2012-2013 What is Octagon?

The Octagon Club is a community service club run by students and sponsored by the Redwood City chapter of Optimists International. Club members have the opportunity to volunteer with various organizations and participate in activities such as the following:

• Second Harvest Food Bank
• Rebuilding Together Peninsula
• Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula
• Crane Place, Menlo Park
• RWC Spooktacular
• Peninsula Library System
• Beach clean-ups and restoration
• African Library Project
• RWC Optimists Crab Feed
• Salvation Army

During the school year, club members attend weekly meetings to learn about upcoming events, listen to guest speakers, and sign up to volunteer.

In addition, club members may work on their own outside community service projects and add these hours to their time spent on club events.

For club events and approved projects, students earn ONE school credit for every FIFTEEN hours they volunteer.

Meetings are on Mondays at lunch in Room E-10.

See Kathleen E. Coughlin for more information: kcoughlin@seq.org

(650) 367-9750 x 4359

We meet in Roo m E-10 at lunchtime. Be sure to sign in because your meeting time counts toward your total volunteering hours.

• Octagon Calendar Monday, Sept. 24, 2012
  Come to Monday meetings to sign up for events.

Octagon Constitution and Offices 2012-2013

• Octagon Constitution and Officers

• Octagon Membership Application
  New members must submit one this application. We keep track of member numbers for our sponsoring organization, the Redwood City Optimists, who pay for our registration with Optimist International/JOOI(Junior Optimist Octagon International). We want
• Outside Project Form
  Active Octagon club members may use this form to record hours they spent on projects they have initiated themselves outside of club-sponsored activities. Please note that prior approval is required for such outside projects. (This is NOT the form students
• Service Activity Form
  Students sign this document during a club meeting to volunteer and then sign it again at the volunteer site when they have completed the project. The officer or student in charge returns this form to Ms. Coughlin so that students' hours are recorded.
• Second Harvest Food Bank Volunteer Info.
  You may read about volunteer opportunities and requirements and download permission forms from this link. PLEASE note that short pants and open-toed shoes are not allowed at the food bank.