Hello there, MAD Clubbers! As you all know, the US Half Marathon is coming up this Sunday, but did you know that the Treasure Island Triathlon is also taking place this weekend? MAD is lucky enough to have the opportunity to volunteer at both events, so we're going to have a busy weekend!

We need about 15 volunteers for Saturday, November 4th from 9AM to 3PM to help out with Finish Line Food at the Treasure Island Triathlon. You probably already guessed it from the name of the triathlon, but this event will be taking place on Treasure Island. MAD was in charge of the Finish Line Food tent at the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon last June and it was a lot of fun, so volunteers should have a blast working at the Treasure Island food tent! Volunteers will receive a free t-shirt, lots of free food to snack on (and probably some left-over food to bring home), and five (5) credits for participating at this event.

We can only take around 40 volunteers with us to the US Half Marathon on Sunday, November 5th, so volunteers who signed up for the US Half Marathon will get priority in switching to/signing up for the fifteen spots for the Treasure Island Triathlon.

If you are interested in volunteering at the Treasure Island Triathlon, please send me an e-mail at makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com with "TREASURE ISLAND TRIATHLON 2006" in the subject line. Don't forget to include your name and reg in the message! If you signed up for the US Half Marathon and are e-mailing me to switch, please also mention that in the e-mail.

Our second event of the weekend will be the US Half Marathon on Sunday, November 5th at Ghiradelli Square from 6AM to 11AM. This event is also worth five (5) credits.

We had an overwhelming number of members showing interest in volunteering at the US Half Marathon, and we are very happy that everyone is so willing to help out, but we can only bring 40 volunteers with us to this event. The following list is of the first forty people who signed up for this event either at a club meeting or through e-mail:

1. Eva Luo 0909
2. Connie Tran 0905
3. Carol Liang
4. Sirena Louie
5. Anne Yan
6. Amy Yan 1003
7. Kelly Tam
8. Susan Lim 1019
9. Wendy Chak 1019
10. Sandy Diao 0906
11. Latisha Chan 0902
12. Wendy Kwan 0914
13. Stephanie Tong 0908
14. Wing Cheuk 0820
15. Teresa Zhou 1012
16. Daisy Mah 0903
17. Jeremy Mah 1009
18. Viktoriya Figlina 0905
19. Judy Cheng 0906
20. Danna Hong 0913
21. Calvin Chin 1006
22. Telly Cheung
23. Tina Liu 0914
24. Karen Chen 0914
25. Lily Wong 0919
26. Emily Wang 0909
27. Jenny Fong 0907
28. Natsha Sadikin 1016
29. Mindy Hyunh 1011
30. Jonathan Siu 1013
31. Aileen Luo 1010
32. Jenny Huynh 1010
33. Shyana Sadiq 0807
34. Diana Chan 1016
35. Jason Jee 0802
36. Allison Nguyen 0801
37. Justin Chan 0801
38. Elaine Situ 0805
39. Vickie Chung
40. Carol Mamon

If your name is one of the forty listed above and you would like to switch to volunteering at Treasure Island Triathlon finish line food tent, please e-mail me at makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com and don't forget to include our name, reg, and list number (1-40) in the body of your message!

If your name is on the first forty list and you no longer wish to volunteer at the US Half Marathon for whatever reason, please e-mail me to let me know so somebody from the waiting list can fill your spot. You will not be penalized if you let me know by no later than Monday, October 23rd.

People from the waiting list below will be given the chance to fill open spots from the top down - all names are listed in the order in which I received sign-up requests:

Diana Liem 0903
Paula Fon 0914
Linda Tsang 0716
Odalis L. Mandereau 1015
Lily Guan 0811
Irene Cheung 0807
Tiffany Vu 0816
Annie Wong 0805
Victoria Wong 0803
Janet Lee 0903
Angela Lau
Christine Trinh 0804
Yvonne Kong 0819
Aimee Howard 0812
Michele Chui 0818
Nora Casey 0815

I encourage all volunteers on the waiting list to consider volunteering at the Treasure Island Triathlon instead (you guys get priority!) because it will be a lot of fun and both events are worth the same number of credits (5). Treasure Island is a lot closer than you think it is! Depending on which part of the city you live in, getting to Treasure Island may actually take less than than it would take for you to get to Ghiradelli Square.

