Karen

Phan

Female

Circle K International, Gơod Samaritan

1)Large Scale Service Project 2008
August 2-7 2008
Job: I helped the Salvation Army thrift stores to clean up their stores. I separated the items such as dishes, toys, and bric-a-brac. This save times for 1000 Salvation Army workers.

2) Bolsa Chica Restoration
December 2, 2008
Job: I helped clean up Bolsa Chica park and removed the old grass, so that the city can put native plants on the land for the animals to survive. I helped save the environment here :]

3)Pediatric Traumatic Program- the program helped raise money for physicians and hospitals to help low-income children who die from unexplained reason. The money is also for research.

Crazy Kompetition for Infants South
September 2008
Job: I helped fundraise for the program by attending events such as C-K-South Sport Competition and Masquerade Ball.

4) Long Beach Rescue Mission Ice Cream Service
June 2008
Job: I helped come up with games and activities for the homeless family at the LBRM center.

5) Project Cuddle: Race for a Life
June 2008
Job: I helped raise money for the Project Cuđdle race by doing registration for the runners.

6) 24 hour Service Project
June 2008
Job: I did a lot of projects in this 24 hours. I helped clean up UCLA campus, made rice packs for pơor Mexican children and made thank-you cards for American soldiers in Iraq.

7)TJ Orphanage Trip
August 2008
Job: I helped plan out activities for the orphans in TJ, Mexico.

Cause:
Hogar Infantil is an orphanage in TJ (about 13 miles from the U.S./Mexican border). It is a non-profit orphanage that houses about 50 kids who are under custody of social services in Mexico. These children attend a local school but spend most of the time in the orphanage. As volunteers, our role is to provide activities for the kids that can brighten their day and make them feel they are cared for, and also help with projects around the orphanage.


8)Beach Clean- Up
Job: I cleaned up beaches.

9) UCI Medical Center
Job: I helped make the job for the clerks and the hospital staffs easier :]

10) 2009 Point in Time Count & Survey
January 2009
Job: I helped the County of Orange and its partners such as Applied Survey Research, OC Partnership and Orange County Health Care Agency count the number of homeless in Orange County.

Cause: This project is undertaken to preserve over $11 million in annual federal funding for homeless programs and services, and is also a means for leveraging additional funding from other government and private sources for badly needed homeless services.

11) Vietnam Medical Mission
Summer 2009
Good Samaritan Medical Ministry
Riverside, CA

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