JMHS July Newsletter

Wolfgang News! John Marshall High School | July 2012

CNH Key Club

Region 7 Division 3 South

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Events and Articles

(Ronald McDonald House)


(Regional Beach Clean Up)


(Regional Beach Clean Up)

5. Events and Articles (Los

Feliz Festival and Pasadena

Heritage Festival)


(Relay for Life)

7. Member of the Month

8. Officer of the Month

9. Calendar

10. Upcoming Events

11. Board Contact

Hello JMHS wolves! The month of July is

over, summer is coming to an end, and

school is just around the corner. It has been

quite a pleasurable month full of fun, sun,

and service! Volunteering at several

festivals, such as the Pasadena Heritage

Festival and the Los Feliz Festival, were both

enjoyable opportunities to contribute to the

community. Working under the hot sun,

decorating booths, and seeing all the

satisfied faces definitely filled in that void of

summer. But of course, the Regional Beach

Clean Up was the most memorable of all.

Gathering with Region 7 (D3S, D3N, D19,

D25E, and D25W) to clean the beach and

have a good time was a successful way to

bring all of us closer as a family. In addition,

the usual Ronald McDonald Volunteering

shows how committed we are to serving

unfortunate families and their children. I am

very proud of the amount of volunteers and

participants we have at these events, but I

would like to see more of you dormant key

clubbers to join us so we can show how

united John Marshall High Key Club really is.

Continue having a great summer and enjoy

it while it lasts!

Your Bulletin Editor, Arianna Dela Rosa

Introduction

I’m pretty sure a lot of you key clubbers know that we go to the Ronald McDonald House every month,

but do you know what the organization is and why we help? The mission of Ronald McDonald House

Charities is to create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and well being of

children. We help because children are the future and living in a safe environment is a start in making

sure children grow strong.

Do you guys really know what the

Ronald McDonald is all about? The

mission of Ronald McDonald House

Charities is to create, find and support

programs that directly improve the

health and well being of children. We

continuously help because children

are the future and creating a safe

environment is a start in making sure

these children grow strong.

Ronald McDonald House

Ronald McDonald House of Charity is one of our

varieties of chances to help make a difference in

our community. It is a wonderful opportunity for

me because I’m taking things into my own hands.

On the first Monday of every month when it’s our

time to go we hold what we call a happy meal

for the families there and cook & serve food

drinks and desserts. We help create a happy safe

and comfort environment for them and show our

spirit as young leaders that want to make a

change. But that’s not all; we also help maintain

the household chores. For example, we help

keep everything sanitized, washed and cleaned.

On top of that, we maintain the supplies in their

vending machines such as the soda machines.

Also our most recent change is that we have

been more active in helping out more than just

the first Mondays.

Reynaldo Gopez

Region 7 Beach

Clean Up!

The Beach Clean Up required the

interaction of key clubbers from Region 7

(D3S, D3N, D16, D25E, & D25W) to help clean

the beach and promote a strong key club

family. Of course, we all bonded afterwards

with swimming, playing ice breakers, and

enjoying the fun under the sun!

On July 21st, Region 7, which consisted of D3S (Wolfpack!), D3N, D16, D25E, and D25W, we showered the magic of

service on the beach. We dedicated our time picking up trash to give back to our community. After cleaning the

beach I felt that we as Key Clubbers did our job because our responsibility is to serve. Even though all we did was

clean a small part of the beach, that small part is a small step leading to making a difference in our society. After that

we played Icebreakers to bond with some of the fresh faces we met from other divisions. Then we had the chance to

play in the sun and went swimming, played volleyball, or just enjoyed the tan lines and sun burns we received. We also

enjoyed the hotdog lunches that were provided for us. Then we were called in for a tug of war. The tug of war battle

got interesting when the wolves entered the battlefield and the battle began. As we pulled with our strength, the

unexpected happened and the rope broke, but we tied the rope and went face to face once more and victory

came to us. Then we went into our meeting to learn new cheers to get ready for our spirit battle. We also had our

Division Council Meeting to hear more about what Key Club does and what's planned to meet our purpose. The spirit

battle was a great prep for Fall Rally as we showed the other divisions that as a new division we have as much of spirit

as they do and in fact we have more coming. As the bonfires lit up we enjoyed some delicious s'mores. Then we

gathered with our division and LTG's went to another division to talk about Key Club. We had a body roll competition

which was really exciting and fun. At the end of the day, we came together and took a photo of the Region 7 family.

That day will be remembered as an unforgettable memory. This showed that Key Club events are filled with bundles of

fun, service, and enjoyment. After this event, I hope to attend more interesting Key Club events and have my bond

with Key Club grow even more.

