College: The First Year
22 Franklin Key Club Ice Cream Social June DCM
23 Summer Con-cert
24 25 26 27 Run for Independ-ence Packet Pick-Up Division 7 Joint Officer Training Conference
28 Run for Independence Packet Pick-Up and
Set Up
Step Out to Cure
Scleroderma Packet
Pick-Up
29 Pretty Muddy Mud Run
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream and Crystal Ice
Cream Fantasy
Run for Independence
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June 2013
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Monster of the Month
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Color Me Rad 5K
Starting off as clean as newborn babies and with t-shirts as white as snow, runners be-gan the race without a clue to what would lie ahead. Volunteers at the Color me Rad 5K Race worked as part of the “Color Bomb Squad,” throwing a multitude of colors at runners passing by. Volunteers brought forth a tsunami of color, coating children, teens, and adults alike in colored cornstarch and liquid dye. Spencer Kwong who vol-unteered at the event said, “It was a super fun experience and I ended up getting all pink from the color-throwing!” Key Clubbers ended the day with not only coating the runners from head to toe with color but also themselves.
PAST EVENTS
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In the wee hours of the morning, Key Clubbers started the recycling sorting party early in order to avoid the boiling, afternoon sun. With over seventy bags collected from Franklin High before the school year ended, Key Clubbers had their work cut out for them. For a little over four hours, Franklin Key Clubbers sorted out and crushed bottles. Mem-bers moved around to find ways to es-cape the summer heat by leaving for shadier areas or spraying themselves with the backyard garden hose. Brian Fong attended his very last recycling sorting party and said, “Being in the heat out there was tor-ture, but it was definitely fun! The best part was spraying water at each other with the hose when it got too hot. Never had my clothes dry so quickly, other than in the dryer.” Luckily, with teamwork, the members were able to finish sorting the recycla-bles and sent them to the recycling center to raise money for our club.
Recycling Sorting Party
No Excuses 5K
On a cold morning, volunteers helped out with snacks and also participated in clean up at the No Excuses 5K. Michael Ma described his experience at this event and said, “Though we had to get up early on a holiday morn-ing into the bipolar coldness of Sacramento, it was totally worth prepping refreshments for all the runners and get-ting to practice my slicing and dicing skills on bananas. Seeing each smile of gratitude reminded me of the posi-tive impact that we make on people's lives in the simplest ways.”
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Live United Toilet Paper Drive
Stone Lake Elementary Ice Cream Social
Outside of Cal Expo, members decked out in blue t-shirts waved signs to passing drivers to advertise the Live United Toilet Paper Drive. Live United had a goal of 190,000 toilet paper rolls, but with help of volunteers, do-nors, and supporters, it was able to collect a staggering number of 229,485 rolls. Dana Little described the experi-ence as being “fun while holding signs in the hot sun.”
Excited elementary school students returned to school on a Friday evening to attend the Stone Lake Elementary Ice Cream Social. Franklin Key Club volunteers were stationed by the carnival games and the bake walk to supervise the children and the games. Mem-bers also watched the raffle baskets. At the end of the social, Key Clubbers helped clean up by dismantling tents, putting away tables, and taking down the decorations. Kevin Lee participated in the event and said, “Operating the carnival games at the Stone Lake Ele-mentary School was hard and tiring work. My job was to manage the ring toss, which is much harder than it looks. It was great seeing the smiles light up on the children’s faces when they made a shot!”
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Race Day
Packet Pick-Up
On Father’s Day, Key Clubbers from Di-vision 7 South gathered at Capital Mall for one of the biggest races of the month. Runners were decked out in superhero wear, ranging from Batman costumes to homemade costumes. Some members helped out with registration by passing out bibs to people who didn’t pick them up during packet pick-up or assisting those in late registration. Others set up the VIP Area and served pancakes to run-ners after the race. After most of the peo-ple left, volunteers cleaned up by taking down boxes, gates, and tents and also cleaned up the trash on the floor.
Rows of blue and white bibs were lined up alphabetically in boxes, waiting for runners who planned to participate in the Superheroes 5K to pick them up. Volunteers at the packet pick-up handed out bibs and taught runners how to tie the timer tag onto their shoe for the race. Members also distributed t-shirts and helped with late registra-tion. Sharon Hsu attended the event and described it saying, “Volunteering at this was very tiring because I had to work for 11 hours straight standing up. However, it was worth it after meeting so many people and it felt great knowing that I could help out since there weren’t that many volunteers. It was also really fun to see some of the people I met at the packet pick-up at the race the next day with their costumes.”
