Our First Meeting~!

Hello everyone!

This is Melissa here updating with last week's happenings. On Thursday we had a meeting to finalize everything and on Friday five of us went to Saint Mary's Children's Hospital to do arts and crafts with some children in the pediatric oncology ward.

Setting this up was a relatively painless process. Actually, it was totally painless. A few weeks back, we called the POST (that's, Pediatric Oncology Support Team) and explained who we were and asked if some kind of event would be possible. We were told that they would love to have us come and play with some of the kids. So on Friday (3/26) we arrived at the hospital with a bag or two of art supplies to make aliens out of pipe-cleaners.

We also had made birth certificates for the aliens that would be born that day.


Photography by
Celine!!! ;)
We tried to make it colorful and fun. We knew that the children would be on the younger side, so we left extra space to allow drawn answers for questions like "What is your alien's favorite spaceship?"




When we got to the hospital, we checked in with security and were escorted upstairs to the playroom. By the time we left, we had stopped making aliens out of pipe-cleaners and started making aliens out of each other, complete with extra eyes and antennas.

I couldn't get one of those up close photos of the aliens but I got the springy green one with antennas and some serious air hockey in the background. Oh wait I did get one UFO!

After we finished with that, we played air hockey and colored pictures. We ended up staying much longer than we intended at first, and I think we had a lot more fun than we thought we would when we first started. The two 4-year-old children that spent the most time with us really opened up after a while and ended up laughing and playing with us as if we had known them longer than we had.

I think the experience, as a whole (for both us and the children) was fun and definitely worthwhile. We left the extra art supplies there so children who couldn't leave their rooms could still participate, and also so kids who did participate could make more later. When we left, we were given the contact information of who to call for a steady volunteer position over the summer. If we sign up, we could come in weekly to play with the kids.

I don't know about everyone else, but I can't wait to go back again~

P.S. If you have those pictures, please edit the post and put them in there =D

MS Walk Information

Hello to all on this wonderful Wednesday evening! This is Melissa here, coming to tell you about the MS walk that I promised I'd talk about. I'm really sorry for not doing this sooner. I honestly didn't realize that it was so soon. This week totally ambushed me.

Anyway, those of you who are in National Honor Society know that the MS walk is this weekend. I'm not sure if anyone there told you how to sign up, but it's really pretty simple. Go to this link here, click on "Join a Team" and type in "Suncoast" in the blank box that says "Team Name" next to it. Click the "Search for a Team" button. The team "Suncoast High School Computer Club" will pop up. Click it. Yes, I realize that none of you are in Computer Club, but they're the ones who got the school involved in it, and our school is walking as a team. Joining as the team also helps the school reach its goal of reaching $2000.

The walk takes place this Sunday, the 21st, and you must pledge at minimum $25. If you raise at least $100, you get a nifty T-shirt. The walk takes place in City Place (See what I did there?) and there will be food supplied by various places like Panera Bread... We will take note of places like these and ask them to participate in our events too ^_~

If you have any other questions about the MS Walk, don't hesitate to talk to me. If I'm not available for whatever strange reason, members of the Computer Club are sitting at the table in front of the cafeteria EVERY DAY during lunch. They will be more than happy to answer your inquiry. And then they'll ask you to put money into their piscotti collection jar. But your question will be answered.=

Hoped that helped those of you who were interested! Don't forget about tomorrow's meeting!

Signed,
Melissa

Last Week's Meeting!!!

So last meeting we discussed:
-What candy we're going to sell for fundraisers (I think it's the Sam's Club stuff.)
- We decided that EVERYONE must try to find locations for a car wash, coming up soon since weather is warming up.
-Walk-A-Thon (held at John Prince Park)
• it's within the budget to hold the walk-a-thon @ JP
• Need to find sponsors for food and water
• May want to think about ways of getting some music
• Advertising etc
-Kid events at Palm Springs Library (A great place to sell some cookies)
- During spring break, members will have a chance to volunteer and meet the children we fund raise for and this will count as CAS hours too.
• Find out if we need special permission to take pictures with children
•Set a date when most people can attend this event during spring break.

Last meeting we introduced two new members and had everybody show up for the meeting. Great job everybody! :)
Well keep up the good work and hope to see you all here for next Thursday's meeting.
We have to start taking pictures and posting them soon. So I might take a picture of us in the meeting for visual proof.

See you then!
Celine

P.S. please comment if I missed a topic that we discussed last week.

Candy, Candy, Everywhere...Well, not yet

Hello to all~! This is Melissa here kicking off the "Which candy would YOU like to sell?" post.

As I mentioned in the email, right now our main focus is raising money. Like many, many, many people, we were quick to realize that chocolate the way to win the support of the masses.

The way this post should work is simple.

Post the link to a website that you think we should use. Say why that company is a good choice for us. There has to be some kind of special benefit that they offer that they think makes them better than every other company. Our goal is to find which one is right.

When doing this, keep some things in mind.

- Buying cost.
- Selling price.
- Possible profit.
- Aesthetics. Would YOU buy it?

I'm going to post an example after I finish writing this. I might list some pros and cons of my chosen site, but you don't have to unless you've noticed anything in particular that stands out. I encourage you all to respond to each other, and pay attention, because we're going to vote on which site to buy from at the meeting after the one this Thursday.

I hope you're all ready to become first-class salesmen!

~Melissa