1. The Jelly
Auburn • Mountainview • Riverside • Federal Way • Decatur • Thomas Jefferson • Todd Beamer
Official Newsletter of Division 33 Key Club
The Kraken
Kosmopolitan
PNW DISTRICT | Division 33Volume 1 Issue 6
September 2012Getting ready for dues, and back to school!
2. IN THIS ISSUE
1 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE
2 DOING DUES 101
3 KIWANIS CHILDREN CANCER PROGRAM
4-5 WHAT’S BEEN UP IN THE CLUBS?
6 GOALS OF THE KRAKEN
7 YOUTH OPPORTUNITY FUND
8 PNW EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
9 YOUR CLUB OFFICERS
10 A MESSAGE FROM THE KRAKEN
11 50 WAYS TO VOLUNTEER
12 DIVISIONAL BUSINESSES
13 END NOTES
3. Guess what!
My birthday is coming up!
DIVISION 33
ABOUT THE LTG
Name: Amy Nguyen
Grade: Junior
Home Club: Thomas Jefferson
HS
Birthday: September 11th 1995
Cell: (205) 903 – 7641
Email: amyltgdiv33@gmail.com
Favorite color: Red
Favorite Animal: Shark
Favorite character: Hello Kitty
Favorite Key Club Memory:
ICON 2011
Favorite Movie: UP and Lilo &
Stitch
Hobbies: Key Club, art,
facebook, trolling, shopping,
music, internet…
Positions held:
Key Club Treasurer 2011-2012
Division Secretary 2011-2012
DDIIDD YYOOUU KKNNOOWW……
LLIIEEUUTTEENNAANNTT GGOOVVEERRNNOORR AAMMYY NNGGUUYYEENN
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We won the overall spirit stick at
DCON 2009
(We need to repeat history! Lets step
up our game at DCON 2013!)
We were also the District Derby
Champion
Ms. Suzanne Endroedy also won
Outstanding Faculty Advisor!
That year, we also had two Krakens
who were finalists for talent!
Does this inspire you Krakens to step up
and win some awards?
Check out the contests here and
enter!
www.keyclub.org/contestsawards.as
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YOU can win scholarships, trophies, and
medals!
4. Doing Dues 101
The dues doing process is actually quite simple. The only hard part is following the directions.
Before starting any dues at all, you need to obtain your club’s username and password, and club
member information. This is sent out by International and usually comes in form of a letter, you can
get these from either your club advisor or by checking your school’s office for mail from the advisor.
After getting your login info and names of members who have paid their dues, you can then proceed
to the Membership Update Center (http://soapmu.kiwanis.org). MUC (for short), is where you will be
able to add and delete members and faculty advisers from your club roster, only delete members if
they’re not returning to key club, graduated, or simply is no longer in the club. After adding all of the
new members, entering in their information, making sure you have at least 15 members, and double
checking to avoid any misspellings or mistakes, you can then continue on with the next step. Be sure
to make sure that all members are indicated on the membership list before you go on to generating
an invoice.
To generate an invoice, you just simply click on the button that says “print out invoice”. After
printing out the invoice, DO NOT exit out of the page just yet, you have to confirm whether your
invoice was successfully printed or not, so the information can be correctly sent to international. You
may then pay in various different forms: Paypal, credit card, or check. For Paypal and credit card, you
will be able to pay online which is quick and easy. And if you’re paying with check, you will have to
confirm everything with your advisor then get a check from your school’s finance office to mail out the
invoice along with the money designated.
Mailing and dates are a very important part of the dues process. On October 1st, you’ll be able
to start paying dues. November 1st is the Early Bird Dues deadline. You will most likely would like to
get Early Bird considering our District recognizes clubs and divisions who do so, along with reward
them with better seating at DCON. Then December 1st is the dues deadline, paying any time after
that would be considered very late and your club could fall into delinquency or suspension. When
mailing out your invoices and dues, NEVER mail them out on the date of the deadline, mail takes a
few days to process and reach International so always give them a week or two! Just remember the
dates and one quote: Early is on time, on time is late and late is NEVER!
Due dues!
Earlybird deadline
is
Nov. 1st
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5. QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
WHAT’S KCCP?
