UPCOMING EVENTS

I pledge on my honor to uphold the objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school, and community; to serve my nation and God; and to combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.

Caring: Our Way of Life.

July 2013 Volume 1 Issue 3

KEY CLUB PLEDGE In this issue! Editor’s Update ... 2 President’s Letter . 3 Articles .................. 4 Contact Info ........ 5 Back Page ........... 5

C Y P R E S S F A L L S K E Y C L U B

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.” -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Get Social! Cypress Falls Key Club (Group) @CypressFallsKeyClub cyfallskey.me

Saturday

10 Science Olympiad Ultimate Tournament, Cy-Falls, 7:15 AM-5 PM (2 Shifts)

Tuesday

15 Freshman Orientation, Cy-Falls, 6-8 PM

11 August PCM, LSC-CyFair, 1-2:30 PM

Sunday

An early morning view of Downtown Houston, as captured from the finish line of the Kiwanis Kids Triathlon held at Stude Park in June. (photo by Hannah Norem)

SERVICE

LEADERSHIP

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Editor’s Update

K E Y C L U B

Happy summer y’all! I sincerely hope that y’all are having a super awesome fantastic summer filled with adventure and service. A special S/O to our very own Roshni Chandwani for being elected as one of eleven Key Club International Trustees for the 2013-2014 term. She’ll be representing the Eastern Canada, Pacific NW, and Kentucky-Tennessee Districts. When she’s not racking up those frequent flier miles, feel free to congratulate her! As school starts back up again and the struggle becomes too real to ignore, remember that Key Club is still happening and events are still there for you to attend. Also, if you know any freshmen, point them to the best organization on campus (cough cough Key Club). Honestly, Key Club is the bomb diggity, and everyone should know about it. Spread the word!

Yours in Service,

Hannah Norem

Cypress Falls KEY CLUB Newsletter 3

Letter from the PRESIDENT

leadership

inclusiveness

caring character building

Dear Key Clubbers, Happy Summer! I hope everyone is having bunches of fun and keeping safe. Summer is a great time for not only relaxing but also for serving! Because of everyone’s hectic schedule during the school year, finding time for volunteering may be difficult. During summer, we have more time and energy to serve our community. Although we don’t want to admit it, summer sometimes gets a little boring. What better way to pass long summer days than by hanging out with friends and making a positive impact? For the month of August we have a plethora of events to make sure everyone is keeping busy! Science Olympiad at our school is hosting an ultimate Frisbee tournament August 10th and you will be helping out at the concession stand. This should be an exciting event and it’s going to help out a great activity at our school! On August 15th, we have Freshman Orientation where you will be helping out at various places around our school and guiding the incoming freshman where their classes will be the upcoming school year. K2 Parent’s Night out is Saturday, August 17th, where you will be having tons of fun with awesome special-needs kids. I hope y’all take advantage of summer events and strive to serve year round!

