9/30/14 Meeting

Hey guys, so these are the reminders regarding today's meeting: 
1. Passed out T-shirts
2. If you forgot your money or you want a T-shirt, bring your money to the next meeting.
3. Next week NO MEETING: FALL BREAK
By the way, congratulations to the new assistant officers!

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Important Reminders: Interview Schedules and T-Shirt List

Here's the assistant officer interview schedule. http://goo.gl/TaM4uM
Interviews are going to take place this Friday, September 26th, during lunch in Mr. McKee's room (room 516). Please let us know ASAP if you are not able to make it to your interview time. See you there!

Here's the official list of those who have reserved a T-shirt. http://goo.gl/A3hxD6
Please come to me with $10 (cash preferred) ASAP. They are scheduled to arrive Oct. 1st. If your name is blue, you've already turned in your money. We ordered extra shirts, so if you change your mind and want a T-shirt now, feel free to go to Chaereen with your money and she will put your name down!

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9/23/14 Meeting

Thanks for the great turnout with Annie Kim, Community Engagement Fellow of Southern California, today! I hope you guys learned from her as much as I have. Chaereen's going to post later on the schedule for officer interviews and a list of people who want T-shirts. ALSO, SHE'S NOW TAKING MONEY FOR T-SHIRTS!

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9/16/14 Meeting

Hey everyone! We're so sorry about today's sudden location change, especially in this crazy heat. We'll try our best to plan in advance with Whelan (the theater teacher) next week!

Here's a recap of today's meeting:

1. October is just around the corner, which means Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is going to begin very soon! We've got to order Trick-or-Treat boxes ASAP for them to arrive on time. Today we asked you guys to write down approximately how many boxes each of you want to fill up, just so that we can get a rough estimate of how many we have to order. You can fill up as many boxes as you want! Get a box for your church; for your favorite teacher so that they can put one in their classroom; for a local business that you know; etc. For those of you who are also part of NHS, we're going to set the bar to three boxes maximum. One service hour per box!

2. T-shirts! The design has been finalized, and each T-shirt is going to be $10. We are going to start receiving money next Tuesday. Cash is preferred. We asked you all to put a check next to your name on one of the sign-in sheets to confirm that you want a T-shirt. But considering how hectic today was, I don't think some of you were able to do that. So, give us a quick reply to this email that you still want a T-shirt if you weren't able to notify us today!

3. I talked a little more in depth about hours today. I'm going to require 10 hours from each of you per semester, making a total of 20 hours required for the entire year (same as NHS). Don't worry; I'm going to give you many opportunities to rack up free hours. THIS is the official hour sheet for the Fall semester. You more if there aren't enough spaces. I accept summer hours!

4. If you're an ambitious one, I recommend that you take part in PVSA: The Presidential Volunteer Service Award (make sure to circle the option on your hour sheet). Our club is officially partnered with this organization so that we can provide you all with this exciting opportunity. If you are able to earn a certain number of hours in one year (6/7/14~6/6/15). Click HERE for award criteria and eligibility. If you're able to reach, let's say, 100 hours this year: that's a gold award for freshmen and a bronze award for everyone else. Click here to learn more about PVSA. I strongly encourage you all to take part in this. This is awesome to put down on your college applications!

5. Assistant officer positions have been finalized as well, so those applications are now open. Click HERE for the application. Next week, I'm going to ask who is planning on applying. Interviews are going to be held September 25th and September 26th during lunch in Mr. McKee's room (516). I'll make two lists and randomly assign applicants to one of the two days. If the day doesn't work for you, come on the other one. Don't forget to bring your application to the interview!

6. If you haven't already, please add yourself to the official Facebook group, and/or follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

7. Remember that OUR WEBSITE HAS EVERYTHING! If you're ever absent, or you need to link to a document, our website literally. Has. Everything. vhsunicefclub.blogspot.com!

8. New members: please sign-in HERE.

9. Next week, we're having a guest speaker: Annie Kim, the Community Engagement Fellow in charge of all UNICEF clubs in Southern California! If you bring a friend to the next meeting who's interested in joining UNICEF, we will give you one free service hour. :-)

That was a lot! Have a great week!

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9/9/14: First Meeting

1st UNICEF Meeting of the Year!
Alright, guys, I am so happy to have such an enthusiastic group this year. This is what went down during the meeting today:
 -We got your emails, and signed in
- Introduced the officers (Chaereen Pak - President) (Victor Lava - Vice President of Communications) (Eric Lee- Vice President of Fundraising) (Aimiel Casillan - Vice President of Finance) (Grace Oh - Director of Membership) (Linda Lee - Director of Arts)
-Introduced UNICEF
-Discussed monthly themes
-Discussed goals for the year
-Discussed upcoming fundraisers
-Discussed T-Shirts

We have lots of members this year, so I expect us to achieve our goals! If you guys have any questions, leave a comment and we'll get to you!

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VHS Club Day 2014

Hello! This is Chaereen Pak, your UNICEF club president for the 2014-2015 year; a warm welcome to all of our new and returning members. We had the best turn out yet—143 sign-ups! Thanks to everyone for dropping by our booth.

Our first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 9th at lunch in room 516 (McKee). There is a possible change in location to the theater because we had way more sign-ups than expected! If we receive an approval, we will be updating you guys on Monday, so stay tuned for that reminder.

During the meeting, we will be introducing you guys to UNICEF and our club. We will be discussing the plan for the year (fundraisers), service hours, attendance, available officer positions, so on and so forth. We will also be taking a group photo for the yearbook.

I strongly encourage you to follow our newly made Twitter (@valenciaUNICEF) and Instagram (@valenciaUNICEF), as it seems that more and more students are using those two platforms these days. We'll give you weekly updates about meetings, fundraisers, events, and more (maybe even free hours)! Don't forget to join the Facebook group if you'd like as well.

Follow @valenciaUNICEF

Hope to see you all at the first meeting!

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