Now's your chance to get involved with our Fall Project, Holiday Mail for Heroes! We are now on phase two, which will be making the cards that we will eventually send over the troops that fight so bravely for our nation. If you have pride in living in the land of the free, and would like to do your part in thanking the courageous soldiers that make your life possible, here is a good chance to do so.
Phase two will consist of three after-school card-making sessions and card donation collections. The follow information is for the three card-making sessions. You can choose to attend as many or as little as you'd like, and obviously community service credit will be given for helping us make a difference in the lives of our brave troops.
December 6, 2011 from 2:35PM to 3:35PM
December 7, 2011 from 2:35PM to 3:35PM
December 8, 2011 from 2:35PM to 3:35PM
All card-making sessions will be taking place in the hallway outside of Room 24 (where we hold our club meetings)!
If you cannot make it to any one of these sessions, you can always spend time at home making your own cards, and then bringing them to a club meeting (or giving them to a board member anytime you run into one during the school day) as your donation!
Make sure you read and familiarize yourself with our card-making guidelines on the Holiday Mail for Heroes page before you begin making your own cards. Otherwise, your card and hard work will be wasted!
If you are a super busy person that can neither attend one of these sessions nor take some time at home to make one or two by yourself, but would still like to participate and do have a meaningful impact on someone's life, we offer the option to purchase a real card (that you can personalize with your own message) for $1.50. The cards you can choose from are shown on our club meeting presentation from 11-10-11; you can find this powerpoint on the "Downloads" page of our extended website.
If you'd like to bring in any spare art supplies you have so that we have more awesome things to use on the cards we make, feel free to bring them to school with you on card-making day(s)! Also, the event RSVP is available on our Facebook page, so you can quickly and easily invite some of your friends to the sessions so you can have fun while making a difference. As always, the more the merrier. (:
Stay updated with everything the club does by clicking "Like" for our Facebook page; it's where we post our quick announcements.
--Katharine Yang, President
TPHS American Red Cross Club
Monday, November 14, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Club Meeting: 11/10/11
Here is an outline of today's meeting based off the presentation!
AMERICAN RED CROSS CLUB (11/10/11)
Club meetings are every other Thursday in Room 24 during lunch.
Announcements~
-We have moved from our former Facebook group to a Facebook page! You can "like" us for quick and easy updates and announcements for the club. See the top right-hand corner of the website.
-Our club has an official club phone number you can call (voicemail only), so if you just need to leave us a message with an inquiry about the club, feel free to call and leave your name and number so we can get back to you! Call (858) 848-7733 with your phone, or use the built-in feature in the bottom right hand corner of our website.
-Make sure that if you haven't already, fill out the TPHS ARC membership application. You are not considered an official active member of the club if we do not have your submitted form on file. <click here to fill it out> Your volunteer hours are posted online on the extended website (see "More"), and so is the Club Policy stating your requirements.
-Make sure that if you haven't already, fill out the TPHS ARC membership application. You are not considered an official active member of the club if we do not have your submitted form on file. <click here to fill it out> Your volunteer hours are posted online on the extended website (see "More"), and so is the Club Policy stating your requirements.
Community Service Events~
*You can sign-up for any or all of the events online using the “Event Sign-Up Form” that you can find at http://bit.ly/tprc_eventsignup. More details on every event is available on the "Upcoming Events" page.
November/December Events
- Silver Strand Half Marathon (November 13th)
- Volunteers will be general run volunteers
- The marathon will be taking place at Imperial Beach Pier Plaza
- Coordinator: Rachael Lee
- O'side Turkey Trot (November 21st, 22nd, 23rd, or 24th)
- Volunteers will help out at the run
- Run will take place at the Oceanside Civic Center, a specific date of our TPHS ARC shift has not yet been determined
- Encinitas Holiday Parade (December 3rd)
- Volunteers will be general parade helpers
- The marathon will be taking place in Encinitas
- Coordinator: Tammy Truong
December/January Events
- Sunny and Angel Save Christmas (December 3rd, 4th, 10th, and 11th)
- When: December 3, 4, 10, and 11, 2011, specific time depends on shift chosen (visit the "Upcoming Events" page for each of the shift times)
- Where: Helen Woodward Animal Center
- What: Help with either photography, Santa and the elves, reading the Christmas story to kids, etc., depending on the shift chosen. (Visit the "Upcoming Events" page for each of the different days' jobs.)