Yours in Service,

Amy Jiang

Cypress Falls Key Club 3

Key Club = Unbummer Summer

This  past  weekend,  I  had  the  amazing  opportunity  to  volunteer  for  a  wonderful  organization.  Habitat  for  Humanity  helps  people  in  need  by  building  homes  for  family  that  needs  them  the  most.  Habitat  for  Humanity  is  made  up  of  parts  that  help  achieve  their  goal.  The  first  one  is  that  people  could  have  the  option  to  donate  a  old  house  of  theirs  and  the  workers  for  Habitat  will  use  every  little  thing  that  is  useful  in  the  house.  Like  cabinets,  ovens,  curtains  etc.  and  some  of  the  stuff  they  don’t  need  at  the  moment  then  goes  to  Restore.  I  had  the  opportunity  to  help  out  at  a  near  by  Restore  as  well  and  it  is  amazing  the  things  you  could  find  in  there.  And  last  but  not  least,  there  is  the  part  where  volunteers  get  together  to  help  build  a  house.  We  got  to  help  out  on  a  small  3-­‐bedroom  house.  The  idea  of  the  house  one  day  being  what  saves  a  family  is  what  made  us  work  hard  to  do  our  best.  We  were  divided  into  groups  and  each  group  got  to  work  on  a  different  activity.  The  Cy-­‐Falls  group  ended  up  together  and  we  were  assigned  to  paint  the  exterior  of  the  house.  We  first  watched  our  leader  show  us  how  to  paint  properly  with  a  paintbrush.  We  learned  and  then  went  off  and  collected  our  supplies  and  went  to  work.  We  painted  the  rims  and  corners  of  the  house  with  white  paint  and  then  some  of  use  had  to  us  ladders  to  paint  the  upper  part  near  the  roof  of  the  house.  We  worked  in  the  hot  sun  and  we  made  sure  to  hydrate  ourselves  every  hour.  In  the  end,  since  we  were  painting,  we  had  to  help  and  clean  all  of  the  brushes.  It  felt  like  forever  until  we  were  done  and  in  the  end  it  was  all  worth  it  even  though  we  got  our  clothes  dirty  with  paint.  I  was  proud  of  our  work  and  was  more  than  happy  to  help  out.    We  helped  our  community  and  that  is  what  Key  Club  is  all  about.    

Helping Humanity By Emily Salgado, Secretary

  My  favorite  event  of  the  summer  is  without  a  doubt  when  I  volunteered  at  Grace  Care  Center  to  socialize  and  have  fun  with  senior  citizens.  I  came  to  the  event  not  having  a  clue  of  what  to  do,  because  I  really  did  not  have  any  real  experience  with  seniors  before.  Besides,  they  were  total  strangers,  so  I  was  very  nervous.  The  volunteering  event  was  to  have  fun  with  senior  citizens  by  serving  coffee,  and  playing  bingo  with  them.  Bingo  is  literally  Greek  to  me,  so  I  did  not  fully  understand  the  concept  of  the  game  or  how  it  was  played.  However,  I  sat  down  at  the  table  with  a  senior  citizen.  Her  name  was  Etta.  She  was  in  a  wheelchair,  and  I  assisted  her  to  the  left  side  of  the  bingo  table.  She  asked  me  to  get  her  bingo  card  and  chips,  not  only  for  her,  but  for  myself  as  well.  Her  eyes  were  impaired  so  she  could  only  see  one  card.  However,  I  got  3  so  I  can  watch  2  to  improve  our  chance  of  winning.  I  told  her  that  I  did  not  know  how  to  play  bingo.  Then,  Etta  just  taught  me  how  to  play,  and  carefully  listen  to  each  letter  followed  by  a  number  so  I  can  fill  the  spot.  I  aided  her  in  pointing  out  the  numbers  so  she  can  put  the  chips  in  the  space.  At  the  end  of  the  first  game,  we  didn’t  win,  but  she  does  not  seem  disappointed.  When  cleared  our  chips  off  the  cards,  she  asked  me  if  I  wanted  water.  Even  though  she  is  older  than  me,  she  showed  me  the  utmost  respect  and  kindness  that  I  would  have  never  expected.  I  did  not  want  any  drinks,  but  instead  I  went  and  asked  the  nurse  for  water  for  Etta.  Eventually,  Etta  and  I  won  the  second  round,  but  we  were  only  playing  to  fill  a  certain  column  on  the  card.  I  assisted  her  to  the  winning  table,  and  she  picked  out  a  batch  of  little  bars  of  pastries  and  went  back  to  our  bingo  table.  As  soon  as  we  got  back,  Etta  opened  the  batch  and  asked  me  if  I  wanted  any.  I  respectfully  declined  and  offered  her  to  have  some  first.  Then  she  asked  me  to  bring  it  to  the  nurses  who  are  hosting  the  event  to  share  it  with  them.  At  this  point,  I  brought  it  to  them  and  shared  Etta’s  winnings.  At  the  end  of  the  Bingo  event,  Etta  said  ‘thank  you’  for  helping  her  out  with  Bingo.  I  replied  “No  problem”.    However,  in  my  mind,  I  was  perfectly  sure  that  she  had  helped  me  more  than  I  ever  did.  I  realized  the  value  of  this  tremendous  experience  and  kindness  of  the  senior  citizens  in  our  country  and  I  was  thankful  to  experience  it.      