Feel free to e-mail me with any additional questions.

Thanks!

Hey there MAD Clubbers! I have some last minute details regarding the Nike Marathon for all you volunteers out there.

First of all, thank you all for signing up to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society by volunteering at the 2006 Nike Marathon!

There are a few guidelines that all volunteers should be aware of:
- Show up at Union Square to sign in at the Volunteers Tent (it'll be huge one right near the center of Union Square) by no later than 5AM. The first part of the race starts pretty early, so we need all the time we need to prepare the start area. You will receive your specific assignments from the race directors when you sign in with them, so show up early to get the more desirable jobs!

- Remember to sign in with both the race directors, AND with a MAD Club officer in order to receive credit for this event. You will receive your volunteer t-shirt when you sign in, so show up early if you want a smaller t-shirt since the smaller sizes tend to be the first to run out.

- Since this marathon is sponsored by Nike, the organization putting this event together asks all volunteers to refrain from wearing any clothing that explicitly displays any of Nike's competitor's logos. This means, please do not wear jackets, sweatshirts, shoes, etc. that have Adidas, Fila, or any other athletic brand's logo on it. If you have some cool Nike gear, be sure to wear it!

- Dress in layers because it will be very cold down at Union Square at 5 in the morning. Your volunteer t-shirt must be visible at all times during the event, so make it easy for yourself and wear something you can put the t-shirt over quickly!

If any problems come up or if you have any additional questions, please feel free to call me at 415-830-2371.

Thanks!

Hey there MAD Clubbers! Now that the October Madness is nearly over, ending with the Nike Marathon this Sunday, it's about time to announce our first November event!

On Sunday, November 5th we will have the opportunity to volunteer at the US Half Marathon from 6AM to 11AM. You can learn more about the US Half Marathon here.

This event will be worth five (5) credits. We will be volunteering in the Aquatic Park/Ghiradelli Square area; I will have more details about the location and our responsibilities soon, but we'll be doing the usual marathon-type volunteer things, and all volunteers will receive t-shirts and other goodies.

We want to limit this event to the first 30 or so volunteers who sign up, and we already had 37 people sign up at the meeting today! However, if you are interested in volunteering at this event, please e-mail me at makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com and I'll put you on the waiting list. We will try our best to accommodate all the members who want to participate in this event, and we might increase the number of volunteers we will bring to this event, so please don't hesitate to contact me if you're interested. Participation will be on a first come first serve basis, so don't wait or you might miss out!

Hey MAD Clubbers! The Walk for Hope to Cure Breast Cancer down at Justin Herman Plaza is this Saturday, October 14th from 6AM to 11AM.

The following people are signed up to volunteer at this event:

Giang Pham 0905
Anna Chen 0904
Annie Yan 0913
Angel Huang 0917
Stephanie Yee 0817
Amy Zhou 0819
Cynthia Lee 0813
Helen Zhang 0812
Victoria Wong 0914
Sonia Chan 0916
Lianna Hinh 0916
Carol Mamon 0916
Jonathan Koo 0801
Kalvin Chin 0820
Telly Cheung 1004
Calvin Chin 1006
Connie Tran 0905
Eva Luo 0909
Latisha Chan 0902
Sanday Diao 0906
Aileen Luo 1010
Allison Nguyen 0801
Jason Jee 0802
Viktoriya Figlina 0905
Danna Hong 0913
Paula Fon 0914
Judy Cheng 0906
Lily Wong 0919
Emily Wang 0909
Odalis L. Mandereau 1015
Amy Yan 1003
Jonathan Siu 1013
Natasha Sadikin 1016
Serena Luong 0810
Janelle Guillermo 0916
Johnny Zhou Chen 1013
Jenny Fong 0907
Wendy Kwan 0914
Erica Chin 0911
Karen Chen 0914
Tina Liu 0914
Melissa Sylvester 0920
Susan Lim 1019
Diana Liem 0903
Anne Yan 1015
Kelly Tam 1014

If you don't see your name on the list, but you definitely remember signing up at one of our earlier meetings, then don't worry about it. Send me a quick e-mail with your name and reg and just remember to show up on time and we will add you to the sign-in sheet.

