Written by: Y Phun, 2nd Princess 2016 Photo Credits: David Yu Photography and Miss/Mrs. Vietnam USA Pageant On August 20th, 2016; the MVNCI 2016 court attended the 2016 Miss Asian Global (MAG) Pageant at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. My court and I had the opportunity to watch the MAG pageant for the first time. When we arrived at the theater our escort, Cong, showed us where to check in and get our ticket. We talked to the programming staff and they told us the tasks we needed to do. We helped the programming committee by handing out...
Month: August 2016
August Community Service – Veggielution
Written by: Savannah Pham, 1st Princess 2016 On Saturday, August 6th, Quan, Alex, and I had the pleasure of volunteering our time at Veggielution, located in San Jose. Veggielution is a six-acre community farm that provides a unique opportunity for volunteers like ourselves to learn about growing food. As a community farm, the organization distributes its crops at low costs or free to the community. Veggielution is very conscious about its impact on the community and distributes its crops through a myriad of ways such as their Farm Stand, volunteer give-aways, and soup kitchen donations. That morning Quan, Alex, and...
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July Community Service – Vietnamese Concert & Community Health Fair
Photo credits: James Vu and Charlie Duong Written by: Jullianne Pham, Miss Social 2016 On Saturday July 23, 2016; Jullianne, Alex, Quan, Y, and Savannah volunteered at the Vietnamese Concert and Community Health Fair that was hosted by Stanford University’s Asian Liver Center (ALC) at Milpitas High School. The event was hosted and led by the ALC to bring awareness about the prevalent issue of hepatitis B to the Vietnamese-American community by bringing in famous Vietnamese singer Thanh Lan and the Congressman Mike Honda office. Jullianne arrived at Milpitas High School at 9AM to help set up the venue. Game booths, signs, the...
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June Community Service – Rei Pham: CPR/AED Course
Written by: Rei Pham, Miss Photogenic & Miss Ao Dai 2016 On the morning of June 23, 2016, I assisted in teaching the CPR/AED and First Aid course for the international camp counselors at YMCA San Diego County’s Camp Marston and Raintree Ranch in Julian, San Diego. I used the instructional DVD provided by the American Safety and Health Institute to show class the correct way to approach emergency situations such as choking, stroke, heart attack, diabetes, wounds, and allergies for adults, children, and infants. After watching the video, I demonstrated the proper way to do CPR on a mannequin....
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June Community Service: Sacred Heart
Written by: Alexandra Huynh, Miss Entrepreneur 2016 On June 25, 2016, Quan, Savannah, Y, Jullianne, and I donated clothes and volunteered at Sacred Heart Community Service in San Jose. This charity provides resources and services to poor working families such as clothes, food, parenting classes, and preschool education. Prior to the volunteer date, we gathered clothes from our families and friends. We sorted them out in different categories so that it would be easier for the closet to organize. Before our shift started, we brought them to the Sacred Heart Clothes Closet. Thanks to all of our friends and family, we were able to donate...
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