First Meeting Summary

We held our first meeting on Friday, March 30th. The following is a brief summary of what we accomplished:

- Agreed upon the name of the club/committee
- Discussed being affiliated with S.T.A.N.D. (we will be but with our own name)
- Decided that we would stick with meeting every other Friday.
- Had two people take charge of new flyers to advertise the committee meetings
- Chose a volunteer to be in charge of getting PA announcements written and submitted
- Shared news articles and overview sheets
- Watched the CNN clip produced by James at Smithtown High School East
- Discussed the upcoming Holocaust Remembrance Day and that there will be an overview of the conflict in Darfur in every 10th grade students folder.
- Talked about doing a petition and letter writing campaign
- Discussed how P.I.G. classes are doing a clothing drive for the refugee camps
- Brainstormed TONS of good fundraising ideas:
- 400,000 pennies project
- Comedy Hypnosis show
- Bands of the Bull for next year
- Dine Out (similar to Human Rights Club event last year)
- Movie screening at Deepwells Mansion
- Chinese Auction
- Donation cans in the cafeteria
- Bagging groceries for donations (with signage of our cause)
- Other ideas discussed:
- Getting profile pages on savedarfur.org to network with others
- Working with neighboring school districts
- Hosting an awareness event at the community library (with guest speakers)
- Writing articles for local newspapers

At the next meeting, we will form committees - bulletin board, fundraising, public relations, and whatever else we deem necessary. Also scheduled for the next meeting will be a brief presentation by Brittany, formerly of the Human Rights Club.

Next Meeting - Friday, April 13th.