town and raise some enthusiasm to create a Kiwanis Club. Vice President Chaerin Ahn and Committee Head Sonisha Sanju have attained the aid of members of the Millburn chamber of commerce, and the Mayor of our town Sandy Haimoff. Coming up – on March 18th – is a meeting planned to begin our public search for Kiwanis Members.

If we are successful, this will be one of the few instances where a Key Club sponsors a Kiwanis Club to form.

You might be asking yourself, why do we need a Kiwanis Club? The answer is simply that a backbone of adults in our community who will help us fundraise and find more opportunities for us would drastically advance the caliber and extent of service we are able to do.

I highly encourage you all to inform your parents and other adult members of the community you know about this new opportunity for them to give back and do some good!

Volume 3 Issue 9

February 2013

Official Newsletter of Millburn High School Key Club/ NJ Division 14

So you've been hearing about it, building a new Kiwanis Club that is. But you still find yourself wondering what exactly your officers are doing and what Kiwanis will mean to your future Key Club experience. Here are the answers!

Key Club is basically the high school division of Kiwanis International, a service organization devoted to getting kids involved in volunteerism and fundraising. Kiwanis International has teamed up with Unicef to promote the ELIMINATE Project. That is why we are involved in raising money to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus!

Because of this, you might wonder why our club seems to have little affiliation with Kiwanis. Well, that is because there is currently no Kiwanis Club in Millburn/Short Hills.

This past service year, various officers and committee heads have been planning mercilessly to reach out to the adult community in our

In this issue:

Kiwanis Club ........... 1

Pennies 4 Patients .. 2

Kiwanis One Day .... 2

Soup Kitchen ........... 3

Officers’ Notes ........ 4

DCON ...................... 5

Looking Back .......... 6

The K Column ......... 8

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Pennies For Patients

BY UMA SARWADNYA

Never underestimate the power of the penny. Millions dollars in pennies (as well as other spare change) have been raised by schools through Pennies for Patients. This program supports the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society whose goal is to not only make a difference in the lives of the patients suffering from blood cancers but to raise awareness for these diseases. Programs like Pennies for Patients demonstrate the power of students like us to make a positive difference. The funds schools raise are devoted to research, patient and community service, public health education as well as professional education. Our very own Key Club is making an effort to contribute to this cause. So get involved and do some coin-collecting!

Kiwanis is a huge international organization made up of many different clubs, and Key Club is just the high school branch of it. Kiwanis extends to all groups of people, including elementary school and college students as well as adults. Kiwanis One Day is a day every year where all Kiwanis members find a way to help their own communities wherever help is needed. Kiwanians all over the world make a difference in their communities on Kiwanis One Day. It is a great way for young people to learn the power of service and to experience the

great feeling we get from volunteering Clubs participating in Kiwanis

One Day can also enter a contest on the Kiwanis International website, and the club with the most special project will be able to have it professionally videotaped and promoted wherever they want it to be. Millburn Key Club hasn’t participated in Kiwanis One Day in years past, but it could be a possibility for the future. This year, Kiwanis One Day is April 6th. What do you think we should do for Kiwanis One Day?

Kiwanis One Day BY ALLISON MAK

again, just for people like her. Many others of those we helped graciously expressed their gratitude as they left, and I seemed to understand that it certainly was not easy for them to live a comfortable life, and so our efforts to help them meant a lot. At first I was a little hesitant when I served the food to some people who did not seem so inviting, but by the end of the task, I realized that they also possessed extreme gratitude on the inside, even though they did not express it themselves.

We all felt contented afterwards from volunteering at the Soup Kitchen, and I was also extremely happy to find that many other outside community members took time out of their schedule to do this. I believe that it is only with the dedication and compassion of the volunteers that a difference can be made in the lives of the needy at the Soup Kitchen, and I am very glad that many Key Clubbers were part of this remarkable endeavor.

Visiting the Soup Kitchen

BY MICHELLE ZHAN

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Over the winter break, many Key Clubbers and I had the opportunity to serve lunch at the Morristown Soup Kitchen. We got to know many of the other volunteers, and we were each in charge of one food item to hand to the people in line. In total, we helped over 200 people. It was a wonderful and eye-opening experience because it was the first time in my life that I helped the needy members of the community so directly. I never believed that the area had many poor and even homeless people but I was totally wrong. By noon, the room filled with people, the tables were packed, and the servers had to work very quickly.

The most significant accomplishment for me was seeing the satisfaction on each person’s face and being able to feel that the Key Club touched the lives of many, albeit the small impact it seems we played. In fact, I could tell that even the sad and quiet people we served appreciated our efforts because I could see a change in their facial expressions that seemed to light up as our eyes and hands touched. The memory of an old woman in red, who wheeled around a cart remains in my mind today. She was probably homeless and as she left, she thanked us so heartedly that I felt that I would come back and do it all over

Looking Back…

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Helping the PTA at

Back to School Night

Smile Train Cookie Fundraiser

Fall Rally

Fall RTC’s

Car Washes!

