The Almighty Mr. Chong Club

Jeri Stein

Throughout OCSA history, there have been hundreds of clubs but perhaps none as eye-catching as the Almighty Mr. Chong Club. A club seeming to worship Chris Chong, environmental science teacher by day and figurehead by night. Though the club primarily focuses on the veneration of Chong they also claim to be OCSA’s first “meta club,” which as they state in their instagram bio is “a fancy way of saying we help out clubs who need assistance with certain things.”

 While this may be the first year the Almighty Chong Club has been an official club, this isn’t the first year of its existence. Last year, the club had unofficial meetings during lunch on Wednesdays. When Taran Silverthistle (CW ‘25), the club founder and president, was asked about his feelings about the Almighty Mr. Chong Club finally being seen as an official OCSA club, he stated, “I was ecstatic and also surprised because it was really kind of a joke to be honest with you, but it has become a really tight-knit community.” Though the club started as a joke and was originally known as the Morbius Club, it has grown into a strong and supporting community.

 On the outside, the club may seem religious, but it is far from religious as Chong stated, himself, “I would say it is more of a philosophy, a belief system. You know, a way to think and perceive the world through Chong-colored glasses.”  One belief system Chong is installing in his club is the idea that we live to serve. He stated the importance of helping people, thus why this club has become one of OCSA’s first “meta clubs”– a club made to help other clubs. The club wants all club leaders to know they can reach out to them if they need help because that’s the only way they can fulfill Chong’s mission of being altruistic. The Almighty Chong Club meets blue Wednesdays in DMS 22, led by Silverthistle (CW ‘25) and Sebastion Padillia (ACT ‘25), they await your arrival with open arms and although they don't take real money donations, Chong will always accept donations through used tennis balls.