Wolves on the Prowl 2008!!

It is the time of the year for the exciting event, Wolves on the Prowl! This is a national community service directed by the student organization, LUCAP. It was November 8, 2008 on a nice Saturday morning. I wake up bright and early to be in time for this community service. Everybody met in the Peace Quad and sign up for their desired community service. And also, we all got a free t-shirt! I choose the Cubs in the Den. Our task was to coordinate games for the Good Shepherd school. It was really fun and exciting although it did wore me out. We first divided into four different teams. We were the Red Badgers! We played a series of games, tournament style. The first game was the "Team race." The task of the game was for the team to cuff arms to arms in a circle and complete the race. The rule of the game was we can't break the circle. Unfortunately, we got in third place. The next game was called "Break the Egg" or I should say don't break the egg. We had to walk forward and back with a egg on our spoon. The object of the game is do not let the egg break. Then we took a twenty minute break. We ate fruits and punch and took all the kids into the St. Charles Room for some music. The kids sang and dance until it was time for the next game. The next game was called "Capture the Flags." Like the title stated, the object was to capture and collect the most flags from your opponent and bring it to your base. There was so many kids running around, one would not know where to start! The next game will get you dizzy. It is call "Dizzy Race." In this game, we had the kids put their head on a bat and spin around five times. Then they had to walk or run back to the starting point. The kids was going in all kind of direction! Last but not least, we had a friendly game of tug-o-war. Our group consisted of 2nd-3rd graders and our opponent had mostly 1st graders but they still won! I forgot to mention, they had a little help from one of the Loyola students. In the end, the Red Badgers came in second place. We lost by one point! It was fun though. And I am pretty sure the kids had fun. After, it was time to clean up and get ready for the after party.

Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the after party because I had to go work. :[

I found and recently joined a local organization that does a lot of community service. It is a Vietnamese group that help out our community in many ways. Its main target is the youth. This organization's mission is "to reach out to the larger community to create a voice and organize to address the needs in the local community." This organization tutors and train youth to be a leader and for them to have a higher education. This organization is called Vayla (Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association)