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In This Issue

From the Editor

From the President

Recent Events

Intergenerational Prom

The Icon

Digital Scrapbook 2009-2010

Key Club Poem

General Info

The Official New Rochelle High School Key Club Newsletter

Volume: 1 Issue: 1

Month: July Year: 2010

Upcoming Events

Saturdays During Summer- Special

Needs Softball Game for kids

September Divisional - Date TBA

School

From the Editor

Contact Info:

keyclubnrhs@gmail.com

KEY CLUB

Hi everyone and welcome to New Rochelle High School Key Club's first

newsletter ever! Over the course of the 2010-2011 school year, I have big,

huge hopes that this monthly newsletter will become a valuable resource for

all of you club members.

By the way, hi, I'm Carolina Mesa, I'm an upcoming senior at NRHS

and I am your club’s editor. So, what does an editor do anyway? Well first of

all, an editor makes these snazzy newsletters, advertises the club, and makes

sure you guys are well informed of everything you need to know. This

newsletter does just that. It “enlightens” you on important dates, upcoming

events, officer information, any meetings, service projects dates and

information, reviews of completed projects, reports, etc. In this newsletter I

included more or less a “digital scrapbook” of the 2009-2010 school year, be

sure to check that out!

I hope all of you are enjoying your summer, and at the same time, still

embodying Key Club’s ideals of service and leadership. Our club fosters these

characteristics in its members; it is your duty to carry them out into your

everyday life and change the world for the better. You can do it!

Why not start out with one of these websites? Go ahead, make one of

them your homepage and click daily. Clicks equal donations for important

causes.

www.thehungersite.com

www.thebreastcancersite.com

www.thechildhealthsite.com

www.theliteracysite.com

www.therainforestsite.com

www.theanimalrescuesite.com

Make a difference today.

SHOUT OUT!

"A single sunbeam is

enough to drive away

many shadows"

-- St. Francis of Assisi

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Editor

Carolina Mesa

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From Our President

Greeting

By Emily George

A warm, hearty hello to everyone in the New Rochelle High School Key

Club! As the second president of Key Club, I am new to the job, but

definitely not new to Key Club and the inherent satisfaction that comes

with being a part of this club. In the past two years, our Key Club has

advanced significantly and I can hardly believe this fact. I am sure that we

will all miss our former president, James Florakis, because he truly did

contribute immensely to the club; his love for and dedication to Key Club

were clearly visible and unavoidable. He will more than fulfill his duties as

Lieutenant Governor of our Division.

As summer is set in motion, many, if not all, of you are undoubtedly going

to be busy. Some of you will be attending college programs, others of you

will be traveling nationally and internationally, still others will be working

at summer jobs while the rest will be occupied in numerous other ways.

However, I highly encourage all of you to participate in volunteering

amidst your other activities. Go out there and give the community a

helping hand! Within Key Club itself, we recently helped host an

intergenerational prom, where elderly will get the chance to attend a

second prom in their life. Furthermore, every Saturday, volunteers can go

to the Isaac E. Young Middle School field to help handicapped kids as they

participate in activities. For those who are not busy, it would be great for

you to attend these events.

Until I see all of you at the start of school in September, I wish you all a

great summer. Make it special!!

President

Emily George

Recent

Events

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Amy, the director of volunteers at

Sarah Neuman, directed our

group to first interact with the

Main 1 residents who were to

take part in the Intergenerational

Prom. We had a blast meeting all

these different people, from

different backgrounds, that all

come together in this one nursing

home. Our Key Clubbers got to

have long, deep conversations

with some of the residents.

Residents, such as Charlie, told

Diana practically his whole life

story. Diana even said herself

that Charlie’s “story was

amazing”. Most of the residents

said that it was very nice and

that it was a pleasure to see

young people, like us, volunteer

their time to have conversations

with them. Most teenagers

wouldn’t want to volunteer at a

nursing home just to talk to

senior citizens, but it was really a

great opportunity for Key Club to

be able to do. It’s always

wonderful to bring a smile to at

least one person’s face every

day, and that day, at Sarah

Neuman, together we were able

to bring smiles to many, if not all,

of the residents we visited. We

also spent a good amount of time

going around playing piano for

the residents. Emily and James

played beautiful music, and the

residents couldn’t get enough. It

was practically like giving a free

concert, so many people, and

such wonderful applauses after

every song! Unfortunately the

only song I could really play for

them was “I Got Rhythm” by

George Gershwin, which

everybody there knew and sang

along to. We came across so

many different people that day.

We were even able to speak to

some of them in their native

tongue. Diana got to speak quite

a bit of Spanish. I got to speak in

Italian to one of my favorite

Italian residents, and Emily was

even able to speak a little French

with that same Italian lady, who,

we learned, lived in France for 15

years of her life.

The color scheme for the prom

was purple and white. So we,

New Rochellians, felt right at

home. It was really great to see

these residents all dressed up.

We were able to pin corsages on

them. And everybody really

appreciated our help, while we

were happy to be of assistance

wherever possible.

