<p>Hey Guys,
I'm really interested in starting a club next year when I'm going to be a junior. I'd really like to hear some ideas about various clubs in people's schools, clubs you've mined or clubs you have created. I'm having trouble deciding what kind of club I would like to start. I don't want it to be an entirely interest based club that has only a small number of members and then collapses. Rather, I'd like to start a volunteering club or something that a lot of people will join and something that will actually have an effect on people at school, community, etc. I know my goals seem pretty far fetched right now since I don't have any concrete ideas but I know when people are motivated, (almost) anything is possible. Please tell me about volunteer service projects you have done in the past and how I may do the same and what ideas you have for successful clubs. It'd be amazing if I could organize major events or something to raise money for a particular cause. I've heard of people starting nonprofits and that sounds incredible as well but I really don't know how or where to start. And it would be interesting to start something medically related but that's not really necessary-I don't know how much of an audience I would be able to appeal to? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much:)
-LaPrincesa</p>
<p>^You can organize volunteering at new place without any club. My D. did and opened up opportunites for herself and others. It is interesting that you would like to start a club but do not know your area of interest. Usually, it is the other way around. People are pursuing various personal interests without thinking about club.</p>
<p>What is your purpose for starting a club? If it’s for your college applications… please refrain from doing so. So many kids do this… At least those students have an idea for what they’re going to do. I don’t think it’s morally correct for you to start a “new” club by getting ideas from clubs that other members are part of. To me, that just doesn’t sound right. An idea should be original… not a combination of existing things. In my honest opinion, there are much better ways to spend your valuable time.</p>
<p>well i’m interested in volunteering. and i want to do something with volunteering but i want to do it on a larger scale with a group of people. currently, i do a lot of volunteer work at a dance center and hospital. but my goal is to be able to organize major events at places to volunteer or to raise funds for a certain cause. i though this would be more do-able if i had a club because it would be one way to recruit/interest more people to help out. for example, since i already volunteer at a hospital, i thought maybe i could organize something such as reading to children or bringing in books/cards/toys for children in the hospital. i wasn’t sure how i would be able to do that but i thought maybe if i had a club, i would be able to appeal to the hospital and they may allow me to do such an event. also, a group of people will have a greater effect to help out than just myself.</p>
<p>Your school should already have some sort of volunteering club. Instead of trying to start one, I would recommend you join that and pitch some of your ideas, since an already established club will already have credibility/funding, so your project will likely be more successful.</p>
<p>Seriously, MiamiDAP, consider making that thread on your daughter.</p>
<p>^Whatever, you do not need any club to organize volunteering at new places. Just do it and involve people around you if they wish to do so. Too many clubs already. What is a purpose of another?</p>
<p>Haha that’s true too. Maybe I’ll just join an existing club and try to bring up my ideas. 
thanks everyone.</p>
<p>You don’t need to join a club to “be like everyone else.” Clubs actually are done so much that they don’t have a great impact on BSMD admissions to highly ranked programs. The fact that you don’t know what you want to do, but that you want to do a club, should tell you that it isn’t necessary. If you really want to do something, first decide on the issue and then decide on the best way to solve it. A club is most helpful in showing that a large group of people support a certain stance. Besides that, it can help solve certain things but I personally think they are particularly ineffective unless funded very well.</p>
<p>Seek out youth councils and government involvement opportunities as well. I found during high school that those were the most impactful after trying out numerous clubs and organizations run through my school which basically took stances but couldn’t do much. That isn’t always the case, though - some people do have large success with clubs.</p>
<p>If you have time, pursue your own passion, whatever it is. Commit to it, spend time, make valuable contribution and gain personally from it. If you do not feel passionate about anything, it is not worthwhile pursuing. Club/no club is irrelevant.</p>
<p>two of my friends made their own clubs and named themselves “president”</p>
<p>One of them made 3 clubs and gave himself the title of president. He has no leadership skill whatsoever and there are more club officers than club members. I hope colleges look down on him because it’s not fair for people who worked for years to become president via the traditional route and be overshadowed by an individual who literally took a few friends and made several BS non school sponsored community clubs just for college aps.</p>