By Colleen Rice – Staff Reporter

Jonathan Law’s Keyettes Club is ready to welcome new members and to volunteer this fall.

This all-girls community service club is involved in the community and participates in many activities around.  Meetings are every Tuesday after school in Room 205.

“Keyettes Club participates in a variety of different community service activities,” senior Keyettes President Gianna Laezzo said. “Such as the Blood Drive, doing folders at Pumpkin Delight, helping out at Retail 101, and partaking in a clothing drive every year.”

The Keyettes are very involved in helping and volunteering their time in the community. Last year 40 students and teachers signed up and donated 40 pints of blood.

“We have our annual blood drive on October 23,” Keyettes Club advisor Mrs. Jaekle said. “We are also volunteering at the middle school open house, pumpkins on the pier and the Beardsley Zoo Howl-O-Ween.”

Seniors Alyssa Paladino and Laezzo play a key role in the club as co-presidents. They are two important leaders that help Jaekle run the club.

“My Keyettes experience has been very rewarding and has brought me some great volunteering opportunities,” junior Keyettes secretary Deepika Senthilnathan said.

The Keyettes hosted their first ever Caring Closet Clothing Drive last year which was a huge success.

“It’s a really easy way to get community service hours to graduate with distinction and you can hangout with your friends will helping the community,” junior treasurer Madison Laezzo said.

Keyettes is very flexible for its members. The club understands other commitments for students occupied in sports, after school activities, or educational purposes.

“Meetings don’t take up too much time and if you do have the opportunity to attend one, then it would be great,” Madison Laezzo said.

Keyettes Club also runs a Mr. JLHS pageant in the spring. The show typically features 10-12 senior boys doing a “Miss America- type” pageant. The boys perform a talent, have an evening wear competition, and a question and answer portion.

“I am very excited for this year’s pageant; we are still figuring out the date,” Jaekle said.

In years past, many participants used their singing and dancing talent to try and impress the judges. The panel of judges usually are made up of a group of teachers at Law.

“I’m really interested in being apart of the Mr. JLHS pageant and I hope a lot of guys join, too,” senior Abe Ocak said.