A few of us who were free from the spellbind of memorizing the Black-Scholes formula found time to volunteer at the Palo Alto Family Day event this past Sunday.
Apologies to the first year folks! It was not our intention to plan the volunteering event on the week of the finance and operations finals (this event only happens once a year unfortunately). I guess there'll be more to look forward to next year!
I think it's safe for me to say, we had as much fun as the kids that day! We spent the afternoon together as a group assisting an artist name Claude making African masks (extremely cool guy!).
When the event started, many of the kids walked pass our table and flocked straight for the African beading station; perhaps they were thinking that halloween is a bit too early. But our competitive nature immediately surfaced as our very own Jasmin stepped up to the plate and created a kick-ass sample piece, drawing many of the kids to our table! (while making Wilton proud!)
The kids were great... it amazes me how many life stories they have to share with only a few years on the planet (I can maybe at best come up with 1-2 good stories over the past 6 years). But other than a few finger burning incidents when we took out the professional grade glue guns, it turned out to be a pretty successful day.
Check out some of the pics from our group below:
http://picasaweb.google.com/kkso.2005/HaasVolunteeringAtPaloAltoFamilyFunDay?authkey=aUP5RZMYqaw
Just a little bit of background on the Palo Alto Cultural Kaleidoscope Family Day. The event is held once a year on a Sunday afternoon in a school gym in East Palo Alto. Its mission is to bring the disparate communities of Palo Alto and East Palo Alto together through a shared interest in the arts. Volunteers are assigned to work with kids on various art projects, from African beading to Indian metal embossing.
Apologies to the first year folks! It was not our intention to plan the volunteering event on the week of the finance and operations finals (this event only happens once a year unfortunately). I guess there'll be more to look forward to next year!
I think it's safe for me to say, we had as much fun as the kids that day! We spent the afternoon together as a group assisting an artist name Claude making African masks (extremely cool guy!).
When the event started, many of the kids walked pass our table and flocked straight for the African beading station; perhaps they were thinking that halloween is a bit too early. But our competitive nature immediately surfaced as our very own Jasmin stepped up to the plate and created a kick-ass sample piece, drawing many of the kids to our table! (while making Wilton proud!)
The kids were great... it amazes me how many life stories they have to share with only a few years on the planet (I can maybe at best come up with 1-2 good stories over the past 6 years). But other than a few finger burning incidents when we took out the professional grade glue guns, it turned out to be a pretty successful day.
Check out some of the pics from our group below:
http://picasaweb.google.com/kkso.2005/HaasVolunteeringAtPaloAltoFamilyFunDay?authkey=aUP5RZMYqaw
Just a little bit of background on the Palo Alto Cultural Kaleidoscope Family Day. The event is held once a year on a Sunday afternoon in a school gym in East Palo Alto. Its mission is to bring the disparate communities of Palo Alto and East Palo Alto together through a shared interest in the arts. Volunteers are assigned to work with kids on various art projects, from African beading to Indian metal embossing.
