At 8:15 AM, all of the different clubs hoping to reach out to the campus for potential new members were finishing getting their tables all setup. To ensure that people would indeed interact with the tables and not just claim some free food, the decision was made to give each student a stamp card. If a student was able to get their card stamped from three different tables, they could claim their free food. 

The Club Breakfast event was set up in the room beside the nest underneath the cafeteria in the Main Campus Campus Center Lounge. At its peak capacity, there were at least 20 to 25 students at one time wandering to different tables, seeing if they had anything going on that interested them. Here are a few club highlights. 

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  Adventure Club

The first table I stopped at was for the Adventure Club, hosted by the very enthusiastic Club Advisor, Tommy Cox. When asked what the club’s deal was, he responded by saying that it is an opportunity for students to go on camping and hiking trips with a group they would get to know as friends. With students getting to pick the location they go to, students get to explore different locations such as camping in the bear-infested Lake Tahoe like last September, or a trip to Yosemite National Park that the club members are hoping to go to this coming April.

Students do not have to pay for anything and are provided with free transportation. They are even given camping essentials like tents, sleeping bags, food, and even backpacks. So if this club sounds like it is right up your alley, go say hi to Tommy every Thursday from noon to one in the Campus Center Room in 116. Or, contact the club by going to BC Connect here!

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  Friends of the Refuge

My next stop was the Friends of the Refuge, tabled by Elizabeth Hindman. This group’s goal is to preserve and keep Butte College’s location on a wildlife reserve pristine and running smoothly. They are currently putting the finishing touches on a duck blind on campus, are building seed bombs from materials they harvested last semester, and plan to clean and update the informational plaques on Butte College’s trails.

The club also goes on all-expenses-paid field trips. Last year they went to see a flower bloom on TableTop Mountain, and they are hoping to go to the Fish Hatchery Floating Education this semester.  

So if you are passionate about preservation, and going on educational trips with a group of like-minded people, be sure to go say hi to one of the club advisors Ricky Wittsell or Kelly Wood. Meeting times are Tuesdays at 9 am in LS127 or contact them for more info here. 

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  Environmental Horticulture Club

The last club I would like to highlight was run by two of the Environmental Horticulture Club, Alina Mccarthy and Amber Thompson. In this club, you help sell the plants you helped raise in the on-campus nursery and get to go on field trips to learn more about plants.

The trip they are hoping to go on soon is down to Sacramento to see the botanical gardens and satisfy the member’s green thumbs. The group describes the environment as a little plant family who are welcoming and tight-knit. Many meetings are club potlucks where the members learn and talk about plants, eat good food, and decide things like their next field trip. 

If you are at all interested in joining this little plant family, go to the Horticulture Department behind the LRC with the flat gates and nursery every Tuesday at 11 am. Say hi to Heather Wren, the club advisor, or learn more by clicking here. 

So in conclusion, if you want to go to the next club breakfast and see and learn about the other wonderful clubs Butte College offers its students, come to the next Club Breakfast on Thursday, November 14 and see if any of them are the right fit for you. 

As a member of two on-campus clubs, I can confirm that it is worth the friends you make, and the experiences you share!