Here's the map of the Walk for Hope festival area I promised I would post:


If you cannot see the image in your inbox, click here for the direct link.

Volunteers must show up to sign-in at the Volunteers Booth located in the grassy area behind a big water fountain (circled in orange on the map) before 6AM. Tell the people in the Volunteers' tent that you are volunteering with Lowell High School's Make a Difference (MAD) Club, and they'll put your name down on the correct list and hand you your assignment and a cool t-shirt. Make sure you tell the people you are from MAD because there are several other Lowell clubs volunteering at this event, and if you do not sign in with the right list, you may not receive credit for this event. There will be signs directing you to the volunteers booth all over the place, so don't worry about getting lost!

If you do get lost, please call Raymond, our VP, at 415-823-1214 and he'll try to direct you to the right area. I will have the pleasure of sitting through another SAT in a dingy room while all you lucky duck volunteers get to have fun at the Walk for Hope, so please be cooperative with the officers who will be in charge of organizing this event.

Don't forget to sign-in with the officers who will be hanging around that area - you will not receive credit for volunteering if you do not sign in with a MAD officer.

Dress in layers, and don't bring any valuables - you know the drill. Most importantly, have a great time!

If you have any additional questions, feel free to e-mail me before Saturday and I'll get back to you ASAP.

Hey MAD Clubbers! I've been spotting orange collection boxes all around campus = thanks for joining the campaign so enthusiastically and good luck with fundraising!

Please remember to write your NAME and REG in pen or preferably, permanent marker, on your collection boxes. We will be recording credits using the information found on your box, so make it big and clear! Also, if you misplace your box at school, it will be easier to return it to your if your name and reg are written clearly somewhere on the box.

We only have a few boxes left, so if you would like to join the UNCIEF campaign, please e-mail me with your name and reg and I'll send a collection box to your reg ASAP.

Boxes are due on Wednesdsay, November 29th - let's see if we can match the $800 we donated last year!

Hey everyone, sorry for spamming your inboxes with e-mails tonight!

I forgot to add a bunch of names to the Lowell Beautification Day volunteers list, so here's the updated version.

Aimee Howard 0812
Tina Liu 0914
Serene Ho 0911
Joanna Huang 0911
Justin Chan 0801
Jan Young 0901
Angela Quach 0901
Peter Yu 0907
Alice Lan 0920
Wendy Chak 1019
Vickie Chung 0912
Thurston Zhu 1018
Alice Lan 0920
Gloria Chen 0906
Angelina Hon 0901
Tiffany Pang 0805

If you see any more mistakes, please feel free to contact me!

Hello MAD Clubbers! We only have ONE parent volunteer (thanks Connie!) for the Nike Marathon signed up as of now. We need SIX more parents to come help out, so please ask your parents if they are willing to come out and support a great cause. Remember, volunteers get an extra ONE credit for each over-18 volunteer they bring with them, so please e-mail me at makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com if you know somebody who's interested in helping out!

If we do get enough responses with adult volunteer sign-ups by Monday, October 16th, we will have to cut down our volunteers list drastically. We need one parent volunteer for every 12 volunteers under the age of 18, so you can imagine how many people will be cut if we don't get any more adult volunteers! If circumstances force us to make cuts, the people who responded earliest with their Emergency Contact info will get priority in volunteering at this event.

We really don't want to turn away willing volunteers, especially at this awesome event, so please ask your parents to come out and help out!

Hey MAD Clubbers, here's the volunteers list for Lowell Beautification Day.
If you e-mailed me to sign up but your name is not on the list, please contact me ASAP!

Aimee Howard 0812
Tina Liu 0914
Serene Ho 0911
Joanna Huang 0911
Justin Chan 0801
Jan Young 0901
Angela Quach 0901
Peter Yu 0907
Alice Lan 0920
Wendy Chak 1019
Vickie Chung 0912
Thurston Zhu 1018
Alice Lan 0920
Gloria Chen 0906
Angelina Hon 0901
Tiffany Pang 0805

Remember, you must get the signature of an adult supervisor present at the event (any teacher, administrator, PTSA member, etc.) to prove that you actually showed up and participated in order to get credit for this event. Don't forget to download and print the credit slips here! Look for the file named "Lowell Beautification Day Slips."

