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Febraury Edition 2014 Volume 1 Edition 8

Official Division 26North Newsletter.

In this Issue….

LTG Announcement 3

EA Announcements 4

Term Goals 5

Club Updates and

Community Service

6

DCON info 12

DNE Closing 14

DLT Contact 15

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Happy February, Red Devils!

Thank you all for attending Conclave

2014 at Studio One Art Center! It was an

amazing event and one that was espe-

cially moving for me, as I got to see the

delegates of our division vote for the

candidate who will eventually continue

my legacy and bring this division to new

heights in the 2014-2015 term.

With just a few short months left of this

term, I highly encourage all of you to

think and reflect on the past few

months, on your leadership growth, and

the many changes that you have

brought to your club and to your com-

munity. To all club officers, remember

that your club elections should be held

by February 25, and that the time after

until DCON should be used effectively

to train your elects.

You all have a GOLDEN legacy to leave

behind. I want to thank all of you for the

BEEautiful work that you've done, for the

lives that you have changed, and I

hope you will continue to use the re-

maining months in order to build even

further on your own legacy.

In burning service,

Leon Pan Lieutenant Governor

LTG ANNOUNCEMENT

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Hello! Can you all believe that we're already a

month into 2014? This means that District Con-

vention is in 3 months! For those who don't

know what District Convention is, it's a conven-

tion where our CNH district gathers together to

celebrate all of the money we have raised for

Pediatric Trauma Program, UNICEF, etc. It's a 3-

day event all planned out for you. It's filled with

workshops (fun and informational ones!), gen-

eral sessions with everyone, and of course,

Governor Ball! District Convention 2013 made

me fall in love with Key Club and everything

that we do. I highly encourage everyone to try

to attend this amazing life-changing event! It

may seem far from now, but start fundraising

as soon as possible! It's right around the corner.

So please, think about it and try to attend. You

won't regret it! I hope to see all of you very

soon, but until then, stay safe and serve!

Hello Red Devils!

It's finally the new year! Hope this year

brings everyone the greatest luck!

Many of you guys are also approaching

finals, or have already taken finals. I hope

you do, and did, well on them! I sure

hope I do well on mine.

I hope all clubs have found ways to fund-

raise for The Eliminate Project and

DCON! If you still need some ideas,

PLEASE contact me for some ideas. I am

more than happy to help you

guys! Remember that there is a new law

passed stating that schools cannot have

any more bakes sales, which takes its toll

on the student body in the state of Califor-

nia. However, it opens us to think of creat-

ing new fundraising ideas!

Hope to see many of you at the January

DCM!

Jennifer Lam

Executive Assistant

Vivian Chong

Executive Assistant

SCHOOL Eliminate Project

fundraising goal

Total Service

Hours

Alhambra $100 440

Antioch $200 440

College Park $600 1100

Concord $600 1100

Deer Valley $100 440

Liberty $100 440

Mt. Diablo $200 440

Northgate $600 770

Pittsburg $500 880

2013-2014

Division

GOALS

Hopefully, as we’ve progressed through the term, these goals have become less

daunting and more attainable. If you’re still far away from your club goal, here

are some things you can do: reach out to any member of the DLT, call a board

meeting to brainstorm with your officers, and reach out to other clubs! We’re all

one biig Ohana—everybody is happy to help everybody.

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It’s already a month into 2014! So what have we been up

to? From volunteering at local events to planning inner club

affairs to helping out at rallies, all of Division 26 North far and

wide has been busy doing what we do best—making a

statement in the community.

“Our club is in the process of preparing to fund-

raise; we have been brainstorming ideas, one of

them being selling candy grams for Valentine's

Day. “

“During the last month, a really big event we participated in was a

crab feed, which took place at a local church called Holy Rosary.

Our primary job was to act as servers, continuously bringing out

food to the seated guests. We also were available to assist them if

they needed help with anything. Overall this was a great experi-

ence for our club and we are looking forward to helping out at

more events like this. “ Chun Leung, President

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“December was a slow month for us due to winter

break taking up the majority of it. During December

we did, however, start service projects to be complet-

ed in January and February. We began fundraising for

the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics in early February

and had members begin to sign up. We also planned

a trip to San Francisco to donate necessities to the

homeless to be executed in late January/ early Febru-

ary after fundraising. We wrote letters to Santa in one

meeting to take to Macy’s. For every letter written Ma-

cy’s donated $1 to the Make-A-Wish foundation. We

assisted with Teacher Appreciation Week at our school

by putting gifts in teacher’s mailboxes as well as rec-

ognizing our own advisor. We were not able to attend

the DCM.

During the beginning of January we regrouped and

came back to our goals as a club and goals for mem-

bership and we are planning to have a membership

drive during the next two weeks. We will be attending

the conclave and have begun the process of plan-

ning and fundraising for those going to DCON. Lastly

we are serving at a crab feed through the Boy’s and

Girl’s Club and all tips collected will go toward necessi-

ties for the homeless. “

Kelsey Maytum, President

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8>> Club Updates & Community Service

“We have been in contact with several organizations. We will

be helping at the Food Bank several times in the spring. In ad-

dition we plan to make pillowcases for the organization ConK-

err Cancer, and sending them to hospitals such as John Muir

and Children's Hospital. For Valentine's Day we will be selling

Valentine grams to raise money for Eliminate. We've created a

DCON promo video and are pumping up for convention.”

VALENTINE’s

GRAMS

are a great

fundraising

Idea!

