Interior Design & Culinary Club

The two clubs who Won the Spring Quarter Clubs Volunteer Contest were Culinary Club and Interior Design Networking Group. These two dedicated groups of students tied as the top contributors and were awarded funding opportunities for projects during Summer Quarter. These two clubs are examples, amongst others, of very successfully run student organizations that benefit your greater student community and the larger community through their extra-curricular teamwork and leadership.

Below is some information and a few comments from Culinary Club and Interior Design Networking Group about their projects (please note: they each did multiple volunteer projects during Spring Quarter!):

Culinary Club
The Project: Volunteered one day per week for seven weeks at the Millionair Club – planning, preparing, and serving lunch to about 150 people a day.

Who did the project benefit and how?
Millionair Club benefited all of their clients who participated in lunch service by providing healthier and more wholesome meals. According to the WA State Minimum Wage of $8.67/hour, we also saved the Millionair Club approximately $1,161.78.

What did your club learn from this project?
Millionair Club: we learned how to create/plan our own menu, pull the items required to fulfill our vision, prepare, and serve the meals.

Interior Design Networking Group
The Project:
The AIS IDNG Design team has been working on Designing the Commercial Areas of the Jacobs Well Transitional Housing Project that is being built in Shoreline. The design team has been focusing on space plans of the specified areas, colors and material selections for the project, and renderings of the proposed spaces. Though the project is being used for the purpose of this Volunteer Project Contest for Spring 2011 the project is expected to continue into the end of July. The students have been diligently working on this project through their summer break and into the summer quarter as well.

Who did the project benefit and how?
This project benefits the women and children that come through the vision house, many of whom are victims of domestic violence and homelessness. By designing this space for the Vision House and The Women of Jacobs Well we are providing them with a space that is comfortable and welcoming during a time in their life where they have little to their name and no one to turn to. While designing this space for Vision House and Jacobs Well we are aiding in giving these women in our community a hand up instead of a hand out in their time of need.

What did your club learn from this project?
Throughout this long tedious project our club has learned a lot. One of the most important lessons that our club has learned is teamwork. Without the dedication and teamwork of all of our volunteers we could not see this project to completion. In addition learning about teamwork we also learned a valuable lesson in time management because our project has a deadline that has to met or Vision house will not be able to use our designs.

As well, both of these Student Organizations worked in support of the Tsunami Shoe Project, which raised money for Red Cross Japan and Tsunami Relief. Culinary Club contributed to the planning and catered the amazing Asian-inspired appetizers and Interior Design Networking Group team-designed shoes for the auction.


It would be amazing to see what these two Student Organizations could do if they worked together on a project!


Thank you Interior Design Networking Group and Culinary Club for your inspirational work and dedication to your fellow students and the greater-Seattle area community!