While a hectic academic schedule can at times hinder a Campo student’s ability to aid the broader community, the Service Fair hosted by Leadership on Friday Feb. 4th gave students the opportunity to give back to others through a variety of fashions.

Held in the big gym and composed of Campo’s service clubs, the event consisted of several stations led by the assortment of clubs. At each station participants completed a variety of service-related projects, and could earn a total of one hour of community service during the event.

Service fair hours were checked at the beginning of the event. Students could write their name down at a table in front of the gym to confirm their hours before participating.

When asked about the work put into the preparation of the event Leadership Co-Philanthropy Board Head senior Isabelle Culinco said, “[We did it] how [we] normally plan our events: a lot of publicity, we made many posters, canvas, and put it in the weekly round up.” Still, she noted that for a more collaborative event, such as the Service Fair, it was important that the service clubs input their ideas as well. “We had the clubs give us their service ideas. A few didn’t know what they wanted to do, so we brainstormed a few ideas and they got to choose from them.”

Students who participated in the fair contributed to crafting a variety of different service projects such as hygiene kits, cards, rock painting, and pipe cleaner flowers.

While the Service Fair was considered a success by Leadership and contributing clubs alike, both Culinco and Key Club member junior Angele Tseng felt that there were a few notes from the event that could be taken into consideration for next year. “We probably could’ve gotten more supplies,” said Tseng. “I know that most clubs ran out…but I [also] thought it was a good thing.”

Culinco added that next year’s Service Fair will be most likely hosted during lunch in order to gain more traction from a broader audience.

“It’s a good practice that students have these [types of] opportunities so they can be more civically engaged,” said Culinco. “[This] is a good opportunity for [students to] give back to their communities.”