Kathy and I (Bella) decided since it was the month of October to have a team breast cancer awareness idea the whole month. We encouraged the team to wear pink items at practices such as pre-wrap, socks, and headbands etc. Then, we had everybody pitch in money for breast cancer awareness t-shirts that donated a portion of the cost to a local breast cancer fund as we wanted to encourage everyone to stay strong as well.

– Bella D. & Kathy P., Rage 04 Premier

For our leadership project, we decided to do a fundraiser for Make A Wish called Brave The Bay. All participants had to pay to participate and the event had sponsors such as Subaru and Ghiradelli which donated money. We helped raise $50,000 and each wish cost about $10,000 so we were able to grant five wishes. The San Francisco police department hosted the event along with Make A Wish.

We helped staff the Snowflake shuffle which is a 5k run in San Francisco. It begins and ends in the Aquatic Park. Volunteers had to arrive at 7:30 so that we could get in our positions to lead the runners in the right direction. The participants started to run at around 9 am. The Snowflake shuffle ended around 12.
That was our project and we were glad to grant wishes to those in need.

– Maddie B. & Jillian B., 05′ Premiere

For our 2017 Rage Leadership Community Service Project, we decided to help our local animal shelters by donating goods such as handmade blankets, toys and treats for the animals. On November 25th we visited both the East Bay SPCA and the East County Animal Shelter to find out what they needed the most. Blankets, toys and treats were on the top of the list. We then went to the fabric store and bought loads of fleece fabric at a very steep discount. Then we went to two local pet stores and asked for donations. One store donated 65 new, stuffed toys! The same store gave us a great discount on some dog treats. At the other pet store we purchased some cat toys. On December 1st we started making the fleece blankets in 2 different sizes so that they would be good for dogs and cats. The four of us made 26 blankets and 23 handmade toys. We also received 56 handmade blankets from Mrs. Violichs 5th Grade Class at Walnut Grove Elementary in Pleasanton! On December 17th we gathered everything up (82 blankets, 65 new stuffed toys, 5 bags of treats, 23 handmade toys and 14 new cat toys) and headed out to the SPCA and the Animal Shelter to make our deliveries. Both places were so happy to receive the blankets, treats and toys! Overall it was a very fun and rewarding experience for all of us. The four of us work well as a team and we are so glad we got the opportunity to make a difference in our community!

– Kelly, Maddie, Samaan, & Sophia, Orange 04

In this project we are trying to help and save the earth by picking up as much trash as we could around our neighborhoods.  This keeps the earth clean and the animals safe from eating all the trash and getting sick and possibly getting injured or dying.  The total amount of trash that we collected was unbelievable we were so shocked that a lot of people didn’t stop to think about what would happen and the amount of damage it could do to a living creature, and how much dirtier it would make the earth.  Trash is a major problem all over the world, and we all wish that more people would step and help out around the world to keep it clean and safe at the same time.  We think that this is an important message to everyone around the world to help out in every way that you can because even if you help out in the littlest way you are still making a huge difference in and around the world.

Morgan:

I went around my whole neighborhood and to my community park picking up trash. It was actually pretty fun because the after result of such a simple project could really make your park nicer and it would also help protect any animals from getting really sick by eating the garbage or getting stuck in it. After I finished picking up all the trash, I was surprised to see that my trash bag was full of trash. This shows that we need to take action and we need to do our part in keeping our city clean. If you see some trash just lying on the street or anywhere else it takes less than a minute to pick up the trash and then throwing it away. If everyone did this then it will make a huge difference in the world and it will keep everything much cleaner.

Sofia:

I had a great time completing my service because I got to see how much of a littering problem my community/ neighborhood has and it really made me realize that we should stop littering in our community and keep earth clean. I’m glad that I was able to complete this community activity because I learned a lot from it and I learned how much the people in this world litter. It’s a great thing when your able to really go out and look at what we are guilty of too because I’m sure we have all littered at sometime or another. Overall I had a great time participating in this service!

Ava:

When I went outside and saw all the trash it was devastating to see how many people didn’t even care about the destruction of our environment. In the end it was really fun to help keep our environment clean and safe.  It’s a good thing to know that doing the smallest things can help the world the most.  By doing that makes me so happy knowing that I helped the world in the biggest way.

– Morgan P., Ava B., & Sofia s. – 04 ECNL