Summer Newsletter Final

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Official Newsletter of Key Club Baldwin Club/Division 7

Mid-Summer Issue!

Volume 1 Issue 2

In this issue!

Welcome! From Gretchen=)

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Hello Fellow Key Clubbers!! community in fun and fulfilling Welcome to the second issue of ways this summer! Keep up the our Baldwin Key Club Newsletter. good work, and never forget that The decision was made to make ayour individual service makes a mid-summer issue instead of difference. =) having two separate newsletters for the months of May and June, There will be one newsletter because much of our energy and per month, filled with Key Club time in May was spent preparing news from Baldwin and Beyond. for events in June. The two As your editor for this year, I’ll be largest events were the Kiwanis reviewing any and all suggestions Pediatric Trauma Center Safety for this newsletter. Short and Presentations and the Relay for sweet articles synopsizing Key Life. Both went very well, and Club events are particularly thanks to all who contributed to welcome. Feel free to write a their success!! Many Key short article about anything Clubbers and members of other related to Key Club, like an event clubs worked towards fundraising you attended, or an anecdote for the Relay for Life, and a Kay Club Team walked during the actual event. The Pediatric Trauma Presentation team practiced diligently until their innovative presentation ideas were perfectly sculpted for the target audience of Elementary Schoolers. We look forward to continuing to serve the

Relay for Life............3

AIDS Benefit Walk.. . .2

KPTC Presentations. .4 Website!!.................4 Executive Board ‘09. 4

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The Trauma Presentation Team prepared for anything!

UPCOMING EVENT! BCC Picnic on July 18th!! Wanna help out? Contact Regina Zee through the Baldwin Key Club facebook group!

Walking for a Cause!! Service… For the first time in a while I were offered the opportunity to enjoyed waking up to the sound volunteer. For 3 hours we of my alarm clock at six A.M. I cheered on all the walkers and knew that in one more hour a few helped provide them with drinks key clubbers and I would be on a and snacks to keep them going train to New York City, where we and by the end all the volunteers would participate in the A.I.D.S had a strained voice and arms walk. Although train rides at 7 that hurt from passing out to am are not my favorite of things, many water bottles. After we I was filled with excitement that finished with volunteering we we would be able to participate found the rest of the day to be a in such a great event as well as great opportunity to unleash our enjoying the sights of New York inner tourist selves and go to City. The scenery we viewed out Times Square where we would of the train window slowly enjoy great Mexican food and a evolved from suburb homes and street market. The day was a stores to large skyscrapers. When great success from the day we set we arrived to our stop we were foot on the train to the time we puzzled to which direction we set foot back in Baldwin. Thanks must go in to get to central park to all that participated! for the walk. With the help of Mariam’s iphone map and both By Ryan Johnson Karans, Mariams, and friendly strangers previous knowledge about the city we were able to During the months of May and find our way to central park. June during the last school year, When arriving at the walk a couple of fellow Key Clubbers Shellee suggested to us that we traveled all over Baldwin to all meet up with some other key seven elementary schools. clubbers from Division 11 along Kathryn Graves, Shellee Wong, the way since they were Regina Zick, and Olivia Hawkins volunteering for the A.I.D.S. delivered a skit to the entire walk. The long and tedious walk to the other key clubbers had us exhausted, but once we arrived and had a short meet and greet with the people from division 11, we were quickly put to work and

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Even when it’s Summertime! building

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Community Spotlight: Relay for Life!!

“Hope. Celebrate. Fight back.” won his or her fight, This is the motto of the American unfortunately lost his or her fight, Cancer Society’s Relay for Life or for someone who is still Program, which raised almost fighting the fight today. To see th $80,000 by June 13 of this year! the entire rim of the High School Although fundraising is the main Track glowing with the light of point of the event, a Relay for these hopeful candles is a Life is not just about money. It is magical and truly majestic a time where people can come experience. For many, it hits together and help make a close to home. difference. During the Relay, Fortunately I got to be a people stay up all night, but they part of making this event aren’t doing it just to party. They possible, along with many other are symbolically reminding the dedicated people. Nick Farano world that Cancer never sleeps. was the man who made And if Cancer never sleeps, why Baldwin’s first Relay for Life should we sleep in the fight truly possible. He was at the top. against it? Our Baldwin Relay His determination couldn’t be for Life was truly amazing with turned down. Witnessing his 700 people in attendance to make ambition and being able to hear a difference. his story encouraged me to At the start of the event participate as much as I could in there’s a survivor lap. All the this event. Nick has handed people who have survived get a down his responsibility of purple T-shirt and get to take one Student Co-Chairperson to me, lap around the track. Being able for next year’s Relay for Life. to witness people who have won Although he has big shoes to fill, their fight gives people that inch I know that with determination I more of hope that there can be a can do my part. That is all we cure for this one day, that will can each do; our individual part. prevent the suffering we see Together we can do a great work today. next year, and continue to fight Then there’s the against Cancer. luminaria ceremony. This ceremony is to pay tribute to all By Nicole Taravella the people who’s names are written on the luminaria bags, which are places around the track and on the bleachers. Each name on each bag is a tribute to someone who has fortunately

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At KPTC, it’s Safety First!!! bicycling, fire, and playground HERE . HEADER During the months of May and=) Conference HEADER June during the last school year, safety rules. The skit covered a couple of fellow Key Clubbers everything from Shellee Wong traveled all over Baldwin to all nearly drowning in a rip tide to Regina Zick eating “poisonous” seven elementary schools. Kathryn Graves, Shellee Wong, jelly beans. The skit favorites in Regina Zick, and Olivia Hawkins the eyes of the fourth graders were definitely the model brain delivered a skit to the entire fourth grade in Baldwin about made out of Jello showing how vulnerable the organ really is, the importance of following simple safety rules. The Kiwanis and the demonstration of an egg Pediatric Trauma Center, KPTC, falling off a bicycle with no is one of our New York District helmet on and suffering some Projects. They explained to the serious brain damage, tsk, tsk, fourth graders that the KPTC is a tsk! Everyone could tell that the hospital specially made to help skit that was prepared definitely made and impact on Baldwin’s children that have been in traumatic situations and suffer fourth grade students. serious injuries that easily could By Regina Zick have been prevented. In order to prevent ending up there, one must follow poison, swimming,

Executive Board 2009 Name: Elizabeth Capizzi Title: President

Name: Regina Zick Title: Vice President

Cool Website

Name: Olivia Hawkins Title: Secretary

Leanne!!

For those of you who have not a possible Movie Night fundraiser. yet visited the fabulously Who doesn’t want a say in that? personalized Baldwin Key Club Check out the fun at: Website, VISIT IT!!! The website iswww.baldwinkeyclub.webs. a fantastic way to keep up with com club news over the summer. We all go on one website or another virtually every day, so checking Congratulations to the new out the Baldwin Key Club website Lieutenant Governor for the should be easy! Besides, it looks ENTIRE Division 7…SHELLEE gorgeous. And there are fun WONG!! This hardworking chica things to participate in, such as is a key club lover who has made polls. For example, there was us all very proud by making it up recently a movie poll created to to the position of Lieutenant determine which movie should be Governor, and by doing a shown to the Elementary Kids for fantastic job so far. We are

Name: Mariam Mahbob Title: Treasurer

Name: Gretchen Sandberg Title: Editor

Name: Leanne Zick Title: Webmaster

Name: Ryan Johnson Title: Publicity Officer

Name: Chelsea Redman Title: Event Coordinator

Name: Alexis Redman Title: Event Coordinator

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