Who We Are

The Piedmont Key Club is an organization dedicated to benefiting the community through various service projects. This student-run club fundraises and donates to various charities, providing its student members with the opportunity to adopt a service project, get community service hours, and enact change in the Bay Area community.

How to Join

Email us at officers[at]piedmontkeyclub[dot]org or drop in on Thursdays at the beginning of lunch in Room 31.

Why Piedmont High Students Should Join

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Weekly Newsletter 4/19/11

Hey everyone,

Hope you all had a good Spring Break! DCON, district convention, was absolutely AMAZING!

We managed to take home a couple awards: Distinguished Club, an award for having a website and an award for turning in a whole plethora of paper work, credit on the paper work goes to Brian.

That was the end of the last key club year but instead of being inactive until next school year we jump right back in!

This weekend we will be volunteering at one of Oakland’s Easter egg hunts hosted at the Dunsmuir Mansion, if you went to winter-ball it’s the same place.

Jobs for volunteers include and are not limited to: Hiding eggs General Chaperon

Here is the website : http://www.dunsmuir-hellman.com/calendar.html

This event is not just our key club! we will be working hand in hand with other Key Clubs in the area along with other volunteers, all of whom will probably be around our age!

Come mix and mingle with various people from around Oakland and enjoy all that easter has to offer!

We will be meeting in front of the high school at 9:20 and hopefully we will leave by 9:30

the event last from 10:00-4:00 with snacks provided. It is highly recommended that you bring your own food as you may get hungry during the 6 hours we will be volunteering.

If you are interested please begin by asking your parents if they are interested in Driving us to and from the event, we will unable to serve the community without their gracious help. Then reply back to this email so we know you are coming along with if your parents can drive, and if they can, how many people you can take.

Well thats pretty much it for this week, enjoy your first week back at school!

~Nathan Wang

Written by on April 19, 2011 at 10:45 pm - No Comments

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What We Do

Since 2003, the Piedmont Key Club has concerned itself with guiding and concentrating the efforts of Piedmont High School students interested in serving their community. The Key Club can offer useful contacts for various types of service (for example political campaigns or beach cleanup) as well as contact with other high schoolers interested in service.

In addition to the various service projects performed by its many members, the Key Club has an overall specific focus: the beautification of Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA. Lake Merritt is the oldest wildlife reserve in the United States and to continue its legacy, members of the Piedmont Key Club have devoted hundreds of hours to the preservation of the Lake.

Who We Represent

The Piedmont Key Club is a branch of Key Club International, a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International, in turn, is a part of the Kiwanis International group, an international service organization dedicated to the improvement of society through service. In May, 1925, Key Club became an "International" organization, spanning from North America to Australia and New Zealand. Worldwide, Key Club comprises two hundred and fifty thousand high school students dedicated to service and giving, making it by far the largest service organization for high school students in the world.

Mission statement

"The Piedmont Key Club strives for the betterment of the community through the execution and encouragement of human altruism."

Vision

"To not only provide service to the community but to also promote its positive effects on the society."

Core values

The core values of the Piedmont Key Club are "Utilitarianism, Altruism, and Idealism."