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Volume 1 Issue 6 The Official Newsletter of the Garland High School Division 2C Key Club September Edition
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Cover Page….……….….……1
In This Issue………………..……2
Presidents’ Corner…….…...…3
Owl Conference….…......….. 4
Genesis Women’s Shelter….6
Snow Cones…………….…....6
ELIMINATE………………...…..7
Ultimate Frisbee………..……8
DCON………….............…….10
PCM/Region 8 Picnic………11
Upcoming Events……..…….12
New Representatives….…..14
Attention Sophomores…....15
Key Club Week…………..…15
Contact Page………………16
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In this Issue:
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President’s Corner: Juliana Zhang
Hey guys! I'm so proud of our club raising over $1,000 for
the ELIMINATE Project. You guys are the best! Let's keep
up this spirit of service within our club and community.
Get involved with service projects like the upcoming Fall
for Garland and Walnut Glen Festival. Make sure to join
a committee as well! You'll be able to truly get involved
and make Key Club your own. Have a wonderful
month!
- Juliana Zhang
Vice President’s Corner: Hannah Oden - Brunson
Hey GHS Key Club! I’m so proud of you guys for already
achieving our goal of raising $1,000! Awesome job! This
year, we’re hopefully going to do more events like Ultimate
Frisbee to raise money for ELIMINATE and our club so get
ready for a year of intense planning and fun! If you guys
have any questions of suggestions, don’t hesitate to
contact one of the officers or representatives! Have a
great month everyone!
-Hannah Oden Brunson
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Owl Conference Owl Conference is Garland High School’s leadership conference that encourages students to be
active in areas of leadership, spirit and most importantly service!
Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, concerned citizens can
change world. Indeed it is the only
thing that ever has.
—Margaret Mead
No pessimist ever discovered the
stars, or sailed to an uncharted
land, or opened a new doorway
for the human spirit.
– Helen Keller
“The best way to find yourself is to lose
yourself in the service of others.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
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Owl Conference
Garland high School’s notorious Owl Conference was a huge
success! The Conference began with an opening message
about the importance of establishing leadership in our school.
Afterwards, everyone split up into groups, starting in three
different rooms. Each room had a different theme: Leadership,
Spirit and, of course Service! Officers aided in running all three
rooms and everyone definitely enjoyed themselves! Although
the service room resonated with all of our key clubbers the
most, learning about the importance of sprit is something that
not everyone always takes into account. It’s important to keep
the spirits of not only our organization, but our high school
elevated as well, so we can achieve greatness together!
Leadership is also an important trait to have in order to have a
successful organization.
Our key clubbers also enjoyed playing games like
leader’s ship and races to see which group could complete a
task the fastest. These games were meant to highlight the
importance of teamwork and collaborative thinking. Needless
to say, everyone benefited from this experience!
At the end of the day, we wrapped up with making owls
with encouraging messages for the teachers going back to
school. The owls ended up looking so adorable! Garland High
School definitely knows how to decorate a cute owl!
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Key Clubbers have aided in an organization that helps women in situations of abuse or neglect. Go to
http://www.genesisshelter.org if you would like to volunteer or donate more items.
Genesis Women’s Shelter
The Genesis Women’s Shelter
promotes the shelter, safety and
strength of women who have been
victims of abuse or need counseling.
It’s open 24/7 for women who need
it. A couple of seniors made their
Creative, Action and Service Project to
help the shelter by donating supplies,
so of course Key Clubbers came to
their aid by helping out! It’s always
important to remember that treating
someone with care is the best thing
you can do for a person.
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We aided the Genesis Women’ Shelter by donating supplies like
shampoo and other toiletries that always needed. You can always
donate supplies to them by going onto their website because they are
always in need of something, or donating gently used clothing to
their store on Saturday.
GHS Key Club helped to sell snow cones for the
Farmer’s market and that was also a success. We ended
up being a huge help and sold many snow cones for an
all around great day! The snow cones were greatly needed
after one of the last hot days of summer!
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Congratulations Everyone!
We have succeeded in our efforts
to raise $1,000 for ELIMINATE!
Help save lives.
Do YOU believe in the power of ZERO?
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The Ultimate Fundraiser
Our last fundraiser to complete our goal of raising $1,000 was the Ultimate Frisbee Tournament held on
September 13, 2013. Let’s just say, it was pretty ultimate.
Thank you to everyone who participated!
Because of you all, we were able to raise our
last $400 for The ELIMINATE Project!
