January and February 2014

Welcome back to school and another year of service to our home, school, and community!

Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - Executive Board Meeting in room 196 to discuss spring events!

Saturday, January 18 - Warmth for Wake  - led by Chase Johnson and Evan Huseboe.  For all the details, see this page.

Wednesday, January 22 - Lunch Meeting - Key Project - Red Cross Blood Drive.


Thursday, January 30 - Conference Keepers for Conference Day.  See Nuha to work.

Saturday, February 1 - Warmth for Wake  - led by Chase Johnson and Evan Huseboe.  For all the details, see this page.

Saturday, February 1,  2014, 2-6 PM in Library - Gaming Tournament for Boys and Girls Homes of NC 

Tuesday, February 4, Red Cross Blood Drive in Middle School Gym.  7:45-12:45.  See forms for permission and weight requirements here.  This year we have a competition, Boys vs. Girls, for a dress down day on Wednesday, February 5th - come out and donate!  EMAIL Alexandra Lee with a good time/class period before 12:45 for your schedule. 

February 5th @ lunch in room 197 - Full Club meeting - sign up to work Candy Grams, Convention info, and Maggie Lentz from Rustic Pathways.  Lots of snacks from gaming tournament!

RUSTIC PATHWAYS info, http://rusticpathways.com/keyclub and email their representative Maggie@rusticpathways.com

Wednesday, February 12th - Service meeting at lunch in 197!  We'll be stuffing envelopes for Special Olympics. See Ford Layman, Eva Simmons, or Ms. Smith

February 7-14th - Valentine Candy Grams for March of Dimes in Rhonda's Cafe.  See Juliet Borchardt.

Saturday, February 22, 2-3 PM (in our Library) - Carolinas District Regional Meetings to Elect Lt. Governors for 2014-15.  All members invited.  See this link about running for Lt. Gov! 

Carolinas District Convention on March 21. Freshmen $155 each, the rest $179.  This form and your money are due by Monday, February 24th at Noon. See Sydney Sweeny with questions!

March 1 - 5K4CFF - See Alex Romley and Olivia Aschman - a run for Cystic Fibrosis. Register here to run for a great cause, we want to cure Cystic Fibrosis!  @Wake Med Soccer Park in Cary.

March 1 -  Warmth for Wake  - led by Chase Johnson and Evan Huseboe.  For all the details, see this page.

The rest of 2013!

For all events, sign up on Key Club Bulletin Board or via Google Doc Signup (when available)

All Year - LS Extended Day Buddies - 3/4th grade center 3:45-6 PM –drop in whenever, sign-in on fridge – Cory Carr

November 1-20, 2013 - Wake Relief Food Drive - see Sara Howard Francis and Rachel Edwards.  Delivery - Nov. 19 after school.  Drivers needed 3:30-5:30 PM.

Nov 9 - Warmth for Wake  - led by Chase Johnson and Evan Huseboe.  For all the details, see this page.

Saturday, November 16 - GLEANING - Meet in the lot at Ravenscroft at 8 AM and return by 2:30 PM.  We can take 14, or 28 (if we get a 2nd bus!) to pick collard greens that we will deliver at 1:30 to Wake Relief Food Pantry for local families as part of our Thanksgiving food drive. Anyone who goes can get 100 points toward their grades can-count!    Sign up on this google doc.  Please bring gloves and $ for Bojangles on the way home! Print out this NEW form for permission. -  see Austin amorin@ravenscroft.org 

Nov 23 - Warmth for Wake  - led by Chase Johnson and Evan Huseboe.  For all the details, see this page.

December 4-13 (one of two weeks) Don't forget to stop by Rhonda's Cafe this week to get a Holiday Candy Gram!  We will deliver the candy to a locker for just $1.  All proceeds go to support Christmas for the Children at the Boys and Girls Homes of NC.  Help us support our district project, raising money for gifts for the children at B&G Homes at Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina.  Children from birth to 18 are in transitional stages between foster care or permanently in a group home until adoption.

December 7, 2013 - Jingle Bell Run at St. Mary's - see Nina Barnett. Please click to join:

http://jinglebellrunraleigh.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1072155&lis=1&kntae1072155=2DFE8C6CC77D47CAA83BF1F5C7F78148&supId=0&team=5709085&cj=Y

Dec 7 (SAT date) - Warmth for Wake  - led by Chase Johnson and Evan Huseboe.  For all the details, see this page.

