For the 2023-2024 school year, the Associated Student Body has approved 29 new clubs. The Accolade‘s cub reporters from the beginning journalism class will report on each new group in alphabetical order. For the previous ones that have already been posted, be sure to go to the Feature section.
It all started at the California State University, Fullerton, library last September.
Junior Erin Park said she was studying with her friend from Sonora, Audrey Jeon, when Jeon brought up something that she’s been passionate about.
During the 2022-2023 school year, Jeon and two of her Sonora classmates applied to the Dragon Kim Foundation for money to help a group they started called Sister Support Project. The non-profit organization has partnered with Santa Ana’s WISEPlace to provide homeless women in Orange County around 150 care packages containing such items as hygiene products, food and water.
The care bags would be brought to places that offer shelter for homeless women like the Orange County Rescue Mission.
“[We] decided to branch it out to Sunny because I thought it was just a very good club that a lot of people might want to join [here],” said Park, whose Monday, Oct. 9, proposal for an SH Sister Support chapter was approved Monday, Oct. 23 by the Associated Student Body.
She said she plans to create opportunities to work with the Sonora group to help women in need.
“The Sister Support club aims to increase accessibility to basic hygienic products for women in shelters and create a sense of community by working with individuals from various walks of life,” Park said. “We hold monthly volunteer events and activities to help the women around us, empowering them to lead fulfilled lives while fostering a strong sense of community among us.”
The junior said she serves as co-president with Hanna Park, also in 11th grade.
“[My friend in Sonora] wanted to branch off to Sunny,” Hanna Park said. “We didn’t really take it seriously until my friend Erin was like ‘Do you actually want to start the club?”
Junior Kevin Chung said he originally joined Sister Support because of the nearly 20 members it had when it first held meetings last semester. Since then, he has developed another reason to remain in it.
“As I attended more meetings and learned about the club’s purpose, it intrigued me because being able to selflessly help the community – more specifically, women in need – is honestly rewarding and a great experience [to have],” Chung said.
The Sister Support club meets every first and last Thursday of the month during lunch in Room 188. The club posts information on its activities on its Instagram account @shhs.sistersupportproject. For more information contact Erin Park at [email protected]
