Founder & Director - Ruby Kim

LACES H3M Club
Presidents - Chelsea Kim & Grace Baek

Van Nuys H3M Club
President - Catherine Kim

About Me

H3M stands for "Helpers for Miracle Marrow Matches." We are a group of high school students. Our mission is to help patients suffering from leukemia and other blood-related diseases to successfully find a matching marrow donor. We volunteer for a nonprofit organization called Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M) by going on donor drives, raising awareness, and fundraising. We educate people who are interested in marrow donation and guide them through the registration process. We raise awareness by making videos and handing out flyers. Our club fundraises for patients by hosting garage sales, selling items at school carnivals, and recycling. Recycling is our main fundraising activity. Our club collects recyclables and takes them to the recycling center once a month. On the days we recycle, we usually gather afterwards to prepare swab kits and registration forms for the donor drives.

Monday, December 24, 2012

December Recycling

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the December Recycling! We earned a total of $59.58. We also worked on our next video project. More details will be provided at the next meeting!


Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Sharing Love Bazaar 2012

Hello everyone!

Thank you for helping out at our garage sale and donor drive at the Sharing Love Bazaar (December 8, 2012) this year.
We earned a total of $136.25 from only one day of selling. Good job!

Mina Kim, William Chung, Diana Kim, Michelle Li,
Daniel Kim, Jasmin Jin,  Soo Kim, Grace Baek, Ruby Kim


Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Friday, November 23, 2012

November/December Recycling

Hello everyone! Our next recycling day is coming up!

It will be held on Saturday, December 15 at 3rd and Labrea (the recycling center is located in the Ralph's parking lot). We will be preparing swab kits after.

If you would like to bring recyclables and help out, please comment on this post!

Thank you,
Ruby Kim

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Be the One Run

Hello H3M members!

Thank you to those of you who came to today's walk and run event! All of us finished the course! I hope you had fun (I sure did). Let's look forward to the next event!

Taehoon Kim, Ruby Kim, Chelsea (Chae Hyun) Kim, Grace Baek, Catherine (Jiyeon) Kim, Soo Kim, Mina Kim
Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

2012 Sharing Love Bazaar

Hello H3M members!

Our annual garage sale is coming up again! This means we need some donations. We will mainly be selling used books, clothes, and toys. If you would like to contribute, please contact me or Chelsea as soon as possible.

Our event will be held on  Saturday, December 8, 2012, from 11 am to 4 pm at Wilshire and Hobart.

Hope you can help out by donating or volunteering at the sale!


LACES, Van Nuys, and North Hollywood H3M will be joining for this event.

Thanks,
Ruby Kim
H3M Club



Wednesday, October 31, 2012

2012 Halloween Carnival

Hello everyone!

We would like to thank Chelsea Kim, Grace Baek, Daniel Kim, Keren Yi, Kenneth Kim, Andrew Kim, Jefferson Suh, SooBin Hong and her sister, Sanghee Cho, Yeonsoo Shin, Anais Miller, and Jasmin (Hyun Ji) Jin for helping out at today's fundraiser!

It was a success! We sold almost all of our candy and soda.

We would also like to thank those of you who made donations!

Ruby Kim
H3M Club


10/27/12 Recycling

Thank you to everyone who went to the October Recycling!
Jasmin Jin, Yeonsoo Shin, Chelsea Kim, and Diana, you are awesome :)
We earned $6.70!

H3M Club

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

October Recycling

Hello everyone!

Our next recycling day is this Saturday, October 27th!
We will meet at the recycling center on 3rd and Labrea at 3 pm. Please bring your recyclables!
You can RSVP by commenting on this post.

Thank you,
Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Award from A3M

Hello H3M Members! Congratulations on receiving the Human Spirit Award on October 7, 2012.

"Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches recognizes the H3M Club for making a difference in the lives of patients and giving hope to families around the world."


Thanks for dedicating your time and effort!
P.S: We're on the school website! I am so proud of all of you :)

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Star Night 2012

Hello H3M Members! Thank you for coming to Star Night to volunteer and participate in the event.

Grace and Chelsea helping in the kitchen


LA Korean Festival 2012

Thank you to everyone who volunteered at the LA Korean Festival donor drive!

Jasmin recruiting a potential donor

Saturday, September 29, 2012

9/29/12

Hello H3M members!
Thank you so much for helping out today! We earned $62.73 from this month's recycling and prepared swab kits and registration forms.




Thursday, September 27, 2012

September Recycling

Hello LACES H3M Members!
For those of you who were at today's meeting, you should know about our recycling activity this Saturday.

