District 7, Division 1S Volume 2 // Issue 8

EDITOR

PRESIDENT& PROJECTS

DCON

PAST EVENTS

UPCOMING

CONTACT

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Editor’s Corner

Hi, Key Club! I hope you all enjoyed

your winter break! Happy New Year!

Continue your great work on the pro-

jects for District Convention, which

you’ll definitely want to attend (Pages

5-6).

-Lexi Cepak, NCKC Editor

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Yours in service,

Demi Carrion NCKC President

Happy New Years everyone! I hope all of you had a great start to the new year and stayed active during Christmas break. Big reminder that our weekly Story time at Barnes and Nobles is back on! I know many of you enjoyed this ongoing event, and if you haven’t been able to attend I would recommend members to help out atleast once be-fore the school year is over because it is an awesome mini event. Not only does it give us a warming heart and smile to interact with children but the children also enjoy our help and enthusiasm within the stories and crafts. So be sure to attend and if any members have younger siblings tag them along! It is from 10am-12pm, the reading begins at 11am promptly, and as soon as we are done with that, the kids will be invited to make crafts. Also, DCON is just around the corner in April and this is such an exciting event! Key clubs all in the Texas-Oklahoma district will be gathering in Dal-las through contests, games, and projects! DCON is a huge event and we need all the help from North Crowley Key Club members to create and ele-vate our projects that will be entering contests during district convention. Hope you all have a great day back at school! :)

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District Convention 2015 Texas- Oklahoma

District Convention, or DCON, will be held from April 9th to April 12th

at the Sheraton hotel in Dallas this year. It’s a great opportunity for

key club members to meet people from Key Clubs all over the Texas-

Oklahoma district. Attendees will get the opportunity to compete in

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competitions, participate in activities and workshops, and make lots of friends. DCON is fun, exciting,

and a great place to learn more about Key Club. Make sure to attend DCON and begin your service ad-

venture!

Last year’s convention was amazing, and this one is sure to be even better. For more information,

please go to the district website or talk to an officer. See you there!

(L - R) Lexi, Jordan and Felipe making friends at District Convention; Lexi and Jordan winning second place for their non-

traditional scrapbook; North Crowley Key Club at “Aloha” event.

Lexi Cepak

NCKC Editor

J INGLE BELL RUN

The Jingle Bell Run was a great event filled with excitement and activities. It was on Satur-

day, December 6th in Burnett Park. The 5K run/walk was the nation’s largest holiday 5K race aimed

to cure arthritis. In Fort Worth alone, it raised over $145,000 for the Arthritis Foundation.

Before the race started, members helped set out snacks and drinks for those in the race while

other members braided ribbon and helped decorate. They also got to hand out shirts and set up

their information booth. Members like Ashely VanKeer even handed out real jingle bells for runners

to tie to their shoe laces! Key Club members got the opportunity to give out pamphlets and infor-

mation about the Jingle Bell Run before and after the race to those who wanted it, as well as infor-

mation about other events like the Arthritis Foundation’s bone Bash and Walk to Cure Arthritis. They

gave out information about how arthritis isn’t a disease of old age, and how two thirds of people

with arthritis are under the age of 65, including 300,000 children. They told about how over 50 mil-

lion Americans have arthritis, so their cause is truly one worth donating to or running for.

When they finished setting up, giving information, and handing out t-shirts, Key Club mem-

bers got to cheer on runners as they raced in the streets. Runners wore their holiday spirit in the

form of Santa hats, holiday socks, and other festive apparel. Next, they got to help out with kids’

activities. Jordan Peyton, Daisy Doan, Olivia Courtney, Demi Carrion, and members of North

Crowley Key Club were in charge of painting faces. Demi painted a beautiful butterfly on a little

girl’s face and Jordan painted a flower on another girl’s face. They spread lots of joy and holiday

cheer to kids and their parents.

After that, Key Club members posed with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus like Daisy and Danielle

Lockridge (see back cover). Everyone had a great time, especially when they got to gather

around a beautiful Christmas tree and take pictures. This fun and exciting event shows the true spir-

it of the holiday season, and will always have a special place in North Crowley Key Club members’

hearts. I’m sure everyone will participate again next year, as this event is one of the best events to

set the mood for the holiday season. 07

J INGLE BELL RUN

The Jingle Bell Run was a great event filled with excitement and activities. It was on Satur-

day, December 6th in Burnett Park. The 5K run/walk was the nation’s largest holiday 5K race aimed

to cure arthritis. In Fort Worth alone, it raised over $145,000 for the Arthritis Foundation.