Fall Events!

Wednesday, September 4th - Executive Board Meeting in Room 251 at lunch.

September 7, 2013  - Gleaning - meet at 8:00 at US Lot  Permission form here. Sign up on KC Bulletin board. Bring gloves, loppers,  and Bojangles $  See Austin Morin

Wednesday, September 11, - Full Club Meeting at Lunch @ Gonet - 
KEY Project: Key Club International - who we are and what we do!  Sarah Lowery.  Watch this video before the meeting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AEH6NQCd7c   We'll also be sorting tickets for Fall Roundup, so you'll get an hour of service for working, eating, and chatting with co-members!

September 14, 2013 - Ovarian Cancer Awareness Walk - 9 AM @ Sanderson HS - See  Kathleen Brandes.

September 15, 2013.  Kids Tent at JDRF Family Picnic.  1-5 PM.  See Cory Carr.

Wednesday, September 18 - Full Club meeting at Lunch @ Gonet! 
KEY Project: JDRF - Kathy Peterson

Also, bring Membership forms and Carowinds $ they are due on Friday, Sept. 20!   
OOPS - Carowinds due 9/20, Membership due 10/2.

September 20, 2013 - Homecoming Weekend - Friday night volunteers needed for spirit sales

September 25 - Club Expo @ Lunch (no meeting) - stop by Key Club booth to sign up for Fall Roundup

September 28, 2013 - Fall Roundup - noon - 6 PM - 3 shifts, 11:45-2, 2-4:15, 4:15-6. See Jonathan Kluger and Lizzy Micyus - and sheet on KC bulletin board.  Penny Drop and Spa Tent

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 -  Full Club meeting at Lunch @ Gonet!  Membership forms due today!   KEY Project: UNICEF - Kathryn Anne Robinson and Jessica Sullivan  Get UNICEF boxes at meeting to collect coins!

Sunday, October 6, 2013 - Fall Rally at Carowinds - 5:45 AM - 10 PM - $70.  Form here! see Sydney Sweeny. 

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 -  Full Club meeting at Lunch @ room 196! 
 KEY Project: Miracle League Baseball - Mr. Teitelbaum


GLEANING - Saturday, October 12 - meet at 8:00 at US Lot  Permission form here. Sign up on KC Bulletin board. Bring gloves, hoes, closed-toed shoes (boots are great),  and Bojangles $  See Austin Morin. Home by 1 PM.  Sign up HERE!

Wednesday, October 16 (after PSAT) - Executive Board Meeting to plan calendar and KEY Projects.  All officers and project chairs of fall events need to come or send a representative.  12:45-1:30 in room 196.

Friday, October 18 - Spirit Cart Sales and Pink Hairspray @ Gonet Gateway!  Lots of volunteers needed.  Sign up here and see Jonathan Prather with questions.

Saturday, October 19 – 2:15-5 @ Adams Elementary in Cary.  Miracle League Baseball – See Daniel Strong and Abbey Lockhart. Permission and Directions.  Sign up here!


Wednesday, October 23 - The Club Tee Shirts are In!  Stop by room 196 at lunch to get yours!  

Friday, October 25 - Spirit Cart Sales @ Gonet Gateway!  Two volunteers needed.  Sign up here and see Jonathan Prather with questions.

Saturday, Oct 26 - Warmth for Wake  - led by Chase Johnson and Evan Huseboe.  For all the details, see this page.  And sign up on Mrs. Lieberman's Door.

Morning Meeting Monday, October 28: KEY Project: Children's Miracle Network and Duke Hospital.  Speaker: Jessie Lutz and Bridget Ulrich

November 2-10 -  KEY CLUB WEEK!

November 2, 2013 - JDRF Walk at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion, 3801 Rock Quarry Road - See Chris Antonello or Jack Tanner!  See this link to JOIN our TEAM!

Wednesday, November 6 - Full Club meeting at Lunch @ Gonet!  TEE SHIRT PHOTO DAY, wear your shirt and meet at Gonet - see Vanessa for details!  KEY Project: Wake Relief.  Speaker: Sara Howard Francis and Rachel Edwards will talk about our CLASS competition for food in November!  (get shirts in Mrs. Thrash's Office in library)

November 7, 2013 - Lower School Conference Day - We'll play games with students whose parents are at conferences.  See Nuha Kabir and sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FAFAE28A7FF2-lower1

November 7, 2013 - Conference Day - Swimathon for Duke Children's Hospital - noon -2!  See Jessie Lutz and Bridget Ulrich.  Here is a sponsor form and sign up sheet for lane time.

