“I’ve had such an incredible experience through Key Club, and I’ve seen it impact so many people,” Maddy said. “I want to be a part of that impact.”
Sponsored by Kiwanis International, Key Club is a student-led high school organization that teaches leadership through community service, volunteering and character building.
“My freshman year, I saw a poster in the hallway for blanket-making and cookies, and I originally thought it was a monthlong club,” Maddy said. “Later, I found out it was a brand-new club at our school, and I joined because I thought it would be a lot of fun.”
Founded in 1925, Key Club has been around for more than a century. At Forest Hills Northern, however, the school’s first Key Club chapter was formed just three years ago by a student whose mother had been involved with Key Club and its collegiate counterpart, Circle K International, Maddy said…