Before the race started, members helped set out snacks and drinks for those in the race while

other members braided ribbon and helped decorate. They also got to hand out shirts and set up

their information booth. Members like Ashely VanKeer even handed out real jingle bells for runners

to tie to their shoe laces! Key Club members got the opportunity to give out pamphlets and infor-

mation about the Jingle Bell Run before and after the race to those who wanted it, as well as infor-

mation about other events like the Arthritis Foundation’s bone Bash and Walk to Cure Arthritis. They

gave out information about how arthritis isn’t a disease of old age, and how two thirds of people

with arthritis are under the age of 65, including 300,000 children. They told about how over 50 mil-

lion Americans have arthritis, so their cause is truly one worth donating to or running for.

When they finished setting up, giving information, and handing out t-shirts, Key Club mem-

bers got to cheer on runners as they raced in the streets. Runners wore their holiday spirit in the

form of Santa hats, holiday socks, and other festive apparel. Next, they got to help out with kids’

activities. Jordan Peyton, Daisy Doan, Olivia Courtney, Demi Carrion, and members of North

Crowley Key Club were in charge of painting faces. Demi painted a beautiful butterfly on a little

girl’s face and Jordan painted a flower on another girl’s face. They spread lots of joy and holiday

cheer to kids and their parents.

After that, Key Club members posed with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus like Daisy and Danielle

Lockridge (see back cover). Everyone had a great time, especially when they got to gather

around a beautiful Christmas tree and take pictures. This fun and exciting event shows the true spir-

it of the holiday season, and will always have a special place in North Crowley Key Club members’

hearts. I’m sure everyone will participate again next year, as this event is one of the best events to

set the mood for the holiday season.

Article By: Lexi Cepak

Cowboy Santas is my new favorite Key

Club event. On Saturday, December 20th I

went to 541 N Main Street to volunteer, but I

had no idea what to expect. When I arrived, I

was ushered into a building full of toys. Olivia

helped explain to me that first, I needed to get

a list. On the list, there were the names and ag-

es of all of the children in a family. I was then to

pick out two books, one game, one stocking

stuffer, one arts and craft item (or a stuffed ani-

mal), and one toy for each child. I had to put

each of these things in a shopping cart, and

when I finished, I was to give it to the people

that bagged the presents for the families.

I decided to partner up with Karen, our

club’s vice-Secretary, and we had a wonderful

time picking out presents for all of the families. I

felt like Santa Claus when I double checked my

list and made sure that there were toys for eve-

ry boy and girl in every family—toys that any

boy or girl would be thrilled to have. To get

work done more quickly, some members even

made it into a competition to see who could

finish off their lists the fastest without missing an-

ything.

Everyone had a great time picking out

American Girl books for the girls and Transform-

ers for the boys. Walking down isles and isles of

baby dolls, stuffed pet dogs, skateboards, and

electronic cars made me feel like I was in The

North Pole. They had a wonderful selection in-

cluding things all of my friends’ younger siblings

would want for Christmas like bracelet makers

and art kits. It was comforting to think about

children that normally don’t get much getting

so many nice new things.

Envisioning the smiles on kids’ faces when

they opened their presents on Christmas morn-

ing warmed my heart and put all of the Key

Club members’ hearts in the holiday spirit.

When the event ended, no one wanted to go

home because they all felt like they were truly

making a difference, and like their work would

truly benefit others. We smiled for a group pic-

ture and then we had to depart from the won-

derland of toys, although we were all relieved

to know that we could come back on the fol-

lowing Monday.

Article By: Lexi Cepak

COWBOY SANTAS

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COWBOY SANTAS

UPCOMING EVENTS

ONGOING EVENTS

30 HOUR FAMINE - TBA

COOKS CHILDREN

STORYTIME - TBA

BLOOD DRIVE - TBA

PANTHERS RECYCLE - TBA

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AGAPE MEAL:

Every Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Broad-way Baptist Church

BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Every Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Barnes & Noble

Treasurer, Elias Laura: nckc.treasurer@gmail.com

Parliamentarian, Bernice Ogbondah:

nckc.parliamentarian@gmail.com

Secretary, Olivia Courtney: nckc.secretary@gmail.com

Vice-Secretary, Karen Duarte: nckc.vicesecretary@gmail.com

Editor, Lexi Cepak: nckc.editor@gmail.com

Historian, Jordan Peyton:

nchs.keyclubhistorian@gmail.com

President, Demi Carrion: nckcpresident@gmail.com

Vice-President, Daisy Doan: daisy202@rocketmail.com

CONTACT