August Events!

Sunday, August 18 - Division 12 Club Officers Training Meeting - for ALL officers and grade reps.  In the library 2:30-5:30 PM.  Pizza provided, bring a 6,8 or 12 pack of water (other schools bringing sodas).

All Year - LS Extended Day Buddies - 3/4th grade center 3:45-6 PM –drop in whenever, sign-in on fridge – Cory Carr

Friday, August 23 - Ravens Spirit Day at Varsity Football Game 4-8 PM - Face Painters and Spirit Sales - sign up on KC bulletin board by office, see Mary Grady Bell

Saturday, August 24 - Adopt A Highway - 9-10:30 AM - See Mykayla Perry and Mrs. Welsh.  Meet at the Starbucks on Creedmoor Road and bring this permission form!

Wednesday, August 28th - First Meeting at Gonet Gateway, bring your lunch, we meet 12-12:40.  Email Presidents - Jake and Shannon for more info, we'll be sorting tickets for Fall Roundup, too, so you'll get an hour of service if you stay all period.

August Help on Campus!

We have a great community service opportunity at the Lower School.  Volunteers are needed to help get ready for the upcoming school year, with organizing and labelling supplies, etc.  It’s fun, easy community service that is greatly appreciated by the Lower School staff.

The sign up sheet can be found at this link:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FAFAE28A7FF2-lower

You are not required to stay for an entire shift, but you should leave a note in the sign up sheet if you only stay for part of the shift.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Nuha (nkabir@ravenscroft.org) or Charlotte (CharlotteSpence@ravenscroft.org).

Summer Service Ideas!

JDRF Tennis Camp, June 10-13th from 4:30-6 PM – see Chris Antonello and Abby Czito.  We will be hosting our 5th annual  Quick Start Tennis Camp to raise money for fighting Juvenile Diabetes.  We need volunteers to help with sign in, snack, and teaching tennis.  See Photos here: http://ravenscroftkeyclub.shutterfly.com/1715

Key Club International Convention – June 30-July 7 – ICON – Join Sarah Lowery and the rest of the Carolinas District on a tour to Washington DC.  Week long trip includes Busch Gardens and Kings Dominion for only $799.  See www.carolinaskeyclub.org and Sarah for details.

Gleaning for Food Shuttle - anytime, look for updates and sign up to get on their list of events here: http://www.foodshuttle.org/program/field-Gleaning

Lower School Volunteers needed all summer, help the teachers prepare for school, especially in later July and August. Contact Nuha Kabir at nkabir@ravenscroft.org to find out the latest schedule.

Saturday, July 27th 3:30 PM to 8:30 PM @ Koka Booth Amphitheater in Cary.  Join us at the Mariposa Music Festival - to raise awareness and celebrate the accomplishments of The Mariposa School, a nationally recognized school for children with autism and other developmental delays.  Help us set up and work at tables for T-shirt Sales, collecting Tickets, ushering patrons, etc.  If you're interested, email Mrs. Thrash (ethrash@ravenscroft.org) with your cell phone number!

Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina - Students 12 to 17 years of age are welcome to volunteer with a parent/guardian (could be one parent for a few kids) during normal volunteer hours. 18 years of age and older do not need a chaperone. Shift times are Tuesday - Saturday 9am-12pm, 1-4pm and Wednesday evening 6-8pm. Arrive with your permission slip 5 minutes before the shift begins. See these FAQs.

Last Events of 2012-13 School Year!

Saturday May 4 - Miracle League Baseball - 12:45-3:45 PM. Meet at field @ Adams Elementary in Cary, for 2 games! SIGNUP on this Google doc, find directions and permission form.  Project Chairs: Ashley Suh, Abbey Lockhart and Daniel Strong.   Saturday May 11 - Gleaning.  8 AM –  1 PM. Permission form here. Sign up on KC Bulletin board. Bring gloves, loppers,  and Bojangles $  See Austin Morin Saturday May 18 - STOP Hunger Now – food bagging at Sanderson HS Gym. Sign up here.   See Tate Replogle or Sarah Lowery. Saturday, May 25 – @ 9 AM at the Starbucks on Creedmoor at Stonehenge - Adopt A Highway.  Bring this form for that event.  See Mykayla Perry and Mrs. Welsh Wednesday June 5 from 11 -4 (after exams) – Red Cross Blood Drive in Black Box Theatre.  Volunteers and Donors needed. '13 see Mariel Ziperski '14 see Emerson Storch '15 see Caroline Gainey '16 see Abbie Green Volunteers - see Alexandra Lee

