Leader s hi p “ Le ade r s hi pi sac ho i c e , no ta po s i t i o n. ”
-St ephenCov ey
P AGE5
NaomiGr i ngas CodyPham Shannon Fu
Aki na I s hi mot o Chr i s t yBal l es t er os Don Nguyen Gi giMa Jemi ma Choong Jenni f erDo
Ki mber l yBui Mar vi n Bol ai nez NancyNguyen SammyTr uong Var del lSi ngl et on Yvonne Dai
KennyLy St even Lam Br andon Cas as Jor dan Nakani s hi Di ana Ur i as Jes s i ca Gar ci a
Raymond Ta Vi etTr an Noah Shen KennyLy Jos hua Tavas s ol i khah Al vi n Nguyen
Mat t hew Avel i no Abygai lPhanvongs a Vi ncentPham CodyPhan Jes s i ca Gar ci a
Ni na Gupt a Chad Ruabur o NancyNguyen Dar r en Leung Sue Tr uong Al i ci a Si eu Car lAl t over os Aki na I s hi mot o Mi l an Pham
JamesChuong NaomiGr i ngas St ephani e Law RachelLi m Chr i s t yBal l es t er os Jos eph Nguyen Pet erWang Kr i s t i n Nguyen Pet erV.Nguyen
Audr eySi gi mot o Dar r en Leung Gi giMa Jemi ma Choong JennyNg
Kevi n Car i z on Kevi n Hoang Le An Pham SammyNguyen Sue Tr uong
Noah Shen Al vi n Nguyen Al i ci a Si eu Car lAl t over os Le An Pham ReyesGomez
Vi ncentPham Jor dan Nakani s hi Noah Fer r er Rodol f o Ser na Di ana Ur i as Pet erWang
F AL LE DI T I ON|R AM P AGE6
Ser v i ce “ Bet hec hang ey o uwi s ht os e ei nt he wo r l d”
-Gandhi
P AGE9
We’ r es i ngl e!Wedos er vi ce!Wear eyourSi ngl eSer vi ce chai r s !As Si ngl e Ser vi ce chai r s ,we pl an di ffer enton campus s er vi ce pr oj ect st hat pr omot es our Di s t r i ct ’ s Ser vi ceI ni t i at i ve( DSI ) :Bet heChange-Per s onalHeal t h. Thi s year f or our l ar ge s cal es er vi ce pr oj ect we ar e hel pi ngBackBayCent erandMont eVi s t aHi ghSchoolt o cr eat eazen gar den cent er .Thi sf ut ur ecent erwi l lbea pl acewher es t udent scan comeeatf r es h,or gani cf ood and al s o getyoga,ment alheal t h and phys i calheal t h l es s ons . Las tOct ober ,wes t ar t edphas eoneofourl ar ges cal eby demol i s hi ngt heol dgar dens pace.Webr oughtat ot alof ni net een peopl e and wer e abl et ot ake outol d pl ant s , br eakdownpl antbeds ,and weed t heent i r es pace.We wer eabl et o cl eart het ot alar eaand l at erbegi n phas e t wo,whi chi ncl udesl ands capi ng,des i gni ng t hedr ai ni ng s ys t em and pl ant i ng.I nayear ,t hi ss pacewi l lbecomea zengar den,wher es t udent scancomeandi mpr ovet hei r per s onalheal t h. AsSi ngl eSer vi cechai r s ,wepr ovi deacces s i bl eandeas y s er vi ce pr oj ect sf orourmember sand al s ot hey gett o know about our DSI .Our l ar ge s cal e al l ows f or our member st o gett o know t hecommuni t yofCos t aMes a and s eet hepr ogr es st heymadef r om demol i t i ont ot he fini s hedpr oj ect .Wecan’ twai tt os eeyout her eandcome f orourj our ney.
