
On September 9th, TYP hosted a parent information session for new members. 12 parents, 6 of which were parents of new members joined to explain and listen to the policy and upcoming sessions. It ended with a Q&A session.

Total Youth Productions (TYP) held its kickoff meeting for the 2024-2025 season on August 25. 23 new and familiar faces attended the meeting. It started off with president and vice president introductions which were then followed by a brief explanation and overview of the activities that TYP participates in throughout the year including Hand in…

On January 7th, TYP members joined a zoom seminar with speaker Dr. Carol Park, author of Memoirs of a Cashier: Korean Americans, Racism, and Riots and Korean American studies researcher at UC Riverside, hosed by Korean American Young Leaders (KAYL). Dr. Park shared how trying to understand the Korean American experience and her own identity…

On January 6th, TYP members went to the San Diego Food Bank to volunteer in a carebox packaging line for seniors in need. Different TYP members took different stations: some stuffed in certain supplies while others taped close the final boxes. At the end of their volunteer shift, the line packaged a total of 13,400…

TYPers volunteered at Hand in Hand on October 28th, November 11th, and December 2nd. The October session focused on making Halloween-themed paper bags, November session had the TYP members lead physical activities, and the December session made paper snowflakes and Christmas cards.

On November 19th, TYP members attended the first virtual mentoring seminar in the “Charisma Chronicles” series hosted by the Korean American Young Leaders (KAYL), a Korean-American youth organization in Irvine, which featured Serapia Kim, a current law student at UC Irvine. There are two future Charisma Chronicles seminars, one on January 7th with Carol Park,…

On November 11th, eight of our TYP members helped packaged supplies for the American Red Cross!

TYP has volunteered at the San Diego Food Bank once again, this time with new 8th grade TYP members! We helped package 540 boxes food for those in need.

Kicking off our community service for 2023-2024 TYP season, several TYP members volunteered at Hand in Hand, a recreation club for neurodiverse youth. In September, TYP members helped lead activities in the Hand in Hand sessions on September 2nd and September 23rd. The September 2nd meeting had an origami class led by TYP members Sophie…