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Hi Key Clubbers!

It’s August already (groan); school is starting in two weeks. I haven’t even had enough time to start on my summer homework! But fortunately, even though summer is almost over, Relay for Life in Pal o Alto is from the 14th and the 15th! :) There will be a few more door-to-doors to ensure that you have the $100 in order to attend.

There were three important events in July: Campbell Relay for Life, the Officer Training Conference, and the International Convention. They were all tons of fun (even though I didn’t go to ICON)! Thanks to all of your efforts, team PengWIN raised around $5,000 to contribute to the American Cancer Society. Hopefully, one day, the cure for cancer will be found! Also on a side note, our Key Club broke 1,000 service hours in this month alone, congratulations! :)

We also have a spate of other events this month and information can be found later in the bulletin and will also arrive through emails. I hope you can all attend and that the rest of your summer is enjoyable!

-Jodie Chen Bulletin Editor

Editor’s Note

In This Issue

Editor’s Note……………..1

Upcoming Events………2

Past Events……………….3

RFL Recap.……………….4

OTC Recap………………5

OTC Pictures………………6

ICON recap……………….7

Officer Information……..8

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K E Y C L U B

Volume 1 Issue 4

REMINDER

o Palo Alto Relay for Life is

from 8/14-15

o Don’t have $100 yet?

There will be door to

doors on Tues, Wed,

and Thurs before the

event!

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>> Official Newsletter of the Palo Alto High School Key Club

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PA A&W Festival

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upcoming events

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August Calendar

CAMPBELL RELAY

FOR LIFE - Palo Alto

Where: Palo Alto High School Track (50 Embarcadero Road),

Palo Alto, CA 94306

When: Saturday/Sunday August 14/15, 2010

10:00 AM (Sat)-10:00 AM (Sun)

What: Relay for Life is an annual event hosted by the American Cancer Society to fundraise money for cancer

research. Teams keep at least one person walking around the track for 24

hours in order to symbolize the ongoing battle against cancer. Come

join the fight in our local community at the Palo Alto Relay for Life!

Don’t have all the money? There are door-to-doors on next Tuesday, Wednesday, and

Thursday

BAYLANDS

SUMMER RUN

Where: 1900 Geng Road, Palo Alto, CA

94303

When: Saturday August 21

6:00AM-1:00PM

What: The race will take place on August 21 and will

host around 500 runners. Organized by

Philip Homnack and Jonathan Harrison (both

Paly graduates), the proceeds of the race will

benefit Palo Alto Community Child

Care. Volunteers will help-up with general race

activities such as setting-up, cheering on racers, acting as

route guides, and cleaning-up!

RELAY FOR LIFE EVENT SETUP Where: Palo Alto High School

Track (50 Embarcadero Road), Palo Alto, CA 94306 When: August 13

10:00AM-12:00PM What: Help out the Event Committee with setting up

all of the booths and decorations for the Relay! We'll be putting up posters/fliers, setting-up

tables and chairs, organizing the venue, and preparing the site for the Relay!

PALO ALTO ART AND

WINE FESTIVAL

Where: Downtown Palo Alto

When: Saturday/Sunday August

27-29 5:00 PM-9:00PM

What: Come help the Kiwanis with

their fund-raiser at the annual Palo Alto Art and Wine Festival

We will be assisting them with clean-up every afternoon/evening!

past events

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Canopy Young Tree Survey We helped Canopy ensure that the recently planted trees are doing well around Palo Alto!

Campbell RFL Prep Day In order to prepare for the on-site fundraiser at the Campbell Relay for Life, a members organized lap bead strings, lanyards, and posters prior to the event!

Gardening at Rinconada Park with our Kiwanis Club With our local Kiwanis, Key Clubbers went to Rinconada Park and helped pull out weeds.

Family Connections Service Project We prepared and painted a raised flower bed, re-stained a wooden ramp, and performed various building repairs.

Relay for Life Fliering We publicized Relay for Life by putting fliers all around town.

The Counter Fundraiser We ate at The Counter while simultaneously fundraising for our Relay for Life Team.

California Pizza Kitchen Fundraiser We ate at CPK while simultaneously fundraising for our Relay for Life Team.

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rfl recap

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I hope you all had a great time at the Campbell Relay for Life this past month! :) It was truly one of the most remarkable and amazing events

of the year, where over fifty members took turns walking or running around a track for twenty-four hours to represent the

ongoing battle against cancer. The event began at ten in the morning with a touching Opening Ceremony and a Lap of Survivors to mark the

start of the Relay. Throughout the event, participants not only walked their laps, but also helped out by setting-up for the Luminaria,

supervising the Kids Camp for the little kids, and serving at the Hospitality tent. At night, the Lap of Silence, where over a thousand

participants, all devoted toward the same cause, walked around a dark track lit only by the candles of the Luminaria, was the most touching and

symbolic moment of the event. Besides volunteering, each of our team members also donated $100 to the American Cancer Society: totaling

around a $5,000 contribution from Team PengWIN! By the end of the weekend, the Campbell Relay for Life event had raised over $180,000 for

cancer treatment and awareness!! Thank you EVERYONE who participated in the Relay for making the event so awesome and

successful! :) Even in the blazing heat of the afternoon and cold and darkness of the night, you guys continued walking to support this

great cause. It is your dedication and service that allows us to achieve such amazing results! Be sure to come out to the Palo Alto Relay for Life coming

up next Saturday, August, 14th! —Alex Liu

V.P. and Project Chair

Photos taken by Melanie :)

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otc recap

On Saturday, July 24, we Key Clubbers got into our natural element—the water—as we hit the beach for the Region 17 Officer Training Conference. First, here’s a big thank-you to our drivers, who took us all the way down to Watsonville’s Manresa State

Beach. It was great meeting Key Clubbers from all over the whole region: the D34N Aqua Apes, D12E Superheroes, D12S Supervillains, D12W Spartans, and the D43 Monarchs.

