We held our first meeting of the 2009-2010 school year on Friday, October 9th. We welcome everyone back and we also extend our welcome to the sea of new faces who have joined us! We look forward to working with everyone this year and doing our best to make a difference. Here's what we discussed:
- Overview of the club. Our mission is to educate ourselves, our school, and the community about the genocide in Darfur as well as fundraise to help the victims. We discussed actions and events that we have taken in the past and quickly mentioned some potential ideas for this year.
- We discussed our blog and that it can be an important tool to communicate with each other. New members look out for an email inviting you to "join" the blog and follow the steps in the email. By doing so, you will get permission to post/contribute to the blog rather than just read it.
- First event - Safe Halloween scheduled for Friday, October 30th after school. Think of ideas we could do and post them on the blog and/or come prepared next Friday to discuss. We would definitely like to have a presence, help provide an outlet for kids, and educate the community.
- Next event - Comedy Hypnosis fundraiser show with Dr. Mike. Possible dates are November 13th or November 20th. We need to figure this out next week.
- Spread the word about our club and make flyers. Flyers should say Darfur Action Committee, Fridays, room F206, all are welcome, etc. If you have one, bring it to Mrs. Cone (F206) or Mr. Cone (F203)so that we can get copies made.
Next meeting is Friday, October 16th.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
I don't know if anyone reads this blog but...
I just want to thank everyone for a great 2.5 years in the Darfur Action Committee. The time went by so fast, and I can't believe that part of my life is over now. I hope you guys keep the club going in years to come- I'll be sure to visit and I'll even try to attend some of the events next year. Keep up the good work, I'm going to stop writing before I get too sentimental now. Peace out everyone!
Love,
Ginny
Friday, June 5, 2009
Year-End Summary
1.) Safe Halloween [October 31st]
2.) Hypnosis [November 14th]
-Raised $1,305
-Bake Sale at the show
3.) Pizza Sale [November 12th/December 10th]
4.) Bake Sale [February 12th/13th]
5.) Darfur Doors
6.) Scavenger Hunt [April 21st]
7.) Movie Showing: On Our Watch [May 28th]
8.) Petition to Obama [April]
9.) Made a $1500 donation to the Darfur Peace and Development organization for the purchase of solar cookers.
Also...
Made really nice poster
Transferred bulletin board
Display case
We donated money to...
Genocide Intervention Network
-$1,000
2.) Hypnosis [November 14th]
-Raised $1,305
-Bake Sale at the show
3.) Pizza Sale [November 12th/December 10th]
4.) Bake Sale [February 12th/13th]
5.) Darfur Doors
6.) Scavenger Hunt [April 21st]
7.) Movie Showing: On Our Watch [May 28th]
8.) Petition to Obama [April]
9.) Made a $1500 donation to the Darfur Peace and Development organization for the purchase of solar cookers.
Also...
Made really nice poster
Transferred bulletin board
Display case
We donated money to...
Genocide Intervention Network
-$1,000
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Meeting Summary - May 1, 2009
Here's what we did:
- Took down the Darfur Doors. Last year, we left them up so long they started to get destroyed. Even now, some of these are in bad shape.
- Restaurant fundraiser? The student who made calls to restaurants was not at the meeting. We'll hopefully have more info. soon.
- The next event will be a Darfur movie showing for club members and as extra credit for PIG students. Please note: We said we'd do this Friday, May 29th. However, Mr. Cone and I will NOT be here on that date. Plus, we don't think a lot of seniors would choose to stay after on a Friday. So, we would like to do this on Thursday, May 28th instead. We hope that this works for many of you. What we need to do is change the building use request for the pizza sale to Thursday, May 28th. We also need to hang up flyers. Please come to F206 to get the flyers to hang up.
- There will be no meetings May 8, 15, or 22nd. Our next meeting will be Thursday, May 28th.
- Took down the Darfur Doors. Last year, we left them up so long they started to get destroyed. Even now, some of these are in bad shape.
- Restaurant fundraiser? The student who made calls to restaurants was not at the meeting. We'll hopefully have more info. soon.
