http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdt9Gyukca0
Thanks to 7th grader, Meg (who was featured in an earlier post for taking care of a cat to raise money), for putting together this wonderful commercial.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Youtube!
We now have our first Youtube commercial!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdt9Gyukca0
Thanks to 7th grader, Meg (who was featured in an earlier post for taking care of a cat to raise money), for putting together this wonderful commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdt9Gyukca0
Thanks to 7th grader, Meg (who was featured in an earlier post for taking care of a cat to raise money), for putting together this wonderful commercial.
Tonight's Updates...
1) Our total in the bank is $5822.21!! We are only $177.79 shy of supporting TWO schools for a year each!!!
2) Thank you to 8th grader, Emily, who went after school to talk with the manager at Marco's, the new pizza place in Loveland. He was extremely generous and donated pizza gift cards for us to sell as well as 25 one-topping pizzas to sell at our concession stand at the Dodgeball Tournament!! A gratitude shout out goes to Marco's Pizza and also to Emily for taking the time to do business with our newest local pizza restaurant!
2) Thank you to 8th grader, Emily, who went after school to talk with the manager at Marco's, the new pizza place in Loveland. He was extremely generous and donated pizza gift cards for us to sell as well as 25 one-topping pizzas to sell at our concession stand at the Dodgeball Tournament!! A gratitude shout out goes to Marco's Pizza and also to Emily for taking the time to do business with our newest local pizza restaurant!
3) Thank you to all 81 students who volunteered to donate baked goods, food and drink items to sell at the concession stand on the 25th--what a big help! If you are interested in donating and haven't yet signed up, please do so with Karen Krammes: kkrammes@cinci.rr.com or Tina Randall: kevrandall@aol.com.
4) Thank you to 7th graders, Haleigh and Devin, who had a neighborhood baked goods sale during the snow days and raised over $100!
5) Thank you to 8th grader, Mollie, who donated her paper route money--another brave person who went out into the snow and ice cold temperatures to deliver news and to help Haitian children!
6) Thank you again to more members of BIC (Ballers in Christ), who donated generously this morning after their meeting!
7) All Dodgeball Tournament registration forms and money are due TOMORROW, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12th by 2:30 p.m. If you are in LMS, please bring your forms and money to Mrs. Pecsok in room 61. If you are a 6th grader, you may turn them in either at the LIS circle desk or in the LIS office--Mrs. Pecsok will be down to pick them up after school.
Is that a COW in the LMS cafeteria????
What?? A COW ran through the 7th grade lunch 1 today collecting money for Haiti??? Crazy things are happening to help build schools in Haiti....thanks Christine!!
Paper Route Donation!
Thank you to 7th grader, Katie, for donating paper route money...she braved the cold to deliver news to Loveland community members and to donate to help build schools in Haiti--thank you, Katie!
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Why we are doing this work...its impact:
Mr. Cadet, of the Jean Cadet Restavek Foundation, updates his tumblr regularly as he is helping Haitian children (many of them slaves) in the aftermath of the earthquake. A recent entry gives us direct perspective into the lives of these enslaved children, as well as the impact that education can have on them to change their lives completely. In the midst of these snowy, grey days of February, where you may be finding it challenging to rally, please consider this entry and stay with us in the fight to bring schools and a future to these children. If you would like to read more beyond the entry below, the tumblr address is: http://restavekfreedom.tumblr.com/
Sincerely,
Hillary Pecsok
Latest update from Jean-Robert Cadet:
“More than two weeks after the earthquake, several hundred people are still camping in the Nazarene grounds where we have our office. Some have called their friends and relatives who were at other camps to come and join them. I spoke to 35-year-old Marjorie who arrived here three days ago from Place Boyer, a tent city in Petion-Ville. “Here, the facilities are adequate. I shower and get two meals a day,” said Marjorie, smiling. When I asked her about living conditions at Place Boyer, she said that two portable toilets cannot meet the needs of thousands.
“People defecated in plastic bags, and gave them to children to throw away, and there’s no shower,” she said.
“Are the children boys or girls?” I asked.
“They are mostly girls.”
I asked Marjorie if she thought the children were in servitude.
“Yes, they are.”
“How do you know?”
“I used to be a restavek.”
“How did you become a restavek?”
“When I was four, my mother worked as a live-in-domestic, so she handed me to my godmother. The moment I walked into her home, she treated as a restavek. As I got older, I cooked, fetched water, walked her children to school and scrubbed laundry. When the children hit me, I was not allowed to defend myself. Everyone in the family abused me.”
