Kailyn and I completed our leadership project yesterday.  In the last few weeks we have taken donations from friends and family of pet supplies for Valley Humane Society.  

Yesterday we delivered food, cat liter, leashes, and toys to the animals.  While we were there we visited and played with all the cats waiting to be adopted.
In the future we hope to become volunteers to help care for the animals, but we were told to wait until we are a little older. Emma Theroux U12G and Kailyn Coleman U12G.

Posted: 12/28/09

Since I have pets, and I love animals, I decided to help the Valley Humane Society. They had a list on the website of things to donate, so I made a flier that had my name, an explanation of what I was doing, and the list. I put them all around my neighborhood, and my mom sent them to some other people. The results were very good: about 9 or 10 blankets, 5 bags of dog food, 2 bags of cat food, 2 bags of cat litter, toys, lots of paper towels, paper plates, paper cups, pillows, 4 swiffer products, toilet paper, flea control, a huge tub of soap, 3 normal-size liquid hand soaps, 2 collars, and $45. (I didnt’ count, so all of that was estimated). Happy holidays!

Kayln Epps U13AC
Posted: 12/23/09

Spenser Jaye, U14P player, worked on a project for her Rage leadership class.  She had her team work together with her on it. She did a Toys for Tots charity drive, so younger kids could have a Christmas that they never have had before.  Spenser and her teammates made that happen this year! Spenser collected toys from her team and delivered them to Pleasanton Firestation #1 last Friday.  She met Patrick, a firefighter who took time out to congratulate her and her teams hard work.

Posted: 12/21/09

 For our Leadership project, we collected books for Mrs. Sandy Schnurr’s third grade class. Mrs. Sandy Schnurr teaches at Rodeo Hills Elementary School. She was in desperate need of books for her classroom. A lot of her students were reading below the class level and she did not have enough reading materials to improve their reading skills. So we decided we would collect new or gently used books to give these kids a chance to improve their reading skills. We set a lofty goal of collecting 100 books and we exceeded our expectations by collecting 205 books. The books we collected were at different elementary reading levels so it would benefit her entire class. Mrs. Schnurr was very excited and very thankful. We hope our project helps these kids develop a love for reading. – Anjali Rai, Marisa Riordan, & Cassie Santana

Cassie, Anjali, and Marisa did another part of a project together:

We also went to Harvest Park and cleaned up the trash that was lying around everywhere. We collected more garbage than we thought we would which, is good because now the school looks a lot cleaner. This picture is of us holding the garbage bag full of garbage that we collected.

Posted: December 9, 2009

Yesterday was the day Olivia Christensen from RAGE U12W did her Juggling Project to raise money for Toys for Tots.
” I got 398 juggles in 5 minutes.  For Coach Nick only, I continued to juggle until I reached 1000…it took about 12 – 15 minutes.  I raised $263, which is a lot of money when you’re buying toys for little kids who are less fortunate.  My mom took me to Target and gave me a cart to start the shopping.  We kept a list of how much we were spending, and were able to fill up the entire cart.             

After that, we went to the Fire Station in Pleasanton to donate the gifts. The firemen were very proud of my donation and impressed with my project. Take a look at the pictures.  Thank you so much for helping me with my project.  The children will definitely appreciate the toys this year.”

Posted: November 29, 2009

Olivia Brown, Paige Hughes and their RAGE U14AC soccer team raised $1,025.00 for the Tri-Valley Haven—just exceeding their original goal of $1,000. As a community service project for the RAGE Leadership Program, Olivia and Paige, with the help of naturalist and photographer Sue Evans, organized the morning hike up the Pleasanton Ridge and into Augustin Bernal Park on Sunday, November 8.  It was a beautiful day, and a great way to give back to the Pleasanton Community. (Photo by Sue Evans)
Posted: November 10, 2009

ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 17TH, U-15 WHITE TEAM WALKED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION AT CRISSY FIELD IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE TEAM WAS INSPIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT BY A FELLOW TEAMMATE WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES AT THE AGE OF 2.