Organizations:)

I found some organizations that we can potentially donate to.

1) Darfur Peace and Development: We can donate money to the specific cause of building a school in Darfur (http://www.darfurpeace.org/fundraising/build-a-high-school-in-darfur ), or we can make a general donation (http://www.darfurpeace.org/fundraising/help-the-people-of-darfur). But they also have other causes like building a center for women, and solar cookers. They're listed under the "programs" tab on the left side of the page. 5.1% of profits goes to administration, 2.4% goes to fundraising, and 92.5% goes to the programs.

2) Aid Darfur (http://www.aiddarfur.org/site/c.ntJ2IeMTLuG/b.2257329/k.BF09/Home.htm) I couldn't find any information about their administrative costs and their mission seems general.

Previously, we have donated to Save Darfur.

I hope everyone has a nice holiday break:)

- Sharon

Here is a summary of what we went over in our meeting today (December 18th, 2009)

- We reflected on the Comedy Hypnosis Show that we just held and went over the positives and negatives of what happened. Overall, it was extremely successful! We raised over $1,000 dollars and are considering hosting a spring show.

- Also, we planned out the events we will be hosting for the rest of the year which include:
* A spring time scavenger hunt in the school.
* Creating new Darfur door posters that have educating facts to be displayed in F tower around the time that Holocaust remembrance day takes place.
* Showing the film Darfur Now, which is an activist film, to motivate and educate students. The students may also write letters to representatives. We are thinking about holding a pizza sale before we show the movie as well.

- The club is also deciding where to donate the money we raised. Club members can post links to the organizations they would like to donate to so we can take them into consideration.

Our next meeting is January 8th. The meeting after that is schedules for January 15th.