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first newsletter of my term as Bulletin Editor of the issaquah high school key club. contains info on our upcomming service opportunity, a Dcon recap, and Icon info
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Issaquah Key Club April Newsletter
2013– 2014 school year
Bulletin Editor– Kaitlynn Lux
ISSAQUAH KEY CLUB
Note from Bulletin editor.. 1
New Officers…………………. 1
Kiwanis Auction…………….. 2
Dcon Recap………………….. 4
Icon Info……………………….. 4
Featuring “What is Key Club” written by
Key Clubber Cienna Buyco on page 3
PAGE 1 ISSAQ UAH KEY C L UB
The new officers for Issaquah High School Key Club are:
Austin Weinstein– President
Alan Ko— Vice president
Megan Huang– Secretary
Adam Newton– Treasurer
Kaitlynn Lux– Bulletin Editor
Lucy Huffman– Community service coordinators
They will all be inducted on May 21st 2013
For more information on our officers go to the Issaquah key club website:
keyclubissy.wix.com/issaquahkeyclub
Note From Your Bulletin Editor
HEY KEYCLUBBERS HOW DO YOU
FEEL?!!! I am your new Bulletin Editor
for the 2013– 2014 school year. I am
super excited to keep all of you key
clubbers informed, and I really think I
have found what I really want to do.
This year, I plan to get this club organ-
ized, to make it easier for the next set
of officers coming in, that ultimately is my biggest goal for this
year in addition to working hard and helping others. Some
things you can expect from me in the short term however, is to
have a Newsletter each month, and to keep the website up-
dated at all times. In each newsletter, be prepared to see infor-
mation about upcoming service projects, and a note from one
of your officers. On occasion you will see an article from one of
your very own Key Clubbers. I look forward to working with Key
Club to unlock a better world.
ISSAQ UAH KEY C L UB PAGE 2
Sock-Hop Attire (1950's outfit).
Let the Bidding Begin on April 26, 2013! Join us to celebrate our club's 84th year of service! We’ll have
great food, drinks, entertainment, and of course lots of fabu-
lous stuff to bid on. All money raised at our auction will go di-
rectly to help those in need in our community.
Please tell your parent about this and go to
http://issaquah.kiwanis.org/auction.htm to buy tickets, to sign
up to volunteer go to
http://keyclubissy.wix.com/issaquahkeyclub#!service-
oppurtunities/c21ld
PAGE 3 ISSAQ UAH KEY C L UB
The words, “Key Club”. Before we get into what I think about it, I’ve asked a variety of people what their opin-ions were. To sum it up, all I really got out of it was ei-ther “some non-profit organization and looks good on college aps” or “just a club that does community ser-vice” or “people who volunteer for fun” and personally my favorite, the infamous “a club for keys” (with a questioning look on their face). But that’s the thing. Are we really just a club that does And are we really just people who volunteer for fun? To me, the meaning of Key Club isn’t “just” what other people think, it IS what other people think. Key Club is about service. Let me bold that for you. Service. However, there’s more to that. It’s about leadership, commitment, dedication, and simply having fun. I know for a fact that some people in Key Clubs around the world would only join and gain hours to become an “official member” or even just to go to DCON. And although I had just joined Key Club this year, that’s something I’ve noticed right away. “Key Clubbers” base their hours and club meetings around
being the best school with club pride, getting the Spirit stick, showing off who has more of this and that or as people would say, “swag”. It’s not about all that. The Key Club pledge doesn’t say: “I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Spirit stick of Key Club International, to build my spirit, school, and swagginess; to serve my district and God; and combat all forces which tend to undermine my own club and not anyone’s else because we have more swag than them.”
We have it all wrong! This is a club for service... Service. Spirit and “swag” should be the second thing on our list. We should be building our “home, school and community” and even extend beyond that. All in all, the hours I’ve served this past year had gradually got me think-ing, I’m not really serving just because I feel like it. I’m not helping the community just to get
those 15 hours, or to be eligible for becoming official. I’m serving from the bottom of my heart, and I’m serving because of the number one thing I love to do, and that is to make peo-
ple smile. Whether they’re all the across the Pacific Ocean or right here in Issaquah, I’m making someone happy and that's such an amazing, powerful feeling. I know this whole
thing was supposed to be what I, as an individual, think the true meaning of Key Club is, but it’s not just me. We’re all Key Clubbers here. We’re all in this together (without breaking into song and dance because that’s awkward). This is not about what I think, but instead, more along the lines of about what we think. I mean, our motto is “Caring - Our Way of Life”. We
are Key Club, we are one community, and we are one big family. But to me the best thing of all, is I know for a fact that someone, somewhere around this world is smiling because of not only my, but OUR actions because WE are the key to unlocking a bigger and brighter future.
WRITTEN BY CIENNA BUYCO
WHAT IS KEY CLUB?
ISSAQ UAH KEY C L UB PAGE 4
The 2013 Key Club International Convention will
take place July 3-7 in Washington DC, at
the Washington Hilton.
For more information on ICON visit
http://www.keyclub.org/events/convention.aspx
This year I had the pleasure of going
to the 2013 District Convention or
DCON. This years theme was diving
into service. DCON was a ton of fun, I
got to meet new people, hear ideas,
and even give advice; I really enjoyed
seeing all the members having such a
great time doing something worth-
while. Next year at DCON I hope to
have an even better time. I want to
start working to make it great as soon
as possible; I know that some ways
we can do that is to start to work towards some of the awards, like
the website award, or DCON attendance award.
Contact Information
2013-2014 District Officers Our Lieutenant Governor of Division 28- Lisa Antonio: [email protected] Area Administrators John Lux- area administrator for division 27 (our sister division) Stephanie and Becky Wilder- Area administrators for division 28 Club Officers- [email protected] President - Austin Weinstien - [email protected] Vice President - Alan Ko - [email protected] Secretary - Megan Huang- [email protected] Treasurer - Adam Newton- [email protected] Bulletin Editor - Kaitlynn Lux: - [email protected] Community Service Coordinator - Lucy Huffman- [email protected] Kiwanis Advisors Becky Wilder - [email protected] Stephanie Wilder - [email protected] John Lux - [email protected] Faculty Advisor Emily Young - [email protected]
Important Links
Our sponsoring Kiwanis club website: http://www.issaquah.kiwanis.org/
Our club website: http://keyclubissy.wix.com/issaquahkeyclub
PNW website: http://pnwwebsite.wix.com/keyclub
Key Club international website: http://www.keyclub.org/home.aspx