Attention all MAD Clubbers! The Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign for 2006 has officially begun.

For those of you who are not familiar with UNICEF, you can check out their webpage here.

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is the trademark fundraising campaign for UNCIEF, which is an international organization that is dedicated to improving the quality of life for children all over the world.

Did you know that just 7 cents is enough to buy crayons for an entire class? Or that $1 could give a child a life-saving immunization for polio?

Every penny you raise counts, so don't forget to dig deep into those couch cushions for spare change to put into your orange collection boxes!

MAD raised close to $800 for UNICEF last year, so let's see if we can beat that amount this year.

Orange UNICEF collection boxes will be available at upcoming MAD meetings, but if you would like to participate in this fundraising event and cannot make it to our meetings, please e-mail me with your name and reg and I'll send a collection box to your reg ASAP.

For every $20 you collect, you will earn one (1) volunteer credit.

Boxes are due on Wednesday, November 29th, so you have plenty of time to fill those boxes up with donations! Please do not let our credit policy limit your fundraising; it is perfectly okay to turn in boxes with less than $20 - all donations matter, so please remember to turn in your boxes no matter how much money you raise.

Hey MAD Clubbers! Are you guys and gals interested in getting some easy extra volunteering credits? Well, then read on!

This year, the volunteer coordinators from the Nike Marathon require us to bring one adult for every 12 volunteers under the age of 18. Since nearly all of us high school kids are under 18, we will be needing a lot of adult supervisors in order to bring everyone interested in volunteering to the event. If you know your parents might be interested in helping out with a great cause, we would love to have them come volunteer with us!

Parent/adult volunteers will receive a free volunteer t-shirt like the rest of us volunteers, and MAD have a small gift ready for all the wonderful parents/adults as a thank you for their time and energy.

For each parent/adult volunteer a member convinces to volunteer with our club, the member will receive one (1) extra volunteer credit - that means if you bring one parent with you to the Nike Marathon, you will be getting six (6) credits for four hours of work! Remember, you need eight (8) credits to get transcript credit for the Fall semester, but any extra credits beyond the required eight will "roll-over" to the Spring semester to make up for any missing credits at the end of the year.

This is an awesome opportunity to get easy extra credits! We need a total of SEVEN adult volunteers, so please e-mail me at makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com with your name and reg, and the name and phone number of the adult who is interested in volunteering with us. If we do not get at least seven adult volunteers, we will have to cut volunteers off of our list, so try your best to enlist your over-18 friends and relatives to help out at a great cause!

Hello MAD Clubbers! The Nike Marathon is coming up soon, and we've got some paperwork to fill out for the organization in charge of putting this event together.

All volunteers must download a volunteer waiver here and have a parent or guardian sign the form if you are under 18 years old. Look for the file named "NIKE MARATHON 2006 - UNDER 18 WAIVER." All waivers are due on Wednesday, October 18th. You can turn them in at our meeting or into my reg box (0701) by no later than 3:30PM on October 18th.

The organization in charge of the Nike Marathon would also like to have some additional information from each volunteer in case of an emergency, so all volunteers must send an e-mail to makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com with "NIKE MARATHON 2006 - EMERGENCY CONTACT" in the subject line and their

NAME
REG
AGE (as of October 22nd, 2006)
PHONE NUMBER (cell preferred)
NAME OF EMERGENCY CONTACT PERSON (parent)
PHONE NUMBER OF EMERGENCY CONTACT PERSON

We must receive this e-mail from you by no later than Tuesday, October 17th. Please make sure you put the correct title into the subject line because it makes the specific titles make it a lot easier for us to search through our e-mails to find your information.

Sorry you have to deal with so much paperwork just to volunteer! All the big events require a lot of paper work for legal reasons, so please try to bear with the organizations in charge. We'll definitely make all this extra work worthwhile for you in the end by throwing a huge party after the event to thank all the wonderful Nike volunteers for waking up super early and being cooperative!