Here is the schedule for this Saturday, September 29:

Recycling
Location: 3rd & LaBrea (recycling center/Ralph's parking lot)
Time: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Please RSVP by commenting on this blog. I need to know who will come.
We will go to my house after recycling (rides will be provided from the recycling center).
New members -- I hope all of you can make it this Saturday. We will go over some important things so that you will be prepared for volunteering at donor drives.

Thanks,
Ruby Kim

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

39th LA Korean Festival

Hello H3M members,

There will be a 4-day donor drive at this year's LA Korean Festival from October 4 to October 7,
11 am to 9 pm on Oct. 4-5 and 10 am to 9 pm on Oct. 6-7.
The festival will take place at Seoul International Park (3250 San Marino St. LA, CA 90006) and our booth number will be 29. 

If you would like to volunteer at this event, please RSVP by commenting on this post with the date and time you can help.

Thank you,
Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Sunday, September 16, 2012

9/15/12 Drive

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the donor drive yesterday at Audrey's Night Out (Fashion Show) in Santa Monica!

Diana Kim
Ruby Kim
Danny Suh

We met KevJumba!

Monday, August 27, 2012

A3M Star Night


Hello H3M Club members! A3M is hosting an Annual Fundraising Event on Sunday, October 7th.
If you would like to help out, please comment on this post!

A3M's 15th Annual Benefit Event
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Cerritos Center for The Performing Arts
12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos CA 90703


Volunteer Shifts:

Shift 1 -- 12pm-3:30pm
Silent Auction Set Up, Raffle Set Up, Sierra Room Set Up, Food Prep

Shift 2 -- 3:30pm-7pm
Raffle, Silent Auction Monitoring, Sierra Room

Shift 3 -- 7pm-10:30pm
Silent Auction Check Out, Raffle Wrap Up, Clean Up

Thanks,
Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Monday, August 20, 2012

8/19/12 Drive

Hello volunteers,

Thank you to those of you who helped out at the drive in Choong Hyun Mission Church.

Catherine Kim
Sophia Kim
Ruby Kim
Diana Kim

Have a nice day,

Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Friday, August 17, 2012

Upcoming Drive

Hello volunteers! We have a marrow donor drive this coming Sunday.

9:15 AM - 2:15 PM
Choong Hyun Mission Church. 
5005 Edenhurst Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90035

If you can help out please RSVP by commenting on this post.

Thanks,
Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Upcoming Drive

Hello all H3M Club members! There is going to be a marrow donor drive this Saturday from 9 AM to 1 PM.

Please tell me if you would like to volunteer!

Here is the location:
St Matthew's United Methodist Church
15653 E. Newton St. Hacienda Heights, CA 91745

Thanks,
Ruby Kim
H3M Club

**UPDATE**

Thank you to everyone who helped out at this drive!

Ruby Kim
Diana Kim
Taehoon Kim
Catherine Kim

August 2012

Sunday, July 29, 2012

7/28/12 Drive

Thank you Diana and Crystal for helping out at the marrow donor drive in Long Beach on Saturday, July 28th!

Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Upcoming Drives

This is the schedule for upcoming drives:


1. 2012 Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival Day 1,  8:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Marine Stadium
    5225 E. Paoli Way   Long Beach, CA 90803
 
2. Marrow Drive for Victoria Choi, 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
    Irvine Baptist Church
    5101 Walnut Avenue Irvine, CA 92604


If you can help out, please tell me as soon as possible.


Thanks!
Ruby Kim

Sunday, July 1, 2012

7/1/12

Thanks to everyone who helped out today!
We got a lot of work done. We prepared swabs, highlighted forms, and finished the music video!

I will post the music video up shortly!

Thanks again,
Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Friday, June 29, 2012

Swabs

Hi everyone!

We have a schedule to prepare swabs on Sunday, July 1st from 2:00-5:00 pm at my house (call or email me if you need my address).
If you would like to help out, please RSVP by commenting on this post. We only need 4-5 people so first come first serve.

Thanks,
Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Sunday, June 17, 2012

**URGENT**

Hello everyone!
On Monday, June 18th, we need volunteers to help us prepare swabs.
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Ruby's house

Please RSVP by commenting on this post.
Rides will be provided but they are limited.

Thanks!

Saturday, June 16, 2012

6/10/12 Drive

Thank you to everyone who volunteered at the drive at St. Francis Church last Sunday!

William Chung
Diana Kim
Catherine Kim
Mina Kim
Ruby Kim

Saturday, June 9, 2012

June Recycling

Hello!