Ami Patel

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This event was definitely one to remember especially

because It was my first regional event. I had so much

fun bonding with my fellow key clubbers as we cleaned

up the beach. I met so many new people and

discovered that regional events are really fun. We all

had so much fun getting destroyed by the huge waves.

The five divisions also had a spirit battle and we all ate

smores around the bonfire afterwards. We also had a

“body-rolling” contest and I happened to win which

made me laugh. This experience made me realize how

much of a family Key Club is. I encourage all of you key

clubbers out there to go to as many regional and

divisional events as you possibly can. You make many

friends and do something you may not have done

before. Key Club is a family and we will always be here

to support you and this beach clean-up is proof of that.

Aram Vartanian

The Region 7 Beach Clean Up was one of my very first

regional events and I can honestly say that it was a

wonderful experience; the day began early, hot, and

exciting as the multiple divisions that attended began to

mix and mingle together. Later we had the chance to

serve our community by getting burnt to a crisp cleaning

up the beach while bonding and mingling with fellow

key clubbers. But the day didn’t end there; after a few

hours of swimming and snacking we gathered in our

separate divisions to work on the new cheers the

divisional boards came up with. And then the games

tug-of-war that ended neck and neck. Soon enough we

ended a long day of service and effortless fun with

s’mores around a bonfire, reminiscing about our long

day as we were able to sleep on the new memories

made during the bus ride home.

Ernestine Hong







Not only did the key

clubbers follow

various tasks and

assignments to

make the Pasadena

Heritage Festival

and Los Feliz Festival

wonderful, they also

enjoyed themselves

with the given

festivities. Great

service is paid off

with an enjoyable

time!

Pasadena Heritage Festival

Los Feliz Festival

It was a hot and perfect day to help

volunteer for the Pasadena Heritage

Festival. The spirit in everyone’s faces

and determination to make this festival

perfect motivated me to do my best

with whatever task was given to me.

Pasadena is a beautiful landmark, so

it’s important that this festival

represents exactly that. We decorated

plants, tables, added streamers

everywhere, etc. Other than the artsy

activities, we also did some physical

work such as lifting items and bringing

them to certain areas of the festival.

Teaming up with Hoover, Glendale and

D3N key clubbers also made the time

memorable and worthwhile.

Arianna Dela Rosa

I got the opportunity to volunteer in the Los

Feliz street festival. I was quite excited since

I’ve never been to the Los Feliz festival even

though I live close by. Volunteering there

helped me with my social skills. I had to

constantly talk to people and inform them

about the street festival. Parking duty helped

with my managing skills and it felt pretty cool

holding a walkie talkie! The best part of the

festival is after your shift is over you got a free

15 coupon for food! I tried some pretty funky

stuff like Korean barbecue hot dogs. Not only

that but we also received a pretty cool shirt

for volunteering. The people in charge were

also really chill and loved to play jokes.

Overall, the Los Feliz street festival was very

fun and would definitely recommend

volunteering there.

Alberto Sanchez







Relay for Life

Although the main objective of Relay

for Life is to raise money for cancer

research and cancer patients, the

event is held to spread cancer

awareness, celebrate the lives of

survivors, remember those who lost their

lives to cancer, and unite a community

in the fight against cancer. It’s an

honor for our key club to support an

event as powerful as this.

To begin with, relay for life showed to be an event filled with dedication and commitment

because the volunteers, fundraising committee, and the American cancer society had to be at

the host location by 7 am on Saturday morning. Off the bat, when I had arrived I was so

surprised to see the many attendees that had signed up for the fight against cancer. I was

accompanied by Lui Mendoza, Rj Gopez, and Alberto Sanchez the time of my arrival. Although

I had signed up to be a 24 hr walker in the relay, I had also volunteered to help with

refreshments for those who were at the event. By 3 in the afternoon, Lui and I were left to help

serve dinner later on by 6. It was very tedious work for only 2 people because we needed much

more people to help serve dinner. Despite the fact that we had a difficult time serving dinner,

Lui and I were able to get the job done. Karen, who represented ACS, had asked Lui and I to

prepare glow sticks to give to everyone at the event. The glow sticks symbolized the fight

against the disease that has taken too many lives. We all broke the glow sticks as one to show

that we will not give up until a cure is found. That cancer will never win as long as communities

continue to join together to fight cancer.

