By Natalie Nguyen

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — ARK stands for Acts of Random Kindness and it is one of the many clubs here at Silver Creek. It is well known, but is not a popular club like Interact or Key. Instead, just a small community. It was founded in 2014 and has continued since then for nine years now. 

The students who run this club often make events that others participate in to show awareness that we can all be kind in and out of school and towards our community as well. 

One of their popular in-school act is Sandwiches For Hope. This occurs in the winter season and they gather to make sandwiches to feed the homeless. Another act they’ve done that began last year is the V-day Grams. They sold custom polaroids, chocolate/candies, matcha cookies, and flowers to celebrate the season of love and spread kindness around to loved ones. 

Their biggest event so far is World Kindness Day. This is a collaboration with two other schools in our district, Oak Grove, and Evergreen Valley. Where “ARKers” made friendship bracelets at the Japanese Friendship Garden.

Alana Ngo, Adonis Son, and Minh Le, are the officers of ARK and here is what they have to say about the club.

Ngo is very passionate about being a member of ARK. This year she is a senior and she plays the role of being secretary. While during sophomore, year she was only a member. She has watched ARK grow into a bigger club, starting from around 50 members to almost 100 sign up from this previous club rush. “I learned to be more considerate of others and more consistent with my work and this has helped me improve my way of living.” 

“I learned to be more considerate of others and more consistent with my work and this has helped me improve my way of living.”

Alana Ngo

Son is a senior this year and has been an officer for two years. During his junior and senior year, he plays the role of being a publicist. “I choose to be an officer because I get to show off my talent of interacting and getting along with others as well as spreading kindness to others.” 

Le is a senior too and has joined ARK since his sophomore year. He was an outreach commissioner, but is no longer an officer. He says being a member in this club gave him the opportunity “to spread positivity and kindness to the world.”