ASB Invites AHS Students to Participate in Campus-wide Service

Posted on by

SEAN NGUYEN
Staff Writer

At AHS, students have numerous opportunities to become involved with community service through student-run clubs and organizations. In an effort to further spur the spirit of community service at AHS, a campus-wide service is being organized by the Assocated Student Body (ASB) and AHS’ various service clubs.
Leading the effort to coordinate the first AHS campus-wide service is the ASB Director of Clubs, Jimmy Lin. The conception of the campus-wide service originates from ASB’s effort to set long-term goals for the school year and see these goals through realization. Lin hopes for the campus-wide service to be the first of a long-standing tradition here at AHS.
“Alhambra High has one of the strongest service traditions out of the high schools in [the San Gabriel Valley] area. I feel like students aren’t aware of that and should learn about what these clubs do,” Lin said.
All AHS students are invited to participate as volunteers at the campus-wide service even if they are not currently associated with a service club.
“Participating gives back to the school and rewards the efforts of hardworking students and teachers who give up time to be advisors,” Lin said.
The primary beneficiary of the campus-wide service will be AHS itself. ASB is currently coordinating with teachers and faculty to identify a list of key tasks and responsibilities that may be handled by the service. Student volunteers will be divided into teams that will each be assigned to different tasks identified by ASB.
“Although I’m not currently in a service club, I’m interested in participating in an event that would let us students do community service and give back,” freshman Isaac Ramirez said. “I believe that the event will be successful if they present and promote it well enough. That being said, I hope that it does succeed and I’m excited to see it become a tradition [at] AHS.”
The campus-wide service is set to occur on Thursday, April 18, from after school until the end of Open House. The service is occurring simultaneously with Open House because teacher supervision is required for the service to take place. Students who want to get involved can look to fliers and bulletin announcements for more information.