Sun Valley Neighborhood Council Cleanup
CL, D16S
On July 30th, from 7:30 to 11am, our members helped Sun Valley Neighborhood Council cleanup around a neighborhood in Sun Valley. They use tools like brooms, rakes and shovels to help them clean. They also picked up litter from areas that had trash. Although picking up trash, small or big, doesn’t stop pollution from happening, it does make a small impact on the environment. Those small impacts are what we look forward to because we know that it can prevent trash from harming an environment or habitat. SVNC’s cleanup made it possible for us to make the impact we seek in the environment and we are beyond grateful!
Paracord Picnic
NO, West Ranch, D16N
During our final moments of summer, three clubs in our division collaborated in making a fun event for Key Club members! Castaic, AOC, and West Ranch worked together to plan a paracord picnic in July. The event began with all members splitting into groups to divide and conquer the task of picking up trash around Valencia Heritage Park. Participation in this event counted as one hour of service. Later on we met up at some benches and began our picnic. Members talked about what they did over the summer and future plans while eating food. Seeing Unicorns from different schools come together to enjoy a couple of snacks under the blazing hot sun made this summer even more memorable.
Pretty Pies
FT and KB, Alameda, D02S
On June 14th, Alameda Key Club volunteered at Uhuru Pies and Baking, a small pie business. During this event, members and officers were given gloves and hair nets and tasked to do various things around the kitchen. We filled pie crusts with chocolate and almond fillings, created a jerk sauce with 15+ ingredients and washed dishes. We also met the owners who were very nice and told us more about their business. During the event half a dozen people showed up and it was a lot of fun making pies and talking with friends. This service event went very smoothly and we hope to have more in the future!
Tote Bags and Bracelets
JPT, Clayton Valley Charter, D26N
On Monday, June 13th, Clayton Valley Charter High School Key Club hosted its first summer event of the '22-23 term. This event was held within Clayton Community Park with around 20 members attending. This event consisted of decorating tote bags and making bracelets for a generous donation of $12. All the money raised from this event was raised for charity. This event allowed dues-paid members to come and anyone willing to pay to become a member of our Key Club. Our LTG, Stephanie Dumalig also came as well as a member of the Deer Valley Key Club.
This event started around 2:00 pm with members slowly showing up. Twenty minutes before the event began, the officer board from the club came to arrange the items for everyone. A few tote bags were placed on each picnic desk with markers, paint, and colored pencils. After everyone arrived, our president, Meredith Edmonston gave everyone a warm welcome. The event started with some icebreaker activities to break the silence. After this, everyone got to make their tote bags. Most members made one side dedicated to Key Club and the other dedicated to a hobby or interest.
During the event's second half, Meredith held some more icebreaker activities to get people out of their shells. Members became acquainted with fellow members as the icebreakers went on. After this, the bracelet decorating started. Each member was given some red string and got to select from an assortment of beads. Members added beads dedicated to Key Club and/or a favorite person/interest. One of our new members, Kristin Francisco said, “The tote bags & bracelets event was my first Key Club event with Clayton Valley, and I can easily say that it was a wonderful way to prepare for a fun year of service. Drawing the design for my tote bag and stringing a bracelet was the perfect event given the warm weather!”. The officer board and I look forward to more events like this!
Key Club Training Conference (KCTC)
SL, Piedmont Hills, D12E
KCTC (Key Club Training Conference) is the opening to me enjoying my final year in high school. The day started off with me being semi-lost once I walked into the park until I found Andrew Tran and hung around with him before Sokunthea arrived. When we walked over to sign in, I waited in line for a bit before receiving a text from Leslie, one of my D12E penpals. Apparently she said that she recognized me, so I said, "Should I bunny hop 3 times?" Needless to say, she did find me and we had a really nice conversation + got a photo together. By chance, if Micka is reading this, hopefully I'll meet you in-person soon too. After that, the LTGS introduced themselves to all the other Key Clubbers from different divisions while also acting out a skit where our Key Club spirit was stolen. Then, Kiwanis advisor Huey Lee gave a beautiful speech to us before we moved onto our workshops. I went to the VP workshop, recruitment/retention, member recognition, and fundraising workshop. After all the workshops were done, the group I was with ate lunch together and rode the carousel where I supposedly "choked" the fake horse. Then, we proceeded with the DCM portion of KCTC and rode the train around the outskirts of the park. After riding the train, we rushed back for the service event of KCTC where we did activities such as creating dog toys, playing bingo, and playing soulmate. Finally, KCTC closed off with the ltgs giving their final remarks + announcing that we recovered our Key Club spirit! Truly an unforgettable memory of my high school experience, especially with all the photos I captured at KCTC. I hope that all attendees at future KCTCs will have as wonderful of an experience as I did.