Update- 11/3

Hey guys.

I would say this was a good meeting!


Just to recap, we're now having only one officer meeting per week, (if we have a Tuesday meeting at school, we'll have a Friday meeting at my house that same week) and the bake sale is still on, it's just now a community bake sale. We've also decided that we'd like to volunteer at the soup kitchen and the Good Neighbor Center.


As far as dates go...

• Next Tuesday, October 10, we have our school meeting. We're going to the library to research for 1in3
• Next Wednesday, October 11, we'll meet at 1 pm to get some Bake Sale business over and done with. Our first stop is City Hall, to get the baking permit, the next stop is Freddie's, to see what we have to do to get permission to set up our stand there, and lastly, we'll fill out the needed paper work at my house. Just a reminder for Alysia, dear, we are meeting at noon before everyone else gets there to work on getting our budget straight.
• On Friday, October 13, we'll have another meeting at my house. I won't be there, because of theater tech rehearsal, but I trust that you guys will be productive. ;]
• We're thinking about having the actual bake sale on Saturday, December 18, preferrably from 10-4 pm.

Thanks!

-Court

Update- 10/13

Hey guys.

All righty, good meeting. Kinda talkative, but we'll get passed that.

If all goes well, Emma-mema will call the woman from food services sometime this week. Then on Friday, we'll finally head to Freddies! And... that will probably take up the majority of our meeting!

I think if we can't find anything else to do next Tuesday, (that meeting is at my house, just in case there was any confusion.) then we'll just make that a research day. But, maybe I'm just saying that out of my tired-ness... I don't know. If you think of something I'm forgetting, text/comment to help me remember! Because I love you! And I'm tired. So I'm going to bed...

Anyway...

Thanks...
;]

-Court

10/10- Update

Hey guys.

Just a quick update. The meeting was cancelled, so we'll go to Freddie's next Friday instead.

Tuesday is our next school meeting. I think we're going to have quite a bit of people who weren't there the first time, so we might have to do some introductry stuff again. We'll also be doing a final t-shirt vote that day.

So, tell your friends! Tuesday, October 13, 3:00-3:30 Do Something meeting in Mrs. Bowman's room.

Gracias, senioritas.

-Court

10/4- Shirts

I've been working on these for a bit, tell me what you think.
(AHEM. Take the poll in the side.) --------->






The back looks like this: (jersey version)

Pretty please give feedback! We won't have much time to cover this at the meetings, and I would really like to have the final design decided before the next school meeting.

Thanks!

-Court

10/3- Update

Hey guys.

Another productive meeting! Man, we're on a roll! Thank you for being so awesome!
The easiest way to do this is just to make a list, I think...

Tuesday, 10/6- (4:00-5:30) At my house; We're heading to Freddie's with the lists from food services, searching the shelves for less-than-200-calorie snacks.
Saturday, 10/10- (4-6:00) Calling the stores to apply for donations, finazlizing the menus, starting publicity, planning school meeting
Tuesday, 10/13- (3-3:30) Meeting at school
Friday, 10/16- (3:30-5:00) Publicity, t-shirts, discuss Walk and Knock
Tuesday, 10/20- (3:30-5:30) At my house; Cook books

As you can see, we have a lot going on in these next few weeks. So just be sure to stay on top of things. If you're put in charge of doing something, please do your best to get it done quickly. Not that you wouldn't do that...
Uhmmmm. I guess that's it! Thanks!

-Court

Oh! Also, I'm putting links in the side for the new member and volunteer blogs!
If you want to check out the upcoming Invisible Children club blog, the address is http://www.thsschools4schools.blogspot.com.
Thanks, dudettes!

Update- 9/26

Hey guys.

Sooo, the meeting was cancelled today, because I just found out that it would have only been me, Alysia and Charlee. In order to save gas and not pollute the environment, (this is how my dad put it, I guess he has a point...) we are just going to have three separate researchers, scouting the inter-webs for brilliant recipes. I'm going to Fred Meyers today, too. You know, to look for healthy food. =P

Here's some more somewhat-depressing news; we are not a school club yet. Most of you have heard me complaining about a certain teacher that has to do with this, but we were not put on the Student Council Agenda quite yet. We might have to wait another two months.

But, because I found that out, I also realized that one of my comrades who has started the Animal Rights club had a meeting or two without being an official school club. So, I was thinking maybe we could have a few under-the-radar meetings, so as not to draw attention. Uhm... Yes.

I suppose that's all...

With love for all of you darlings,

Courtney

Update- 9/22

Hey guys.

