Hi everyone,

Red Cross clubs all over our county have been instructed by Red Cross Headquarters to further integrate Volunteer Connection into our club. As a result, we will be significantly decreasing use of this website and increasing functionality of Volunteer Connection.

If you do not know what Volunteer Connection is, it's a system used by American Red Cross volunteers to keep track of their hours, apply for volunteer positions, communicate with other volunteers, and more. It will be REQUIRED for our members to be signed up on Volunteer Connection.

You can sign up for Volunteer Connection by clicking here.

In addition, we will no longer be updating/using our Facebook page, since Red Cross Headquarters requested that our social media activities be reduced, save their official ones.

TL;DR: Sign up for Volunteer Connection!


- Eugene Park
Secretary of TPHS American Red Cross 2016-17

Nov. 12 Blood Drive Sucess

Thanks Torrey Pines ASB, Torrey Pines American Red Cross, Red Cross Blood Services, and blood donors for making this possible! Together we collected over 55 pints of blood and have helped save lives. We hope to repeat this success in March and look forward to working together again. 

Thanks to TPHS for giving Red Cross a shout out!

Yogurtland Fundraiser

Thanks to everyone who contributed by buying frozen yogurt, selling it at the tables, or publicizing the event. Together, we made $250! This event wouldn't have been a success without the efforts of everyone, so on behalf of the American Red Cross, thank you!

Readiness Days 2015-2016 Summary

Hi everyone,

TPHS American Red Cross had a wonderful time welcoming new and returning students to Readiness Days 2015 and we encourage anyone interested to join us in the upcoming year for

• Community service events available every weekend to earn volunteer hours

• Blood drives we organize and volunteer at both on campus and around the county 

• Fundraisers for disaster relief, disaster prevention, blood services, and more

• Free CPR training worth $80

• Free First Aid training

• Youth meetings at Red Cross San Diego Headquarters where you can meet with senior leadership

• Internships with the American Red Cross

• Opportunities to participate in Red Cross workshops, such as those on International Humanitarian Law and Military Family Aid 

All of these opportunities are available to our members. If you missed us at Readiness Days, you can still catch us at Club Day in October. For more information, just email us at TPRedCross @ Gmail

TPHS American Red Cross Leadership at Readiness Days 2015. From the right, President Jessica Yang, Vice President Francisca Vasconcelos, Treasurer Dahra Pucher, and Secretary Shireen Radvar.

-Jessica Yang

President of TPHS American Red Cross 2015-2016

Hi everyone!

  Since I've been hearing requests to go over the information once more from our first TPHS ARC meeting, your wish is my command :)  I would also like to give a big thank you to our board members who led the meeting!  Our next meeting will be on October 16th, 2014 in room 24.

• Member Applications: Available online at http://bit.ly/TPHSARC_volunteerconnection you do NOT need to reapply if you completed this process last year.  For you to be able to volunteer with us and get hours for fundraising, various events, and donations of time/effort, please sign up first, then email y.jessica.snow@gmail.com confirming your application (our club secretary Jessica Yang) so she can add your name onto our website and track your hours :)  

• check online for your TPHS Red Cross Club member volunteer hours at http://tphsredcross.blogspot.com/p/member-hours-2014-2015.html

• There’ll be lots of fun fundraisers and volunteer events, each with their own cause or benefit, where we can volunteer and earn the 30 hours requirement. Check out which ones are coming up at http://tphsredcross.blogspot.com/p/red-cross-club-upcoming-events.html and email the event coordinator or this email to sign up!

• MAKE SURE TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO SIGN UP FOR THE CLUB AS WELL; THE MORE THE MERRIER! Events are so much more fun with a group of friends tagging along.

• Fill out event reviews! VOLUNTEER EVENT REVIEWS 1 review= 30 min added :) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MXWzpP1cBP7DWFux3_9wai3GB3Qjwc0Yl1SxJGlyjo4/viewform

• take lots of photos at the events! :D every batch ( quality photos of you and your friends having a good time at the event) will also add on 30 minutes! Email them to either Lisa Hu or back at this email for us to upload them on the website or our TPHS ARC Facebook page ("like us" at https://www.facebook.com/tphsarc!).

