By Grace Yu

On January 4th of the new year, the families of the PLAY club joined together for an entertaining potluck and party celebration.

            The party began in the evening with energy-filled dance performances by PLAY members, and was followed by the delicious potluck dinner made and brought by parents and family members. Despite the large amount of people, everyone’s generosity and cooking talents resulted in a wide variety of food that suited everyones tastes. As everyone enjoyed their meals, officers gathered at the front of the room to discuss new ideas and opportunities for PLAY members such as tutoring and charities for underdeveloped areas. One new charity we will be contributing to is a book drive for children living in Oakland.

            After dinner was over, all the dessert competition entries were laid out in the front by contestants for everyone to admire. Our volunteer judges tasted each dessert out of the ten entries. The finalists were William Fang’s whipped cream and brownie bowl, Zoe Zhang’s brownie and chocolate layered cake, and Kelly Li’s Eight Treasure rice. Despite each entry being delicious and unique, the overall winner was Zoe Zhang and her amazing chocolate cake!

            Money raised by items donated and sold at the auction went to PLAY club funds. Alongside auctioned items were paintings done by our talented club members. Our auctioneer David Si worked hard to sell each item at its full value;  items donated included tea, paintings, vacation hotel visits, and handmade clothing. In total, we raised around $1000!

            In total, this PLAY club potluck was a great opportunity for all of our members to meet together and get to know each other. We hope that this event helped everyone get a better idea of what PLAY club is about, and we look forward to expanding our club and help the community and getting our members involved!