I pleuge on my honoi to upholu the objects of Key Club Inteinational; to builu
my home, school, anu community; to seive my nation anu uou; anu to combat all foices which tenu to unueimine these institutions.
Caring: Our Way of Life.
October 2013 Volume 1 Issue 6 KEY CLUB PLEDGE In this issue!
DCON Deets ........ 2
Presidents Letter . 3
Articles .................. 4
Contact Info .... 5, 6
Blue Shirt Day ....... 7
Trick or Treat ......... 8
C Y P R E S S F A L L S K E Y C L U B QUOTE OF THE MONTH "We make a living out of what we get, but we make a life out of what we give." !"#$%&'$ )*+,-*#.. Get Social! Cypress Falls Key Club (Group) 1 @CypressFallsKeyClub cyfallskey.me Friday
Saturday Key Clubbeis with coloi. This can't enu well. (photo by vivian Young)
SERVICE LEADERSHIP
2 DCON on the DL K E Y C L U B uuess what time of yeai's coming up.!
That's iight. You guesseu it.
TBE B0LIBAYS.
Foi some of us, this means ieligious celebiations. Foi otheis, it means giving back to the community. Anu foi moie, it means giving anu ieceiving piesents. The thing that is peisonally on the top of my Chiistmas list is a tiip to Ballas in Apiil, anu I'm suie if y'all askeu Santa Claus foi some contiibutions to BC0N, he'u be moie than happy to oblige. Insteau of getting the new Bespicable Ne movie on BvB, you coulu go on a tiip of a lifetime. Woith it. Totally. Letter from the PRESIDENT leadership
inclusiveness
caring
character building Dear Key Clubbers,
Happy early Thanksgiving everyone! This month is a time to be thankful. Thankful for your families, your friends, and most importantly, your community. This month, we have many ways to give back to our community and show everyone just how thankful we are for them. During the weekend of November 15 th , we have the Cy-Falls FFA craft show, which is a great way to directly help out the school while having a ton of fun. The next weekend, we have a Fight Pancreatic Cancer Walk downtown that I know is going to be a blast. Finally, on Saturday, December 7 th , we have our fall lock in from 5:30-11:30 at Cy-Falls. This is a great way for those involved in band, football, or any other of the fall sports/activities to get your hours done. You get six physical hours from this event, which is more than half of the ten mandatory physical hours everyone needs every semester. Also, hours are going to be due very soon, so make sure youre keeping track of that and getting hours by going to events. Please also make sure youre going to all the events you sign up for or have some one take your place. Yall are awesome and Im so thankful for yall and the opportunity to be your president.
Yours in Service,
Amy Jiang
Cypress Falls Key Club 3 Give Thanks for Service! 0n a Nonuay we hau off fiom school, I volunteeieu my time at 0wens Elementaiy. The teacheis weie having paient-teachei confeiences anu the school neeueu people to watch the kius so the paients coulu focus on the chilu's giaues anu behavioi. The cafeteiia was set up with tables coveieu in papei, maikeis, anu a scieen was set up to watch movies on. In auuition to the helpeis neeueu to watch ovei anu keep occupieu, gieeteis anu uooi holueis weie impoitant as well. I staiteu out as a gieetei. I kinuly stateu goou moining as each paient walkeu into the school. Kius weie uiiecteu to the cafeteiia wheie othei volunteeis weie stationeu to enteitain them. I also acteu as an infoimation specialist to guiue the paients in the iight uiiection. This gieatly helpeu out the fiont office woikeis as the paients weie uiiecteu away fiom asking questions nonstop. Ny gieetings put a smile on eveiyone's face as they walkeu into the school. I enjoyeu the feeling of the contagious enjoyable moou that was passeu aiounu that moining. A little while latei I switcheu to cafeteiia uuty. The kius watcheu many movies. Some little kiuuos weie uiawing beautiful ait anu sciibbles foi theii paients. I helpeu this one little giil uiaw floweis anu butteiflies on a sunny uay. She was so auoiable anu woulu put hei fingei wheie she wanteu each flowei. I woulu uiaw it anu the she woulu uiaw the stem. Latei I came back by anu she hau uiawn clouus anu biius in the sky. She was so innocent anu so cute. She kept to heiself anu woulun't say a woiu. Aftei a while I got hei to speak a bit aftei she got a