If you know your friends do not check their e-mails often, please remind them to send out e-mails with their information because you cannot volunteer at this event unless we get all the required information from you.

Feel free to contact me with any additional questions!

Hey there MAD Clubbers! Mr. Van Court wanted me to make an announcement about Lowell Beautification Day, so here's some important information for you all.

Lowell Beautification Day will be on Saturday, October 14th (the same day as the Walk for Hope) from 9AM to 1PM. Volunteers will be working with members of the PTSA to make Lowell look spiffy and clean, so the entire student body will be able to benefit from your hard work!

Free food will be provided for all volunteers courtesy of the Lowell PTSA.

Since you will be working for four hours, participating in this event will give you four (4) volunteer credits toward the EIGHT you need for the Fall semester. Don't forget about our "Roll-Over" policy where any credits over the eight required can be rolled over to make up for missing credits in the Spring! I strongly recommend members to volunteer for as many events as they can during the Fall because most people tend to be busier with school work later in the school year (especially with finals and APs looming around the corner) and there is a tendency for fewer volunteer opportunities at big events in the Spring because of the seasonal limitations on the nature of these kinds of athletic events.

I am aware that October 14th is a very busy day with lots of different things going on, but Lowell Beautification Day is a great and easy way to get some volunteer credits! The event starts at 9AM, which is probably the latest start time you'll ever see for any MAD event, so take advantage of that! The event also takes place on our own campus, so transportation to and from volunteering would be easier than at most of our other events.

In order to receive credit for Lowell Beautification Day, you must get the signature of an adult supervisor present at the event (any teacher, administrator, PTSA member, etc.) to prove that you actually showed up and participated. Volunteers can download the volunteer credit slips to be signed by an adult here. Look for the file named "Lowell Beautification Day Slips."

Each page contains three volunteer credit slips, so one person can print out a page and share the other two slips with his/her friends to conserve paper. :)

Copies of the volunteer credit slips will also be available at our next meeting on Wednesday in room 259.

There will be sign ins in the courtyard when you arrive at school at 9AM, but we may not get a copy of this sign in sheet, so to ensure that you get credit for this event, please remember to get an adult's signature before you leave.

Volunteers can turn in their signed slips at our meeting on Wednesday, October 18th. If you cannot make it to that meeting, please write my name and reg (Karen Li 0701) on the back of the slip and put it into my reg box by no later than Friday, October 20th.

To sign up to volunteer at Lowell Beautification Day, please send an e-mail to me at makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com with "LOWELL BEAUTIFICATION DAY 2006" in the subject line, and your name and reg in the body of the message by no later than Tuesday, October 10th.

If you signed up for the Walk for Hope, but would rather do Lowell Beautification Day, don't despair! The first fifteen (15) people who originally signed up to volunteer at the Walk for Hope to e-mail me at makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com with "SWAP: LOWELL BEAUTIFICATION DAY 2006" in the subject line can do the swap with no penalties.

I will update with a list of the first fifteen people to switch, the revised Walk for Hope volunteer list, and the final volunteers list for Lowell Beautification Day by Tuesday, October 10th.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

Helloo there, MAD Clubbers! As you all know, we've had an overwhelming number of sign-ups for the Walk for Hope, so we closed the event to new volunteers last week.

The following people signed up to volunteer at this event:

Giang Pham 0905
Anna Chen 0904
Annie Yan 0913
Angel Huang 0917
Stephanie Yee 0817
Amy Zhou 0819
Cynthia Lee 0813
Helen Zhang 0812
Victoria Wong 0914
Sonia Chan 0916
Lianna Hinh 0916
Carol Mamon 0916
Jonathan Koo 0801
Kalvin Chin 0820
Telly Cheung 1004
Calvin Chin 1006
Connie Tran 0905
Eva Luo 0909
Thurston Zhu 1018
Latisha Chan 0902
Sanday Diao 0906
Aileen Luo 1010
Allison Nguyen 0801
Jason Jee 0802
Viktoriya Figlina 0905
Danna Hong 0913
Paula Fon 0914
Judy Cheng 0906
Lily Wong 0919
Emily Wang 0909
Odalis L. Mandereau 1015
Amy Yan 1003
Jonathan Siu 1013
Natasha Sadikin 1016
Serena Luong 0810
Janelle Guillermo 0916
Johnny Zhou Chen 1013
Jenny Fong 0907
Wendy Kwan 0914
Erica Chin 0911
Karen Chen 0914
Vickie Chung 0912
Tina Liu 0914
Melissa Sylvester 0920
Susan Lim 1019
Diana Liem 0903
Anne Yan 1015
Kelly Tam 1014

