CSF Names New Officers-Continued Focus on Community Service

By Robert Garcia

25% of Redwood’s student body are CSF members.

Of those 600 students only 4 are officers.

The officers are the ones who control the system which is basically the ones who control the community service events, meetings, to keep agenda, they’re also the ones to keep everyone informed of what’s to come.

There were about 10 who volunteered for the positions of president, vice president, treasurer, and associate officer.

Katherine Tejada, ‘21, new CSF president says, that “I hope to learn more about just what it means to be a part of Visalia… what it means to be a well-rounded human by taking the lessons I learn now.”

Katherine plans on getting more feedback from the student body and working with them to make sure that CSF meets their needs when it comes to community service events. She wants to see what could fit their interests in order to see what service events they might want to do.

Above all, Katherine wants to “help others, help others.”

She feels the CSF president position helps her “make a difference in this school,” to meet new people, and to “touch base with the community” to expand her knowledge of Visalia.

“As you think of senior year, as you think of college you think of going on and doing something and this is the way to leave a little behind… to leave its mark in Visalia.”

Being a CSF president means hard work in making sure everyone receives a community service event and basically “a figurehead that keeps everyone on track.”

“CSF impacts Redwood because we’re all about grades, all about service, and all about making sure you become a great student,” says Tejada.

Aya Aziz, ‘21, is the new CSF vice president. She says that “it feels great running and winning a position as a CSF officer” and plans to do a community service event that raises money for those in need.

Aya ran for this position because not only would it look good on her college application, but because she also “loves to help people.”

She also plans on attending UCLA or UC Berkeley in the future and hopes her time with CSF makes her stand out from her peers on applications.

She also explains that as vice president she will host several community service events.

Neftaly Gonzalez, ‘21, new CSF treasurer says she is “very proud” of herself and “very excited to see how the year will turn out” as CSF treasurer.

“I ran for this position because I’m really involved in CSF, mostly for community service and I really want to get other students involved and CSF to really have people know what CSF’s about and really help the students with their education.”

Neftaly plans to educate more students on what CSF can really do for them and to help other students feel more involved.

She also plans to gain experience in a leadership role and to inspire students into reaching a higher level.

As treasurer, she keeps track of the money, records of people currently in CSF, and to help clear community service events.

“CSF impacts Redwood because not only does it help each individual student to achieve their own level of success but, for them to be more involved for the community and to help there future…”

Bailey Nelson, ‘22, has earned the position as an associate officer and even explains how she “wasn’t even expecting to win.”

“I’m extremely excited… I was surprisingly shocked and it has been really exciting and fun to know that I’ve gotten it. It was a fun moment.”

Nelson believes that through this position she can gain leadership opportunities and as an associate officer, she would be organizing two different types of community service events.

“I’m hoping to gain some leadership qualities and I’m also hoping to gain new friends…”

She also wants to make CSF a more “unified place” since she believes that CSF could be more unified and make it stand out more then what it already is.

Nelson says “CSF not only impacts Redwood but the community” whether it’s cleaning, donating, or inspiring others.”