“Our club feels it is very important to establish a good rep

among the school staff, so we held a teacher classroom clean

up! The Friday we got out for break, our members stayed after

school for 2 hours to scrape gum, wipe desks, and clean white-

boards for 12 teachers’ classrooms. This is the second time

we’ve done a clean up this year, and each time the teachers

are overjoyed and impressed with our willingness to clean for a

cause. They were very generous; we raised over $100 for

DCON!” Vanessa Martinez, V.P

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“With the new year, College Park is pushing for inter-club

events. All of our food banks recently and in the future are

joint events, and we are in the process of planning an inter

club/inter district/interdivision-wide event. Several fundraisers

are planned for the upcoming month, and preparation for

DCON has begun with the help of Kiwanis. Elections are

planned for within the coming weeks as well as officer training

sessions. A lot of planning, but that's good.”

Monica Willemsz, President

“This month CPHS Key Club volunteered at the food bank four times! We also in-

vited CPHS CSF to help us out at the Food Bank and future volunteer events. At

the Food Bank, we sorted foods as usual, but this time we sorted oranges instead

of apples. We had plenty of fun sorting the foods, and at the end of the day we

managed to get a lot done. “ Minami Coleman, Club Editor

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“Coming back from Winter Break, our

club has been focusing on getting

started up for the new year. We are

preparing for DCon with individual

fundraisers going on, and are also

planning other possible fundraisers.

Members are also preparing their

campaigns to be elected or re-

elected for officers for our club's up-

coming officer election. We also are

planning for more volunteer events

for the next month and looking into a

variety of events that we could par-

ticipate in.” Lesliejane Pada,

President —M

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“Northgate Key Club vol-

unteered for the Contra

Costa and Solano Food

Bank over the winter

break. We helped sort

and package the fresh

fruits so they could be sent

throughout the communi-

ty. During February, we

will be having our club

elections to recognize

and train new officers.”

Katie Shimizu, President

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“Recently, our club was signing up for delegates and attendees

for Conclave. We have about 7 coming through to the event.

Other than that, we are finalizing our fundraisers for the District

Convention.”

“We participated in the WesPac rally in downtown

Pittsburg. It was a rally protesting against the WesPac

oil refinery and freight terminal proposal that threat-

ens the safety of the surrounding neighborhoods. Sev-

eral of Pittsburg High students, along with other ser-

vice clubs, volunteered in the rally and helped with

the march to City Hall. We sent out the community’s

voice to those with the power to stop this project.”

Roy Golingan, President

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The 68th Annual Cali-Nev-Ha District Convention will be

held in Sacramento, CA on April 11-13, 2014.

LOOKING AHEAD:

—DCON—

What is DCON?

A district convention where all of

CNH comes together to celebrate

our achievements, learn new skills,

meet other members, and get ready

for the new term. In other words…

the BEST Key Club experience of your

life, hands down.

GOALS: “Our District Goals this year incorporate the gold-

en theme. As one district, our aim is 46,000 members. As divi-

sions, we want to work towards contributing to a goal of

$150,000 for Pediatric Trauma Program. As clubs, we want to

come together to serve 1,000,000 hours of service. As indi-

vidual members, we want to save 3 lives from maternal/

neonatal tetanus. Together, this will bring us to one GOLDEN

year. With your help, we will undoubtedly achieve these

goals and have more to celebrate when DCON comes

around!”

Victoria Lai, District Governor

The 68th Annual Cali-Nev-Ha District Convention will be

held in Sacramento, CA on April 11-13, 2014.

1:10

Adult to Student

Ratio

Required

On time

Registration:

by February

20 ($178 per person)

REGISTRATION:

Gather this information: How many members are attending,

their T-Shirt sizes, their ID numbers, and how many are vegetari-

ans.

Visit http://us.ootoweb.com/68thcnhdcon for information on

registration steps, the official DCON Agenda, and elections in-

formation.

Late Registra-

tion:

by March 15

($218 per person)

Hey Red Devils!

Wow. So we’re a month into

the new year already, and

we’ve got a mountain of ob-

stacles facing us (as a divi-

sion and as individuals). This

is a pivotal time of year; it’s

the time when we start mak-

ing transitions, preparing to

say goodbye to this term be-

fore we know it. So, as al-

ways, make sure you’re striv-

ing to be the best Key Club-

ber and person you can be;

keep serving, keep planning,

keep asking questions when

you need to, and never lose

sight of what lies ahead.

Soon enough, we’ll come to-

gether to recognize and cel-

ebrate our tremendous ac-

complishments. But until

then… grind now and shine

later.

Have a lovely February!

In Service,

Desiree Choe, Division

News Editor.

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Editor’s Closing

Hey Red Devils!

Wow. So we’re a month into

the new year already, and

we’ve got a mountain of ob-

stacles facing us (as a divi-

sion and as individuals). This

is a pivotal time of year; it’s

the time when we start mak-

ing transitions, preparing to

say goodbye to this term be-

fore we know it. So, as al-

ways, make sure you’re striv-

ing to be the best Key Club-

ber and person you can be;

keep serving, keep planning,

keep asking questions when

you need to, and never lose

sight of what lies ahead.

Soon enough, we’ll come to-

gether to recognize and cel-

ebrate our tremendous ac-

complishments. But until

then… grind now and shine

later.

Have a lovely February!

In Service,

Desiree Choe, Division

News Editor.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have ANY ques-

tions, concerns, or comments about upcoming events, dues

processes, service opportunities, recruitment, fundraising, or

anything else – we’re here to serve and help you 24/7.

LTG

Leon Pan

d26n.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com

(925)705-9800

Executive Assistants

Vivian Chong

Jennifer Lam

d26n.cnhkc.ea@gmail.com

(925)822-7651

(925)890-4722

Division News Editor

Desiree Choe

d26n.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com

(925)858-0103