Thank you to everyone who helped out at today's Recycling!

Jane Jeong
Jasmin Jin
YeonSoo Shin
Ruby Kim
Danny Suh
Elizabeth Kim
Diana Kim
Soobin Hong
Daniel Kim

We earned a total of $71.02 and made some progress on the music video.

Thanks again,
Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Upcoming Drive

Hello everyone! We have a drive this coming Sunday.


St. Francis Korean Catholic Center on June 10th, 10:30 - 12:30 pm
address:  2040 Artesia Blvd. Torrance, CA 90504


If you would like to help out, please RSVP by commenting on this post.


Thank you!

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Upcoming Recycling

Hello everyone!
We have Recycling on Saturday, June 9th.

Location: 3rd & LaBrea
Time: 3:00 PM

Afterwards, we will go back to my house to work on the video project. Limited rides will be provided from the recycling center to my house.

If any of you have recyclables but cannot make it to the recycling center, please drop them off at my house any time this week by Saturday morning.

Thanks,
Ruby Kim

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Drive at the Aloha Expo

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the drive on Saturday and Sunday in Santa Fe Springs.

Saturday: Diana Kim & Ruby Kim
Sunday: Catherine Kim, Diana Kim, Ruby Kim, & Taehoon Kim


Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Upcoming Drives


Hello Volunteers! There will be two drives this weekend, one on Saturday May 19th and one on Sunday May 20th. The locations for both are the same.

Aloha Expo Day 1, May 19th, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm 
Santa Fe Springs Heritage Park
12100 Mora Drive
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670


Aloha Expo Day 2, May 20th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Santa Fe Springs Heritage Park
12100 Mora Drive
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

You can come for part of the time.

Please RSVP before Friday.
First come first serve!

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Upcoming Drive

Hello everyone! There is a drive this coming Saturday. If you would like to help out, please RSVP below!


APALC 3rd Annual Family Forum
Sat.  8:30-3 pm. 
San Gabriel High School
801 S. Ramona St. San Gabriel, CA 91776


Thanks

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

5/5/12



Hello all H3M members,

As some of you may know, the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon was great. Let us all sincerely thank A3M for inviting us! The food was great and the raffle drawings were pretty exciting (Congratulations to Diana's mom for winning a jewelry set, Sharon for winning AMC movie tickets, and Andrew for winning a penguin USB)!

Pictures should be uploaded soon on the A3M Facebook Page, so you should go check it out!

Thanks,
Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon

Hi everyone! There will be a Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon for all A3M Volunteers on Saturday, May 5th from 11 AM to 3 PM.

Higashi Honganji 505 E. Third Street LA, CA 90013

To RSVP: Contact Jarin at (213) 625-2802 x 101 or JSomboonsup@a3mHOPE.org 
Please RSVP by Wednesday, May 2, 2012


Thank You!

4/15/12 Drive

To everyone who helped out at the drive on April 15th at Oriental Mission Church: Thank you so much!



Ruby Kim
Diana Kim
William Chung
Candace Kim
Taehoon Kim
Elizabeth Kim
Jason Koh
Peter

H3M Club

Friday, April 6, 2012

Upcoming Drive

Hello all H3M members! We have an upcoming drive at:


Oriental Mission Church
April 15th 10-2 pm
424 N. Western Ave. LA, CA  


USC APAMSA (med student group) is hosting a health fair at that church and we have a table for the marrow drive.


If you would like to volunteer that day, please RSVP by commenting on this post!


Thanks,
Ruby Kim




Saturday, March 31, 2012

3/31/12 Recycling & Envelopes

Hello everyone! I want to thank all of you who helped out today! We earned a total of $21.00 from today's recycling.

Chelsea Kim
Crystal Choi
Danny Suh
Diana Kim
Ruby Kim
William Chung

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Recycling & Swabs

Hello everyone!

Our once-a-month recycling date is approaching!
3/31/12 1:00-4:00 pm

Please comment on this post to RSVP!
Remember to bring all your recyclables :)

Thanks.

Upcoming Drive

 Here is the schedule for the donor drive this Sunday:


4/1/12    9-1:30  at Dong Shin Presbyterian Church (4-5 volunteers)
2121 E. Wilshire Ave.  Fullerton, CA 92831


Please comment on this post to RSVP.


Thank you!

3/25/12 Drive

Thank you to all of you who were able to come to the donor drive last Sunday!

