Set Sail INDEPENDENCE HS
iNTERACT FiRST SEMESTER NEWSLETTER 2020 - 2021 BY: ALViN CHAU, LAURA TRAN, RiTHYNA YUN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Community Director Message Co-Media Message Hours and Monetary Updates Secretary+Treasurer Message Major Events Service Events Co-YAC Message Interactors of the Month Board Members Thank You Co-President Message
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COMMUNiTY DiRECTOR MESSAGE
HEYYYYYY HIII HELLLOOOOO! IT'S RiTHYNA, YOUR COMMUNiTY DiRECTOR, HERE. I'D LiKE TO START OFF WiTH A THANK YOU :) I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO ATTENDS OUR GENERAL MEETiNGS, TAKES PART iN OUR MEETiNG ACTiViTiES, AND PARTiCiPATES iN OUR EVENTS THAT OUR BOARDiES HOST, ESPECiALLY DURiNG THESE iNCONVENiENT TiMES. IT'S ALL THANKS TO YOU THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CONTiNUE BUiLDiNG OUR CLUB AND I HOPE THAT WE WiLL SEE EACH OTHER GROW AS A FAMiLY. YOUR CONTiNUED SUPPORT FOR OUR CLUB MAKES ME SO DELiGHTED THAT I'M HERE TO WiTNESS iT ALL. BECAUSE OF YOU, WE'RE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY MAKE OUR COMMUNiTY A BETTER PLACE AND PROViDE SUPPORT AND RELiEF TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED iT. IN THE FUTURE, THE TEAM AND I CERTAiNLY PROViDE YOU LOVELY PEOPLE WiTH MORE JOYFUL EVENTS AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNiTiES TO GiVE A HELPiNG HAND TO THE COMMUNiTY AND ASSiSTiNG THE PEOPLE iN NEED IN ALL HONESTY, I JUST RECENTLY STARTED MY POSiTiON AS A COMMUNiTY DiRECTOR AND iT REALLY WARMS MY HEART TO SEE PEOPLE INTERACT AND CONNECT WiTH ONE ANOTHER DURiNG OUR MEETiNGS AND I HOPE THAT ENERGY WiLL CARRY ON TO THE NEXT YEAR. IT'S REALLY iNSPiRiNG AND FULFiLLiNG EXPERiENCE TO SEE YOUR GUYS' DEDiCATiON TO OUR CLUB AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEiNG ABLE TO MAKE MORE CHANCES FOR YOU GUYS TO DO SO. ALTHOUGH I HAVEN'T BEEN iN INTERACT AS LONG AS THE OTHERS HAVE, iT'S REALLY AN AWESOME CLUB AND I EXPECT TO SEE YOU GUYS BACK NEXT SEMESTER WHERE WE WILL HAVE AN EVEN MORE AWESOME TIME TOGETHER WOOHOOOOOOOOO. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ACCOMPLISH NEXT YEAR! WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER! FOR 2021, THERE WiLL DEFiNiTELY BE MORE iN STORE FOR EVERYONE HERE SO EVERYONE BETTER BE THERE TO WITNESS IT. WATCH OUT INTERACT COMING THROUGH <333 PS: SHOUTOUT TO THE ENTIRE INTERACT LEADERSHIP TEAM! THEY REALLY DO THEIR BEST TO MAKE INTERACT AN ENJOYABLE ENVIRONMENT AND A PLACE FOR YOU GUYS TO DO YOUR THANG! SO, PLEASE SAY THANK YOU TO THEM. NOW. PEACE OUT!
