Pasadena Symphony

ML, Rosemead, D10S

January is the start of new beginnings and...NEW SERVICES!! On January 25th, our Key Clubbers helped volunteer at Pasadena Symphony. The Pasadena Symphony is a professional orchestra based in Pasadena. The symphony presents a variety of concerts throughout the year featuring guest artists and conductors. This event consisted of one shift from 6:15 PM to 10:30 PM. Volunteers could earn a total of 4.24 service hours and 4.25 Key Club points. At this event, our Key Clubbers helped with set up, clean up, and ushering guests. For set up, there were tasks like straightening the seats, tables, and making sure everything was in order. At the beginning of the concert as well as throughout the concert, our volunteers helped usher guests to their correct seats and made sure they were comfortable. At the end of the night, our Key Clubbers helped clean up and pick up any trash left behind to keep everything spotless. This event was truly thrilling for all our Key Clubbers, being able to watch an orchestra perform and to be able to listen to the wonderful music and festivities.

SCVMUN Volunteering

MN, D12S

Every year, our school hosts a huge conference for Model UN called SCVMUN, which brings in hundreds of students from all around the Bay Area and event students who fly in from Italy to participate! Though, an event like this takes a lot of work, which is where our members come in to volunteer -- whether that’s working as pagers in different rooms full of dozens of delegates, or running the snack shack. This is my second year volunteering to help at SCVMUN, and it never fails to be an insightful, and fun event to observe and help at. As a room pager, it’s so interesting to see people my age come up with resolutions for real world problems, and work together in such a formal setting. Although the shifts might be long, (I was there from 5 - 10 PM) they can fly by when you’re interacting with so many new people, and learning so many new things at the same time!

February Social

AC, Buchanan, D05N

At Division 05 North’s February Social, we made pipe cleaner flower bouquets for our service project. Additionally, we filmed a video for Region 18’s HCON, wishing them a fun, engaging, and eventful convention. Our Division Leadership Team also filmed a video for our Krispy Kreme fundraiser for PTP and Yes! Initiative, encouraging our members to support the cause. We discussed Key Leader camp, Conclave, and upcoming service projects. At the end, we took pictures of our Division members and gathered the pipe cleaner flowers we made to form our bouquet, which we will eventually donate to an organization or facility. Overall, it was a great event that allowed our members, officers, and DLT to socialize and interact with each other while completing a creative service project!

Living History Day

JN, Pearl City, D22K

In the midst of a chilly winter morning on January 25th, Key Clubbers of Pearl City spent their weekend break at the USS Missouri once again. This time, their annual celebration of Living History Day was taking place and the members couldn’t miss it. Just like last year, each of the Key Clubbers split up into groups and were stationed at different locations of the battleship. Two of them worked in the main mess hall where all the children’s activities were. Some of these games included tying knots, coloring, and playing battleship. Overseeing the kids, they taught them different skills such as aircraft marshalling signals. On the other side of the decks, some members made and sold special postcards from the USS Missouri. Although not lots of people carried cash on them, they still managed to make a couple bucks from the personalized cards. In the meantime, chaperones and advisors spent their time learning how to manage the battleship’s radio. So many different things were accomplished in just one event—all thanks to Key Club!