Zander Menjivar (grade 10) & Raseel Sharaf (grade 10) making Euro Wars posters
Stephanie Putri Dhinanti (grade 6) counting the 6th grade donations for Euro Wars
Stewart Murray (grade 6) and Celeste Hollingsworth (grade 7) making Euro Wars posters
Stewart Murray (grade 6) counting the 8th grade's winning donations
actually go to Japan. Because of this skepticism, we will be posting the receipt of payment to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Funds on the walls of the school as soon as the payment goes through and we will present the certificate of payment with the pizza party to the 8th grade the day of their graduation rehearsal.
Zander Menjivar giving tips for the Euro Wars
Celeste Hollingsworth (grade 7) counting the 7th grade donations
Ethos: Why and how did you choose the recipient organization? We chose the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Funds. We chose to help the victims of the March 11th, 2011, TĹ?hoku earthquake and Tsunami. Since the Red Cross is an international organization, if Japan is not accepting money they may give the donations to Haiti, which is still suffering from the 2010 earthquake; or, they will relegate the funds to any other place around the world that was recently struck by disaster.
2. Find some recyclable water bottles or milk jugs – a chance to promote environmental awareness. 3. Label them. 4. Advertise the competition and cause (with the rules for participation and the deadline). 5. Provide Incentives (pizza party!) for the group with the highest donation. 6. And Begin! An additional note to avoid a delay in donation: The organizers of the competition should make sure their school cashier or bank accepts lots of small change and will convert it into a money order (those are the little details that can delay a donation process). They can view this site: http://www.pennies.org/index.php?Itemid=35&id=22&option=com_ content&task=view
Ethos: In modeling global citizenry, how could another school follow your lead? TDGC: Very simple 1. Pick the organization for which your club would like to raise funds.
Ethos: Is this fund-raiser something you would do again for other global issues? TDGC: Yes, we plan on making it an annual event, and we would definitely call it a success!
Ethos: How much money did you raise? TDGC: We raised a total of 637.85 Euros, with the 8th grade raising the most funds.
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