In the morning, we rotated through a series of workshops. The first workshop was position specific, and the rest taught us about Key Club and general leadership skills. I personally enjoyed learning about how clubs in other regions are doing.

In the middle of the workshops, we had our July DCM. Thanks to all who showed up and contributed to the whopping 18 members from Paly! Lunch was a little later—it was unfortunately delayed by

an hour, but that just made us all the more ready for it. After lunch, we split up again into our divisions for our sandcastle contest! We saw some pretty sweet sculptures around… but none

were as good as our penguin family sculptures. Thanks again to everyone who came and made this possible. I hope we all had fun and learned a ton! Don’t forget to put that

leadership potential to work! —Jenny Hong,

Treasurer

July was PACKED with awesome events! :) Besides Relay for Life, another big event we've had this past month is the Officer Training Conference (OTC) held at Manresa State Beach! At the event, members and officers from our entire region (Region 17, which is composed of

over 40 clubs!) came to have an AMAZING time learning how to be better officers at a variety of workshops, and needless to say, to have fun on the beach! :) Even though the event was quite far from Palo Alto, we had almost 20 people attend - more than DOUBLING the number of

participants from last year. In fact, two members from our club, Andrew Liu (District Projects Chair) and Pierre Bourbonnais (District Member Recognition Chair) even led workshops to inform us about the new District Project SHINE and different ways of member recognition! At

OTC, there were a variety of workshops including Time Management, Public Speaking, and Communication. After the workshops were over, you could see everyone's anxiety for lunch and sand sculpture contest. Although it was mainly for fun, the sand sculpture contest was

also a fundraiser for Pediatric Trauma Prevention! Each division would build a sand sculpture, and people could make donations in order to vote for whichever one they thought was best. Although our division didn't win, the penguin that we built was pretty awesome! :)

—Alex Liu

V.P. and Project Chair

Group Photo! (taken by Melanie)

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Hey Key Club!

Guess what other big event took place in July? INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION, also known as ICON!!! :D On July 7th-11th, over 2,000 students and advisors met in Memphis, Tennessee to introduce new programs, present awards to outstanding clubs,

conduct the organization's business, attend educational workshops and elect international officers for the upcoming year! Sounds fun right? Who wouldn't want to spend an awesome weekend learning more about Key Club at the higher levels and having fun while

doing so? Unfortunately, however, ICON was the same day as our Campbell Relay for Life, so I was unable to attend :( However, one of our members (and also our District Member Recognition Chair), Pierre Bourbonnais, says this about ICON:

It was interesting! Although I do prefer DCON's size, I truly enjoyed Key Club TV, the look of the program, getting to meet the

international candidates, the ability to go out and buy food on your own will, the CNH Key clubbers, and the free time that DCON simply cannot provide due to its more limited time span." Also, we also elected the new International Board at

ICON! Congratulations to the following people to the side! (Note that Stephenie Yuan is from our District! :D) '

2010-2011 International President XinLei Wang, Wisconsin-Upper Michigan

2010-2011 International Vice President Ikwo Morris, Bahamas

2010-2011 International Trustees Nick Cornell, Wisconsin-Upper Michigan

David Velasquez, Florida Annie Lewandowski, Pacific Northwest

Caleb Lapsley, Alabama Lisa Nicholson, Pacific Northwest

Ashley Williams, Carolinas Matt Harper, Missouri-Arkansas

Nancy Zhang, New York Robert Peck, Rocky Mountain

Will Robertson, Carolinas Stephenie Yuan, California-Nevada-Hawaii

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R E C A P

Kevin Hu

Class: 2011 Senior

Email: [email protected]

AIM SN: zephyrfire1337

Melanie Leng

Class: 2012 Junior

Email:

[email protected]

Molly Chen

Class: 2012 Junior


Jenny Hong

Class: 2011 Senior


Jackie Woo

Class: 2013 Sophomore


AIM SN: vvackiejackie

Jodie Chen

Class: 2012 Junior


Andrew Liu

Class: 2012 Junior


AIM SN: zeyuliu

Pierre Bourbonnais

Class: 2011 Senior


AIM SN: pibourb

Alex Liu

Class: 2012 Junior


AIM SN: zezhouliu

Linda Li

Class: 2012 Junior


AIM SN: lindalalalili

President Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer Publicity chair

Bulletin Editor

CNH District Project Chair

District Member Recognition Chair

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officer information

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Vice President and Project Chair

Web master

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