Flying Samaritans | UCI

Good news everybody: our clinic will be reopened soon! Some board members will be stopping by our clinic on June 20th to notify the locals about our next scheduled club trip on July 18th. Even though we’re on summer break, we’ll still be making regular trips down every month. Everyone is welcome to apply for the July trip once the application window opens. As for the rest of the summer and for Fall quarter, here are the upcoming trip dates (which is also posted on the events page): July... more

The year is almost coming to an end, can you believe it? So as we said at the last meeting, our spring quarter yard sale is coming up this Saturday, May 30th. We're looking for willing members to come out and help sell, or donate! "One man's trash is another man's treasure." The sale will be from 7:00am - noon at the home of our gracious publicity chair, MJ Vennat. Please let us know if you are able to donate or help out, we greatly appreciate it. We can also arrange to pick up donations from... more

We are still in need of a new t-shirt design. If you’re interested in having your design immortalized in the annals of Flying Sams history, please submit your designs! Don’t worry if you don’t have all the necessary skills to make an awesome design, other members are more than willing to help out. If you’re only good at drawing, just upload a scan of your hand-drawn picture and another member will photoshop it to perfection for you. If you can’t draw but are willing... more

On behalf of the current Flying Samaritans Executive Board, we would like to thank those who participated in running and we greatly look forward to working with all of you in the next academic year. President Ben Nguyen Vice President Diana Vu Clinic Coordinator Yas Sanaiha Mary Jane Vennat Secretary Maral Aghazarian Treasurer Trisha Sangwattanarat Director of Photography/Cinematography Tim Vu Web Developer Stephen Yu Fundraising Chair Mona Yazdi Dental Chair Chris Chun Pharmacy Chair Jeanette Fong Public... more

The OC AIDS walk is coming up and part of our grant is to help out with the event. We won’t be walking, we’ll just be helping out with set up. We have confirmed the 10am to 2pm spot on Friday May 15th, 2009*. It’s at Angel Stadium in Anaheim and we can provide the rides there. Check out the website for more information. *(It says 16th, but our volunteer day is the 15th)  Read More →

The goal of our annual banquet/social is to raise money for the clinic and to thank all of our volunteers for their hard work this year. This year’s program will include: Silent auction Raffle Cash bar Dinner (2 courses: see below) End-of-year video Keynote speaker Performances from UCI a capella groups Circle of Fifths and much more! Dinner Menu: * Chicken * Vegetarian Banquet ticket prices: $40.00 for students $75.00 for general admission *Please make checks out to “UCI Flying Sams”.* Sign... more

Relay for Life This year’s Relay for Life hosted by the American Cancer Society is May 2nd and 3rd in Aldrich Park. We need a team together to walk all night to support their cause. Please join our Facebook group and see the instructions there to complete the registration form. Meeting tomorrow (Wed) at 4:00pm in front of Quiznos at the Student Center. We have lots of important things to discuss and we need to organize what we will bring for the event. Also, I will pass out bands for people who... more

Officer Application 2009-2010 APPLICATION DEADLINE: Week 5, Friday, May 1st, 2008 BY 5PM. NO EXCEPTIONS. Email Applications to: President@flyingsams.com. ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY OF WEEK 6 MAY 6TH, 2008, 5PM, BS3 1200. Download here: Flying Sams Executive Board Applications (Historian has been renamed to Director of Photography/Cinematography) President: First and foremost, the President must take responsibility for the clinic under any and all circumstances so that the... more

Wayzgoose Jesse, our fund-raising chair, organized a Korean BBQ sale for Wayzgoose. We were prepared with extra meat so that we would make a maximum profit the whole day.  However, the Korean BBQ was more popular than expected and we sold out in only 3 hours!  Thank you to all who helped out!  We raised over $400 for the banquet. Flying Sams 8th Annual Banquet The banquet is only 2 weeks away!  Please buy your tickets now. They are $40 for students and $75 for non-students.  We are also... more

The Banquet is less than 3 weeks away and we need your support and help and contributions! Thinking about running for a Flying Sams board position but feel you lack involvement? Do you have a passion for helping people and creating positive change, but feel that you cannot make the first step? Here is your chance to make a contribution to Flying Sams by contribution to our largest event of the year: the Flying Sams Annual Benefit Banquet! This event is funded entirely by the club and members. ... more