  Sincerely,

    Rebecca Chen

    TPHS American Red Cross Club Pres. '14-'15

End of the Year Statement/Congratulations

Dear wonderful TPHS ARC club members,

  It's been an honor to work with such hardworking, yet funny and charming people this school year of 2013-2014!  Final hours are updated on our website, and membership/20+ volunteer hour certificates have all been handed out.  

  Thank you all so much for helping us raise almost a grand total of $364 dollars to help the American Red Cross continue their work in blood drives, disaster relief, and health education!  We as a club also performed a total of 468.5 volunteer hours! Way to go, guys!  

  

And Finally, drum roll please..............................After much thought and consideration of all your work, I'd like to present to you the new board of TPHS ARC for the year 2014-2015!  

President:

Rebecca Chen
Senior

        tpredcross@gmail.com
        rebecca.lovesicecream@yahoo.com

BOARD MEMBERS:
Vice President:
Lisa Hu
Senior
        lisahu97@gmail.com

Secretary:
Jessica Yang
Junior
        y.jessica.snow@gmail.com

Treasurer:
Miree Yoon

Senior

        mireey777@gmail.com

Ambassador:
Francisca Vasconcelos
Junior
        frannycisca@gmail.com

Event Coordinator(s)/ Club Representative(s):
Sooyeon Kim
Senior
        sooykim96@gmail.com
Victoria Susman
Senior
        v.susman3@gmail.com

Thank you all again <3  Farewell and congrats seniors, and to the rest of you, come back and volunteer with TPHS ARC once more! ^_^

  Sincerely,
     Rebecca Chen 
     TPHS ARC President '13-'14

2014 SPRING TAPIOCA EXPRESS MILK TEA BOBA FUNDRAISER :)

Here's a recap of our 2014 Spring fundraiser for the American Red Cross, to help them continue giving disaster relief, education, and emergency assistance to people in need of such important services :)  

  We will be selling Milk Tea Boba from Tapioca Express-each will be sold for $4 each.  Sell 3 of them and you can get one hour of volunteerism, and each one after that gets you another half hour!  If that seems too daunting, sell 2 and I'll be willing to give out half an hour. Sell a lot though guys!  These pre-orders are great ways to earn service hours, bringing you even closer to that 30 hour requirement.  Also, who doesn't like boba?! :D  Please sell a minimum of 2 orders.

  The cut-off date for the orders will be at the next club meeting on March 13th, 2014 during lunch in Mrs. Olson's room; Please bring the names of the people who ordered, their orders, and the money. The boba will be delivered after school on 3/20/2014, a 1/3/5 Thursday!  

**For any track people- I know that track meets are on Thursdays but that day is a home meet so we should be able to sneak out and get our boba and return super quick ;)  

Sincerely,

  Rebecca Chen 

  TPHS ARC President '13-'14

Winter Fundraiser Report

Dear All Red Crossers,
  I'm very sorry to inform you that the See's Candies Fundraiser did not achieve its sale minimum quota, and so we will not be able to place the order this year.  Please try hard next fundraiser to sell your chocolates!! The money should have been returned last club meeting to you.  If you did not receive the money you put in for the fundraiser back, please contact either me, Rebecca Chen, the secretary, Jessica Yang, or the treasurer, Alex Deng, using emails from the Board Members page.
  However, I wish you all a wonderful winter break.  Get lots of rest and spend a lot of time having fun!
  Sincerely,
     Rebecca Chen
TP ARC President 2013-2014

See's Candies Fundraiser Flyer & OrdersPage

Dear TP ARC members!

