By Brian Goglia and Alex Rodriguez – Staff Reporters

The Jonathan Law Key Club recently attended the New England District Conference in Springfield, Massachusetts.

At the convention there were workshops, awards, and a service project, which was food packaging for EndHungerNE. EndHungerNE’s mission is to provide safe water, food, medical care, and education to those in need, at home and abroad.

Junior Addy Barber, who was recently elected President of the Jonathan Law Key Club for the 2024-2025 school year, was a big part of this year’s convention.

“At this convention my role was a little more than usual,” Barber said. “I had to give workshops and present awards, so I learned a lot about speaking to a crowd and also about leadership in workshops I attended. The Keynote Speaker, Hoan Do, also gave a great speech and advice about perseverance.” 

The Key Club received several awards at the conference: Senior Attaina Tandon was named an Outstanding Vice President in the District, Law received a 3rd place award for monthly activity over the past year, a 1st place award for overall Yearly Achievement, and they were recognized with the Early Bird Award for turning  club dues in prior to the deadline.

They also maintained their Diamond Level Status in the New England District – the only club to receive this award.

“DECON is the big end of year celebration that has workshops, awards, and a different service project every year, which was food packaging for EndHungerNE,” Barber said.

Barber was excited to share the club’s work at the district level.

“This year, our club didn’t bring as many people as last year, but a lot of our officers were able to go and celebrate our hard work,” Barber said.

The Key Club is planning on doing many more fundraisers in the future and Barber is excited to be a part of them all.

“Although DECON is over, Key Club still meets weekly and has many fun service projects planned for next year,” Barber said. “Our main goal next year will be retaining membership through fun events like cupcake wars, pizza nights, donuts at meetings, and Key Clubber of the Month.”