KCCP is a program that supports three Pacific Northwest hospitals in raising awareness
and money to fight and find the cure for children’s cancer. The three hospitals are
Doernbecher’s 3Children, BC Children’s Hospital and Seattle Children’s Hospital. KCCP was
founded by Past Governor Frank in 2010. Past Governor Frank’s inspiration was a young
cancer patient named Penny. Past Governor Frank worked at the hospital where Penny
stayed. Penny was diagnosed with a brain tumor and would require surgery and radiation
therapy. Penny would visit Past Governor Frank during her hospital stays and talk about
what was happening to her. Penny eventually lost her battle with cancer. KCCP was then
founded in dedicated to Penny’s memory.
KCCP’S GOAL:
KCCP is a long-term project that hopes to expand to a global program. Children’s
cancer affects many families. Thousands of children are diagnosed with cancer each year,
and with the help of research their chances of surviving have more than tripled. KCCP
hopes to be a part of finding a cure. Not only will this benefit children it will benefit all
cancer patients worldwide. Remember the research of adult cancers does nothing to help
cure children’s cancer, but the research of children’s cancers does help find the cure of
adult cancers.
The goal of the KCCP is to fund 3 or more Fellowships at the three hospitals in our district.
HOW CAN WE HELP?
Sponsor Fundraisers for the Research Program – Walks, Bike Rides, Restaurant Takeovers
and Relays.
Schedule a speaker from any of the Kiwanis Cancer Research Programs.
Make hats, trauma dolls, and quilts for children going through cancer treatment.
Raise Awareness of the Research Program - Posters, Assemblies, Church, Facebook,
Everywhere!
Miracle Minutes within board meetings or schools
Volunteer at our local Children’s Hospitals
Donate toys to your local Children’s Hospitals
Anything we do can help the program. This is a big project and the Kiwanis are asking for
our help to do whatever we can to contribute!
“The Pacific Northwest is the beginning. The world is our goal.”3
Kiwanis Children Cancer Program
6. AUGUSTCLUB REPORTS!
During the last month the club officers
participated at TJ’s registration where we
set up an information booth for incoming
seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen.
At that time we also took their contact
information including their name, number,
and email address. This next week we are
planning to have an officer meeting at
school so we could include our new Key
Club advisor, Mr. Price. That’s when we will
plan our first Key Club meeting of the 2013
school year and discuss other topics to get
our new advisor acquainted with Key Club.
During the month of July, Decatur High
School's Key Club has mostly had some down
time. The officers have been planning and
preparing for the upcoming year. We're working
on boosting our membership count by creating
a more energetic and involved atmosphere
within our club, especially during our meetings.
To help us with this, we have received a helping
hand from an additional Kiwanis advisor named
Sam Sim. We're excited to get things really going
in August with our involvement in Seattle Rally,
which should really gain hype for key club this
year. With more board meetings and getting our
members back on track with key club, we can't
wait to get going with this new year of service
and opportunity!
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leadership
inclusiveness
caring
character
building
7. SERVICE
LEADERSHIP
CLUB REPORTS CONTINUED
This past summer of 2012, our club officers have been busy brainstorming of new ideas
for our club. For example, when the club meetings should be at, where the meeting will take
place, what requirements are needed to remain in key club, and etc. We attended Seattle
Rally at Kent Meridian High School in July which helped us tremendously with our leadership
skills and goals for our school and club. It was a wonderful experience for all of us who
attended. Meeting new people, listening to speakers, and just enjoying the presence of other
key clubbers from Washington and other states was truly a wonderful experience for all of us.
With school just starting, we are discussing about what the meetings should focus on
and what we should do in order to keep members in the club throughout the year. In previous
years, Auburn Mountainview's Key Club have always had the meetings in the morning. We
came to the conclusion that we should change the meeting times to every Thursday after
school to see if more members could join Key Club and remain in Key Club year long.
On August 23rd, 2012, AMHS had our annual Lion Pride day to start off the year. We
had a booth for Key Club and handed out fliers for those who were interested in Key Club. We
also had a sign up table for early sign ups for those students who wanted to get ahead start. It
was good seeing all these new students being interested in Key Club and joining to help out
the community and to be more involved in the school. We have a lot of returners from the
previous years signed up to be in Key Club as well.
Our first meeting is going to be this upcoming Thursday after school on the 13th of
September. We will get the message out that there's a meeting through the morning
announcements, fliers, and on social medias. The officers will get started with ice breakers and
from there we will get started on discussing new requirements to remain in Key Club with the
members. We have an upcoming event called the Hops and Crops Festival at Mary Olson
Farm on September 15th.