Bingo Fun in the Sun By Tri Pham

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Contact Info

2013-2014 Texas-Oklahoma District Staff

President Amy Jiang Amyjiang.kc@gmail.com 832-526-0598 Vice President Blake Jones blakejoneskc@gmail.com 281-536-3317 Secretary Emily Salgado Emilysalgado_kc@yahoo.com 281-221-5302 Assistant Secretary Alea Hon a-hon@live.com 832-758-7128 Treasurer Mohammed Syed Mohammadsyed.kc@gmail.com 713-291-9877 Editor Hannah Norem Hannahnorem.kc@gmail.com 713-448-9649 Publicity Matthew Stone Mattastone23@gmail.com 281-723-4549 Webmaster Louis Kirkley Louis.kirkley@hotmail.com 832-244-7610

Governor Luke Broussard Governor@tokeyclub.com 325-998-1384 Secretary Usman Hyder secretary@tokeyclub.com 817-715-5111 Treasurer Isaiah ValleQuinones treasurer@tokeyclub.com 580-458-1432 Editor Tashrima Hossain editor@tokeyclub.com 713-505-2252 Convention Liaison Grace Liu conventionliaison@tokeyclub.com 817-962-8945

*These are all the officers thus far; however, we will be electing more officers in the fall.

2013-2014 Division 3N Lieutenant Governor

Gabi Bradshaw Gabibradshaw3NLTG@gmail.com 832-341-6930

2013-2014 Cypress Falls Key Club Officers*

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With only $1.80, you could save a mother and child from getting tetanus! Key Club and Kiwanis are teaming up with UNICEF to end this preventable disease that afflicts many in third-world countries. To find out more ways you can help, visit theeliminateproject.org.

Every year in Key Club, the Governor of the Texas-Oklahoma District focuses his time and energy on one particular issue. This issue is called the Governor’s Project. This year, our Governor, Luke Broussard, has chosen bullying as his focus issue for his Governor’s Project: Kick’n Bully’n to the Curb. Since we were young, we’ve been told that bullying is bad. But yet, thousands upon thousands still claim they’re bullied every year. Why is that? Are they lying? Are they crazy? NO. Bullying is a very real and present problem in schools today, and no one is exempt from this. Everyone is affected by bullying in some shape or fashion, and that’s an unavoidable fact of life. What can we do about this? Well, stop being a bystander and tell someone, and participate in anti-bullying activities. Together, we can KICK BULLYING TO THE CURB!

Do  you  like  ice  cream?  More  specifically,  a  DQ  Blizzard?  Well,  on  August  8,  2013,  you  can  eat  ice  cream  and  donate  to  Children’s  Miracle  Network  Hospitals!  For  seven  years,  DQ  has  set  aside  one  day  that  one  dollar  from  all  the  Blizzards  sold  that  day  will  go  to  Children’s  Miracle  Network  hospitals  around  the  US.  The  Children’s  Miracle  Network  is  an  organization  very  dear  to  the  heart  of  Key  Club  International,  and  all  you  have  to  do  to  support  it  is  to  eat  ice  cream!  The  closest  participating  DQ  is  in  Tomball,  but  if  you  got  a  group  of  friends  together,  that  drive  can  be  super  fun  and  all  for  a  good  cause!  Even  if  you  don’t  think  you  can  make  it,  you  can  just  join  the  Miracle  Treat  Day  event  on  Facebook  and  DQ  will  donate  a  dollar  (up  to  $50,000).    

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