October 2020 – AASuccess

Scrapbook to Encourage Doctors during COVID-19

Tram and Truc’s community project idea was to make a scrapbook filled with positive and encouraging words to give out to healthcare providers at their local hospitals. Through this humble contribution, they want to encourage the doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic and express their appreciation for their work.

Timeline: August 2020 – October 2020
Key Members: Tran Le and Phuong Bui, 7th grader at Le Loi Secondary School
Goal: Spread positiveness and express appreciation to healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
How: Making a scrapbook with photos of health care providers around the world and delivering it to a local doctor
Result-To-Date: “Dr. Dung was so happy to receive the scrapbook. He gave us two big bags of candies when we visited him. We had an interesting conversation with him, which helped us understand more about his job.”

Read for Needs

Student Deanna Morgan takes a stab at organizing an online tutoring program, which aims to support the Spanish-speaking community.

Please see below for her letter and project scope:

“My name is Deanna Morgan. I’m 16 years old, and I am a girl scout with the Nation’s Capital, troop 5153. Additionally, I am a new student at AASuccess. When I was little, I attended Rose Hill and became fluent in Spanish due to the Immersion program there. However, throughout my years at Rose Hill, I realized that many students in the Immersion program immigrated to the U.S and knew little to no English. They had a hard time learning in school, making friends, and speaking English to others.

This year, I have been currently working on gaining my Gold award which is the highest rank in girls scouts. For my Gold project, I decided that I wanted to help migrant children who only speak Spanish read and translate a book into English.

I would gather friends and volunteers who are taking Spanish in school or are native speakers to help tutor the children on Google Meets. My program will be three to four weeks on the weekend so that the kids can grasp the content fully. At the end of my program, the students will be able to analyze and comprehend the book in English.

In order to complete my project, I need native speaking students who like to learn English; they must range from the ages of 10 to 12. Attached below is a sign-up form if you know anyone in need of tutoring. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at deanna.morgan@aasuccess.org.

Thank you so much and I look forward to hearing from you. Be safe and stay healthy!”

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Art Gallery Fundraiser

Want to use your skills for a good cause? We are calling for all volunteers to participate in this fun yet meaningful project led by Linh Le, a Level 1 AASuccess Student.

Timeline: September 2020 – March 2021
Key Member: Linh Le, a Sophomore at Poolesville High School
Goal: Raise at least $600 to donate to Art Works Studio School, which will go towards providing 6 students with 10 weeks of art classes OR towards hiring an ASL interpreter. Art Works Studio School is a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. with the mission to help adults and young children learn art
through accessible programs in schools that may not offer creative education.
How: Raising fund via creating and selling artworks. Linh will be holding an art workshop once a week with all of the members to create art together, which include all types of mediums, from watercolor to acrylics to pencil sketches.
Result-To-Date: Organized weekly virtually meetings to learn how to create art together with 3 main participants.

From the Smallest to the Biggest Things

As part of the DELTA program, last Summer, two students in Vietnam Khoi-Nguyen Nguyen and Nam Nguyen started to collect recycled trash, sell them to the scrap shop, use the money to buy food and gifts, then give to underserved families around their neighborhood.

Timeline: August 2020 – October 2020
Key Members: Khoi-Nguyen Nguyen and Nam Nguyen, 7th grader at Le Loi Secondary School
Goal: Help people around our neighborhood while protecting the environment
How: Raising fund via collecting and selling recycle materials, then buy gifts and foods to give out to the underserved families in our neighborhood.
Result-To-Date: Raised 300,000 VND and gave out presents to 3 families. Reached a total of 14 people. Spent time playing and engaging with people from these families.

Featured article: https://blog.aasuccess.org/recycle-to-support-our-neighbors/

Hand Sanitizer for Underserved Community

Recently, there was a COVID-19 breakout in Vietnam. Hand sanitizer and face mask are completely sold-out, and are very difficult to buy. 2 middle school students in Vietnam, Tram and Truc, quickly realized that they were in a position to help the community in a meaningful way by producing hand sanitizer. Their first bottling was hand-made based on a recipe that they found on the internet. It met the basic alcohol-by-volume required to kill bacteria and viruses. Tram and Truc then gave out these bottles of homemade hand sanitizer to the underserved community at their hometown in Di Linh, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam. Through this project, they hope to make a small and humble contribution to the fight against COVID 19.

Timeline: August 2020 – October 2020
Key Members: Tram Nguyen, 9th grader at Nguyen Du Secondary School, and Truc Ta, 9th grader at Lien Dam Secondary School
Goal: Spread awareness about COVID-19 at Di Linh, Lam Dong, and providing hand sanitizer to poor people so they can wash their hands frequently.
How: Using the fund provided by AASuccess to buy the ingredients, Tram and Truc spent 2 days bottling hand sanitizer. They then met up to deliver the bottles together.
Result-To-Date: 60 bottles were made and given out to the underserved community at Di Linh, Lam Dong. The two students also engaged and had a meaningful conversation with the people there. They had a meal with one family afterwards.

Featured article: https://blog.aasuccess.org/hand-sanitizer-with-love/