“Did they send you to school?” She smiled, “no, they never did, not even for one day.” Since Marjorie is very articulate for a person who spent her childhood in servitude, I became interested in her story, which resembles my own.
“How did you get out of servitude?”
“It was not easy. When I was 18 years old, my mother came to get me. My godmother demanded that my mother reimburse her for all the years she fed me. It was like my mother purchased me from my godmother. Then my mother gave me to another family that sent me to school regularly. I was treated well, but not like pitit kay (a child of the house). I finished secondary school when I was 30 years old. Now I am a lab technician, working for a doctor. The woman that treated me well, is now 83 years-old and living in Miami. Her name is Clemence. I wouldn’t be where I am today without her kindness,” said Marjorie..."
Sincerely,
Hillary Pecsok
Latest update from Jean-Robert Cadet:
“More than two weeks after the earthquake, several hundred people are still camping in the Nazarene grounds where we have our office. Some have called their friends and relatives who were at other camps to come and join them. I spoke to 35-year-old Marjorie who arrived here three days ago from Place Boyer, a tent city in Petion-Ville. “Here, the facilities are adequate. I shower and get two meals a day,” said Marjorie, smiling. When I asked her about living conditions at Place Boyer, she said that two portable toilets cannot meet the needs of thousands.
“People defecated in plastic bags, and gave them to children to throw away, and there’s no shower,” she said.
“Are the children boys or girls?” I asked.
“They are mostly girls.”
I asked Marjorie if she thought the children were in servitude.
“Yes, they are.”
“How do you know?”
“I used to be a restavek.”
“How did you become a restavek?”
“When I was four, my mother worked as a live-in-domestic, so she handed me to my godmother. The moment I walked into her home, she treated as a restavek. As I got older, I cooked, fetched water, walked her children to school and scrubbed laundry. When the children hit me, I was not allowed to defend myself. Everyone in the family abused me.”
“Did they send you to school?” She smiled, “no, they never did, not even for one day.” Since Marjorie is very articulate for a person who spent her childhood in servitude, I became interested in her story, which resembles my own.
“How did you get out of servitude?”
“It was not easy. When I was 18 years old, my mother came to get me. My godmother demanded that my mother reimburse her for all the years she fed me. It was like my mother purchased me from my godmother. Then my mother gave me to another family that sent me to school regularly. I was treated well, but not like pitit kay (a child of the house). I finished secondary school when I was 30 years old. Now I am a lab technician, working for a doctor. The woman that treated me well, is now 83 years-old and living in Miami. Her name is Clemence. I wouldn’t be where I am today without her kindness,” said Marjorie..."
Monday, February 8, 2010
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!!! In order to supply the concessions and bake sale for the evening of the Dodgeball Tournament, we will need volunteers to donate drinks, snacks, and baked goods!!! Bottled water, soda, individually bagged chips (from Costco or Sam's), baked goods, and/or any other treat that you can think of......WE NEED CONCESSIONS!! Please contact Tina Randall: kevrandall@aol.com or Karen Krammes: kkrammes@cinci.rr.com ASAP (by Wednesday, February 17th).
Today...
We are now the first article of the homepage of Loveland Magazine, as of this morning. http://www.lovelandmagazine.com/
Thank you to 7th grader, Casey, and his two brothers, for donating their Loveland Herald paper route money for the month of February--what a generous donation!
Thank you to 7th graders, Lena and Kasia, for their donation after running a "mobile hot chocolate stand" in their neighborhood this weekend. They went door-to-door with hot chocolate and homemade baked goods! What a wonderful idea and it helped to get us closer to our goal!
Dodgeball Tournament registration has been extended to the end of this week, and we are also inviting 6th graders from LIS to build teams to play in the competition. If weather conditions keep us from school this week, we will accept registration forms all the way through Friday at 2:30 p.m. Contact Mrs. Pecsok by email: pecsokhi@lovelandschools.org with any questions--she will be checking email even if there is a snow day!
Thank you to 7th grader, Casey, and his two brothers, for donating their Loveland Herald paper route money for the month of February--what a generous donation!
Thank you to 7th graders, Lena and Kasia, for their donation after running a "mobile hot chocolate stand" in their neighborhood this weekend. They went door-to-door with hot chocolate and homemade baked goods! What a wonderful idea and it helped to get us closer to our goal!
Dodgeball Tournament registration has been extended to the end of this week, and we are also inviting 6th graders from LIS to build teams to play in the competition. If weather conditions keep us from school this week, we will accept registration forms all the way through Friday at 2:30 p.m. Contact Mrs. Pecsok by email: pecsokhi@lovelandschools.org with any questions--she will be checking email even if there is a snow day!
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