February - April 2013

Friday, February 8 - Thursday, February 14 - Valentine Candy Grams for Cystic Fibrosis.  Buy them in Rhonda's Cafe during lunch and break.  Sign up to help sell and deliver too, see  Juliet: jborchardt@ravenscroft.org

Friday, February 8 - Forms due for District Convention March 15-17.  Please join us, see details and registration form here.

Saturday, February 9 - Warmth for Wake (15+) Volunteers need to read these guidelines and map, and sign this form as permission to work.  Bryant Dowd and Thomas Sigmon for details.

AND

Saturday, February 9  Adopt A Highway - Meet at Starbucks @ Stonehenge at 9 AM - Directions here and bring this permission slip - Chris cbonavita@ravenscroft.org


WINTER BREAK!


March 2 - 9 AM -  5K4CFF Run for Cystic Fibrosis @ Wake Med Soccer Park.  See Alicia Richards and Alex Romley.  Register here: 5K4CFF

AND 

March 2 St. Baldrick's @ Saints and Scholars.  See Arash Kasebi.

March 4 - Election forms Due by 4 PM - forms here: http://www2.ravenscroft.org/upperschool/keyclub/ExecBoardApplication2013.pdf

March 6 Elections for officers @ lunch in room 251


March 9 - UNC TV Festival 9:45 AM - 4 PM - meet Mr. Brown in the US parking lot to ride bus from school.  OR meet there for the shift, 10:30-3:30. Lunch Provided   Answer phones on television to raise money for Public Television.  See Mariel Ziperski, sign up for a seat and get a map on the Key Club Bulletin Board.  

March 9 - Warmth for Wake (15+) Volunteers need to read these guidelines and map, and sign this form as permission to work.  Bryant Dowd and Thomas Sigmon for details.

March 13 - forms for Project Chairs due by 4 PM

March 13 - Convention Meeting @ lunch in room 251 - for all who are going!

March 15-17 - Carolinas District Convention @ RTP, Friday afternoon -Sunday @ noon.  Sign up here.

March 16 – St. Patricks Day Parade.  Led by Meghan McAllister, SENIOR event (full).

March 30 – April 6 – Spring Break - look for service in your neighborhood, church, community, food bank!  Here are some events to choose from! 

Conference Day Opportunities - Paint banners for Special Olympics.  Meet at the library at 10 AM, or come after your conference until 2.  See Daniella for details.

April 13 - Gleaning - see Austin Morin.  Meet in the lot at Ravenscroft at 8:45 AM and return by 2:00 PM.  We can take 28 (we have a 2nd bus!) to pick kale that will go to hungry families in Wake County by the end of the day on Saturday.  Sign up on the bulletin board.  Please bring gloves and pruning shears and $ for Bojangles on the way home! Print out this NEW form for permission. -  see Austin amorin@ravenscroft.org 

Tuesday, April 16 - One Day without Shoes @ Lunch on Rhonda's patio - yogurt to raise money for us to package food for STOP Hunger NOW on May 18 with Sanderson Key Club.  See Tate Replogle and Lindsay Thompson to help serve.

Tuesday, April 16- Thursday, April 18 - Set up for Special Olympics after and before school see Daniella Solovay.  

Wednesday, April 17 - Spring Banquet @ Lunch in PA Room - Install new officers, senior slide show, bring $5 for lunch!

Saturday April 20 – Better Business Bureau “Secure Your ID” Day  - 8-12:30. in the parking lot of Coastal Federal Credit Union's headquarters at 1000 St. Albans Drive in Raleigh.  (Near Bahama Breeze at 440 beltline.)  Help unload papers and electronics for recycling and shredding.  Adult Kiwanis Contact there, Blake Phillips, 919-219-9539.  Project Chair Needed.

