Service Events

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!