Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory - Shamrock Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Compassion Giving Your Heart Out Lani Lee, senior The Toy Drive was a success this year. lt fulltilled many under- privilged Christmas wishes. Students on the Charity Drive Committee combined with stu- dents from TUFF, and really worked hard in gathering sup- port from their generous fellow students. Knowing that l made a difference to at least one little kid made it all worthwhile for me. I think that a thankful, over- joyed smile from a child is the best Christ- mas present that one can re- ceive. Christopher Huey, senior This years Clothing Drive was not what I had ex- pected. We only distribut- ed about half of the clothes that were collect- ed, to no more than 100 people, carrying large bags. The great thing about the clothing drive, unlike any other charity drive, is that you can ac- tually see who is benefit- ting from your own ef- forts. 26 Student Life Jocelyn De ASiS, junior What makes a child's day but a little fun and play? With the successful outcome of this year's SHC Toy Drive, we tthe studentsj were able to put smiles on little childrens fac- es. Ten Toy Drive Committee members, including myself and Ms. Heidkamp, went over to Hamilton's family shelter to share the fun and enjoyment of Christmas with the children. Along with the fun that we had, we encoun- tered challenges and gained valuable self-knowledge from the time spent at the shelter with the kids. V Above: Senior Ra- chael Hall loads the school van full of food to give to local charity organiza- tions. The Block Club helped out a lot by representing SHC and delivering all of the food. Left: Collecting and sorting clothes is not all hard work. Here seniors Anthony Lum and Katherine McVeigh along with sophomores Patricia Krueger and Sara Blaschak pose for the camera with a number of cute clothing items.

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Right: During the or- denl, senior Benson Joe fights the pain. Though not one of the most plensunt ways to spend five minutes, it was eer- tuinly one of the most worthwhile. fly Above: Juniors John Alioto and Belle Heil- ton und Senior Mich- elle Sainez enjoy their reward after do- nating. Donuts, cookies and juice were given to SILI- dents to keep their blood-sugar levels high. ,K . , Above: Senior Kath- leen Doherty, minus one pint of blood, cracks a smile of re- lief. After giving blood, donors had to sit and wait for a doe- tor to give them the O.K. to get up. Blood Drive 25

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Y 5, Left: Juniors Martina Mlinar and Joselyn De Asis carefully fold the clothes in an- ticipation for the rush of needy people. The Clothing Drive not only needed peoples clothes but people's time to help organize the Drive as well. T51 is 9 in I S E Above: Some of the Block Cluh members along with volunteers at St. Teresa's Parish take a break from transportation and the ex- tensive food Collection to take a picture with some other volunteers. Together with the help ot' SHQI. the St, Tereszrs parish was able to provide l IU families with food boxes at Thanksgiv- ing. Above: Senior An- thony Lum and jun- ior Rodney Jeung prepare the suits for display much like a department store. Making the clothes easy to find and making them look good was some- thing that the Charity eommitee was chal- lenged to do. Charity Drives 27