Tote Bags and Bracelets

JPT, Clayton Valley Charter, D26N

On Monday, June 13th, Clayton Valley Charter High School Key Club hosted its first summer event of the '22-23 term. This event was held within Clayton Community Park with around 20 members attending. This event consisted of decorating tote bags and making bracelets for a generous donation of $12. All the money raised from this event was raised for charity. This event allowed dues-paid members to come and anyone willing to pay to become a member of our Key Club. Our LTG, Stephanie Dumalig also came as well as a member of the Deer Valley Key Club.

This event started around 2:00 pm with members slowly showing up. Twenty minutes before the event began, the officer board from the club came to arrange the items for everyone. A few tote bags were placed on each picnic desk with markers, paint, and colored pencils. After everyone arrived, our president, Meredith Edmonston gave everyone a warm welcome. The event started with some icebreaker activities to break the silence. After this, everyone got to make their tote bags. Most members made one side dedicated to Key Club and the other dedicated to a hobby or interest.

During the event's second half, Meredith held some more icebreaker activities to get people out of their shells. Members became acquainted with fellow members as the icebreakers went on. After this, the bracelet decorating started. Each member was given some red string and got to select from an assortment of beads. Members added beads dedicated to Key Club and/or a favorite person/interest. One of our new members, Kristin Francisco said, “The tote bags & bracelets event was my first Key Club event with Clayton Valley, and I can easily say that it was a wonderful way to prepare for a fun year of service. Drawing the design for my tote bag and stringing a bracelet was the perfect event given the warm weather!”. The officer board and I look forward to more events like this!