Key Club

Club Description:

Key Club is a service organization composed of students who are devoted to bettering their school and community. They are extremely busy in the community , volunteering at numerous events. Unlike some other service organizations, Key Club members are incredibly spirited and wild to serve their communities. At Key Club gatherings, some Key Clubbers may paint themselves and wear outrageous colored t-shirts (or costumes for the very extreme) and bring loudspeakers and even horns to display their Key Club pride. It would be safe to say that Key Club is associated with fun.

Key Club raises money for many organizations and undertakes many projects in the community. Through various projects this year, they've raised money for UNICEF. Some of the money they raise, besides going to organizations, goes to help families in the community. Key Club has also participated in a Relay 4 Life, Heart Walk, adopted a family, toy drive, collected food for Thanksgiving, beach clean-up, Wheels to the Sea, helped with a Halloween party at United Cerebral Palsy Clinic, trash pick-up, collected Christmas toys, the list goes on and on!

Besides raising money, Key Club also had time to go to Magic Mountain near the beginning of the school year. Thousands of other Key Club members from other schools in Southern California also participated, and it was a great motivational opportunity for everyone to meet new people who have a lot in common with each other. Key Club also holds annual conventions where thousands of Key Clubbers gather together and besides learning more about Key Club, they also get to show off more of their Key Club pride! On the last night of the convention, a grand ball (more like a homecoming dance!) is held and then the Key Clubbers party all night! Key Clubbers know how to serve their community, and also how to get down!

The benefits for Key Club are endless. Besides having the opportunity to give back to the community, Key Clubbers are part of an organization that looks prestigious on any college application. Key Club also offers scholarships to those who are looking for some. Since Key Club is a service organization, Key Clubbers also pick up valuable community service hours, which is incredibly helpful (IB students should keep Key Club in mind). Key Clubbers also get the chance to meet new people and make new friends and lastly, they are a part of something so much bigger than themselves. They are part of the world's largest youth service organization in the world!

Key Club meets every Tuesday at lunch in D-27, Mr. Johnson's room.

This year's board consists of Narissa Petchumrus (president), Sara Pressey (secretary), and Christie Forbes (treasurer).

Key Club Pledge

"I pledge on my honor to uphold the objectives of Key Club International, to build my home, school and community; to serve my nation and God and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions."

The Objectives of the Key Club

• To develop initiative and leadership.
• To provide experience in living and working together.
• To serve the school and community.
• To cooperate with the school principal.
• To prepare for useful citizenship.
• To accept and promote the following ideals:
• To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.
• To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
• To promote the adoption and application of higher standards in scholarship, sportsmanship and social contacts.
• To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
• To provide a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render unselfish service, and to build better communities.
• To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and good will.