The California Scholarship Federation (CSF) is a club that invites students with high academic qualities, and a volunteering heart to serve their community. As two meetings have been held up to this point, many projects have been started for the year. The second meeting held the nominating process for the officer positions, which students were nominated for.

As students volunteered for certain positions, during the meeting the rest of the club had to make a choice of whom they would like to see in power. This year’s CSF 2012-’13 officers are: Historian, Maddie Yee, ’13; Tutoring Coordinator, Kevin Thao, ’13; Service Coordinator, Jessica Healy, ’13; Vice President, Jenna Orcutt, ’13; and Co-Presidents, Ashely Erickson, ’13, and Mckay Mohun, ’13.

All positions are held to those considered to have responsibility, some. The officers all have goals and aspirations for the year and as the club has begun, the year has started with an interesting beginning having two Co-President.

Erickson is excited for her new position and is open to dividing power between herself and Mohun.

“It is really exciting to be Co-President,” Erickson said. “It’s really something I was hoping to achieve this year, being president at least. It was very surprising that it was a tie. I’m really excited to work with Mckay this year in CSF, he is really fun and we complement each other well.”

Mohun agrees with Erikson and feels that they will make a great team for the year. Holding this much power in a position, Mohun hopes to allow the club to grow.

“I am looking to emphasize the idea of leadership through service in our school and community,” Mohun said. “My current goals are setting up CSF tutoring again, have successful fundraisers for CSF and organize several service projects that will help our members act for the betterment of our community.”

Molly Sargent, CSF adviser, states as far back as she can remember, during the 17 years of being the adviser, there has never been two officers in one position.

“This should be interesting,” Sargent said. “In CSF leadership there is always so much to do, the more people you have the better. Both of the individuals, Ashley and Mckay, are excellent peope and I really like both of them. I have had both of them in class and I know they have wonderful work ethics. They both have different strengths I would say, so I think they will complement each other very well.”

Orcutt loves the new challenge that the Vice Presidency will bring. Knowing there is less of a responsibility to the job, Orcutt feels like she fits this position more then being President.

“I think it is really cool to have the oppurtunity to get involved in CSF,” Orcutt said. “It look so good on college applications but also because it is just a great organization, you are able to help the community and your school. My position, as Mrs. Sargent put it, is to do anything she tells me to do and to be there if the presidents need help doing or getting anything done.”

Stepping down the ladder from presidency, you now meet the coordinators of the club. These students put together and discover opportunities for the club members to reach their hours of community service.

As tutoring coordinator, Thao feels that this part of the club is an awesome way for students to help their peers in homework and other work.

“Basically, just writing down the names, finiding the tutors and assiging them with who they want to tutor is my job,” Thao said. “I write down their hours and what they do. I am there to check whose there, who is not and assiging the people.”

Healy, the Service Coordinator, believes that her strength in planning events will help her in her position.

“I am coordinating the service projects which is good for me,” Healy said. “I like planning things. The main thing we are going to be doing is tutoring at the {Fresno} Rescue Mission so that will be the main thing that I will have too coordinate. I know that I am okay at coordinating things and I have done a lot of service projects in the past. I was in {Student} Leadership last year so hopefully that has given me some leadership skills, so I think I am qualified.”

Unlike the previous club organizers, Yee is more like a secretary and supporter. She records minutes for meetings and also takes notes for things that need to get done for the Presidents and Sargent.

“I am just recording everything that they [Presidents] are saying,” Yee said. “If we have events coming up I record names for hours so they can get their community service hours. Also, I take attendance so when everyone gets to the meeting their name gets written down. I am there to support president and VP with their jobs.”

Yee has been in the club since the first semester she was allowed, giving her experience in all areas of the program.

“Since it is my senior year I wanted to to be more involved with CSF,” Yee said. “I have been in CSF since freshman year and I thought it would be good for me as a senior to be in one of the office positions. I like being a secretary, I have been kind of doing that since I was little like always writing notes for my family memebers just to remind them of things. I enjoy taking notes so I thought that this would be the perfect job for me.”

Sargent is looking forward to getting to know the officers, as well as other club members over the course of the next year. The many activities, she hopes, will bring the club more value.

“There are so many things I am looking forward to,” Sargent said. “Probably the thing I look forward to the most would be just spending time with the kids. Watching them become leaders through out the course of the year through different activities we do and the lunches. It makes me feel like the club has good value, that’s probably the biggest thing I like is that the students have a chance to develop leadrship skills.”

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