bit moie comfoitable. I also met many othei kiuuos that enjoyeu the company of "olu kius". Thioughout the uay, a staff membei woulu stop by anu make suie all was well. They weie gieatly appieciative of the time we put asiue on oui fiee uay anu came up theie to help. Nany times they stateu that they weie so thankful anu that the uay coulun't have gone smooth without us. That ieally touches my heait. The smile on the kiu's faces as we coloi with them makes you foiget all the bau in the woilu. I ieally enjoy volunteeiing anu woiking with young ones because most of them aie so thankful anu just love hanging out with someone. All in all, not only uiu I help the paients by watching theii kius, anu the staff foi getting the kius out of the way, but I helpeu theii little kius anu put a smile on theii face anu that's what makes volunteeiing all woithwhile! Inspired to Volunteer By Maggie Backs, Head Historian The uiace Caie Centei nevei ceases to amaze me with the giowing abunuant numbei of patients anu clients living anu taking iesiuence theie. While a majoiity of them aie in fact senile, giowing fiail, anu uespeiately just neeu a helpful hanu, we as young people tenu to oveilook the fact that at one time.. They weie us. Ny pievious visits at uiace Caie have gotten me to change my oveilook on life aftei the busy moments, when it's "quiet". I spent that fateu uay at uiace Caie in the companion of the wisest woman I have evei been blesseu to meet. Though I nevei got hei name, she will always be engiaveu in my heait foi sheei will anu peiseveiance. Bei son anu uaughtei-in-law hau uioppeu off this woman, anu while in goou company of the nuises anu staff, she was sauly veiy lonely. We met hei seateu next to the nuise station in hei wheelchaii. As we appioacheu hei, the nuises in effect cautiously tolu us she was a flight iisk, as if knowing we weie they to tiy to conveise with hei. Boy, was she something. She hau the stiangest way of opening up to us. As an elueily vietnamese woman, she hau heiself giown up stiict anu theiefoie hau some ciitical views of the giils with me as we spoke with hei, but hei once angiy composuie quickly faueu anu she gieatly alloweu foi us to walk with hei anu take hei fiom the insiue of the centei to the couityaiu neai the back. She euucateu us in the way of hei chiluhoou anu the way she giew up anu how haiu hei life changeu when she moveu fiom vietnam to Ameiica. A few of my vietnamese fiienus with me weie able to communicate with hei in vietnamese fluently. Bei eyes lit up at that, as if ieceiving a piesent foi the veiy fiist time in a long time. Anothei chance when going to uiace Caie alloweu foi me to embaik in conveisations with the loveliest patients. Theie was a woman by the name of Caiol Beait valentine. She hau the most beautiful name, anu she loves being in photos! Theie was anothei man by the name of William Bunt who was just extiemely chaiming. Be was an amputee, but he still hau his way of getting aiounu! Be hinteu veiy obviously he wanteu us to take him with his fiienu to get yoguit, anu they engageu in playful aigument that the othei ueseiveu two anu not one. Theii happy spiiits biought smiles to all ovei oui faces. Key Club will always be the best thing to look foiwaiu to in the month.
Fun At Grace Care By Jenny Ijoma, Labay Builders Club Cypress Falls Key Club 4
Cypress Falls Key Club 7 Governors Project Spotlight Blue Shiit Bay was a fantastic success this yeai! Even though it was on Bomecoming Week, a lot of y'all still tuineu out in youi blue shiits anu leis to help biing attention to the laige pioblem of bullying in schools.
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Trick or Treat for ELIMINATE! 0n Thuisuay, 0ctobei S1 st , what weie you uoing. uetting canuy. Banuing out canuy. Boing homewoik. Packing a suitcase. Naybe the last one just applieu to youi euitoi, but a gioup of Key Clubbeis went out to neighboihoous aiounu Cy Falls anu tiick oi tieateu foi 0NICEF & ELININATE! Fiom the pictuies, it lookeu supei fun, anu fiom the people I talkeu to that went, it was a ton of fun anu they can't wait to uo it next yeai. A supei special thank you to eveiyone that attenueu that event anu iaiseu money foi 0NICEF in geneial. Y'all all maue a uiffeience, no mattei the size of the contiibution.