Reported by: Angel Shi
Event description: From 9:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. PDT on Sunday, August 24th, 2025, members of the AYLUS Saratoga Branch volunteered with the organization Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) in their San Jose Location.
Volunteers were given the opportunity to restock the warehouse’s storeroom with donated supplies, such as notebooks, binders, and paints.
Organization Description: From the Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT, Volunteer Opportunities – RAFT) website:
“Founded in San Jose in 1994, RAFT (Resource Area For Teaching) is a nonprofit providing educators with engaging hands-on learning resources aligned to national content standards.
Our Vision: RAFT’s vision is to inspire the next generation of innovators, problem solvers, and creators, by providing educators with STEAM learning resources.
Our Values:
Integrity: RAFT serves the education community and strives to do it with integrity, accountability, honesty, ethics, and fairness.
Community: RAFT brings together educators, volunteers, corporations, and donors to accelerate teaching and hands-on learning.
Global Impact: RAFT’s innovative management of recycled materials has a positive impact on the local and global environment.
Creativity: RAFT’s unique approach to hands-on learning inspires creativity and joy to foster curiosity, exploration, and innovation.”
Aligning smoothly with our own values, volunteering at RAFT further deepens our understanding on what it means and how it works to be creative, honest, and impactful towards the whole world through the means of making the important privilege of education more accessible.
Participants:
Angel Shi | 2.5 hours
Annie Wu | 2.5 hours
Tiantian Hu | 2.5 hours
Yajuan Cao | 2.5 hours
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