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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

For my Leadership project I went through a process that allowed me to donate Build-A-Bears to Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera,  Agape Villages Foster Family Agency, and James Baldwin Academy a part of Seneca Family of Agencies in San Leandro. To raise money I made Rice Krispies Treats and sold them at Muirwood Park. After that I went door to door in my neighborhood to ask for donations. I also asked family and friends for donations. I  raised almost $2,000 and donated about 140 bears. This experience has made me realize that these kids are real champions. They have fought through a lot throughout their lives. This is something that I will try to keep doing as my life goes on.

– Presley B., U12 Orange

For our RAGE Leadership Community Service Project, we decided to help the kids of Santa Rosa affected by the wildfires. My three teammates and I sponsored several Angel Trees, one per our four schools, by partnering with the Salvation Army of Santa Rosa. The Angel Tree program puts a child’s gift wish on an Angel Tree Tag. We also invited our whole team to participate by distributing 10 tags per player in addition to our 4 Angel Trees. Friends, family, students, and faculty would come and sign out a tag, or tags, buy the requested gift, and return the tag and gift to the tree unwrapped. We would each gather the collected presents weekly for the majority of December and then, on Thursday, December 14, a parent volunteer had to rent a U-Haul truck to deliver all the gifts we collected to the Salvation Army of Santa Rosa for distribution to the needy children. In the end we were able to spread the holiday spirit to over 800 children!

– Sienna, Natalie, Kanjanika, Saili, RAGE 04 Grey

For our RAGE Leadership Project, we organized a Kids Against Hunger packing event with both of our teams and our big/little sister teams. This project was done by Kylia and Isabella from the 06 Premier and Orange teams. We really appreciate the help from everyone who supported our project. Kids Against Hunger packs a variety of nutritional items into a bag that gets weighed and sealed to be sent to wherever it is needed. The items in the bag consisted of dried vegetables, soy protein, rice, and vitamin powder. We had to measure out all of these items and funnel them into the bag. When we packed the food, we chose to have the food sent to Puerto Rico. We chose Puerto Rico because they had recently suffered from a terrible hurricane. Afterwards, we learned we packed 6,480 meals. It felt good to know how we helped others less fortunate than we are.

– Izzy Montague and Kylia Oki, Rage 2006 – Orange/Premier