-YOUR SEXY COMMUNiTY DiRECTOR,
Rithyna Yun 1
CO-MEDiA COORDiNATOR MESSAGE
HEY iNTERACTORS! iT’S YOUR CO-MEDiAS, ALViN AND LAURA, AND WE WOULD LiKE TO SAY THANKS AND GREAT JOB ON ADAPTiNG TO THE FiRST SEMESTER OF A VERY WEiRD YEAR! iT’S BEEN DiFFiCULT ADJUSTiNG TO NEW CiRCUMSTANCES WiTH THiS PANDEMiC, BUT WE ARE PROUD OF YOU FOR PERSEVERiNG THROUGH THESE TOUGH TiMES. WE’VE HAD THE HONOR OF CREATiNG FLYERS, ViDEOS, AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF, SO WE HOPE YOU GUYS THOUGHT THEY WERE CREATiVE, ARTiSTiC, AND BEAUTiFUL THAT YOU WERE CONViNCED TO COME TO OUR AWESOME EVENTS :D. THANK YOU FOR COMiNG TO OUR MEETiNGS AND VOLUNTEERiNG EVENTS THAT OUR BOARDiES HAVE LED, ALL WHiLE DEALiNG WiTH SCHOOL AND WORK AND OTHER EXTRACURRiCULARS. THiS NEWSLETTER RECAPS THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLiSHED THiS SEMESTER. WE HOPE THAT NEXT SEMESTER, YOU GUYS WiLL CONTiNUE VOLUNTEERiNG AND EMBODYiNG “SERViCE ABOVE SELF”. HERE’S TO ANOTHER SEMESTER OF SERViCE AND VOLUNTEERiNG AND HAPPY MEMORiES! CHEERS! -YOUR CO-MEDiAS,
Alvin Chau & Laura Tran 2
HOURS AND MONETARY UPDATES
558.88
Hours
Monetary
$68.50
2500
$1800
Total Members 55 3
SECRETARY MESSAGE
HEY LOVELY INDERACTORS! HERE’S A SMALL MESSAGE FROM ME, YOUR SECRETARY, SOPHiA! I’M SO PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE GETTiNG CLOSER TO OUR GOAL WiTH 558.88 HOURS AND 18 ACTiVE MEMBERS THiS SEMESTER. BEiNG AWARE OF THE DiFFERENCES THiS SCHOOL YEAR WOULD BRiNG WAS QUiTE WORRiSOME iN THE BEGiNNiNG. I KNOW THAT iT’S DiFFiCULT TO VOLUNTEER DURiNG THiS TiME BUT YOU GUYS SHOW ANYTHiNG iS POSSiBLE WiTH A DETERMiNED MiNDSET AND POSiTiVE ATTiTUDE. IN ORDER TO HAVE HOURS AVAiLABLE, CREATiNG OUR GENERAL MEETiNG SLiDESHOW AND iNCLUDiNG VOLUNTEERiNG EVENTS iS ESSENTiAL! MAKiNG SURE EVERYONE iS AWARE OF TiME, LOCATiON, AND WHAT OUR EVENTS CONSiST OF ON OUR SLiDES ALLOWS OUR SERViCE TO RUN SMOOTHLY. IF YOU REALLY THiNK ABOUT iT, MOST OF THE THiNGS WE DO ARE ALL THANKS TO YOU! WE ALSO DiSCUSS AND TAKE iNTO CONSiDERATiON HOW WE CAN BETTER OUR CLUB TO MAKE iT MORE COMFORTABLE AND ACCESSiBLE. MAKiNG NOTE OF THESE CONVERSATiONS ON WHAT WE CAN iMPROVE ON iS iNCREDiBLY iMPORTANT TO HAVE A WELCOMiNG ENViRONMENT. I WOULD LiKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT KNOWS THE SiGNiFiCANCE OF OUR PROJECTS, SERViCE EVENTS, AND THE ViRTUES THAT INTERACT CLUB BRiNGS. YOU ARE ALL SO STRONG AND I’M SO GRATEFUL TO BE iN SUCH A HARD-WORKiNG COMMUNiTY! I’M LOOKiNG FORWARD TO SEEiNG YOU AGAiN NEXT SEMESTER TO REACH OUR GOALS! -YOUR SECRETARY,
Sophia Santiago 4
TREASURER MESSAGE