  Just click this link and it should lead you to a pdf file of the Flyer and Orders Page for See's Candies. Happy Selling, and remember-2 orders minimum by December 5th~ :] That equals 1 hour of volunteerism to help out Typhoon Victims! ^^
 Or, if you don't feel like printing and want the nice glossy paper flyer that we have, remember to come outside of Room 24 on Tuesday 11/19 at lunch!

-Rebecca Chen

Update!

 Dear All,

  First off, I apologize for the haphazard meeting this last Thursday.  Unfortunately, there was an unprecedented large number of people still testing from Olson's AP Bio class and we could not use Room 24, and were instead given Room 23. 

  The devastation of Typhoon Haiyan has been terrible, and to help out the American Red Cross, who is actively helping out the victims of this natural disaster, we've recently put together the See's Candies Fundraiser and will be giving the proceeds of this fundraiser to Red Cross Headquarters to continue their work in the Philippines. The Fundraiser will end (aka, the orders are due by-)December 5th (the next club meeting date) so that we can have all of our chocolate/candies/goodies by the next week, right before winter break :D Try to sell lots during Thanksgiving Break!

  Please come outside room 24 (the tables outside of the room) on Tuesday during lunch to quickly pick up the forms(which have lists of the various See's Candies we will be selling) and the envelopes in which to collect the money.  

 For each order you sell, you will earn 30 minutes of volunteerism hours. Try your best to sell at least 2 orders to help out the American Red Cross and Typhoon Haiyan Victims!    

  ALSO Bring in any sturdy boxes on Tuesday as well!  ie) a cardboard box should be fine. (not a tiny one please, we're going to try to fit in canned foods, school supplies, and gently used clothes). You'll get 30 min volunteering hours/2 boxes.  These boxes will be used to collect items from around school, put in classrooms for students school-wide to donate into. :]

  Thank you all for being such great volunteers and people ^___^   

  Sincerely,

    Rebecca Chen

    TPHS American Red Cross Club Pres. '13-'14

Club Update!

Hey everyone!

  I apologize for not feeling well and thus, not attending our last meeting.  However, I'm very happy with all of our wonderful Red Cross volunteers-congratulations to all of you for selling so much frozen yogurt! :]  We'll be putting up many new, fun volunteer events for you all to sign up for soon and a new fundraiser is in the works as well! (chocolate anyone?? ;] )

  Sincerely,
    Rebecca Chen
    TPHS American Red Cross Club Pres. '13-'14

Club Meeting :)

Hi everyone,

Come to our short meeting tomorrow at lunch in Olson's room (24). Remember to turn in your Frozen Yogurt orders/money and the official ARC membership forms. We'll also be going over events, so be sure to sign up for them!

Just a reminder that all events are posted online if you miss them at the meetings. You can email the coordinators directly if you would like to sign up for an event-- http://tphsredcross.blogspot.com/p/red-cross-club-upcoming-events.html 

BE AT THE MEETING TOMORROW ♡ 
-Lisa

OUR CURRENT FUNDRAISER--

Yogurtland Frozen Yogurt

*$3 for an 8oz cup

*All orders will be delivered after school at the front of the school (sometime within the next two weeks)

SELL SELL SELL - 3 orders sold = one hour of volunteer hours

FLAVORS:

Dutch Chocolate

French Vanilla

Cookies and Cream

Pistachio

Fresh Strawberry

New York Cheesecake

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie

Banana Nut Bread

Matcha Green Tea

Pumpkin

Red Velvet Cupcake Batter

Mango

Plain Tart

Strawberry Lemonade Sorbet (non-dairy)

Blueberry Tart

Have any questions about this fundraiser? Email alexdeng1@gmail.com!

First Meeting of the 2013-2014 School Year! :]

Hey Red Crossers!
  Sooooo I hope you all have had a fun, relaxing summer and welcome back to school!  Our first meeting will be on September 19, 2013 -a 2/4/6 Thursday. 
  If you're a new/prospective member- no problem! We'll be telling you all of this information at the meeting as well, but you can get ahead by signing up to be an American Red Cross member through HERE.
  Come also because there'll be homemade cupcakes yummy~ (stay for the entire thing though ;-; don't just take food and leave </3)
  You'll get to meet all of the new board members and ask plenty of questions/learn about our club/sign up for fun events. :D
  See you all soon!
     Rebecca Chen
TPHS ARC President '13-'14

Goodbye 2012-2013!

