Steam Night in Morgan Hill

NA, ASKC, D12S

The SVSEI Explore STEAM Fair was a great opportunity to get involved in the community. With my fellow ASKC members, I helped set up and run various activities related to STEAM. For instance, I helped kids create an optical illusion using paper and string and also demonstrated how pollutants can end up in our oceans by using a model. This service event helped me gain leadership and speaking skills as I had to communicate with children and my fellow Key CLub members. It was a delightful event and was a wonderful way to help the community while gaining hours.

Officer Bonding

JS, Murrieta Mesa, D37N

On July fifth, our Murrieta Mesa Key Club executive board hosted a fun and exciting Officer Snack Pack event. The purpose of this event is to help bond our club officers closer together all while we bake delicious cookies for firefighters in Murrieta. In attendance were our division treasurer and club president (Addison Minsch), club vice president (Talia Do), division head spirit coordinator and club treasurer (Nicholas Trinh), club secretary (Rebecca Song), and our club media editor (Sophia Sam). Our board decided to split our baking roles into two teams—one team for combining dry ingredients and another team for mixing the wet ingredients—to increase efficiency and productivity. After careful consideration and browsing over the endless cookie recipes in our cookbook, we ultimately settled on baking classic chocolate chip cookies; a widely considered fan favorite. Throughout the baking process, our team followed our cookbook’s recipe to a T. The completed result was the perfect chocolate chip cookies—crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside. Later, our executive board drove to Murrieta Firefighter Station #2, and we hand-delivered the cookies to their firefighters. The firefighters were very appreciative of our gesture and they were very eager to share them amongst the rest of their staff. Our board had plenty of fun and laughter throughout this Officer Snack Pack event, and we hope to host another fun snack pack event sometime in the near future!!

St. Jerome's Church Food Distribution

KJ, Albany & El Cerrito, D02N

On a Wednesday morning, July 9th, Key Clubbers from Albany and El Cerrito volunteered at an interclub service together. At St. Jerome Church in El Cerrito, we helped out at a food pantry that feeds people in need twice a month. There were many kind volunteers helping us, ranging from young children to senior citizens. We started out by organizing various types of breads, produce, meats, and packaged goods into boxes so that it would be easier for people to find what food they needed. While we were working on that, some of the other members helped hang secondhand clothing on a rack, since we were also going to give out free clothing to the people. When everyone finished organizing all the food and clothing, the food pantry opened. A long line of parents and families wrapped around the church, ready to receive food. For the second part of our service, each volunteer helped hold the food for the families as they walked along the line of food. Then, we helped bring the groceries to the cars of the families in case they were physically unable to do so themselves. The families were very appreciative of us volunteers helping them out. Overall, I really enjoyed volunteering at this food distribution event with El Cerrito Key Club. Events like these bring members from Albany and El Cerrito Key Clubs closer together, and I hope to attend another service like this soon in the future!

Aktion Club Fundraiser

SR, Clovis North, D05N

Two DLT members (Surphancy and DJ) and I attended the 21st Annual Aktion Club Fundraiser! We participated in a triathlon which included basketball, bocce ball, and a bean bag toss. Our team placed 3rd overall while I got first in the bean bag toss and Surphancy won the watermelon eating contest! We had a really great time with other members of the Kiwanis Family, and we were very grateful for the opportunity to attend.