On April 8 the Bring Change to Mind Club hosted a flower bouquet-making activity in the quad. Junior Kayla Moon, described her take on the activity: “I think it was a fun activity through the Wellness Center where we had the opportunity to make bouquets…I know a lot of people gave [a bouquet] to their mom, a teacher, or a friend.”
Sophomore Lucy Raymond, one of the leaders of Campolindo’s Bring Change to Mind Club (BC2M), was responsible for organizing the event.
She explained the overall goal of the activity. She said, “with our club, we are trying to create a community. [The bouquet-making activity] was essentially going out towards the community. We wanted to bring in other people who are not a part of the club. [We] succeeded in this effort and are very happy.”
Raymond elaborated about the roots and development of the Bring Change to Mind Club: “[The club] was originally formed my freshman year. It was only me at that time…A lot of stuff happened and this year, [the new Wellness Center staff] wanted to start [the club] up again and we were able to recruit three other people as co-leaders. We are working on creating an actual leadership next year. Since the club is a baby club, we are still figuring out the gist of it.”
Junior Stephanie Lee, Co-Leader of Bring Change to Mind Club, said, “it’s not very often that you get to make flower-bouquets for people.”
Lee added, “you could make it for anyone and for any reason. [The activity] was about expressing gratitude and giving gifts…It made me feel pretty cool that I made something that I could give to someone else.”
Moon explained why she wanted to participate in the activity. “I think people like flowers…It makes people happy when they get them and it makes you happy when you give [flowers] to other people so it’s just a nice thing to do.”
Like Moon, junior Natalia Jarmillo enjoyed participating in the bouquet-making activity. “I feel it was a good activity,” she said. “It was really thoughtful.”
Raymond told The Claw that “[the turn-out] exceeded what I had imagined.” She said, “I think a lot of people were hesitant at first, especially the guys…Once you started asking people who you saw were hesitant, they got so excited…You just had to push them a little bit and show them that [they’re] welcome as well.”
Jaramillo commented about the turn-out of the activity, stating that there was “not really a grade distinction…whoever was in the quad at the time participated.”
Lee decided to make a bouquet for her mom. “I used white, orange, and pink flowers,” Lee said. Lee was not the only one who made this choice. So did Jarmillo, Raymond, and Moon.
Raymond mentioned that she made the bouquet with her mom’s favorite colors in mind: “I did it specifically with whites and pinks. My mom’s favorite color is pink so I added that in as well.”
Lee noted that the event was very successful: “At the end of the day, there were no flowers left.” Moon agreed, adding that “Campo should do [the event] again.”
Raymond told The Claw, “I am not completely sure if it will be annual because it did take a significant part of our budget, but since the program that Campolino BC2M is under provides grants we are hoping to make it annual…I need to talk to my advisor about it, but since people enjoyed [the activity] I would want to bring it back.”
All in all, the event was very successful and an opportunity for students to destress and relax during the busy month of April.