Hi guys. :] Since it's the last day of school, I just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS for surviving another (or possibly your first) year of high school. <3 For me, it has been my last. 

Because I was lucky enough to serve on the TPHS ARC board for the past two school years as president, a position I am sad to leave behind (but proud to pass on now), I did not want to let the day go by without saying that just by being a member of this club you became a huge and happy part of my life. I sincerely hope that you will all continue your love of and dedication to community service wherever you are going next, whether it is college (like me) or the next year in your high school career. And more importantly, that you won't be too shy to grab hold of opportunities to make yourselves more integral parts of your communities and making even more of a mark in the world as individuals.

I don't want this to be too long -- for fear of you guys just skimming past my words -- so I will end now with this: GOOD LUCK to next year's TPHS ARC board (and all the hopefully very dedicated individuals that will become board members in the years afterward), and HAVE A GREAT SUMMER and many years and summers to come. Hope to come across you guys in the future. <3 

Stay in touch!

Katharine Yang, President

TPHS American Red Cross Club

2011-2013

TL;DR -- I LOVE YOU GUYS.

TPHS ARC Leadership Board of 2013-2014!

Hey everyone,

First of all I would like to say that I appreciate you all for being such great members during my term as president of the Torrey Pines High School American Red Cross Club. For those of you whose high school careers are not ending just yet (as mine is very soon), I sincerely hope that you are as in love with the club and the cause as I have been, am, and always will be. Please continue your participation in TPHS ARC and its events, and support your new board members with dedication and sincerity.

Without further ado, here are your new TPHS ARC officers for the upcoming school year! Feel free to send them words of congratulations on their new roles in our high school club and in our entire community as a whole.

PRESIDENT
Rebecca Chen

VICE PRESIDENT
Lisa Hu

SECRETARY
Jessica Yang

TREASURER
Alex Deng

AMBASSADOR
Francisca Vasconcelos

EVENT COORDINATORS/CLUB REPRESENTATIVES:
Sooyeon Kim
Victoria Susman

Once again, thank you for being such wonderful members. I will be posting a pretty long thank-you letter/speech-type blog post very soon as an official farewell to you all and to the club itself before I embark on my college career and any new journeys and adventures that may come my way in the future. But for now, please warmly welcome the 2013-2014 TPHS ARC leadership board!

Katharine Yang
TPHS American Red Cross Club, President
2011-2013

Ways to get to your 30 hour requirement before the 2012-2013 school year ends!

Hey guys,

For those of you still trying to get those last few hours before the school year ends, here are some suggestions (and opportunities) to do so!

Besides the April community volunteering events, the following are a few ways to earn some spare hours with minimal effort on your part. ;)

1. Submit an "Event Review" detailing a past event you attended with our club. Each submitted review is worth one hour. CLICK HERE to access the form.
2. Submit photos that you took at a past event you attended with our club. Each submitted batch of photos is worth one hour. Email these photos to tpredcross@gmail.com, our club email.
3. Donate books to our book drive. The more you donate, the more hours you will receive. There is no limit to the amount of hours you can earn from donating books! Email to set up a turn-in appointment time.
4. Find and attend an event on your own. Generally there is a registration booth where you can pick up an hours confirmation letter to prove you worked for a specific amount of time. You can then turn in this form, or email it in, to get those hours into your TPHS ARC hours count. (Limit: ten hours earned using this method.)

Also, there will still be some club activities you can participate in to earn some final hours.