Al i ci aSi eu
F AL LE DI T I ON|R AM P AGE10
BunnyBunch On Nov ember 11 a f e w of ou r member s v ol u n t eer edatBu n n yBu n c h .T oac er t ai ne xt en t ,I t h ou gh tt h i sev en twasmai n l yj u s tpl ayi n g wi t h bu n n i esan dt ak i n gc ar eoft h em. I n s t ead, wewer e gi v enbr ooms t i c k st oc l eanou tt h ec agesf i l l ed wi t hpoopan dh ayev er ywh er e .If el ts or r yf ort h e bu n n i esbec au s et h e ygots c ar edwh enween t er ed t h ei rh omest oc l ean . T h ebu n n i esen dedu ph i di n gi nt h e c or n eroru n dert h ei rbed.Af t erwewer edon ec l ean i n g an dt ak i n gou tt h et r as h ,i twasl u n c ht i mef ort h ebu n n i es ! Wegav eou tah an df u lofl et t u c et oeac hbu n n yan dt wo h an df u l sf ort h ebi ggerbu n n i es .Weev enc l ean edou tt h ei r wat erbo wl san dr ef i l l edi twi t hf r es h ,n e w wat er .Ov er al l ,t h i s daymademeh appyt os eeman ypeopl ec omi n gi n t ot h es h opbyadopt i n ga n yt ogi v et h eman e wh ome . I wou l ddef i n i t el yt ak epar ti nt h i sev en tagai n ! bu n
Jenni eVong Or angeCoastCol l egeHeal t hFai r
AsCi r c l eKer s ,weal wayst r yt odos er v i c ef orot h er si nou rc ommu n i t y .Wegets owr appedu p i nou rc on t r i bu t i on st oot h er st h atwef or getabou tou r s el v es .At t en di n gOr an geCoas tCol l ege' s f i r s tan n u al Heal t hF ai rr emi n dedmet h ats pen di n gt i mef orou r s el v esi sj u s tasi mpor t an tasdoi n g s of orot h er s .Wi t ht h ei n f or mat i v eboot h s ,des t r e s sac t i v i t i es , pl an n i n gwor k s h op, men t al h eal t hwor k s h op, y o ga, an d t h er apydogs , I gott of oc u sonmys el fan dmyh eal t hal on g wi t hmember sf r ombot hmyc u r r en tc l u bUCIan df or mer c l u bOCC.In o wt h i n kmor eabou tt r eat i n gmys el fan d n otl et t i n gmys el fbeasmen t al l ys t r ai n ed.Ibr eat h e mor e ,an dIt h i n kmor eabou tt h ec on s equ en c esof poorper s on alh eal t h .Doi n gc ommu n i t ys er v i c e h el psempo werou rs oc i et y , bu ts omet i mest h ebes t s er v i c et h aty ouc andoi ss er v i c ef ory ou r s el f .
Kri sti nNguyen P AGE11
WeGi veThanks I t ' sdu r i n gt h eh ol i dayst h atI f eel t h emos t pr i v i l eged.Ir emi n dmys el ft h att h er ear et h os e wi t h ou th omesan df oodan dt h atI n eedt ogi v e bac kt oot h er sbyv ol u n t eer i n gatt h ean n u al We Gi v eT h an k s . T h i sy earwasmyf i f t ht i me v ol u n t eer i n g,an d Ial wayswan tt oc omebac kt o ei t h erc u tpot at oesorpu l lbr eadl i k et h i sy ear .Some y ear s , I ' v eal s omi s s edou tonmyo wnf ami l y T h an k s gi v i n gdi n n eri nor dert odi r ec t l ys er v ef oodt ot h os e i nn eed,bu tIdon ' tf eels adabou tmi s s i n gmyf ami l ydi n n er bec au s emyf ami l yan dIk n o wt h att h er ear et h os ewh on eedt h ec ompan y an ds er v i c emor et h anIdo .T h an ky ouWeGi v eT h an k sofOr an geCou n t yf orwh aty ou s t an df or .
