K E Y C L U B

Franklin High School 6400 Whitelock Parkway, Elk Grove, CA,

Official Newsletter of Franklin Key Club | Division 7 South | Region 16 |

Volume 5 Issue 1: April

Franklin Key Club members pose outside of Pleasant Grove High school during the Division 7

South Banquet.

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1 April Fools Day

Club meeting

2 3 4 5 6 Kiwanis One Day

7 Credit Union SAC-

TOWN 10-Mile

Run

8 Club meeting

9 Franklin’s Track

Team Meet

10 Franklin High

School Swim and

Dive Meets

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14 15 Club meeting

16 17 18 19 20 Johnson Bark

Planting and

Barking

Electric Run

21 22 Earth Day

Club meeting

23 24 25 26 Arbor Day

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Walk in Our

Shoes

National History

Day

Division 7 South

Banquet

28 29 Club meeting

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April 2013

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Out With the Old, and in With the New

How well do you know your new board?

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1. Courtney Chen: Scrapbook Head 2. Amelia Chen: President 3. Tommy Ku: Spirit Head 4. Michael Ma: Treas-

urer 5. Jenny Xue: Project Head 6. Diego Belloso: Secretary 7. Emily Hoang: Member Recognition Head 8. Sa-

hil Sidhu: Web/Tech Head 9. Ashley Yu: Vice President 10. Alison Tom: Scrapbook Head 11. Sharon Hsu: Bulle-

tin Editor 12. Jonathon Huynh: Recycling Head 13. Lauren Yee: Project Head

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Past Events:

Electric Run (4/20)

Franklin’s Track Team Meet (4/9)

Neon colors lit the night as Franklin Key Club wore bright yellow shirts and run-ners decked themselves in glow. Volunteers organized brightly colored cups which, under the black-lights during the nighttime, glowed. After organizing blue, pink, green, and orange cups into neat rows, volunteers filled the cups with water. Others helped the coordinators prepare the glow-sticks for the race. When the race started, volunteers busied themselves with handing out water and snacks. Due to some problems caused by the bugs in the area, Key Clubbers had to work harder to make sure the runners had clean water. Jenny Xue who was working at a water-station stated, “Volunteering for the Electric Run was different from any other event. It was the first time that I had to step up and face my fear of bugs. For the entire night, we dumped water out from cups and refilled them, since the bugs were attracted to the bright neon cups. I enjoyed cheering on the runners and working at water stations. It was an interesting experience, and I can't wait for next year!”

In the middle of the track season, Franklin Key Club as-sisted the school’s track team with timing races, measuring the events, and other jobs. Nick Stringfellow who helped time racers said, “I thought it was fun to help out at the first track meet I've been to, especially since we had other Key Clubbers participating in the actual meet.” Whether it was leveling the sandpit or shouting times out for the runners, Franklin Key Club members made themselves readily avail-able to help the track team meet run as smoothly as possi-ble.

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Upcoming Events:

Other upcoming events:

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Clean Up (5/4), The Chicken Run (5/4 - 5/5), Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure (5/11), Relay for Life (5/18), Color Me Rad 5K (5/27)

Franklin High School’s Pinkberry Fundraiser

When: Thursday, May 16th, 3:00-9:00 pm

Where: Pinkberry at Laguna Cross-roads, 7405 Laguna Blvd Suite 160

Why: Raise money for the club's ac-tivities and charities.

How: Bring our flyer and Franklin Key Club will get 20% of the profits!

With the rapidly approaching AP exams in May, comes the stress of many students as they prepare with long hours and nights. What better way to celebrate the end of the year’s hard work than to sit down, relax, and eat some cold, refreshing, frozen yogurt? Come stop by Pinkberry at La-guna Crossroads on May 16th, afterschool from 3:00pm to 9:00pm to help support our club!

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Essential Info Division Team

Stanton Rucker

Lieutenant Governor

Emily Mu

Executive Assistant

Conway Ou

Executive Assistant

Gary Meng

Division Tech Editor

Club Board

Amelia Chen

President

Ashley Yu

Vice President

Diego Belloso

Secretary

Michael Ma

Treasurer

Sharon Hsu

Bulletin Editor

Important

Websites: Club Website:

Franklinkeyclub.freehostia.com

Sign Up for events at:

D7south.org

District Website:

CNHkeyclub.org

Member of the Month

Sahil Sidhu, the tall Indian guy you’ve probably seen vol-unteering on the weekends or speaking about comical happenings at Key Club events he had participated in, is this month’s Member of the Month! Although originally joining Key Club as a joke, Sahil discovered his passion for volunteering with his fellow Key Clubbers this year and earned 70 hours. His favorite event he had attended was DCON in March. Sahil says, “Other clubs and things like National Honors Society cannot provide the emo-tional attachment that Key Club has given me.” Sahil is also Franklin Key Club’s new Web/Tech Head. Con-gratulations!

March: Samantha Tai

April: Sahil Sidhu

March’s Member of the Month is freshman... Samantha Tai! She participated in many events throughout the school year including the Tet Festi-val and District Convention. Samantha said, “I came to Key Club to complete my hours in a fun way. I enjoyed spending time helping the commu-nity as spending time with my friends.” Samantha likes to work with children and cute things. In her free time, when she isn't volunteering, Sammi likes to play tennis, watch Youtube, and play League of Legends.

Sahil stands with Franklin’s IP Bulle-tin Editor, Alvin Tai, at his favorite event, DCON 2013.