A local Hollister student has taken over the Lt. Gov. position
for the Division 43 Key Clubs, which encompasses San Benito, Santa
Cruz and Monterey counties. It is the fourth time in the club’s
20-year history that a San Benito High School student has taken on
the role.
India Moreno, a sophomore, was inducted at the 65th District
Convention in Anaheim, held April 14 to April 17.
A local Hollister student has taken over the Lt. Gov. position for the Division 43 Key Clubs, which encompasses San Benito, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. It is the fourth time in the club’s 20-year history that a San Benito High School student has taken on the role.
India Moreno, a sophomore, was inducted at the 65th District Convention in Anaheim, held April 14 to April 17.
“I joined Key Club this year and I didn’t really know what it was about,” she said.
But she quickly got involved with community service in Hollister through the club, which is sponsored by the Hollister Kiwanis Club. She volunteered with the Small Steps shopping day, at the city’s breakfast with Santa, and raised money for various nonprofits such as the Patriotic Trauma Program and Unicef.
Moreno also had a chance to attend rallies with some of the other chapters, as well as regional training conferences, such as the Candidate Training Conference.
“I had to prepare a speech and had to go through caucus questions,” she said of being elected as Lt. Gov. in February. She was inducted in April, along with 59 other students from the California-Nevada-Hawaii district.
She said her duties include managing the Key Clubs at 10 schools in the division.
“Every month, I have to hold a division council meeting with all the schools to discuss what we are doing and bring people closer together, usually through a service event,” she said. “I have club visitations where I will have to visit each club. I will be transferring information from the clubs to the district level and informing them of what’s happening.”
Moreno said when she first signed up for the club it was a way to do the community service that is required in high school. But as she participated in visits to the senior citizens’ homes in the area and tutoring elementary school students in reading, she wanted to get the club more involved on a higher level.
“I saw how uninvolved our own school was in the district level, connecting with other high schools,” she said. “It’s pretty fun once you get more involved and meeting people from different high schools.”
Moreno said she felt prepared to take on the role of Lt. Gov. because of the past conferences she attend, which offer leadership training and confidence-boosting workshops.
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Benefit pasta feed
The Hollister Kiwanis Club and the San Benito High School Key Club will host the 10th annual benefit pasta feed, April 29, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with meals available for pick up in Baler Alley (behind the school cafeteria. The meal includes pasta with meat sauce (meatless sauce available on request), garlic bread, salad and dessert. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. The proceeds benefit the scholarship fund for graduating seniors. Tickets are available at Postal Graphics, in the Nob Hill shopping center, 1760 Airline Hwy., or Bianchi, Kasavan and Pope LLP, 234 Sixth St. Tickets are also available from Kiwanis Club and Key Club members. For more information, call 801-5930.