KRI STI NNGUYEN SecondSundays Sec on dSu n dayi sac ommu n i t ys er v i c epr o j ec twh er ewec anv ol u n t eert oh el pt ak ec ar e ofs omel oc al pat c hofl an dbypl an t i n gn e wpl an t s , wat er i n gt h em, an dal s obyr emov i n g s omeoft h ei n v as i v epl an ts pec i esar ou n dt h ear ea. I t h i n ki t ' sagr eatoppor t u n i t yt omeet an dwor kwi t hal otofn e wpeopl ean daswe l l asdoi n gs ome mean i n gf u l man u al l abort oh el pgi v ebac kt oou rc ommu n i t y . T h i s wast h ef i r s ts er v i c eev en tI h adev erat t en dedan di twas def i n i t el ywor t ht h ee xper i en c e .E v ent h ou ghmygr ou p mes s edu ponbot ht h epl an t i n gan dwat er i n gas pec tof t h es er v i c epr oj ec t , an dt h att h er ei sah i gh pr obabi l i t yt h atwek i l l edmor epl an t st h anwe c r eat ed,It el lmys el ft h ati twass t i l lf u nan dwor t h goi n gt o .Sot owh oev eri sr eadi n gt h i s ,y ous h ou l d t ot al l ydoi tt oo!I t ' sf u nan ddef i n i t el ywor t hgoi n g t o!
MO CASTRO F AL LE DI T I ON|R AM P AGE12
Sout hCount yOut r each S o u t hCo u n t yOu t r e ac hi san o n pr o f i to r gan i z at i ont h at s e e k st opr e v e n th u n ge ran dh o me l e s s n e s sbypr o v i di n g c r u c i als e r v i c e san ds u ppo r tt ot h o s ei nn e e d.On eo fmy f av o r i t et h i n gsabo u tS o u t hCo u n t yOu t r e ac hi st h att h e y mai n t ai nt h epe r s o n ’ sdi gn i t yast h e yas s i s tt h e m.Myv e r y f i r s t t i mev o l u n t e e r i n g atS o u t hCo u n t yOu t r e ac h ,Iwas t as k e d wi t ho r gan i z i n gs h e l v e si nt h ef o o d pan t r y .I pr ac t i c al l ys pe n tmywh o l et i met h e r er o t at i n gc an so f be an san dmo v i n gt h e mar o u n d. T h o u ghi ts o u n dsmu n dan e , Ie n j o y e di tk n o wi n gt h att h ego alo fdo i n gs owast o pr o v i deanau t h e n t i cs h o ppi n ge x pe r i e n c ef o rpe o pl eu s i n g t h epan t r y .S o u t hCo u n t yOu t r e ac hdi dn o twan tpe o pl et o f e e ll i k et h e ywe r eataf o o dban kge t t i n gh an do u t s ,bu t mo r es oatagr o c e r ys t o r eo rs u pe r mar k e tbu y i n gf o o d. T h e ypr o v i de ds h o ppi n gc ar t san dbags ,an dal s oc r e at e d ai s l e san ds e c t i o n sde di c at e dt oc e r t ai nf o o ds .Y o uc an r e al l ys e et h ei mpac tt h i ss u pe r mar k e tv i beh asonpe o pl e wh i l et h e ys h o p,pe o pl es mi l i n gan dge t t i n ge x c i t e dwh e n t h e yh i taf o o ds e c t i o nt h e yl o v e .T h e s es mi l e s ,an dt h e r e s pe c tS o u t hCo u n t yOu t r e ac hh asf o rpe o pl e ’ sdi gn i t y ,i s wh atmak e smewan tt oc o mebac kt i mean dt i meagai n .
Chi l dCr eat i vi t yLab E v ent h ou ghI ’ v eo n l ybeent oCh i l dCr e at i v i t yL abo n c e ,Is t i l lt h i n ki ti smyf av o r i t es e r v i c ee v e n t .I r eal l yen j o y edbe i n gabl et oh e l pt h ek i dswi t ht h e i rc r e at i o n san dh e l pi n gt h e mmapo fwh att h e y wan t edt odo . Wewe r es u ppo s et oh el po u tar o u n dbu tI e n de du ph e l pi n gt h i so n epai rwh owe r et h e s weet es tk i dsI h av ee v e rme t . I t h i n kt h et h i n gt h atgo tmewast h att h e yn ame dt h e i rc r e at i o n“ F r i en ds h i pRi de”bec au s et h e yt o l dmet h att h e ywe r ebe s tf r i e n ds . S e e i n gh o wh appyan dj o y f u l t h e ywe r e abou tmak i n gat o yz i pl i n er eal l ymademydayan dt h er e as o nwh yI wan tt ogoagai n .