You must let me know by Friday, October 6th if you will not be able to make it to this event. Remember - if you cut an event you signed up for, you will get negative credits equal to the number of credits the event is worth. For example, if you cut the Walk for Hope, which is worth five credits, you will get negative five credits added on to the required eight for the Fall semester.

I will send out another e-mail with details about signing in, responsibilities, etc. at the Walk for Hope sometime next week.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me!

Just a heads up to all you wonderful MAD Clubbers - the last day to sign up to volunteer at the Nike Marathon (worth five credits, details here) will be on Sunday, October 15th through e-mail. Please send all your e-mails to makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com and put "NIKE MARATHON 2006" in the title line. Don't forget to include your full name and reg in the body of the message. :)

This means the last day to sign up in person will be at our next meeting on Wednesday, October 11th at 3:30 in room 259. Please spread the word to all your friends who might be interested!

October 15th is also the last penalty-free day to let us know if you won't be able to make it to the event, so be sure to tell us in advance if you know something is coming up.

Feel free to contact me with any additional questions. Thanks!

Hey MAD Clubbers! The Memory Walk 2006 is coming up on Saturday, so we have some more information for all you wonderful volunteers.
The following people are currently signed up to volunteer at the Memory Walk; if you signed up and don't see your name on the list, please e-mail me with your name and reg immediately. Similarly, if you see your name on the list and you didn't sign up for this event, contact me right away!

Frances Yan 0911
Serene Ho 0911
Vickie Chung 0912
Emily Kuang 0814
Janell Bascara 0802
Sonia Chan 0916
Viktoriya Figlina 0905
Judy Chen 0906
Carol Mamon 0916
Lianna Hinh 0916
Shelby Li 0805
Odalis Lourdes Mandereau 1015
Priscilla Yip 1016
Kelley Lundquist 1012
Lisa Wong 1016
Eva Luo 0909
Connie Tran 0905
Aileen Luo 1010
Victoria Wong 0803
Danna Hong 0913
Katie Louey 0708

There are four important documents from the volunteer directors that all Memory Walk volunteers should read through thoroughly; all four are available for download here. If you encounter any problems with downloading the four word documents (they are clearly marked with "MEMORY WALK 2006" in the title), please contact me ASAP.

Volunteers should arrive at the Volunteer Registration area (marked with a star on the map) by no later than 8:00 AM. Officers will be in the area signing members in, so please be on a lookout for them! Volunteers must sign in with the race directors (they will be wearing cowboy hats!) and with a MAD officer in order to receive credit for this event. This rule applies to ALL of our events. You will receive your specific assignment from the race coordinators after you sign in with them, but if you fail to check in with a MAD officer, you will not receive credit for this event and it may be counted as a cut that will result in negative credits.

The bottom line? Don't forget to sign-in!

Breakfast will be provided at the volunteer registration area, but bring a little money for lunch! Dress in layers because it can definitely get a little chilly out on Treasure Island, and please try not to bring any unnecessary bags or expensive personal belongings because our club cannot be responsible for any lost/stolen items. We have never had a problem with this in the past, but please keep don't bring anything you will miss if it gets lost because it can get really chaotic at these huge events and there will most likely not be a secure area for you to drop you bags off at while you are working your shift.

If you have trouble finding out where you're supposed to go or if you don't see any MAD officers around when you get to Treasure Island, please don't hesitate to give me a call - 415-830-2371. Sometimes I can't hear my cell phone ringing, so if I don't pick up, try calling again! I will try my best to answer your questions.

Let's make our first event of the year a great one! :)