Articles from the Key CLub Newsletter, Part III
Compiled & Edited By Jacquelyn Do
Club Spotlights is a new feature series focusing on organizations, clubs, and other groups on campus. We hope to provide you the readers with a more in-depth look at these groups through inside commentaries and articles submitted by the members themselves. These articles are taken from the internal club newsletter for Key Club. Special thanks goes to the writers of these articles and the Key Club officers who granted us permission to publish them.
Project GoBy Vivian Leduc
On Saturday, February 15th, I volunteered with Bolsa Grande Key Club at an event called Project GO. It was located at the park across our school, and we were there to paint over graffiti. When everyone was there, we went looking for a tent or a coordinator of the event but could not find anything. Consequently, we thought the event was cancelled and were about to go home. However, just when we were all about to leave, a woman came and gave us directions to paint over the graffiti. I
spent most of my time with Duyen Diep and Gianhu Nguyen; we painted over paint very quickly. The club was finished with our job quickly because there were so many members and little graffiti. After about thirty minutes, we were done. I'm glad I can make use of my Saturday morning and help my community. Although it was a short event, a little help can go a long way.
Hit & Run 5K
By Jenny Cao
On February 22, 2014, I attended the Hit and Run Event, and I must admit: this must be one of my favorite--if not, my absolute favorite--events; it was simply that enjoyable. Five other Key-Clubbers and I were in charge of the starting line. I was undoubtedly very fortunate to be allotted to that area, for it was an abundantly vibrant, energetic, and vigorous place. Watching all the runners so zealous and eager to begin sprinting galvanized me to jump around and cheer with them. Our responsibility was to partition the crowd into "waves" or sections, by dividing them with caution tape.
Understandably, there were a sneaky few who tried to furtively duck under the tape so that they could race to the obstacle courses as soon as possible. We even got to (albeit briefly) distribute stylish sunglasses (and save a pair or two for ourselves). The people were unspeakably hilarious when they attempted to goad us into handing them some. Furthermore, I got to befriend the incredibly awesome DJ named Stan; he was a humorous and friendly individual, and I am genuinely glad to have met him.
After floundering about in the scorching sun for hours (I am grateful for the tan, however), the volunteers were allowed to have their own special "hit and run" race. Stan had me announce to everybody when it was time to run, and when I did, we all dashed off without reservation. I managed to go on the water obstacle course just before going home, and it was exceptionally fun! I got extremely drenched, but thankfully, I dried sufficiently before climbing into my car. Overall, the event was of premier quality, and I would definitely sign up for this again next year!
Race on the Base
By Vivian Leduc
On Saturday, February 22nd, I attended Race on the Base with Bolsa Grande Key Club. I provided rides for Henri Do, Brian Ly, and Kevin Bui. We were the last few to get there; the traffic was horrible! Our first job was to give out medals to the runners. When there were too many runners and too little medals, we were moved to the medal station (where we unwrapped hundreds of medals). My hands hurt after unwrapping so many! Brian Ly even got a stapler stuck in his finger... That was the only job I had; after that, we went into the expo. I explored with different people and played different games. I never realized how weak I was until I played those strength games... I won a lot of free things too! After eating lunch and visiting different booths, we went home. We didn't do much but Race on the Base will always be one of my favorite events!
On Saturday, February 15th, I volunteered with Bolsa Grande Key Club at an event called Project GO. It was located at the park across our school, and we were there to paint over graffiti. When everyone was there, we went looking for a tent or a coordinator of the event but could not find anything. Consequently, we thought the event was cancelled and were about to go home. However, just when we were all about to leave, a woman came and gave us directions to paint over the graffiti. I
spent most of my time with Duyen Diep and Gianhu Nguyen; we painted over paint very quickly. The club was finished with our job quickly because there were so many members and little graffiti. After about thirty minutes, we were done. I'm glad I can make use of my Saturday morning and help my community. Although it was a short event, a little help can go a long way.
Hit & Run 5K
By Jenny Cao
On February 22, 2014, I attended the Hit and Run Event, and I must admit: this must be one of my favorite--if not, my absolute favorite--events; it was simply that enjoyable. Five other Key-Clubbers and I were in charge of the starting line. I was undoubtedly very fortunate to be allotted to that area, for it was an abundantly vibrant, energetic, and vigorous place. Watching all the runners so zealous and eager to begin sprinting galvanized me to jump around and cheer with them. Our responsibility was to partition the crowd into "waves" or sections, by dividing them with caution tape.
Understandably, there were a sneaky few who tried to furtively duck under the tape so that they could race to the obstacle courses as soon as possible. We even got to (albeit briefly) distribute stylish sunglasses (and save a pair or two for ourselves). The people were unspeakably hilarious when they attempted to goad us into handing them some. Furthermore, I got to befriend the incredibly awesome DJ named Stan; he was a humorous and friendly individual, and I am genuinely glad to have met him.
After floundering about in the scorching sun for hours (I am grateful for the tan, however), the volunteers were allowed to have their own special "hit and run" race. Stan had me announce to everybody when it was time to run, and when I did, we all dashed off without reservation. I managed to go on the water obstacle course just before going home, and it was exceptionally fun! I got extremely drenched, but thankfully, I dried sufficiently before climbing into my car. Overall, the event was of premier quality, and I would definitely sign up for this again next year!
Race on the Base
By Vivian Leduc
On Saturday, February 22nd, I attended Race on the Base with Bolsa Grande Key Club. I provided rides for Henri Do, Brian Ly, and Kevin Bui. We were the last few to get there; the traffic was horrible! Our first job was to give out medals to the runners. When there were too many runners and too little medals, we were moved to the medal station (where we unwrapped hundreds of medals). My hands hurt after unwrapping so many! Brian Ly even got a stapler stuck in his finger... That was the only job I had; after that, we went into the expo. I explored with different people and played different games. I never realized how weak I was until I played those strength games... I won a lot of free things too! After eating lunch and visiting different booths, we went home. We didn't do much but Race on the Base will always be one of my favorite events!