The 2012-2013 Service Year

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The Talent Show Holiday Food Drive

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Notes From Your Officers

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Olivia Estes

Sofia Fernandez

Darren Khong

Sarah Lippman

Jamie Shapiro

Ally Weissenberg

Karen Fich

Ilina Ghosh

Rachel Legow

Uma Sarwadnya

Nina Tabatchnick

Dear Key Clubbers,

As the service year comes to a close, I look back and am amazed to see what we have accomplished in our community and all over the world during the last 12 months. For one, we have eliminated maternal/neonatal tetanus in many countries with the ELIMINATE project. We, the officers, could not have asked for a better group of more devoted Key Clubbers this year! All of our members have not only exceeded our expectations by generously participating in various events, but have also introduced our club to new and fantastic ideas.

Without you as our members, we would not have been able to be one of the most amazing clubs in the school. This was an incredibly successful service year and I look forward to more in the future. I hope to see some of you guys on the Officer Board next year!

Yours in Caring and Service, Lyndsay Wittenberg

Key Club Corresponding Secretary 2012-2013

Dear Key Clubbers, This past service year, being Editor of our Key Club, has opened my eyes to the breadth and depth of service that we can do in our community. Not only do members of our club never fail to surprise me with their dedication and interest, but the collective Key Club member mentality is purely inspiring. When I came into this position, I was afraid that finding writers for the newsletter would be difficult and that being an officer as a Junior would be challenging. But I have found that there are always people out there that I can depend upon. To me, our Key Club is not only about fun and friendship, but it is a community of kind, conscientious human beings who truly care about each other. The service we do reflects our own character and makes us better people. I hope that next year is as successful as this year was – maybe even more! Get excited about the 2013-2014 service year!

Yours in Caring and Service, Sylvia Levy

Key Club Editor 2012-2013

District Convention (or DCON for short) is an annual event where hundreds

of Key Clubbers from all over New Jersey gather for a weekend of

celebration!

DCON 2013 Are you ready to swing into a roarin' year of service?

From April 5th - April 7th, over 600 Key Clubbers from all over the

New Jersey District will gather once more at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa

in Long Branch, NJ to celebrate a succesful service year and begin a new

one! This year's District Convention will take you back in time with its 1920s

theme! At District Convention you will have the opportunity to:

Participate in intense elections for the District Board.

Listen on to inspirational speeches and sessions.

Attend informative workshops.

Dance the night away at our numerous dances. You'll even have

the chance to bid to dance with a District Board member!

Participate in swell contest.

Meet hundreds of other Key Clubbers from all over the New Jersey

District

And much, much more! Registration materials can be found at

njkeyclub.org/dconresoruces.php. Registration should be postmarked by

March 6th. This year's DCON will surely be a big tickle!

Information from njkeyclub.org.

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2012-2013 Board:

President

Marlee Birnberg

Vice President

Chaerin Ahn

Recording Secretary

Ashley Wu

Corresponding Secretary

Lyndsay Wittenberg

Treasurer

Harsimran Minhas

Editor

Sylvia Levy

Webmaster

Lindsey Jones

Advisors

Neil Cooperman

Bridgette Nevola

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March Madness! Dear Fellow Key Clubbers,

March is definitely going to be the most exciting month of this service year! Seeing as it is our last full month before District Convention, we have a lot of fun events coming up.

Now, you may have been hearing a lot about District Convention, DCON for short. It is a very fun event where all the Key Clubs around New Jersey go to and participate in. These clubs, including ours, receive awards for all the projects done throughout the service year. Not only does this event mark the end of this service year, but it also marks the beginning of the new one! At DCON, we elect our new District Board. It is a lot of fun, and I highly recommend attending. This month, we will be doing a lot to prepare for this amazing event. For starters, we will be working on our contests. So this includes the scrapbook, club video, and posters!

We will also be collecting money for Eliminate. As you may already know, we have our fundraisers that are still going on. They include selling bracelets and hand cut-outs. If you would like to participate, it’s not too late!

And lastly, we will be trying to rebuild our Kiwanis Club. Please make sure to tell your parents to come to the meeting! As Mr. Cooperman said, it is “the single most important event all year!”

I cannot wait to see you all at these upcoming events and raising money for Eliminate!

Yours in Caring and Service, Karen Fich

The K Column is a periodic

piece written by Karen Fich

highlighting important

information about our club,

Kiwanis and the projects that

we work on. Karen is a Junior

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