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It’s no secret just how passionate I am
about the ELIMINATE Project. I’ve
always enjoyed what it stands for, so for
us to achieve our goal in reaching $1,000
raised for the ELIMINATE Project
means so much to me and I hope it
means a lot to you all as well! This
tournament really was a success! We
ended up have 10 teams compete for the
bragging rights of the 2013 Ultimate
Frisbee Tournament and one team surely
did stand out on top! After taking a
whole month to plan everything and
spread the word out, thankfully, enough
people were convinced to participate! At
first, the idea of putting on a whole
tournament for a service project was
pretty scary, but in the end, I’d say
everything worked out! Not only did
everyone enjoy battling each other to see
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which team came out on top, we were able
to spread awareness about The
ELIMINATE Project and what Key Club
stands for. None of this could’ve been
possible without the help of our fellow Key
Clubbers spreading the word, so special
thanks to you guys! You ‘ve really proved
that a small group of individuals in fact can
make a difference by raising money to save
approximately 555 mothers and babies.
Now that we’ve crossed that goal off of our
list, what’s next for the Garland High
School Key Club?
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DCON Theme Announced!
The new theme is finally here and you
DON’T want to miss out on all the fun so
make sure you save the date and
arrangements to attend DCON 2014!
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Garland High School Key Club finally got
to meet up with other fellow members of
Region 8 in a picnic at Bethany Park in
Allen! Meeting other regional members
and LTGs was such a wonderful
experience!
Fellow officers were able to
communicate different ideas with each
other and converse on the methods of
completing their duties efficiently.
Personally, it was a lot of fun learning
what other editors do with their
newsletters!
Of course, sharing a meal together
help to unite everyone in Division 2C.
Who doesn’t bond over a meal-
especially a free one? Our fellow
LTGs did a magnificent job
coordinating the whole event. Thanks
organizing such an awesome meet –
up and providing good food!
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October 5th – Fall for Garland – 10A.M. to 6 P.M. come and go in downtown Garland
October 11th- Homecoming door and wagon designs are due and the winners will receive one hour.
October 12th - Concessions at UT-OU game at the Cotton Bowl. You must attend if you signed up or have someone be a replacement for your absence. Also, you must attend the mandatory meeting after the general meeting on Wednesday October 9th.
October 18th Armstrong Elementary Carnival
Set up - 3:00 P.M.
Carnival: 5:30 - 8 P.M.
Clean up: 8 - 9:30 P.M.
October 19th – One girl will give a 6-minute speech about the importance of leadership for the Girls with Goals event at Bussey Middle School around 9A.M. Message Juliana if you want to do it!
October 25th – Walnut Glen Fall Festival will have many different shifts
Set Up : 3-6P.M. (10 students)
Working Booths: 5:45-9:00 P.M. (35 students)
Concessions – 5:30-9:00P.M. (7students)
Baked Goods/Treat Table - 5:45 - 9:00 pm – (2 students)
Face Painters - 5:45 - 9:00 – (3 students, especially if they are artistic)
Clean-Up 9:00 pm until 9:45 – (10 students) Sign Up on the Google Docs on the Facebook Page
October 29th – Fundraiser Mega Party 6-8P.M. Sign-up is on Google Docs
Ongoing – Help Armstrong Teachers and Tutoring Students:
Helping Teachers: Monday Through Thursday - 3-4:30 P.M.
Tutoring: Wednesdays - 3-4:30 P.M.
October 31st – Trick or Treat for Unicef in Waterview (more details to come)
Question for the Editor: After reviewing all the
newsletters, what unique things would you say
make newsletters stand out from others?
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Freshman Rep –
Linh Nguyen
Sophomore
Representative –
Christine Vu
Junior
Representative
Angelija Echiverri
Senior
Representative-
David Galaviz
Committee Head of
Fundraising – Jennifer
Umanzor
Committee Head of
DCON – Kelly Mullins
Committee Head of
Advertisement – Lacie
Block
Committee Head of
Transportation – Jessica
Rahmoune
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Attention Sophomores!
You have an opportunity to apply for the Kiwanis Sophomore of the Year Scholarship!! Follow all the directions and submit it by
November 4th to Mr. Stolar in room 130. Download the application from the Facebook page. Last year, DCON
Committee Head Kelly Mullins won last year and President Juliana Zhang won the year before. The winner(s) will receive a plaque with their name on it and a $600 scholarship towards
college! I highly encourage you apply!
Key Club Week is November 5-9th, 2013 this
year and we will be planning something special
so stay tuned!
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Contacts! Juliana Zhang – Club President
Hanhah Oden –Brunson – Club Vice
President
Michael Nguyen – Club Secretary of
Minutes
Tiffany Yang – Club Historian
Thomas Le – Club Historian
Angelo Echiverri – Club Webmaster
Justine Phan – Club Treasurer
Frank Moreno – Secretary of Hours
Luke Broussard – District Governor
Isaiah ValleQuinones – District
Treasurer
Steffi Lee – Division 2C LTG
Usman Hyder – District Secretary
Tashmira Hossein – District Editor
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Henry Nguyen Sargeant at Arms