Ardenne High School, 10 Ardenne Road, Hope Road, Kingston 10

Volume 3: Issue 2

Official Newsletter of Ardenne High School Key Club

Letter from the President

Key Clubber of

the Month!

-Anna-Kaye Jones-

In this issue! Letter from the President 1 ELIMINATE 2 Relay For Life 3 Things to Note 4 Executive Board Spotlight 5 Fun Zone 6 Bull. Ed's Note 6

K E Y C L U B

U P C O M I N G E V E N T S

INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP DAY :: September 15, 2012

®

It’s that time again; the dreaded September. I do hope

that you all enjoyed your Summer holiday and are ready to

jump into the 2012-2013 academic year with full force.

As per usual, Key Club has a lot in store for you this

year. I, as well as the members of the executive board, am very

excited to serve you as the leaders of the club and do look

forward to working with you to make this club strive to its full

potential.

Do prepare yourselves for a completely revamped club

this year. After doing and in depth analysis of the club last

year, we have sought to include more unique and creative

projects in addition to filling our meetings with pure fun. Note

that this is just a taste of what is to come.

We do hope that we are able to accomplish all the goals

we have set out for this year. However, the executive board

cannot do this on our own. We, without a doubt, need the

support from you the key clubbers in our effort to make the

club better suited to your needs so we do implore you to do

your part as we make every effort to better the club throughout

the year.

LET’S MAKE THIS A YEAR TO REMEMBER!

Yours in Caring and Service,

Romario Perry (President)

Ardenne High School Key Club

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With the ELIMINATE Project, Kiwanis International and

UNICEF have joined forces to eliminate Maternal and

Neonatal Tetanus(MNT) – a deadly disease that steals the

lives of nearly 60,000 innocent babies and a significant

number of mothers each year. Tiny newborns suffer repeated,

painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and

touch. In eliminating this disease, the project will reach the

poorest, most neglected mothers and babies with additional

lifesaving health care. The end of this disease means the

beginning of better health for so many families.

As a team, we decided that we needed to do our part in the

eradication of this disease from the world. In an effort to raise

funds for the cause, we started with the purchasing of buttons

that read "Ask Me About Eliminate" which were to be worn

by Key Clubbers, who were knowledgeable of the

ELIMINATE Project, in an aid to bring awareness to this

campaign to the rest of the school. Donation sheets were then

circulated throughout the school so that we could raise

enough funds to help support the cause.

For the upcoming year, we would like to continue this

endeavour as the ELIMINATE Project is always in need of

help and we're always willing to assist where we can. We

therefore urge you all to ask your parents, friends, even

strangers for donations, so we can do our part in ridding the

world of Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus.

DO YOUR PART; SAVE A LIFE!

DONATE TO THE ELIMINATE PROJECT!

E L I M I N A T E

leadership

inclusiveness

caring character

building

RELAY FOR LIFE

Relay For Life is a unique, fun way to raise

money for the Jamaica Cancer Society while

increasing cancer awareness and celebrating

survivorship. It involves teams of ten or less

persons taking turns walking or running

around a track, relay style, for the duration of

the event. Each team is asked to raise a

minimum of $5,000.00 or more in donations

to support the Jamaica Cancer Society

programmes of education, cancer screening,

counselling and mobile screening and

outreach.

Each organization was asked to choose a

theme which was supposed to be portrayed in

the decoration of the tent as well as to choose

a type of cancer with which they were

suppose to raise awareness. As we all now,

our dear friend Ayala Bennett unfortunately

passed away due to her battle with Leukemia,

so we thought it was befitting to choose that

stemmed around the theme “The Future is in

the Cure.”

We’d like to thank all who attended and

implore that if you were unable to attend the

event to try your utmost best to attend next

year, as it is always an amazing experience

relaying for life.

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There was a Presidents’ Council Meeting held on Saturday, August 25,

2012, where very important matters were discussed. You all need to make

note of the following:

INTERNATIONAL DUES:

Key Club District & International Dues = $1,000

EARLY BIRD DEADLINE – NOVEMBER 1, 2012

DISTRICT PROJECT:

This year the District Project will be in partnership with the Pacific

Northwest District and will take place in 3 phases.

Phase 1: will take place at the Mona Heights Primary School; service

to be performed is not yet confirmed.

Phase 2: will take place at the Wakefield Primary School in

Trelawny where we will be refurbishing the school library. You are

being asked to kindly contribute Primary School books (Grade 1-6).

Phase 3: will take place at a school in St. Mary; not yet confirmed.

KEY CLUB WEEK: – NOVEMBER 4-9, 2012

Mass Meeting – November 2, 2012

District Project (Phase 1) – November 4, 2012

District Church Service – November 5, 2012

DISTRICT CONVENTION: April 5-7 2013

Early Registration - $7,500

Late Registration - $9,000

Onsite Registration - $10,000

THINGS TO NOTE

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In this segment of our Executive Board

Spotlight we meet our own Assistant

Secretary/Treasurer Danielle Clayton-James.

Q: Why did you join Key Club?

DCJ: I joined Key Club mainly because I heard of

the fun times my sister had when she was in

Key Club at Immaculate. So, one year I just

decided to sign up to see for myself what it

was about and I just fell in love.

Q: How has Key Club changed your life since you

joined?

DCJ: Key Club has really taught me that there are a

lot of persons who are less fortunate than

myself and that has gotten me to a place where

trying to help others and the environment is

what interests me. It has also allowed me to

break out of my shell.

Q: What will you bring to the table as AST that will

aid in the success of this club?

DCJ: As the AST of Ardenne High School’s Key

Club, I plan to bring my creative ideas to really

bring back the spirit of Key Club to Ardenne.

In addition to this, I’ll create a professional and

reliable persona, so that my fellow board

members and key clubbers can trust and rely

on me to do whatever task I am assigned.

Q: What is you philosophy?

DCJ: You are the creator of your own destiny.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

SPOTLIGHT

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www. keyclub.org

!FUN ZONE!

BOARD LISTING Romario Perry President 362-8900 Kevonnie Whyte Vice-President 282-3343 Simone Johnally Secretary 355-0137 John-Paul Anderson Treasurer 832-9197 Danielle Clayton-James Assistant Secretary/Treasurer 462-6894 Alexander Nicholson Bulletin Editor 509-5176 Club Email Address: ardennehighkeyclub@live.com

Bulletin Editor’s

Note Dear Key Clubbers,

I am proud to be the successor of Bulletin

Editor Romaine as he did an excellent job

in his tenure and I am anxious, yet excited

to take over the role for the 2012-2013

academic year. As a part of the board, I

hope to make this year way more fun and

as productive as possible. It is my

responsibility to brief everyone on our

events throughout the year and with that

said, that’s what I will do.

LET’S HAVE AN AMAZING YEAR!

Yours in Caring and Service,

-BE Alex

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