P AGE13
10AM11AM Hol i dayCar dmak i n gf orSen i orCi t i z en s 11AM5PM Ci t yofL aMi r adaCh i l i Hol i dayCel e br at i on 11AM1PM 4Seas on sSoc i al /F u n dr ai s er 1PM2PM Sen s or yBot t l es 2PM3PM Heal t hSt i c k s 3PM5PM Ki n et i cSan d/Sl i me 5PM6PM Soap
6PM9PM BookDoc t or
9PM11PM Hol i dayCar dmak i n g/Mot i v at i on al Car ds 11PM1AM Hi dean dSeeki nAl dr i c hP ar k 1AM3: 30AM Heal t hBook l et s 3: 30AM4: 30AM DogT o ys 4: 30AM7: 30AM Dec or at i n gBagsan dMak i n gCar eP ac k ages 7: 30AM8: 30AM Wak eUpE x er c i s e 8: 30AM10AM OnCampu sCl ean u p/Hemopet
F AL LE DI T I ON|R AM P AGE14
Fel l ows hi p “ It ’ sno t what wehav e , but whowe hav e . ”
-Wi nni et hePooh
P AGE15
UL TI MATE FRI SBEE I nt r amur alSpor t s
F AL LE DI T I ON|R AM P AGE16
L L A B T E K S BA
P AGE17
Bo ardG ame J o s e p hBas i l i o
c a f e
Asmany membersmade thei rway t o Sonor a f orFTC,we deci ded t o hostourvery first Boar d Game Caf ef orthe gener almembers who coul dn’ tmake the tri p.Ci r cl e K has neverhad an eventdedi cat ed t o boar d games so some Fami l y Headsand Ideci ded t o make i thappen.Essenti al l y,a boar d game caf ei sa pl ace wher e peopl e come t ogether t o pl ay gameswhi l e shari ng f ood and dri nks. W e had mor e than 30 gamesavai l abl et o pl ay,some f avori t esbei ng “Ki ng ofTokyo”, “Escape:Curse ofthe Templ e”,and “Cash N Guns”.Ther e was a boar d game at every tabl e whi ch accommodat ed the number of pl ayersr equi r ed and al so a tabl ef orsnacksand dri nks.To be honest,we wer en’ t expecti ng much.W e wer e hopi ng a f ew peopl e woul d show up.However ,the event t otal l y exceeded any expectati onswe had.The r oom wascompl et el yf ul l !Everyone was pl ayi ng di ffer entboar d games,even gamesthey have neverhear d ofbef or e.The r oom wasso l oud,i twashar dt o hearpeopl e acr ossthe tabl ef r om you.Butover al l ,everyone i n thatr oom was havi ng a good ti me.The eventwas a wi l d success.By the end ofi t, thr ee hours had passed and peopl e tri ckl ed outa f ew ata ti me wi th smi l es.Thi s was defini t el y one ofmy f avori t e events thi s quart er!Stay tuned f orthe nextBoar d Game Caf e!
T RI C KO RT R E A T f orUNI CEF
Wi l l i amL e
Thi syearf orTri ck orTr eatf orUNI CEF we wentt o two nei ghborhoods,Turtl e Rock and Uni versi ty Hi l l s.Basi cal l y duri ng thi seventwe wentt o houses aski ng f ordonati onst owar dsUNI CEF i nst ead ofCandy!A l otofthe r esi dents i n these nei ghborhoodswer e mor e than happy t o spar eaf ew dol l arsorspar e change t o the cause aswel lasgi ve us candy i n the pr ocess!Formysel fIhad al otoff un hangi ng outwi th other membersaski ng f ordonati ons.Iwassurpri sed when some ofthe r esi dents even spar ed $1 0-$1 5t owar dsUNI CEF.Atthe end ofthe eventwe count ed al l ofthe money thatwascol l ect ed.Thi swasthe har destpartsi nce a l otofthe cash thatwasdonat ed wer e mostl y coi ns.However ,we wer e abl et or ai se $320 f orUNI CEF W OOO! F AL LE DI T I ON|R AM P AGE18
