Got Helium??

We are looking for helium tanks to use for our balloon decorating the afternoon of the tournament....anyone out there have helium tanks we could borrow??  If so, contact Mrs. Pecsok at: pecsokhi@lovelandschools.org!

Several thank yous go out to....

It has been a busy few days in the campaign!  First of all....we have $8,214.21 in the bank!!!!  This is absolutely tremendous!!!  We are now well on our way to supporting our THIRD school for a year...we are only $785.79 shy of doing so!  Let's keep it going.....

In the meantime, let's say thank you to:

• 7th grader, Ellie's dad, for donating all the Gatorade, cups, and large orange thermoses to supply our DB players with delicious and quenching beverage the night of the game!!

 

• 8th grader, Will's mom, who secured the parking lots of the Grace Church and the United Methodist Church on S. Lebanon Road for overflow parking the night of the DB tournament.

• 8th grader, Kayla, who donated the entire contents of her coin collection!

• The anonymous donor who placed a $50 bill and a $20 bill in the coin collection container in Mr. Lawrence's room this week.

• Mrs. Steward's Tiger Time class for setting a collective goal of contributing $200 to the fund--they met that goal this past Thursday!

• Mr. Sievering for spending a great deal of time creating the brackets for the DB tournament and planning the basketball shoot out for half time.

• Mr. Sharpless and the members of guitar club, as well as Mr. Maegly and  the LMS Stageband, who have been practicing diligently to learn music to play at the half time show. 

• Courtney, the LHS tiger mascot, for agreeing to join us at the DB tournament!!

•  The LMS cheerleaders--7th and 8th grade, football and basketball--for practicing extra time to prepare to cheer at the tournament!

And finally....

• A continued....and ongoing....thank you goes to Karen Krammes and Tina Randall for their planning and coordination of the concession stand and the parent volunteers for the night of the DB tournament!!  Want to help?  Have FOOD or DRINKS to donate for our concessions??  Contact Karen at: kkrammes@cinci.rr.com or Tina at: kevrandall@aol.com. If you have items or services that can be raffled, please contact Mrs. Pecsok at: pecsokhi@lovelandschools.org.    

4 more days til the tournament!!  Come one, come all!!!!!

It's not too late....schedule a photography session with Donna Ernst!

When was your last family portrait? For the month of February DONNA ERNST PHOTOGRAPHY will donate 100% of the proceeds from your photo session to the "Loveland Middle School French Class!!"

The price for a studio photo session, with online proofs, is $45. You can update your walls and help the children of Haiti. If you would like to schedule an appointment for your photo session please call 289-8138 or email donna@dernstphoto.com. You will recieve a tax deductible recipt for your contribution.

See Donna's website on our links to the right!!  Get some great photos and support a wonderful cause in the process!

Updates & Info.

1) We have $6983.71 in the bank--only $16.29 away from $7000!

2) We are in need of items to raffle at our DB tournament!!  Have connections to restaurants or local businesses that would be willing to give a gift card?  Do you have a service you provide that you would be willing to raffle?  Do you have a special talent or craft that you could create to raffle?  We are still in need of some great prizes--put your thinking caps on, ask your network, and send the ideas and prizes our way!  We need all prizes by Tuesday, February 23rd!  Please contact Mrs. Pecsok at: pecsokhi@lovelandschools.org.

3) If you volunteered to provide concessions or baked goods:  All drinks, chips, etc. for the concessions will be due in Mrs. Pecsok's room by Monday, February 22nd.  All fresh baked good items will be due on Wednesday, February 24th.

4)  We still need parent volunteers to help with the DB tournament on the evening of the 25th.  If you are interested in volunteering--to sell tickets, man a table, sell concessions, or be crowd control--please contact Tina Randall at: kevrandall@aol.com or Karen Krammes at:kkrammes@cinci.rr.com.  Please let us know by Monday, February 22nd at noon!

Jean-Robert Cadet is coming to the DB tournament!!!!!!

The exciting news of the day...or possibly of the month....is that Mr. Jean-Robert Cadet, founder of the Jean Cadet Restavek Foundation to whom we are donating all of our money, is going to attend the Hope for Haiti Dodgeball Tournament next Thursday the 25th!!  The Restavek Foundation staff has been closely following the fundraising efforts of the Loveland community and are so inspired and moved by the passion we have that they are going to come to participate in our evening!  This is so very exciting! 

Mr. Cadet helping Haitian children last week.

Hats & Hair for Haiti!

Last Friday, February 12th, Ms. Cripe put together a school wide activity called "Hats and Hair for Haiti," allowing students (and staff!) to wear hats or wigs to school!  Each participant paid $1.00 and all proceeds went to the LMS French Class fundraiser!  We had a great turn out with a lot of interesting styles...fun was had by all!  Thanks for all the effort in organizing this, Ms. Cripe! :)

 

Mrs. Deer and 7th grader, Kelly, were twins for the day!

 

Ms. Cripe and....who IS this mystery teacher??

Visit our You Tube Channel!

We have another commercial posted on our You Tube channel.....check it out!!

www.youtube.com/wehelphaiti

Our NEW TOTAL.....drumroll..........please........

Our total in the bank as of today is......$6799.21!!!  We are only $200.79 shy of $7000!!!  We can now support TWO schools for a whole year each!!  That is tremendous--we are only halfway through the month!

We have 25 wonderful teams for the Dodgeball Tournament and are thrilled that they did the hard work necessary to put the teams together and get the money collected and turned in on time.  Now, you just have to choose your TEAM NAME and UNIFORM!!!  Feel free to wear what you like to create a "uniform"...crazy socks?  Iron-on t-shirts?  Wild color leggings?  As long as the uniform is appropriate according to the school gym class dress code, be as creative as you would like! 

The RULES for the DB tournament will be as follows:

• Players may not cross into the designated area.
• Once you have been hit with a ball, you are out (NO EXCEPTIONS).
• You are eliminated if an opposing player catches a ball thrown by you.
• All eliminated players must report to designated bench.
• Games cannot last longer than 5 minutes.
• Officials have the final say.
• Tournament is double elimination (EVERY TEAM GETS AT LEAST TWO GAMES).

There will be a customized trophy for the winning team!!