Alvin Espinosa







Member of the Month

John Marshall Key Club would like to award Aram Vartanian as Member of the Month for July. Aram has been an extremely active

member amongst John Marshall High School’s members. He has surpassed

everyone in service hours with a whopping 84 hours. As an officer, this would be

expected, but as a regular member he has become what some would call “Un-bee-

lievably” active. He has attended nearly all of our events including Ronald McDonald House, Pasadena Heritage Volunteering,

Region 7 Beach Clean Up, Los Feliz Street Fair Volunteering, and 626 Market Night Volunteering. He has vowed to have the most service hours possible this year, and always clings to the chance of attending a

service event whenever possible. He helps out whenever he can, and has offered his house

in the past as a place to hold board meetings. Key Club runs in his family, with his mother

being an Ex-Key Club Secretary in North Dakota when she was in High School. He represents what every Key Club member

should be; Active, Spirited, Service Oriented, and Friendly.

Officer of the Month

For the month of July, John Marshall High awards it’s very own Anna

Enriquez as Officer of the Month. It is a good thing we decided to open more

positions this year for our club, not only does it gets many people, such as Anna,

involved, but it also exposes them to leadership and they get more experience on how the officers are pulling the ropes

behind this behemoth of charity and events. As our Junior Class

Representative, she has brought new members to Key Club events, such as

our general meeting and social at Pacific Park in Glendale, as well as Shakey’s

Night Fundraiser for PTP. Her passion for Key Club has grown very much and she made her first pitch this month –

volunteering at the Los Feliz Street Fair – which we may say so ourselves was very

successful and many members volunteering at this event had such a great time. She is still pitching future events as well and is capable of staying

on top of all of her work. We are honored to have Anna Enriquez as our

Junior Class Representative.

S M T W T F S

1

2 Ronald

McDonald

House

Volunteering

3 4 5 6 7 Summer Social

and General

Meeting

8 9 10 11 12 13 Shakey’s Night

14 Pasadena

Festival

Heritage

Volunteering

15 16 Ronald

McDonald

House

Volunteering

17 18 19 20 21 Regional

Beach Clean

Up

22 Los Feliz Street

Fair

Volunteering

23 24 25 26 27 28 Relay for Life

29 Relay for Life

30 Ronald

McDonald

House

Volunteering

31

July Calendar

How do you feel key clubbers!? Catch up on

events and don’t miss out on any of the fun!

Name of Function Date Additional Notes

Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

Volunteering

Wed, 08/01/12

Tue, 08/07/12

Volunteers must at least be

14 years old; Form is to be

filled out by volunteers

under 18; 9 A.M. – 12 P.M.

Division 3 South Yard Sale Sun, 08/05/12

Held at 1841 Tamerlane

Drive Glendale, CA 91208;

Proceeds go to PTP

Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

Volunteering Tue, 08/07/12

Volunteers must at least be

14 years old; Form is to be

filled out by volunteers

under 18; 9 A.M. – 12 P.M.

Santa Monica Pier Concert

Volunteering Thurs, 08/09/12

Held at Santa Monica

Beach; Volunteers must at

least be 16 years old; 9 A.M.

– 12 P.M.

Benjamin Franklin’s 2nd Annual

Scavenger Hunt Sat, 08/11/12

Proceeds go to PTP;

Admission is $2; Meeting at

Pacific Park, but scavenger

hunt held at Glendale

Galleria/Americana; 1 – 4

P.M.

27th Annual Children’s Festival of

the Arts Volunteering Sun, 08/12/12

Held at Paramount Studios;

9 A.M. – 1:15 P.M.

Ronald McDonald House Mon, 08/13/12 5 – 8 P.M.

Distance Swim Challenge

Volunteering Sun, 08/18/12

Held at Venice Beach;

Volunteer registration form is

to be filled out; Snacks will

be provided; 9 A.M. – 5 P.M.

Ronald McDonald House Mon, 08/27/12 5 – 8 P.M.

Can tabs ONGOING

25 can tabs per hour; If it is

over 500, then 50 can tabs

per hour

Upcoming Events!

President - Jeffrey Padilla

Email: [email protected]

Vice President - Bryan Mendez


Vice President - Chrisline

Raymundo


Treasurer - Jorge Lopez

Email:

[email protected]

Secretary - Erick Reyno


Bulletin Editor - Arianna Dela Rosa


THE CORE BOARD

THE CHAIRS

Erik Guzman

Spirit Chair

Chantal Mendoza

Historian

Kevin Vu Kim

Fundraising

Chair

Aaron Dela Rosa

Member

Relations

Marian Montano

Freshmen

Representative

Janine

Raymundo

Sophomore

Representative

Anna Enriquez

Junior

Representative

Emily Dang

Senior

Representative

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