Danc e Wo rks ho p Themember sofCi r c l eKhaveavar i et yof i nt er es t ss uchasgames ,s por t s ,andmemes . Danc ei soneoft hem.Inot i c edt hatal otof peopl ewer ei nt er es t edi ndanc i ng,orwer e i ndanc et eam.It al kedt os omepeopl ewho s ai dt heywant edt obutf eelasi ft hey c annot .W i t ht hi si nmi nd,mygr oup( Soni a, Sar i na,andI )pl annedabegi nner ’ sdanc e wor ks hopt oenc our ageever yonet oc omeout . Thes ongwasShel t er( Pur e100% r emi x)by Por t erRobi ns on,ac at chyyets l ow pac ed s ongt hats l owl ybui l dsupi ns peed.The meani ngoft hedanc ei t s el fi sbas edof fofmyeduc at i onexper i enc e.Thedanc es t ar t sof f happyands i mpl ewhi chr es embl edel ement ar y/mi ddl es chool .AsImovedont ohi ghs chool ,I f el tl i kear oboti nt hatIdi dt hes amet hi ngever yday:wakeup,gott os chool ,got o pr ac t i c e,gohome,s l eepandr epeat .Thedanc eendschaot i c al l ywhi chr es embl edc ol l ege.I di dnotknow whatIwasget t i ngmys el fi nt o,i twass odi f f er entt hanhi ghs chool .However ,i n t heend,Iadapt edt ot hec ol l eges ys t em.I twashar dandIdi dmakes omemi s t akes ,( f i r s t year )butIdonotr egr etanyt hi ng. Att heend,weal lper f or medi ti ngr oupsandt henonel as tt i meal lt oget her .Bei ngabl et o s eet heendr es ul twasbeaut i f ul ,peopl ewhoneverdanc edbef or eandpeopl ewhohad danc eexper i enc eal ldanc i ngt oget her .Ihadaf unt i met eachi ngt ot hepoi ntwher eIwant t ohol danot herdanc ewor ks hop,orpar t i c i pat ei ns omeoneel s e’ sdanc ewor ks hopi nCKI .
Andy Lo
P AGE19
Dari n Ngo
T r eas ur er ’ sChes ti sat eam l edbyourownt r eas ur er , Dar i nNgo,c r eat edt or ai s eadmi ni s t r at i vef undsf or ourc l ub.T r eas ur er ’ sChes ti sagr eats t ept obec omi ng agr eatl eaderast heypl anevent sandf undr ai s er s . Someoft hei rf al lquar t erf undr ai s er si nc l udepai nt i ng l i keBobRos s ,pumpki nc ar vi ng,andgi nger br eadhous e maki ng.Fundsar edi r ec t edbackt oourc l ub,es pec i al l y ourf ami l ys ys t em t hankst oT r eas ur er ’ sChes t !
F AL LE DI T I ON|R AM P AGE20
M ember s hi p
Dev el opmentandEducat i on
Thede l i c at ebal anc eo f me nt o r i ngs o me o nei sno t c r e at i ngt he mi ny o uro wni mag e , but g i v i ngt he mt he o ppo r t uni t yt oc r e at et he ms e l v e s . -St ev enSpi el ber g P AGE21
s i n gCan e s Me n t o rRai al Me n t e eSoci
G u e s st heBAB Y
L e f tt or i gh t : Al i c i aS i e u , L e s l e yWo n g, R e gi n al dS e l l o t e , Wi l l i amL e
Z o t T ri vi a
F AL LE DI T I ON|R AM P AGE22
Ki wani s Fami l yNews “ It ho ug ht Iwasdo newi t hKe yCl ubo nc e Ig r aduat e dhi g hs c ho o l ”
-Ki mber l yCao,KF am Chai r
P AGE25
t o Ki mberl yCao and Jessi caCamacho Col l ege
F AL LE DI T I ON|R AM P AGE26
TAKEOVER
J e s s i c aC a ma c h o
R E G I O N3R e g i o n a lT r a i n i n gC o n f e r e n c e
T h e r e s aD o a n
P AGE27
Ki wani sT o u rD' O rang e
C hadRu abu ro
LET’ SLEARN
F AL LE DI T I ON|R AM P AGE28
Di s t r i ctand Di v i s i onal News “ Got oDCON”
-Ev er y oneont hec ommi t t ee
P AGE29
Sout h C K I
F AL LE DI T I ON|R AM P AGE30
P AGE33
Spe c i al t hank s
F AL LE DI T I ON|R AM P AGE34