Forms for Project Chair Positions are here, we are taking late applications for events unfilled! 
http://www2.ravenscroft.org/upperschool/keyclub/projectchairapp.pdf

Saturday April 27 - March for Babies – 6 AM – noon at Imperial Center in RTP.  Directions here. (Double hours for working 6-8 AM!) We are in charge of the kids corner.  We will decorate strollers, play corn hole and sidewalk chalk, paint nails, and supervise the bounce house.    Project Chairs: Abby Czito and Sydney Sweeny.

Other Service Opportunities

Gardening with the Lower School - Mr. Fiedler in the Lower School has a Butterfly Garden Club that meets Wednesday 3:00-4:00.  For the dates March 27, Apr 3,10,17 he could use a couple of volunteers to help direct the kids in the garden even if for a ½ hour. 
He will be attempting to build a new double compost bin much like the old one that was destroyed for the new vegetable garden in April / May.  If you can help, email him at jfiedler@ravenscroft.org

Umstead Walk  - April 20

Wake County Big Sweep  - Saturdays this spring cleaning Wake County- check for dates.

Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina - Students 12 to 17 years of age are welcome to volunteer with a parent/guardian (could be one parent for a few kids) during normal volunteer hours. 18 years of age and older do not need a chaperone. Shift times are Tuesday - Saturday 9am-12pm, 1-4pm and Wednesday evening 6-8pm. Arrive with your permission slip 5 minutes before the shift begins. See these FAQs.

Questionnaires for Wake County!  During Spring Break April 1- 5, students age 16+ are needed to help WCHS conduct its annual Customer Satisfaction Survey.
Volunteers will sit/stand in the lobbies and common areas of Human Services Buildings and assist customers in completing a 1/2 page questionnaire that will be deposited into a sealed drop box.
Bilingual volunteers are encouraged, but it is not required to apply.
Volunteers should have a friendly demeanor and feel comfortable talking to people. The morning shift is from 9am until 11:30am.
The afternoon shift is from 2pm until 4:30pm.
Volunteers will be given a brief orientation and training session prior to the start of their shift.  Please plan to arrive about 15 minutes early. Electronic Student Volunteer Registration Form 

UNC TV This Saturday - all the info you need!

Here is a video explaining UNC TV, created by our Spirit Chair, and Nevarmore Online writer, Margaret Edwards.  Thanks Margaret!

January 2013

All Month - LS Extended Day tutoring - 3/4th grade center 3:45-6 PM–drop in whenever, sign-in on fridge – see Claudia Bailey 

January 9  - Club meeting - Come for your new 2013 tee shirt and membership card!

January 12 - Warmth for Wake, for ages 16+, is a Wake County Human Services program, providing in-need households in and around Raleigh with free firewood from November through March. For many households, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves are the only sources of heat.

Volunteers (with pickup trucks, chainsaws and splitters, if possible) cut and split wood on site, deliver wood to recipients and, sometimes, collect wood from area donors. Volunteers need to read these guidelines and map, and sign this form as permission to work.  Bryant Dowd and Thomas Sigmon for details.


Saturday, January 19 Gleaning for Collard Greens -Meet in the lot at Ravenscroft at 8:45 AM and return by 1:30 PM.  We are hoping to have at least 14 on one bus, and if there are any teachers who would like to drive, we could secure a second mini bus and fill it!  These Collard Greens will go to hungry families in Wake County by the end of the day on Saturday.  Please join us.  Please bring gloves and pruning shears and $ for Bojangles on the way home! Print out this NEW form for permission. -  see Austin amorin@ravenscroft.org 

January 26 - Warmth for Wake - (15+) Volunteers need to read these guidelines and map, and sign this form as permission to work.  Bryant Dowd and Thomas Sigmon for details.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - Red Cross Blood Drive -  In the Middle School Gym.  Volunteers are needed to check-in and feed donors, students over the age of 16 can donate with this form: http://www.redcrossblood.org/students/sixteen/carolinas.  There are guidelines for eligibility, having to do with medication and travel, see this link: http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements  To sign up, contact Coordinator Alexandra Lee or your grade representative to sign up to donate: Natalie Holdstock, Jake Isley, Caroline Gainey.  Or, register online @ www.redcrossblood.org and choose zip code 27615 to find our drive.  Volunteers can sign up on this sheet.

Saturday, February 2 - Key Club Region Meeting at Corinth Holders High School.  Elections for Lt. Governor positions.  See Alfre alfrewimberley@ravenscroft.org if you're interested in this TERRIFIC position within the Key Club of the Carolinas District.  (Trip to International Covention in Washington DC this summer!)