Group planning over the summer isn't easy, but of course if
you choose to meet up at a place like McDonald's (again),
everyone will come. During Mid-August, Federal Way had a very
productive Board Meeting to plan the upcoming year. In addition
to fundraiser ideas, there was also great amount of consideration
put into boosting paid membership. We planned for new themes
(with food of course :D) each month in hopes of enticing new
members/retaining old ones in addition to collaborating with other
clubs at school which, in theory, should advertise Key Club a lot
more. We are also working on our first community service
opportunity: a biannual blood drive event!
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K E Y C L U B
8. Although winning isn’t everything and Key Club isn’t about winning, winning acts as a great
motivation for most of us even myself. As Key Clubbers, caring is our way of life and we do whatever it
takes to help out as much as we can without needing a reward or recognition. In order to reward
ourselves for our daily deeds, we will need to work together to better our division, which will in return
better our community and our Key Club experiences. There are some goals that I’d like for us to all
achieve together!
Unity – Our division is one huge family. I’d like for everyone to be able to communicate and serve
together as one division. Socials, DCMs and divisional projects are a great and fun way for all to
get to know and befriend each other.
Increased Membership – As they say, “The More the Merrier”! We can’t ever have too many Key
Clubbers! :D
Spirit Stick – We have as much spirit as any other division out there, if we put in a little more effort
and get a little creative, we’ll definitely be able to claim that Spirit Stick for a year!
EARLY BIRD – Front row seats at DCON sounds good right? If the whole division pays their Early Bird
dues not only will we have front row seats but an extra nametag badge and a better chance of
winning the Spirit Stick.
Front Row Seats – This goes along with Early Bird, no early bird, no front row seats!
Communication – It’s always frustrating not being able to communicate well with another. The
use of social media, such as Facebook, makes communication so much easier!
Increase in Volunteer hours – I want every member to have at
least 25 hours of community service!
Having Fun – This is one of the most important things, I want
everyone in the division to be able to have fun. Hopefully there
isn’t a need for a further explanation of this!
These goals are very simple and achievable as long as everyone puts
in a fair share amount of effort!
Club Meetings!
Auburn High School
Mondays @ 2:30 PM
In room 203/Ms.Pickle’s room
Auburn Mountainview High School
Thursdays @ 7:35 AM
Auburn Riverside High School
Every other Wed. @ 2:30 PM
Decatur High School
Mondays @ 6:00-7:00pm
PAC
Federal Way High School
Fridays @ 2:15-2:50
Theater
Thomas Jefferson High School
Wednesdays @2:15-2:50
Little Theater
Todd Beamer
Between Wed/Thurs. @ 2:30 PM
SEPTEMBER DCM
COME JOIN THE FUN!
This month’s DCM will be
held at Thomas Jefferson High
School’s Cafeteria. We will be
having two special guests
speaking at our DCM. One of
the speakers is Soojin Min from
University of Washington. She’s
coming to talk to us about a
Dance Marathon and Huskies
United in Giving (HUG). If you
guys are interested, we’ll be
attending the Dance
Marathon event to raise
money for Seattle Children’s
hospital. And Secondly, a
Kiwanian named Kevin will be
joining us and speaking to our
division, to see if we’re
interested in doing a Food
Drive!
Not only will be have guest
speakers, but of course we’ll
have key clubbers from all
around the division! Come
mingle with us and meet new
friends! We’ll also be
discussing about October’s
Tutu DCM.
What’s Kraken!!!
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9. 7
The Youth Opportunities
FUND
We are
Krakens
We are
Caring
We are Family
WHAT IS IT?
The Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) is an endowed fund for Key Club
International held within the Kiwanis International Foundation.
This fund uses earned interest to help Key Clubs and Key Club members
serve the world by providing grants for service opportunities. The fund also
provides academic scholarships for higher education. The Youth Opportunities
Fund is established through a portion of your Key Club International dues and
through the purchase of G. Harold Martin Fellowships.
YOF grants can help you take action. Look around and identify the
things that need to get done in your school, community or world. Key Clubs
have applied for grant funds to support many varied service projects—see
some examples
HOW DO I GET IT?
