The AASU joined together to honor the popular Asian holiday, White Day, through an origami flower sale held March 13-17 in front of both the main office and the cafeteria. “White Day is a holiday celebrated in Asian countries (Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam, Taiwan) where people reciprocate gifts to those who gave them something on Valentine’s Day. That’s why it occurs March 14th, a month after Valentine’s [Day]. White gifts such as marshmallows, white chocolate, white flowers, etc. are usually the popular gifts,” AASU President and junior Ziqing Chu said.

In introducing the holiday to students and staff, the club took a creative approach. “We decided on celebrating White Day similarly to how there’s candy grams for Valentine’s Day. We figured that getting people to buy flowers for their secret crushes, friends, teachers, or themselves would be the best way to introduce the holiday to students,” Chu said.

The club hosted meetings dedicated to folding the flowers, wrapping them and constructing them to the skewers. “We sold bouquets (3 flowers) for $5 and single wrapped flowers for $2. The bouquets came with a teddy bear which made them more popular, both options come with complimentary milk candy,” Chu said. The club will be using the money collected from the sales to fund events for next year.

This year’s efforts were successful as White Day was celebrated throughout school. “There was around 62 sales compared to last year’s 36 sales. I think the increase is because we changed our location and made prices cheaper. The delivery takes place March 20, during 7th period,” Chu said.

Each flower was intricately designed with high attention to detail. The club is looking forward to holding the same event next year. “The club spent a lot of time getting every bouquet done considering everything is all handmade. We really hope that everyone likes their flowers and to anticipate the event next year,” Chu said.