Candace Kim
Chelsea Kim
Diana Kim
Ruby Kim

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Upcoming Drive

Hello everyone! There is a donor drive this coming Sunday:


3/25/12  9-1:30  at Korean Canaan Presbyterian Church
17200 Clark Ave. Bellflower, CA 90706


I can provide rides for up to two people, first come first serve.


Please comment on this post to RSVP!
Thank you.



Sunday, March 4, 2012

3/4/12 Drive

Hey everyone! Hope you've all had a fun time at today's drive - it was one of busiest I've seen!

I want to thank all of you who came to help out as well everyone who registered to become a marrow donor :)





Jane Jeong
Jasmin Jin
Taehoon Kim
Justin Yun
Catherine Kim
William Chung
Ruby Kim
Diana Kim
Danny Suh
Crystal Choi
Candace Kim
Heimin You

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

March Drive Schedule

Here is the schedule for donor drives in March:


  • 3/4   8-2:30  at  Everyday Church (4-5 volunteers)
  • 17037 Devonshire St. Northridge, CA 91325
  • 3/18  1:30-3  at Pasadena Presbyterian Church (2-3 volunteers)
  • 585 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101
  • 3/25  9-1:30  at Korean Canaan Presbyterian Church (3-4 volunteer)
  • 17200 Clark Ave. Bellflower, CA 90706



Everyday Church is very big so we will need many volunteers! Please tell me if you want to come help out!


Thanks!

Saturday, February 25, 2012

2/25/12 Recycling & Envelopes

Hi everyone!

Thank you to those of you who came to help out at today's H3M meeting! I am proud of all of you and it was nice seeing everyone work so hard today!


Total work for the day:
Envelopes - 400
Recycling - $19


Hyun Ji Jin, Jane Jeong, Ruby Kim, Chae Hyun Kim, Danny Suh, Candace Kim, Diana Kim, Crystal Choi, William Chung

Friday, February 17, 2012

International Fair

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the International Fair or made donations!
Chelsea Kim
Sue Jie Oh
Diana Kim
Ruby Kim
Elizabeth Kim
Young Il Song
Heimin You
Jasmin Jin
Jane Jeong
Soobin Hong
Danny Suh
Taehoon Kim
Candace Kim
Shannel Yoo
Crystal Choi
Daniel Kim
(please tell me if I forgot any names)

It was a big success!





Drive in Van Nuys

Thanks to all of you who helped out at the drive in Van Nuys!

William Chung
Catherine Kim
Diana Kim
Ruby Kim

And let's all welcome William Chung! This was his first time volunteering at a donor drive :)

Sunday, February 5, 2012

2/5/12 Drive

Thank you to Ruby Kim and Diana Kim for helping out at today's drive in Gardena!

H3M Club

Saturday, February 4, 2012

February Drive Schedule

1. 2/5/12   12:15-1:30  at Gardena Presbyterian Church - 2-3 people
    1340 W. Gardena Blvd.  Gardena, CA 90247

2. 2/12/12  10:30-1:30  at The Van Nuys Methodist Church - 2-3 people
    6260 Tyrone Ave.  Van Nuys, CA 91401

3. 2/19/12  2-3  at San Diego Bethel Korean Church - 2-3 people
    14484 Penasquitos Dr.  San Diego, CA 92129

4. 2/26/12  12:10-1:30  at Westlake Korean Community Church - 2-3 people
    2630 A  Townsgate Rd. Westlake Village, CA 91361

Please RSVP!

H3M Club

Monday, January 16, 2012

1/16/12 Recycling

Thank you Chelsea Kim, Diana Kim, Elizabeth Kim, and Ruby Kim for coming to today's recycling! We earned a total of $40.76!



Good job everyone!

H3M Club

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Recycling 1/16/12

Hello all H3M members!

Our next recycling will be held next Monday, January 16th at 3rd & Labrea from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
I hope all of you will be able to come and help out!

Please RSVP to rubysoheekim@yahoo.com if you haven't already.

Thanks and have a nice day,
Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Congrats

Good job everyone and congrats on your volunteer awards!
I hope all of you will continue to work hard!

Thanks!

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

New Year

Happy new year everyone! Let's keep up the good work :)

Remember to continue collecting recyclables for our monthly recycling dates and join us on thursdays at lunch in Mr. Miller's room!

 Let's look forward to another fun and amazing year for the H3M Club!

Thanks,
Ruby Kim
H3M Club

Drive in Covina

Thank you Diana Kim, Taehoon Kim, and Ruby Kim for coming to the December Drive in Covina! It was a success, we were able to recruit many potential donors!


Thanks again,
H3M Club