YOF grants are given only to Key Clubs and/or club members. There is
only one funding cycle for the Youth Opportunities Fund. The application must
be received by October 15 each year. Clubs may request funding assistance
from $100 to $2,000. The committee typically funds those clubs who are asking
for a portion of the total cost of the project, and clubs who are working with
other organizations to fund and complete the project. Notification of the Key
Club International Board’s decision will be mailed no later than January 15.
http://slp.kiwanis.org/KeyClubNew/Libraries/Service/Form_KeyClub_Youth_Op
portunity_Fund_Form.sflb.ashx
Applications must be submitted to:
Kiwanis International
3636 Woodview Trace
Indianapolis, IN USA, 46268
OR fax your application to 1-317-879-0204.
The YOF Grant application is included in the Downloads section of the
Key Club Web site under Service. The guidelines for filing the application are in
the Guidebook under Board Policies. Please review them before completing
the application.
Whitney High School Key Club, California-Nevada-Hawaii District
– assist the Tijuana Project: three orphanages in Baja, Mexico. The club would take
basic necessities such as shampoo, undergarments, soap, and other necessities for the
orphans in three orphanages. They would also purchase toys and school supplies for
the orphans and put them inside of backpacks and deliver them to the approximately
150 children in the three orphanages.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
EXECUTIVE BOARD INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Governor Giovanni McKenzie
Giovannimc.keyclub@gmail.com
Grant High School
Portland, Oregon
Treasurer Kenneth Lam
K3nn3thlam@hotmail.com
Kentridge High School
Renton, Washington
Editor Bassel Hamieh
basselhameihpnw@gmail.com
Clackamas High School
Clackamas, Oregon
Secretary Kelsie Hoppes
kelsiehoppes@gmail.com
Astoria High School
Astoria, Oregon
Convention Chair Andy Nguyen
andy.t_nguyen@yahoo.com
Garfield High School
Seattle, Washington
Calvin Leung
trustee.calvin@gmail.com
Clackamas High School,
Clackamas, Oregon
John Jay
Johnjay@bainbridge.net
Seattle, Washington
Suzanne Endroedy
Suzbeth1@comcast.net
Federal Way, Washington
Amy Nguyen
Amyltgdiv33@gmail.com
(205) 903 – 7641
Kentridge High School
Kent, Washington
11. THANK THESE GUYS FOR MAKING KEY CLUB POSSIBLE FOR YOU!
AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL
President: Peter Youn and Irma Noriega
Vice President: Jonathan Nguyen
Secretary: Vanessa Nguyen
Treasurer: Vanessa Nguyen
Editor: TBA
AUBURN MOUNTAINVIEW HIGH
SCHOOL
President: Sophia Wagner
Vice President: Jennifer Nguyen
Secretary: Greg Park
Treasurer: Tiffany Chung
Editor: Salina Voraphet
AUBURN RIVERSIDE HIGH
SCHOOL
President: Casey Kaku
Vice President: Janet Yi
Secretary: Rachel Wilson
Treasurer: Steffani Hedstrom
Editor: Rachel Paik
Historian: Judo Lata
DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL
President: Jason Kim
Vice President: Shawntel Bali
Secretary: Faith Pak
Treasurer: Matthew Hsin
Editor: Alexa Osorio
FEDERAL WAY HIGH SCHOOL
President: Linda Shackles
Vice President: Dilya Joseph and
Julie Ouk
Secretary: Courtney Yoo
Treasurer: Dong Song
Editor: Aleena Ajmal
THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH
SCHOOL
President: Edward Park
Vice President: Katherine Dier
Secretary: Bryan Shim
Treasurer: Alyssa Yun
Editor: Angela Kwak
TODD BEAMER HIGH
SCHOOL
President: Bruce Lim
Vice President: Hannah Cho
Secretary: Christie Peralta
Treasurer: Juliana Song
Editor: Leo Lim
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2012-2013 OFFICERS
13. Have an AWESOME
Member in your club?
for
of the MONTH!
How? Just send me an email labeled “Member
Nomination” with their name and school!
Amyltgdiv33@gmail.com
KRAKEN
Nominate them
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KRAKEN OF THE MONTH
14. 13. Raise money to
purchase/install playground
equipment.
14. Plant flowers in public areas
that could use from color
15. Volunteer to help at a special
Special Olympics event.
16. Set up a buddy system for
kids with special needs in
your community.
17. Raise money for Braille books
for visually impaired people.
18. Read books or the
newspaper on tape for
visually impaired people.
19. Bring toys to children in the
cancer ward of a hospital.
20. Plant a garden or tree where
the whole neighborhood can
enjoy it!
21. Set up a recycling system for
your home or school.
