By Raven Ramsey and Zoe Howard
Executive Theme Editor Raven Ramsey and Copy Editor Zoe Howard
La Vista takes a look at the different clubs Costa offers to students and what they do to celebrate the first Club Day of 2022.
On Feb 2., Costa hosted the first Club Day of 2022 during lunch. Club Day was originally supposed to be held on Jan. 19 but was postponed due to the rise in COVID-19 cases among Costa students and staff.
“Usually, there are four Club Days, one in the first semester and three in second semester,”Associated Student Body (ASB) Activities Director Lisa Claypoole said. “The only difference this time around is that the one scheduled for January got pushed back to February.”
Club Day happens every quarter and is meant for the different clubs at Costa to earn money by
setting up booths and selling different items to students. This past Club Day, 14 clubs participated and sold a variety of food, including In-N-Out Burger, SusieCakes, breakfast burritos, McFlurries and Jamba Juice.
“ASB raises money for our own social events,” Claypoole said. “Usually, when my group of students participates in Club Day, the money we make is for us to have fun with.”
During Club Day, ASB sold sodas and water to students in order to raise money for their different social outings. ASB is run by a group of students that gets together every fourth and fifth period and have meetings planning different events for students, such as dances, social events and more.
“We have meetings during two class periods, but we also meet outside of class every two weeks on Mondays,” senior ASB President Kimiya Torabi said. “During these meetings, we plan and organize the majority of the school’s events like dances, blood drives, spirit weeks, pep rallies and more.”
Another club that participated during Club Day was the Latino Scholars Union (LSU), which shared a traditional Mexican treat with students.
“My favorite part of Club Day was getting to walk around and see what all of the other clubs were selling, especially the St. Michael Project, which sold samosas,” junior LSU Vice President Natalia Herrera said.
In order to prepare for Club Day, LSU started planning its table a week in advance. Part of these preparations included making the decision to sell conchas from El Molino Bakery located in Hawthorne.
“[To prepare for Club Day] we planned what we were going to buy/sell, placed the order and then came up with the price,” Herrera said. “We also had to individually wrap them to be COVID-19 safe, which we did during third period.”
According to Herrera, LSU plans on donating a portion of the profits made from Club Day to charity, as well as saving a portion for their different club needs. As of now, LSU hasn’t found an organization to donate to but plans on finding one that supports Hispanic education and access to college.
“Although we did not sell out [of conchas], Club Day was very successful, and we made a large profit,” Herrera said.
LSU meets on Tuesdays during lunch in room 73, and meetings typically consist of planning for up-coming projects or holidays and sharing cultural facts with members.
“We hosted the Hispanic Heritage Month assembly and are helping Black Scholars Union (BSU) with the Black History Month assembly,” Herrera said. “We work with BSU and Pacific Islanders Club for a lot of things, and we try to support each other. We also donate gifts to underprivileged kids around the holidays and adopt families.”
In addition to LSU and ASB, the St. Michael Project Club also participated during Club Day. According to junior club President Simran Sethi, the club knew it wanted to sell something that would expose Costa to different cultures, so it decided on selling samosas, which are a traditional Indian dish.
“Club Day was very successful for us,” Sethi said.“We had some people who immediately knew what a samosa was on top of others trying it for the first time and even coming back for seconds. And because it was a mildly hot day, our Jamba Juice did really well too and was a nice quencher for those looking for something cool. The samosas basically completely sold out along with the Jamba Juice.”
The St. Michael Project meets every Monday in room 131. Sethi says that she also wants the club members to have the chance to learn a bit about Indian culture and build a community, so they have some fun club bonding nights scheduled too.
“Our club’s goal is to provide some financial aid to an all-girls hostel in India,” Sethi said. “This establishment takes kids from ages three to 17 coming from impoverished homes and hostile environments and provides them with proper housing, nutrition, and education. It protects them from being subjected to the dangers in the streets of New Dehli, such as prostitution, drug trafficking and human trafficking.”
The next Club Day will be held in March, and any clubs that wish to participate may see Claypoole in room 41 to sign up.
“My favorite part about Club Day is seeing all of the different clubs being showcased,” sophomore and member of the Hope for Hygiene Club Hailey Tucker said. “I think it’s an important event because it allows people to learn about clubs they maybe didn’t know existed or didn’t know that much about.”
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