HEY INTERACTORS! I’M YOUR TREASURER ANGELiNA AND I FiRST WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTiNG OUR FUNDRAiSERS AND RAFFLES EVEN THOUGH THERE WEREN’T AS MANY COMPARED TO PREViOUS YEARS. I APPRECiATE EVERYONE ONE OF YOU WHO WAS ABLE TO DONATE OR EVEN PARTiCiPATE iN ANY OF OUR EVENTS THiS PAST SEMESTER, ESPECiALLY DURiNG CHALLENGiNG TiMES. IT WAS AN ADMiTTEDLY VERY DiFFERENT YEAR SiNCE EVERYTHiNG WENT ViRTUAL BUT WiTH EVERYONE’S SUPPORT AND DEDiCATiON, WE WERE ABLE TO STAY ACTiVE AND PROSPER! THiS YEAR I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HiT OUR FUNDRAiSiNG GOAL BUT AS I STATED EARLiER, OUR CiRCUMSTANCES HAVE COMPLETELY BEEN CHANGED FROM HAViNG NUMEROUS ON-CAMPUS FUNDRAiSERS THAT HAVE BEEN OUR MAiN SOURCE OF PROFiT iN THE PAST TO A COUPLE OF RAFFLES AND AN iN-STORE FUNDRAiSER THiS YEAR. EVEN SO, I WON’T LET THiS HiNDER ME FROM FiNDiNG GREAT OPPORTUNiTiES AND FUNDRAiSiNG EVENTS FOR EVERYONE TO PARTAKE iN SO THAT WE CAN STiLL EARN AS MUCH FUNDiNG FOR OUR iNTERNATiONAL PROJECT (FEEDiNG THE FUTURE) AND OUR COMMUNiTY PROJECT (COMBATiNG WiTH CARE). EARNiNG FUNDiNG FOR THESE PROJECTS EVERY YEAR iS INTERACT’S MAiN OBJECTiVE AND THAT THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP NUMEROUS iNDiViDUALS FROM MANY DiFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND THiS YEAR WE’RE SUPPORTiNG OUR LOCAL COMMUNiTY iMPACTED BY COVID-19 AND ENDiNG HUNGER iN YEMEN. I WOULD MAKE iT MY MiSSiON, SiDELiNiNG THE ADVERSiTiES, TO BE ABLE TO RAiSE AS MUCH FUNDiNG AS i POSSiBLY CAN FOR THE PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO HELP EVERYONE iN NEED! I LOOK FORWARD TO HAViNG MORE FUNDRAiSERS NEXT SEMESTER AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SOON! HERE’S TO THE END OF THE YEAR AND I WiSH EVERYONE TO STAY SAFE AND HAVE HAPPY HOLiDAYS! -YOUR TREASURER,
Angelina Vasquez 5
MAJOR EVENTS
Welcome to Interact
THiS YEAR WE HELD OUR FOURTH ANNUAL WELCOME TO iNTERACT EVENT! WE WERE ABLE TO iNTRODUCE GENERAL MEMBERS AND NEW MEMBERS TO WHAT iNTERACT iS ALL ABOUT iNCLUDiNG OUR OFFiCER TEAM AS WELL AS BOND WiTH OUR GENERAL MEMBERS. WE PLAYED KAHOOT AND HAD MOCK iNTERViEWS TO SHOW THE iNTERViEW PROCESS FOR BOARD APPLiCATiONS.
Fall Leadership Conference THiS YEARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FALL LEADERSHiP CONFERENCE WAS VERY DiFFERENT, BUT OUR DiSTRiCT WAS STiLL ABLE TO PULL iT OFF GiVEN THE UNFORESEEN CiRCUMSTANCES THAT THiS PANDEMiC BROUGHT. THE DiSTRiCT HELD A YOUTUBE LiVESTREAM, WORKSHOPS ON ZOOM, AND AN AREA COMPETiTiON. OUR DiSTRiCT PROJECTS WERE ALSO ANNOUNCED DURiNG FLC. FEEDiNG THE FUTURE, OUR iNTERNATiONAL PROJECT, FOCUSES ON THE FAMiNE CRiSiS iN YEMEN. INTERACT DiSTRCiT 5170 HAS PARTNERED WiTH THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA. COMBATiNG WiTH CARE, OUR COMMUNiTY PROJECT, FOCUSES ON PROViDiNG RELiEF TO LOCAL COMMUNiTiES AND iNDiViDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN iMPACTED BY THE COViD-19 PANDEMiC. FOR THiS PROJECT, OUR DiSTRiCT PARTNERED WiTH UNiTED WAY BAY AREA.