22. Organize a carpooling
campaign in your
neighborhood
23. Adopt an acre of a
rainforest!
24. Clean up trash along a river,
on a beach, or in a park.
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1. Help teach a younger child to
read.
2. Help cook and/or serve a meal
at a homeless shelter.
3. Gather clothing from your
neighbors and donate it to a
local shelter.
4. Make “I care” kits with combs,
toothbrushes, shampoo, etc.
for the homeless
5. Pack and hand out food at a
local food bank.
6. Visit senior citizens at a nursing
home.
7. Rake leaves, shovel snow,
clean gutters or wash windows
for a senior citizen.
8. Hold an afternoon dance for
your local nursing home!
9. Invite local police officers to
present a dug
awareness/safety presentation.
10. Tutor a student that needs help
learning English or some other
subject
11. Organize a canned goods
drive.
12. Clean up a vacant lot or park
with friends.
25. Create a campaign to
encourage biking and walking.
26. Contact your local volunteer
center for opportunities to
serve (:
27. Volunteer at your local animal
shelter
28. Help build a Home with Habitat
for Humanity
29. Send a letter to one of
America’s Veterans or overseas
soldiers.
30. Volunteers at a local youth
center.
31. Participate in a marathon for a
favorite charity.
32. Become a candy striper at your
local hospital!
33. Donate books to your local
library.
34. Donate clothes to Salvation
Army
35. Start a book club in your area
36. Adopt a pet from the Humane
Society
37. Coach a children’s sport team
38. Teach a dance class
39. Organize a project for Global
Youth Service Day
40. Become a Big Sister or Big
Brother
41. Get together with some friends
to buy presents for a family at a
shelter.
42. Hold a teddy bear drive for
foster children, fire victims, or
others.
43. Make a care package for an
elderly.
44. Teach at an adult literary
center.
45. Sing for residents at a nursing
home
46. Make quilts or baby clothes for
low-income families.
47. Bake cookies ad bring them to
your local fire hall or police
station
48. Donate toys or suitcases to
foster children
49. Around the holidays, visit the
post office and answer some
letters so Santa.
50. Visit SERVEnet.org to find
volunteer opportunities in your
area!
50 Ways to Volunteer!
Why Volunteer?
There are plenty of reasons why you should
volunteer. I know one of your reasons might be
“It’s because I’m a Key Clubber”. Even though
you’re a Key Clubber or not, volunteering is a
great way to help out the community and change
that lives around you. Every small thing you do to
help the community counts and can impact the
lives around you, whether they know it or not.
Why do you volunteer?
The reason why I volunteer is because I love the
feeling I get when I know I’ve helped someone
out and put a smile on his or her faces. But there
are plenty of reasons out there to. Through
volunteering, you can make new friends, discover
a new talent or experience new things.
So go down this list or pick something that
interests you and volunteer today! (:
15. SEPTEMBER DCM
Septermber, 20th 2012
Further information will be
announced in the Division 33
Key Clubbers Facebook
group
@ Thomas Jefferson High
School Cafeteria
Photoshop Savvy?
Help Division 33 by submitting
Kraken graphics/clipart that
you have created! Email them
to amyltgdiv33@gmail.com
Keep in mind our division colors are
blue and gold!
IMPORTANT DATES
OCTOBER 1ST - MEMBER UDATE CENTER OPEN FOR DUES
OCTOBER 18TH – SEND IN DUES! NOW!
NOVEMBER 1ST – EARLY BIRD DEADLINE!!!!!!!!!
^YOU BETTER HAVE YOUR DUES DONE BY THEN
DECEMBER 1ST – DUES DEADLINE
MARCH 2013 – DCON 2013
EVEN THOUGH THERE’S SCHOOL
Visit your Kiwanis!
They love seeing Key Club faces at their
meetings.
DDIIVVIISSIIOONN BBUUSSIINNEESSSS
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16. EEnnddNNootteessThank you for continuously
keeping up with the
Kraken Kosmo!
One will be posted
up and sent out every
month. There will always be
important information in
newsletters so it is strongly
suggested that every officer reads
and those in the community.
But if you’ve read all of this there is a quick task.
Send me a suggestion about the newsletter, what you
think about it, what it should have etc. What would
make you more interested in reading this?
this, and also it would be nice
if this were passed on to members
Contact Information: Amy Nguyen (205) 903 7641 email: amyltgdiv33@gmail.com
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