Fall Rally

The Fall Rally was very fun. We went to about 7 rides and surprisingly it was pretty relaxing for me. I thought my feet were going to hurt but they didn’t hurt that much since I sat down a good amount during the rally. The group I went with was so much fun! At the theatre where they held the rally, they were almost about to skip us and when they finally went to us at the end, I was so tired and had little to no energy. However, I pulled through and I believe that we were one of the loudest divisions! The food voucher was a pretty good deal in my opinion because it was all you can eat and it had some ‘healthy’ options. I was about to reach for the ice cream sandwich but I decided to pick the healthier option so I would have enough energy for the rest of the night! Overall, I had such a fun time at Fall Rally; however, leaving the amusement park was such a bittersweet moment for me as I realized that this was my last Fall Rally ever.

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- Kobe Nguyen (c/o 2022)

Harvest Festival

The American food shift from 6-8 pm was fun with Elijah. I fried the fries and he moved the burger patties. I was kinda iffy about my fries job since I never really fried stuff before. I learned a cool trick though. When you fry stuff, the potato is cooked when it floats on the oil. I also burned my hands a little bit. The shift was really fun since cooking food was really entertaining and since Elijah was there, I had someone to talk to. Priyasha was there as well but she was taking orders so I didn’t really talk to her.

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- Kobe Nguyen (c/o 2022)

Harvest Festival

During October, I volunteered at the Harvest Festival colorama booth! At this event, members helped run the game booth by collecting money from customers, picking up the balls thrown, and handing out prizes. To play the game, customers had to throw small, white balls onto the game board. In order to win a prize, one of the balls needed to land on the colored holes (pink, purple, blue, and yellow). Your prize choices were based on the color of the hole your ball fell into. The prizes were different sized and colored stuffed animals, such as koalas, dogs, rams, horses, fish, and unicorns!

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- Maggie Hsieh (c/o 2023)

Drive for Hope

This month I participated in the Drive for Hope event which was a collaboration with Project Unity. This was a very fun opportunity because I got to meet new members at Ayala Key Club. It was also very exciting since this was my first in person event since quarantine. At this event, I simply had to organize and sort the items that were donated for families in need. This included clothing, school supplies and hygiene products. It felt so great to start doing events like this again. Knowing that I was able to help the community in some way, really warms my heart. Even though it was something so little, just having the idea that I was able to make someone's day, makes it all worth it. It was such an amazing experience and I would definitely help out at the HOPE Family Resource Center again.

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- Giselle Advincula (c/o 2022)

Ayala Football Games

During the month of September, I volunteered at the Ayala football game on September 10th against Los Osos High School! At the game, I worked at the food concession stand with two other Key Club members, where we gave out snacks and drinks. Almost all of the chips, candy, soda, and water provided were sold out by the end of the night. Every snack and drink was a dollar, except the Gatorade, which was 3 dollars! Ayala spirit shirts were also available for purchase, and customers had the choice of paying with cash or Venmo. It was exciting working with and getting to know other members while selling food to those who attended the game.

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- Maggie Hsieh (c/o 2023)

Fall Rally

Key Club’s Fall Rally was on the 13th this year for the Southern California region. This annual event benefits the Cali-Nev-Ha program foundation for the Pediatric Trauma Program. Thousands of members gathered at Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park for the rally. This was the first time that I got to attend the Fall Rally and it was incredible to see that this one event brought together so many people to support the Pediatric Trauma Program. When we all gathered in the Golden Bear Theater, the entire place was filled with Key Club spirit and chanting and it was so motivational. We met two other groups of students from different schools and hung out with them in the park and at the picnic. I will always remember this amazing event because it was so inspirational and motivational for everyone who attended. I met so many people from other schools and it was a great time. This was an event that really showed what Key Club Spirit really means.

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- Derek Callen (c/o 2024)

Eagle Canyon Festival

The Eagle Canyon Festival was fun. I worked with Chris (right side), who I used to play highschool soccer with. I was in charge of the obstacle course and it was pretty fun. I just let kids go in two at a time after the kids before it finished. There was this one kid that stayed in the middle of the obstacle course so I had to come in the course and take him out. The kids were relatively well behaved but I think me and Chris got the hardest event to run. People I meet there were Evan Shin, Ethan Nguyen, Chris Udo, and Angelo.

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- Kobe Nguyen (c/o 2022)

Harvest Festival

Volunteering at the American Food Booth at the Harvest Festival was definitely one of my favorite events I have ever helped out at so far! I met other Key Clubbers and bonded with them over making burgers, hot dogs, pizzas, chili cheese fries, and much more. It was very fast paced, but the three hours went by so fast since it was pretty fun! This experience also showed me how hard it would be to work at a Fast Food restaurant. I would love to work this booth again in the future!

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- Ashley Jung (c/o 2022)

Region 13 Night Market

This October I participated in a key club event called Region 13 Night Market where key club members from different divisions meet and make new friends. By selling merchandise such as T-shirts, hoodies, stickers, hats, pins, and etc., all the proceeds goes toward the Pediatric Trauma Program. At the night market, many different divisions sold food and drink items such as milk tea with boba, chicken Alfredo fettuccine pasta, churros, Korean corn dogs, popcorn chicken, and etc. We also participated and held a pre-fall rally, learning our cheers and creating memories with other Key Clubbers from different divisions. The event was a really fun experience and I hope we do this event again sometime!

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- Alexis Villamil (c/o 2022)