1. We will be holding a community-wide fundraiser with the other Red Cross clubs in our chapter from May to June, which will require volunteers to perform various tasks (ex: print flyers, distribute flyers, promote the event, etc.).
2. Send in a video to be included in a Red Cross promotion by WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013. Video should be short, with you answering the following questions: (1) Why do you volunteer with the Red Cross? and (2) What keeps you coming back? Send the video to tpredcross@gmail.com, our club email.

Feel free to email and ask for any other methods you can use to earn your final hours before our school year concludes. Thank you for your participation and dedication to TPHS ARC and the American Red Cross in general.

--Katharine Yang, President
TPHS American Red Cross Club

Annual Big Bake Sale Partnership!

Hey everyone!

For those of you who were club members last year, you probably remember the big sale that is being hosted annually by the biggest humanitarian clubs on campus (Key Club, NHS, CSF, UNICEF, etc.) to raise money for a common cause.

This year's cause is the Pediatric Trauma Program, which uses its funds for the development and donation of emergency and medical equipment for babies and young children -- a worthy cause indeed!

So, here's how you can help:

• Donate baked goods on February 22, 2013 to Mr. Chess' room (#63)
• Donations:
• should be packaged appropriately
• include your name and "TPHS ARC"
• should be, preferably, home-made baked goods
• baked goods should not contain nuts for health/allergy reasons
• include a list of the ingredients
• Volunteer at a bake sale booth on Saturday February 23, 2013!
• Our club's booth is in front of the Highland's Jimbo's store, and shift times are [1] 9:30AM-2:00PM and [2] 2:00PM-6:30PM
• It is possible to volunteer at your own interval, but you must include this special volunteer request in your email
• There is a limit to the number of volunteers we can place at a booth at any given time (to prevent overcrowding), so make sure to sign up ASAP if you know you want to help out for sure
• If you would rather volunteer at a different location (you'd be with another's club's volunteers) that is completely fine as well -- alternate locations include:
• Torrey Hills' Vons (UNICEF and Visions)
• Tapioca Express (CSF and NHS)
• Rancho Santa Fe's Village Market (Key Club)

And, because this is a giant partnership with a ton of clubs on campus, participating in this bake sale can earn you club credit with any/all of the clubs involved. :) We raised more than $2,000 last year for the UNICEF Tap Project, and hopefully we'll be able to make the same big impact with the Pediatric Trauma Program this year -- with your help!

**Email tpredcross@gmail.com with questions, or if you want to sign up for a bake sale booth shift. :)**

See's Candies Spring Fundraiser

Hey guys!

Our spring fundraiser will include pre-selling orders of See's Candies' chocolates, etc. that are Easter themed. You can find the pre-sale flyer by clicking HERE. ALL CLUB MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO SELL AT LEAST TWO ORDERS -- if you genuinely try your hardest and still do not succeed, just consult the TPHS ARC board.

• Just like last year, really great prizes will be given to the top sellers. Those of you who won these cool prizes last year know that I'm not kidding! ;)
• Orders will be collected at the Feb. 28, 2013 meeting at the latest.

Don't be shy -- email tpredcross@gmail.com with any questions or problems.

Katharine Yang, President

TPHS American Red Cross Club

Hurricane Sandy Fundraiser

Hey everyone,

Please keep checking back on this website to catch updates on this fundraiser to aid victims of Hurricane Sandy! Our fundraiser will consist of a sale of cookies, cake pops, and other baked goods, along with some good old-fashioned hot chocolate.

Various tasks will be posted that you guys as club members can take up to earn volunteer hours. Also let us know if you have free time after school anytime during this week or the next to help us with all the aspects of this event we're planning.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE TASKS YOU CAN DO FOR VOLUNTEER HOURS!

As of right now, hours will be given for:

• Donations of cookies or other baked goods
• Designing flyers to advertise this event to the rest of the school

Please make sure to email tpredcross@gmail.com BEFORE you take up one of these tasks, so that we know who to expect what from -- and so you get the hours you deserve.

Thanks guys,
Katharine Yang, President
TPHS American Red Cross Club