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Light the Night LED BY: RiTHYNA YUN AND LYNN NGUYEN THiS YEAR’S LiGHT THE NiGHT WAS VERY DiFFERENT FROM PREViOUS YEARS iN THAT WE DECiDED TO MAKE THiS EVENT iNTO A SERViCE EVENT THAT iNVOLVED PHYSiCAL ACTiViTY! iNTERACTORS WALKED OR RAN AND RECORDED THEiR STEPS iN THE “CHARiTY MiLES” APP FOR THE LEUKEMiA AND LYMPHOMA SOCiETY, WHiCH FOCUSES ON RESEARCH FOR FiNDiNG A CURE TO CANCER. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO RAiSE $90 FROM JUST DONATiONS. iHS iNTERACT WALKED FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 150 MiLES FOR CHARiTY MiLES!
Interkey Movie Night iNTERKEY MOViE NiGHT iS AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT iS A COLLABORATiON BETWEEN iNDEPENDENCE HiGH SCHOOL’S TWO MAJOR SERViCE CLUBS, iNTERACT AND KEY. THiS YEAR, iNSTEAD OF WATCHiNG A HORROR MOViE, WE OPTED FOR A MORE NOSTALGiC ONE, RATATOUiLLE. AT THE SAME TiME, WE HAD A SERViCE EVENT, CRANES OF GRATiTUDE, iN WHiCH WE FOLDED CRANES FOR PEDiATRiC PATiENTS. ATTENDEES ALSO PLAYED SKRiBBL.iO AND KAHOOT TO TEST THEiR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT iNTERACT, KEY CLUB, AND BOTH LEADERSHiP TEAMS! CRANES WERE MAiLED TO WiTH A THOUSAND CRANES. ATTENDEES WERE ABLE TO BOND AND MAKE FUN MEMORiES BEFORE THANKSGiViNG BREAK!
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SERViCE EVENTS
Hearts For Lebanon LED BY: DiANA PHAM AND TRAM DiNH
HEARTS FOR LEBANON WAS A SERViCE EVENT iN WHiCH WE FOLDED PAPER HEARTS TO RAiSE AWARENESS ABOUT THE LEBANON CRiSiS. FOR EVERY PARTiCiPANT, $2 WAS DONATED TO THE LEBANON RED CROSS. A TOTAL OF $42 WAS DONATED TOWARDS ViCTiMS iMPACTED BY THE LEBANON DiSASTER.
iChallenge Free Rice LED BY: DiANA PHAM, ALViN CHAU, ANGELiNA VASQUEZ, iSABEL FERNANDEZ, LYNN NGUYEN
THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER, VOLUNTEERS ANSWERED TRiViA QUESTiONS ON THE FREE RiCE WEBSiTE, EARNiNG GRAiNS OF RiCE THAT WOULD BE DONATED. FREE RiCE iS RUN BY THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, WHiCH iS ALSO THE ORGANiZATiON THAT iNTERACT DiSTRiCT 5170 PARTNERED WiTH FOR OUR iNTERNATiONAL PROJECT, FEEDiNG THE FUTURE. FREE RiCE EVENTS WERE TYPiCALLY HELD MONTHLY, LED BY DiFFERENT OFFiCERS AND BOARD MEMBERS. IN FACT, WE HAVE ONE GOiNG ON RiGHT NOW, LED BY LYNN NGUYEN UNTiL 12/31! MAKE SURE TO SCREENSHOT THE NUMBER OF GRAiNS YOU’VE EARNED iN ORDER TO RECEiVE YOUR HOURS :)
Cards For Seniors
LED BY: ANGELiNA VASQUEZ
VOLUNTEERS MADE HANDWRiTTEN CARDS AND HAND-DRAWN CARDS FOR SENiORS WHO WERE FEELiNG DOWN FROM THE COViD-19 PANDEMiC. SOMETiMES, A SMALL ACTiON MAKES SOMEONE’S BAD DAY A LiTTLE BETTER :D
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Cards Of Hope
LED BY: TRAM DiNH
WE MADE ENCOURAGEMENT CARDS AND BiRTHDAY CARDS FOR SOME CHiLDREN AND THEiR SOCiAL WORKERS TO MAKE THEiR DAY BETTER. VOLUNTEERS WERE ALSO ABLE TO BOND WiTH ONE ANOTHER AND PLAYED SOME GAMES.
