Written by: Rei Pham, Miss Photogenic & Miss Ao Dai 2016 Early April 29, 2016, Alex, Y, and Rei paid the Merced Rescue Mission in Downtown, Merced a visit. Although it was early (6:30 AM!), they were ready to serve breakfast and hand out blankets for the residents of the shelter. Upon arrival, they were greeted and given a tour of the shelter. It is rather a small place, but they were all very surprised to learn that the shelter houses about 60,000 residents per year! They learned that typically, residents get their lunch immediately after breakfast and head out...
Month: August 2016
March Community Service: Berryessa Community Park
Written by: Alexandra Huynh, Miss Entrepreneur 2016 On May 29th, Rei, Y, Jullianne, Savannah and I went to Penitencia Creek Park and the Berryessa Community Center in San Jose to pick up trash. At 10AM, we met up at my house to leave our personal belongings there, to get gloves and garbage bags, and to carpool to the park. When we arrived at Penitencia, we realized that we had a lot of work ahead of us when we saw how big the park was. The trail was four miles long! Jullianne and Savannah held the garbage bags while Rei, Y, and I...
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