Helping out for the

Intergenerational Prom was a

very enriching and worthwhile

experience. It was a fun way to

volunteer three hours of our time

to residents of a nursing home

that were able to have a prom,

while when they were in high

school, they didn’t have the

opportunity. Not to mention, it

was a great way to meet people

from different backgrounds who

all come together in one nursing

home. Dreams were made

possible and we were able to see

many brilliant shining stars (the

residents) going to the prom of

their dreams.

We, as New Rochelle high schoolers, take

advantage of the fact that our school is able to

have a senior prom. The nursing home

residents at the Sarah Neuman Nursing &

Rehabilitation Center must have wished to have

a senior prom of their own when they were in

high school, but weren’t fortunate enough to

have the opportunity. On June 23, 2010 the

NRHS Key Club went to Sarah Neuman to

volunteer for their first ever Intergenerational

Prom! They really just needed volunteers to

help setup for the event so Key Club was

readily willing to help. The nursing home

recreational staff arranged this event in the

hope to prove to the residents that dreams can

be made possible if they just believe together.

The first thing we saw when we walked through

the door to the nursing home was a poster for

the Prom with pictures of the staff and a few

residents at their proms. James’ mom thought

this whole event was really quite adorable and

even said that an opportunity like this is quite

special to help out for.

Intergenerational Prom

June 23

Secretary

Sunu Mathew

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Intergenerational

Prom

Photos courtesy of Diana Euyoque

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The ICON

International Convention 2010

By Lieutenant Governor James Florakis

Roller coasters, cruises, concerts, dances, motivational speakers, and

celebrities - all these were present on the New York District Key Club Tour

and at ICON in Memphis, TN! I just returned a couple of days ago and had

the time of my life! It was fun and educational at the same time. I met so

many people from around the world, including the West Coast and Aruba,

and learned more about Key Club’s impact on the world and how we, as

high school students, can positively change our home, school, and

communities. At the convention, we were also able to elect the new Key

Club International Board for the 2010-2011 year, including the President,

Vice-President, and International Trustees. One of the International

Trustees will be working with our district, the New York District, to

connect our district to Key Club International. I can’t wait to see y’all to

share my stories and experiences from the trip with you! Hope you are

having great summers and don’t forget to stay active over the summer

and continue acts of service! And hope you can attend ICON next year in

Phoenix, Arizona from June 29-July 3!

Lieutenant

Governor James

Florakis

July 7-12

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The ICON

Photos courtesy of James Florakis

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In Retrospect

New Rochelle High School Key Club

The Digital Scrapbook

2009-2010

We have certainly had a truly

awesome year. Our club has

grown tremendously and has

once again helped build

strong leaders dedicated to

the welfare of others. Thank

you Key Clubbers, for your

service to altruism.

Go Beavers!

Advertising the first bake sale of the year

Club Day!

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Dinner with Kiwanis, Circle K, and other Key Clubs

Holiday Sing-Along at HOPE Soup Kitchen

...on the third day of Christmas

Deck the halls with boughs of holly…

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock…

Key Clubbers delivering Thanksgiving turkeys and handing out Thanksgiving

cards written by Key Club members, designs made by Elissa Levy

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2010 Key Club Dinner and Dance

Through hard work and determination, NRHS Key Club

successfully pitched its first dinner-dance. Not only was it fun, but

it was a major fundraiser resulting in $616!

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The former and first NRHS Key Club President, James

Florakis became Lieutenant Governor of Division 12, NY

Elections: The Pinning of the Pins

Divisional

End of the Year Party

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New Rochelle High School Key Club

2009-2010

Poem by:

Diana Euyoque

We were taught that strangers

Represented all sort of dangers

But there's one organization

A group of strangers determined to help the whole nation

As one they work together

To change the world for the better

United they hold a common goal

To do good and help all

From brownie to brownie

Helping the world to open their eyes and see

That there is a world that needs our aid

That they will help with every cupcake paid

Proud we are to title our self Key Clubbers

For we pride ourselves in the art of helping others

Yes, we are the Key Club

Working together to clean the great "Misery Blob"

We hold the key to a new future

We hold the key to a new beginning

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The NRHS Board:

President: Emily George

Vice President: Kayleen Eslinger

Secretary: Sunu Mathews

Treasurer: Zachary Whitman

Editor: Carolina Mesa

Webmaster: Michelle Prakash

Contact Information:

Email:

keyclubnrhs@gmail.com

Websites:

http://www.freewebs.com/keyclubnrhs

http://www.nydkc.org

http://www.keyclub.org

http://issuu.com/nrhskeyclub

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Thank you for taking the time to read this month’s newsletter. In the

future, if you would like to write articles based on the club’s activities

and/or have your Key Club/volunteer/service-themed creative work

featured in the newsletter just like Diana E. did in this edition; please

email your work to keyclubnrhs@gmail.com with the subject heading as

“NRHS Newsletter Submission”, as all submissions are gladly accepted.