California Coastal Clean Up LED BY: TRiNA PHAN WE HELPED CLEAN OUR LOCAL COMMUNiTiES BY PiCKiNG UP TRASH DURiNG THE CALiFORNiA ViRTUAL COASTAL CLEAN UP 2020, HOSTED BY THE CREEK CONNECTiONS ACTiON GROUP.
Coloring Book Pages For Seniors LED BY: SOPHiA SANTiAGO VOLUNTEERS CREATED COLORiNG BOOK PAGES FOR iSOLATED SENiORS AND THEiR CAREGiVERS. THE COViD-19 CRiSiS HAS BROUGHT LONELiNESS FOR MANY, ESPECiALLY SENiORS.
T-Shirt Bag Event LED BY: ANGELiNA VASQUEZ WE USED OLD T-SHiRTS TO MAKE SOMETHiNG NEW- REUSABLE BAGS. WHY NOT REPURPOSE AN OLD MATERiAL TO HELP CONSERVE THE ENViRONMENT?
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Cranes For Breast Cancer
LED BY: JENNY LiU AND LiKHiTHA RAMAYANAM VOLUNTEERS FOLDED CRANES TO RAiSE AWARENESS FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
MONTH, WHiCH iS OCTOBER. WE WERE ABLE TO DONATE $22 TO THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATiON.
Green Beautification
LED BY: RiTHYNA YUN AND LiKHiTHA RAMAYANAM iN ONE OF TWO OF OUR iN-PERSON EVENTS OF THE SEMESTER, WE PiCKED UP TRASH AT LAKE CUNNiNGHAM PARK (SOCiAL DiSTANCiNG AND WEARiNG MASKS OF COURSE). WE ALSO DRESSED UP iN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES TO GET iNTO THAT HALLOWEEN SPiRiT!
Save the Wildlife & Wands For Wildlife LED BY: DiANA PHAM
FOR SAVE THE WiLDLiFE, AFTER USiNG THEiR MASKS, VOLUNTEERS CUT THEiR MASK STRAPS AND DiSPOSED OF THEM PROPERLY iN ORDER TO PROTECT THE WiLDLiFE AND ENViRONMENT. MASKS CAN GET TANGLED iN THE FEET OF BiRDS, AND THEY POSE A CHOKiNG HAZARD. FOR WANDS FOR WiLDLiFE, VOLUNTEERS DONATED CLEAN MASCARA WANDS AND MAiLED THEM TO REFUGES, WHiCH WOULD USE THEM TO CLEAN OiL AND PESTS FROM WiLDLiFE ANiMALS. 10
Support Our Troops LED BY: AMANDA VO FOR VETERANS DAY, WE MADE THANK YOU CARDS FOR VETERANS, AN ACT OF APPRECiATiON FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED FOR OUR COUNTRY.
You are a STAR
LED BY: JiNA SO
VOLUNTEERS FOLDED PAPER STARS THAT HAD KiND MESSAGES AND DRAWiNGS. THESE PAPER STARS WERE GiVEN TO FAMiLY MEMBERS TO SPREAD KiNDNESS DURiNG WORLD KiNDNESS DAY!
World Kindness Day Bingo LED BY: JENNY LiU
TO COMMEMORATE WORLD KiNDNESS DAY, iNTERACTORS TRiED TO FiLL OUT A BiNGO FiLLED WiTH ACTS OF KiNDNESS TO SPREAD POSiTiViTY AND KiNDNESS AROUND THEiR COMMUNiTY.
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World Diabetes Awareness Day
LED BY: JENNY LiU
ON WORLD DiABETES AWARENESS DAY, iNTERACTORS EDUCATED THEMSELVES ABOUT THE STATiSTiCS, TYPES, SYMPTOMS, EARLY DETECTiONS, AND PREVENTiONS. THEY ALSO MADE AN iNFOGRAPHiC TOGETHER TO POST ON SOCiAL MEDiA PLATFORMS TO SPREAD DiABETES AWARENESS.
DIY No-Sew Masks LED BY: ISABEL FERNANDEZ
VOLUNTEERS MADE MASKS FROM BANDANAS AND CLEAN FABRiC, WiTHOUT HAViNG TO SEW THEM! WE MADE MASKS TO KEEP OURSELVES AND OTHERS SAFE DURiNG THiS PANDEMiC.