- Coordinators: Wendy Zhang (12/3), Ly Dang (12/4), Katharine Yang (12/10), and Rachael Lee (12/11)
- Big Bay Balloon Parade (December 28th)
- 2012 San Diego Resolution Run (January 8th)
- When: December 28, 2011 (Wednesday) from 10:00AM
- Where: Downtown San Diego
- What: Help out by participating in a parade.
- Coordinator: Katharine Yang
- When: January 8, 2012 (Sunday) from 7:00AM
- Where: De Anza Cove in Mission Bay Park
- What: Help out at the run by being a general volunteer.
- Carlsbad Marathon (January 22nd)
- When: January 22, 2012 (Sunday) from 6:00AM-10:30AM
- Where: Intersection of Palomar Airport Road and Yarrow Drive in Carlsbad
- What: Help out at the water station of the marathon.
Other Volunteer Opportunities
- Blood Drive Shifts
- Volunteers work at the check-in/registration table and interact with the blood donors
- Send hours of availability to tpredcross@gmail.com to start the registration process as a volunteer at one of the upcoming blood drives
- Fall Red Cross Project - Holiday Mail for Heroes
- We'll be collecting holiday mail to send to troops overseas!
- Phase one is art supply collection, so if you have any stray art supplies sitting around at home, please bring some in for donation
- We're beginning phase two now, which is the card-making stage, so stay tuned for after-school card-making sessions information that will be released soon
- If you cannot make it to these sessions, feel free to take your own initiative and make your own cards at home (following the rules/guidelines listed on our project page)
- If for some reason you don't have enough time to do either of these things, you can always show your support by donating $1.50 to buy a holiday card that will be sent to the troops on your behalf; you will have the ability to customize your card's message in any way you would like, and in this way you will still be sending a card for the cause!
- Email tpredcross@gmail.com to learn more or buy a card
- See's Candy Fundraiser
- Our club is selling See's Candies for our winter fundraising project; the highest seller will be rewarded with an awesome Red Cross prize
- Order forms are available under "Downloads" on the extended website (click "More" on the left-hand side of the website); please turn in your order forms by the end of November so all holiday candy will be delivered before winter break
- Each club member is STRONGLY recommended to sell the MINIMUM requirement of 2-3 boxes/orders of chocolate/candy from the flyer
- Chargers Blood Drive
- There will be a Chargers Blood Drive after school on November 22, 2011 (Tuesday) from 3:30PM to 6:30PM; we'll be working in the Entertainment Room (which is a ton of fun), and at the end volunteers receive all the free merchandise they want from the room
- This is a special event, so to sign up you must email the club president directly (contact information of all board members is available on our website)
- Partnership with TP Relief Team - fundraising for the UNICEF Tap Project
- Our club will be helping TP Relief Team with an upcoming bake sale, where money raised will go to the UNICEF Tap Project to deliver safe water to places that don't have access to any
- Baked goods collection (hours will be given for donations) will be December 2nd, while the actual bake sale (will be needing volunteers) will take place December 3rd
- Also for the TP Relief Team project, we are selling boba on December 1st after school; if you don't want to get there on that day and find that the boba has run out, place a reservation by the end of next week by emailing tpredcross@gmail.com!
- We are the CSF Club of the Month for November!
- If you are in CSF, you can gain credits from participating in any of our November events, including our special projects such as Holiday Mail for Heroes and the See's Candies fundraiser
- Red Cross Club Shirts/Hoodies
- We will possibly be ordering either Red Cross Club shirts or hoodies based on interested members, so let us know if you are; you can check the design on the powerpoint presentation available on our Downloads page
Extra~
Links
- Website:
- Member Applications:
- Event Sign-Up Form:
-Downloads (for event registration forms and waivers):
*You can email us at tpredcross@gmail.com!
Our next club meeting will be the 8th of December! See you there!
Thanks guys,
TPHS RED CROSS CLUB
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