For the upcoming Holiday Bazaar, the Asian American Association (AAA) is set to host a booth filled with various homemade foods to buy. It will also hold contests for attendees to partake in.

“We’re usually there for about four or five hours. In the past, we’ve sold home cooked food like chow mein,” said senior Madeleine Hsueh, the co-president of the AAA. “Last year, we had a spicy ramen challenge that was really popular.”

Since the convivial spicy ramen challenge may not be for everyone, Hsueh, along with fellow members of the AAA, will be selling several kinds of handmade crafts.

“We’re hoping to sell some origami and maybe paper lanterns,” Hsueh said.

These pieces of art were all curated at recent meetings, which occur on red day Wednesdays after school. At a recent meeting, the members of the AAA played a game where they tried to move candy from one plate to another with chopsticks.

“Unfortunately, we can no longer use those chopsticks to eat because they were handled by so many people,” Hsueh said. “To recycle the materials we already used, we had all of our members try to decorate different chopsticks. That’s [also] one of the things we’re going to sell.”

The funds raised from their booth at the Holiday Bazaar will provide for the club’s future investments and trips, including their plans to visit a Chinese art gallery.

“Last year we were able to have full on feasts during meetings [and] we brought in chinese food from local restaurants,” Hsueh said. “We’re really hoping to bring back that amount of food for a celebration or party.”