December-January

Meet a Key Clubber
Jennifer Lin
Meet Jennifer Lin, a senior at Cypress
Bay High School and a member of the Army
JROTC, Youth Advisor in Youth Leadership
Broward, and Treasurer and Summer Camp
Chair for the International Buddhist Progress
Society Young Adult Division. She is also a
member of Spanish Honor Society, Chinese
Honor Society, Rho Kappa, Mu Alpha Theta,
and, of course, Key Club. She serves as her
Key Club’s Senior Class Representative and
has been involved with Key Club since her
sophomore year. However, she said she truly
wished she had been a part of the organization
sooner.
“Like the average freshmen, I had no
idea what Key Club was about except for the
common assumption that Key Club makes
keys. However, it all changed when I was introduced
to the Kiwanis Family by several devoted
Key Clubbers at my school and the faculty
advisor,” she said.
After hearing more about what Key
Club actually does, she developed an interest
and attended DCON the next year. Lin decided
to take her love for Key Club to the International
level by attending ICON this past
summer.
“When I joined, I did not realize the
true scope of Key Club until I went to
ICON… I wanted to expand my horizons and
make the most of my remaining year in Key
Club. I decided to attend ICON with the
mindset that it would be like DCON, only to
realize that it would me so much more,” she
said.
Though she loved the Florida District’s
road trip to and from Indianapolis, her favorite
part of the trip was the Meet and Greet at
the convention itself. She especially loved
meeting people from other Districts by trading
pins.
ICON was an experience that changed
her entire perception of Key Club and has motivated
her to help her own club improve its
Kiwanis Family relations. She also hopes to
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