- The next event will be a Darfur movie showing for club members and as extra credit for PIG students. Please note: We said we'd do this Friday, May 29th. However, Mr. Cone and I will NOT be here on that date. Plus, we don't think a lot of seniors would choose to stay after on a Friday. So, we would like to do this on Thursday, May 28th instead. We hope that this works for many of you. What we need to do is change the building use request for the pizza sale to Thursday, May 28th. We also need to hang up flyers. Please come to F206 to get the flyers to hang up.
- There will be no meetings May 8, 15, or 22nd. Our next meeting will be Thursday, May 28th.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Meeting Summary - April 24th
Welcome to all of the new members that joined us! As a result of Holocaust Remembrance and Genocide Awareness Day, many students felt motivated to take action and we certainly commend everyone for stepping up!
Here's what we discussed:
- We recapped the Scavenger Hunt. It was a fantastic event that was a lot of fun all-around. While participation was small, it was a great start and got the word out so when we do another one in the Fall people should be more interested in signing up. We did raise $90.
- We are cancelling the Dine-Around for this year. Even though it was a great success last year, it was a lot of work and we are pressed for time this year. We really only have one more meeting before May 29th, which was the scheduled date. We talked about perhaps doing this at a different time of the year, when there are no AP Exams looming, AP History Conference for us to plan, and so forth.
- We did want to try to do a bit more though between now and the end of the year. A member suggested holding a fund-raiser through a local restaurant, where a portion of the proceeds go to our cause. Danielle was going to try to to talk to Buona Sera and/or Roadside Grill to see if we could get a committment from either of those establishments.
- The other activity we would like to do before the end of the year is a movie showing. We had wanted to show a film for club members in the winter but early release due to snow messed that up. So, to educate club members as well as the school community, we would like to show a dvd on Friday, May 29th. Students in PIG classes could attend for extra credit. We would have students watch the movie and perhaps sign a petition or write a letter to their representative. We would coordinate a pizza sale at the same time. We need to fill out paperwork for the pizza sale and make flyers. Due to member suggestion, the dvd we would like to show is a PBS Frontline documentary called "On Our Watch."
- There will be no meetings May 8, 15, or 22nd due to AP review sessions and exams, and Memorial Day. So, we have this coming Friday and then the movie on May 29th. We also suggested wrapping up on Friday June 5th with a party and also recapping our year and our financial accounts.
Here's what we discussed:
- We recapped the Scavenger Hunt. It was a fantastic event that was a lot of fun all-around. While participation was small, it was a great start and got the word out so when we do another one in the Fall people should be more interested in signing up. We did raise $90.
- We are cancelling the Dine-Around for this year. Even though it was a great success last year, it was a lot of work and we are pressed for time this year. We really only have one more meeting before May 29th, which was the scheduled date. We talked about perhaps doing this at a different time of the year, when there are no AP Exams looming, AP History Conference for us to plan, and so forth.
- We did want to try to do a bit more though between now and the end of the year. A member suggested holding a fund-raiser through a local restaurant, where a portion of the proceeds go to our cause. Danielle was going to try to to talk to Buona Sera and/or Roadside Grill to see if we could get a committment from either of those establishments.
- The other activity we would like to do before the end of the year is a movie showing. We had wanted to show a film for club members in the winter but early release due to snow messed that up. So, to educate club members as well as the school community, we would like to show a dvd on Friday, May 29th. Students in PIG classes could attend for extra credit. We would have students watch the movie and perhaps sign a petition or write a letter to their representative. We would coordinate a pizza sale at the same time. We need to fill out paperwork for the pizza sale and make flyers. Due to member suggestion, the dvd we would like to show is a PBS Frontline documentary called "On Our Watch."
- There will be no meetings May 8, 15, or 22nd due to AP review sessions and exams, and Memorial Day. So, we have this coming Friday and then the movie on May 29th. We also suggested wrapping up on Friday June 5th with a party and also recapping our year and our financial accounts.
Friday, April 3, 2009
IMPORTANT
TALK UP THE SCAVENGER HUNT - Get People to Register. Tell them to Smithtown West's homepage, click on "Vote" to sign up a team.
TUESDAY - The day we return from break - We NEED to meet after school. Please come!
Thanks.
TUESDAY - The day we return from break - We NEED to meet after school. Please come!
Thanks.
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