By Tyler Lilly – Editorial & News Editor

The Jonathan Law UNICEF Club has kicked off again this year.

Senior UNIEF Club President Doreen Lin encouraged any interested new students to join the club.

“It’s a good opportunity to work with other students on fundraisers, donation drives, and hands-on projects while learning about issues that affect children and families,” Lin said. “Members can also bring their own ideas to the club and help plan initiatives instead of just participating in activities that are already organized.”

UNICEF Club raises money for for the United Nations Children’s Fund, a organization which supports kids in need. 

“UNICEF Club focuses on supporting children around the world through fundraising, donation drives, and raising awareness about issues affecting children,” Lin said. “We also get involved in our local community through hands-on activities, such as suture clinics and making cards for Cards for Hospitalized Kids, an organization that delivers handmade cards to hospitalized children.”=

Club Advisor Mr. Evanko said that UNICEF Club is very student-run compared to other clubs, and that he mostly facilitates the fundraisers, while students carry out a lot of the club’s goals.

“My role in UNICEF Club as club advisor is to help facilitate any fundraisers that the club is doing or any events,” Evanko said. “It includes completing things like permission slips for fundraisers, field trip forms if necessary, any kind of bureaucratic stuff that the club has to work through I’ll help with, but it’s very student-led.”

Lin has enjoyed her role as President.

“As President, I oversee the club’s activities, work with our officers to plan meetings and fundraisers, and help coordinate projects and donation drives,” Lin said. “I also look for new opportunities for our members to get involved, whether that’s organizing an event at school or working with organizations in our community.”

Senior Club Officer Avery Oliveira said that leadership in the club is a team effort.

“Being an officer in a Club like UNICEF takes a lot of coordination and collaboration with other club members and people from the community to help us jumpstart new activities and follow our initiative,” Oliveira said.

Returning club members shared their thoughts on why new students should join the club.

“My favorite thing about it is how much of an impact it can really have and how it actually helps people, specifically kids our age,” junior Tenzin Gakhang said. “And I definitely would if you genuinely enjoy helping others behind the scenes and making a change in others positively and not doing it just to do it but have meaning behind it.”

Junior Jamie Hereford said her biggest highlight last year was meeting new people.

“I really liked how social it was and I was able to meet new people and I got a lot of new experiences,” Hereford said. “I would recommend it to others because it helps them get out of their comfort zone and meet people.”