“AYLUS San Fernando Valley Volunteers in American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of 2023 on September 30, 2023”
On September 30, 2023, the AYLUS San Fernando Valley branch volunteered in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of 2023. The Relay For Life is one of the largest peer-to-peer fundraising events in the world where people in the community walk to raise both awareness and funds for cancer research.
Members Angel Wan, David Wan, Evelyn Gelman, Gabriel Beltran-Castillo, George Wang, Helena Heshmatipour, Jason Xie, Nicolas Storch, Natalie Tu, Owen Hansen, Subhash Srinivasa, and Vaibhav Sridhar spread out into different roles and volunteered in different two hours shift, spanning from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. These roles included maintaining trash cans and water buckets around the track, helping out at different booths, setting up and serving lunch to the relay participants, and helping out the people in charge of the event.
All members contributed to a great cause selling lunch to the public, which consisted of a chicken sandwich, a bag of chips, and a drink. All-in-all, we made about 300 dollars from selling lunches to the public, which will be contributed to the great cause. Also, it was great to see some new faces at the event. We hope to see more in the future!
Participants:
Angel Wan – 2.16 hours (10 mins early)
David Wan – 2.16 hours (10 mins early)
Evelyn Gelman – 2 hours
Gabriel Beltran-Castillo – 2.33 hours (20 mins early)
George Wang – 2 hours
Helena Heshmatipour – 2 hours
Jason Xie – 2 hours
Nicolas Storch – 2 hours
Natalie Tu – 2 hours
Owen Hansen – 6 hours
Subhash Srinivasa – 2.5 hours (stayed 30 mins extra)
Vaibhav Sridhar– 2.16 hours (10 minutes early)