Turkey Trot LED BY: DiANA PHAM TURKEY TROT WAS ALSO iN-PERSON. VOLUNTEERS HELP PREPARED PACKETS FOR MAiLiNG RUNNERS THEiR SHiRTS. THEY WERE ALSO iN CHARGE OF LOOKiNG UP BiB NUMBERS,HANDiNG OUT SHiRTS, AND GREETiNG RUNNERS. COViD-19 SAFETY GUiDELiNES WERE OBSERVED. 12
Letters of Thanks LED BY: AMANDA VO FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE MADE THANK YOU LETTERS TO THOSE WE ARE THANKFUL FOR, SUCH AS TEACHERS, FRiENDS, FAMiLY, ETC. THiS WAS iN THE FORM OF AN EMAiL OR A PHYSiCAL LETTER. THESE LETTERS WERE MEANiNGFUL AND SENT TO THOSE WHO WE WERE GENUiNELY THANKFUL FOR.
Cigar Clean Up LED BY: KYLYNNE MANGANTi FOR COPD (CHRONiC OBSTRUCTiVE PULMONARY DiSEASE) AWARENESS MONTH, VOLUNTEERS PiCKED UP USED CiGARETTES AND RAiSED AWARENESS ABOUT COPD, WHOSE LEADiNG CAUSE iS SMOKiNG.
World HIV/AIDS Awareness Day LED BY: JENNY LIU FOR WORLD HiV/AiDS AWARENESS DAY, iNTERACTORS WERE EDUCATED ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS, RiSKS, AND PREVENTiONS OF HiV/AiDS. THEY THEN CREATED AN iNFOGRAPHiC OF THE iNFORMATiON THAT THEY LEARNED AND POSTED iT ON SOCiAL MEDiA TO RAiSE AWARENESS. 13
Letters and Reflection LED BY: LiKHiTHA RAMAYANAM
INTERACTORS REFLECTED ON THEiR THANKSGiViNG BREAK AND WROTE ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE FEELiNG ABOUT THEiR UPCOMiNG FiNALS AND WHAT THEY WERE EXCiTED ABOUT THiS WiNTER BREAK.
Streamers For National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month LED BY: KYLYNNE MANGANTi FOR NATiONAL DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRiViNG PREVENTiON MONTH, WE CREATED RED RiBBON STREAMER DECORATiONS AND RAiSED AWARENESS ABOUT THESE iSSUES. IHS iNTERACT WAS ABLE TO DONATE $18 TO STUDENTS AGAiNST DESTRUCTiVE DECiSiONS.
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Thanks For Delivering LED BY: LYNN NGUYEN TO APPRECiATE DELiVERY DRiVERS, WHO HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED WiTH WORK DUE TO THiS PANDEMiC, VOLUNTEERS MADE THANK YOU SiGNS.
A Letter to Your Future Self LED BY: AMANDA VO iNTERACTORS WROTE LETTERS TO THEiR FUTURE SELVES AND HAD A CHANCE TO MEET AND iNTERACT WiTH OTHERS, TALKiNG ABOUT VARiOUS SUBJECTS SUCH AS AP COURSES. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ANOTHER EVENT NEXT SEMESTER WHERE WE OPEN THEM!