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Upcoming Events
Join Franklin Key Club at our ice cream so-
cial for unlimited ice cream and toppings,
games, officer pieing, and much more!
$5 - unlimited ice
cream
$1 - officer pieing
$1 - soda
$1 - Ice cream floats
Henry Backer Sr. Park
10400 Stathos Drive
Saturday, June 22nd
1:00 PM—5:00 PM
Franklin Key Club’s Ice Cream
Social
Where:
When:
Shopping List
Vanilla
Cookies & Cream
Chocolate
Fudge Swirl
Strawberry Shortcake
Mint Chip
Ice Cream
Toppings
Caramel Syrup
Chocolate Syrup
Chips Ahoy
Mini Marshmallows
Sprinkles
Whipped Cream
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Alison Tom throws colored cornstarch at passing runners at the Color Me Rad 5K
Sheldon’s Awake-a- thon
Date: June 28—29, 2013
Time: 7:00pm—7:00am
Where: Sheldon High School
8333 Kingsbridge Dr, Sacramento,
CA, 95829
*Must raise a minimum of $25 to
attend
Division 7 Joint Officer Training Conference @ Elk Grove High
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Bring $5 for lunch and training materials!!
June DCM Date: June 22, 2013 Time: 12:00pm—1:00pm Where: Henry Backer Sr. Park, Elk Grove, CA, 95757
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Courtney Chen, Amelia Chen, and Lauren Yee crush bottles that were collected from school
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Upcoming Events
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Franklin Key Club will be hosting our annual Ice Cream Social on June 22nd from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. It will be located at Henry Backer Sr. Park! With $5, you can eat an unlimited amount of ice cream. Bring ex-tra money for officer—pieing, water-balloon fights, and ice cream floats. Proceeds will go to Franklin Key Club and Project Eliminate!
Other Upcoming Events:
LCKC Chili’s Fundraiser (6/6), Key to College: The First Year (6/21), Run for Inde-pendence Packet Pick-Up (6/27-28), Run for Independence Set-Up (6/28), Step Out to Cure Scleroderma Packet Pick-Up (6/28), Pretty Muddy Mud Run (6/29), A Midsum-mer Night’s Dream and Crystal Ice Cream Fantasy (6/29), Run for Independence (6/29), Mulch Madness (7/15), Eppie’s Great Race (7/20)
This is the list of ice cream flavors and toppings we’ll be serving at our annual Ice Cream Social! For just $5, you can eat an unlimited amount of ice cream, so be sure to attend!
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Franklin Key Club will be buddy clubbing with Luther Burbank Key Club at the Summer Concert on June 23 from 3pm to 9pm! We will be setting up, cleaning up after the concert, and running booths. Don’t for-get to bring a signed permission slip (which can be found on the forums) and that you have to be at least 16 years old to attend.
Division 7 South’s June Division Council Meeting will be held right before Franklin’s Ice Cream Social at Henry Backer Sr. Park from 12:00 to 1:00pm. At the DCM, we will be discussing clubs, division, and dis-trict updates, as well as announcing the Monster of the Month and other upcoming events.
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www.keyclub.org
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Amelia Chen
President
Email: [email protected]
Ashley Yu
Vice President
Email: [email protected]
Diego Belloso
Secretary
Email: [email protected]
Michael Ma
Treasurer
Email: [email protected]
Sharon Hsu
Bulletin Editor
Email: [email protected]
Officers
Special Member
Committee Heads
Nick Stringfellow
Division Newsletter Editor
Email: [email protected]
Important Websites
Jonathon Huynh
Recycling
Email: [email protected]
Sahil Sidhu
Web
Email: [email protected]
Tommy Ku
Spirit
Email: [email protected]
Alison Tom
Scrapbook
Email: [email protected]
Emily Hoang
Member Recognition
Email: [email protected]
Lauren Yee
Project
Email: [email protected]
Jenny Xue
Project
Email: [email protected]
Courtney Chen
Scrapbook
Email: [email protected]
Club website: franklinkeyclub.freehostia.com
Forums: d7south.org
District website: cnhkeyclub.org