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CO-YOUTHACT COORDiNATOR MESSAGE
HEY INDERACTORS! IT iS YOUR CO-YOUTHACTORS DHESTiNE SECRETO AND TRiNA PHAN HERE! WE BOTH HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT FiRST SEMESTER, AND WE KNOW FOR SURE SECOND SEMESTER iS GOiNG TO BE EVEN BETTER. LOOKiNG BACK AT THiS YEAR, DANG YOU DiD THAT, WE DiD THAT. WE ALL CREATED SO MUCH MEMORiES EVEN THOUGH iT WAS OVER ZOOM. WE KNOW THiS MiGHT NOT BE THE YEAR EVERYONE iS EXPECTiNG, BUT WE WiLL TRY OUR BEST AND HOPEFULLY HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THiS AS MUCH AS WE DO. BEiNG BOTH FRESHMEN WE DiD NOT SEE THiS COMiNG AT ALL, BUT OUR TEAM MAKES US FEEL SO WELCOMED AND HELPiNG US GUiDE THROUGH THiS WHOLE ROLLERCOASTER. WHAT FEELS EVEN MORE BETTER iS BEiNG ABLE TO SEE EVERYONES FACES ON ZOOM AND GETTiNG TO MEET EVERYONE. INTERACT iS SUCH A MEANiNGFUL CLUB AND iS SO iNTERACTiVE (AHA iNTERACT) MAKES US FEEL iNCLUDED iN OUR INDE COMMUNiTY AND THE COMMUNiTY iN GENERAL. MEETiNG NEW PEOPLE AND DOiNG SERViCE TO HELP THOSE WHO AREN'T AS FORTUNATE AS US MAKES US AND EVERYONE FEEL APART iN THiS GiNORMOUS COMMUNiTY. WiTH YOUR HELP, OUR SMALL SCHOOL iS MAKiNG A BiGGER iMPACT SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND WE CANNOT THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH. WE HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED INDERACT AS MUCH AS WE DiD. JUST KNOW THAT THiS iS ONLY THE BEGiNNiNG, AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEiNG A PART OF OUR INDERACT FAMiLY! PEACE. LOVE. INTERACT. <3
-YOUR CO-YOUTHACT COORDiNATORS,
Trina Phan & Dhestinie Secreto 16
iNTERACTORS OF THE MONTH TO THE iNTERACTORS WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THiS SEMESTER, HERE’S A SHOUT OUT TO YOU! THANK YOU FOR CONSiSTENTLY VOLUNTEERiNG AND COMiNG TO OUR SERViCE EVENTS AND GENERAL MEETiNGS. LET’S CONTiNUE TO SET SAiL!
Cadence Chiu (10)
Anna Wu (10) 17
BOARD MEMBERS THANK YOU TO OUR BOARDiES WHO LED MANY CREATiVE, DiFFERENT VOLUNTEERiNG EVENTS FOR OUR GENERAL MEMBERS! YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN EXCEPTiONAL JOB AS LEADERS THiS SEMESTER!
Lynn Nguyen Jina So Amanda Vo
Isabel Fernandez 18
Jenny Likhitha Kylynne Liu Ramayanam Manganti
Thank You
THANK YOU, iNTERACTOR, FOR YOUR DEDiCATiON TO SERViCE AND TRULY EXEMPLiFYiNG “SERViCE ABOVE SELF”. THE iNTERACT LEADERSHiP TEAM HOPES YOU WiLL CONTiNUE YOUR iNTERACT JOURNEY NEXT SEMESTER. LET’S SET SAiL! 19
CO-PRESiDENT MESSAGE
WHAT’S POPPIN INDERACTORS?! IT’S YOUR CO-PRESiDENTS DiANA & TRAM :) ALTHOUGH THiS YEAR HAD A VERY UNEXPECTED START, WE GOT THROUGH iT TOGETHER! WE ARE SO PROUD TO SAY HOW MUCH YOU GUYS MEAN THE WORLD FOR US. TO RECAP THiS SCHOOL YEAR, WE WOULD LiKE TO SHOW OUR APPRECiATiON OF YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION FOR INTERACT! THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDiCATiON TO iNTERACT. THANK YOU FOR SHOWiNG UP TO OUR MEETiNGS AND ATTENDiNG OUR EVENTS. YOU ARE WHAT MAKES iNTERACT. THiS YEAR iSN'T THE MOST iDEAL YEAR, AND WE WOULD'VE LOVED TO SEE YOUR PRETTY FACES AT GENERAL MEETiNGS, GiVE YOU ALL EXCLUSiVE LiVE CONCERTS AND SEE YOU AT ALL OUR FUN EVENTS :( BUT, SOMETiMES LiFE KiCKS YOU iN THE SHiNS AND THiNGS DON'T GO AS PLANNED. AS CO-PRESiDENTS, WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS AND WE HOPE YOU WiLL CONTiNUE YOUR JOURNEY OF SERViCE :) -YOUR CO-PRESiDENTS,
Diana Pham & Tram Dinh 20
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