Uhm, can you say PRODUCTIVE? You guys, we rocked that meeting! =D Just sayin'.

All righty. Business time. So, I guess I'll start off with dates/purposes of upcoming meetings...

Friday, Sep. 25: Student Counsel Meeting (during lunch?)
Saturday, Sep. 26: Officer Meeting, create 3 menus [Healthy, homemade, store-bought] (4-6:00 pm)
Tuesday, Sep. 29: First school meeting, intro to DS (3-about 4:00 pm)
Friday, Oct. 2: Officer Meeting, finishing touches on bake sale (3:30-5:00 pm)
Tuesday, Oct. 6: Officer Meeting, Save Our Music research day @ library (3:30-?)
Saturday, Oct. 10: Officer Meeting, shopping for bake sale (4-6:00 pm)
Oct. 12-16: Bake sale?
Tuesday, Oct. 13: School Meeting (4-6:00 pm)

For now, that's pretty much what we've got coming up. Ready to tackle this thing, guys?

Awesome. Now, I just found out about something that might possibly be going on on Saturday, so I might miss the meeting. Everyone should still come to my house just in case, (unless Britto and Quinny are okay with having it at their house again. ;]) but I just wanted to give you guys a heads up. I'll definitely let you know what's going on before Saturday.

Don't forget to look up recipes! And/or things you see at the store that are healthy! Thanks!

-Court

Oh! Also, I found this really cool website where you can design T-shirts very easily. I was wondering if we want to make Do Something club T-shirts? Yes, even for the members, if they'd like one!

Update- 9/14

Hey guys.

Uhm. Woohoo. First meeting of the year! As you all know, we got a lot done. Again.
But now we have even more to do. Again.

What we decided at the meeting...
-We'll have a bake sale to support the Performing Arts in these next coming weeks/months.
-Around October time, we'll really try putting the word out there about music education, through flyers, guest speakers, and making a video! (You have no idea how excited I am!)
-We'll turn our focus towards the 1 in 3 campaign during November, probably with more videos/flyers/other things...
-We'd like to use $70 of our money to pay for advertisements in the programs at all of the school plays (You guys are helping me sooooo much with Patronage right now...)
-Aaaaand, we want to become a school club!

So, as far as dates of meetings go, I'd love it if you could check the website. There's a tab that says Calendar that currently has nothing on it, but that's what I'm up to next. If I can figure out how to get the calendar working on Myspace, I'll put it up there, too.

This Friday, we're meeting after school (a.k.a. Whenever you can get to my house...) to talk about Club Rush, and also have a sleep over before the SOLV clean up the next day. We're still working out the whole transportation thing, so if any of your parents have a car that fits 7 passengers, please let me know!

Merci beaucoup, mes amis!

-Court

Update- 8/27

Hey guys.

Well, it's taken me all summer, but I'm finally updating you guys! Woohoo! Party, right?

Ahem. Moving on.

I guess first off, our very first meeting of the school year will be Saturday, September 12. Same time, same place. We're gonna have a lot to talk about, just in case you were curious. I want to try something new (again) for how our club is gonna work. I thought maybe instead of all of us working on one project all together, if one person has an idea that they'd like to make happen, they should be in charge of it, and the rest of the club would just be a resource for you when you need help. I don't know. It seems like it could be chaotic at some times, but also, I think we could get a lot more done this way.

On Saturday, September 19 is the SOLV beach clean up, once again. This would be our third time going. I think we should make this tradition. This time, now, this is just my idea, I think we should hang out at the beach for a bit after we're done to just relax, and have fun. I don't know what we would do yet. If you really wanted to do something fun, maybe you could look up a few things online and bring them to the meeting. Then we can decide if people should bring money/how much they should bring. Also, let me know by the day of the meeting if you're able to go. Or... you know... you could always... comment on this post, if you wanted...

Thanks, guys. Sorry for the abnormally long post. ;]

-Court

Update- 6/21

Hey guys.

No one was able to come to the meeting on Saturday, so it was cancelled. Again.

So, I just started thinking about a solution. Maybe if the reason that people can't come to the meetings is because they're out of town, or they're busy, or they can't get a ride, maybe we could start having our meetings online? There's a website called Ustream (http://www.ustream.tv/dsofm) where you can broadcast live on video, and viewers can make comments. So, you all know I love making videos, and this way we could get our meetings done in about 10 minutes, which should hopefully be more convenient for you. What do you think? Comment your thoughts, pretty please.

Also, I was talking with my Aunt about the carnival, and how we were hoping to do it at the end of this summer, which is starting to look a bit unreasonable. She suggested that we have it at the school, instead of at a park, which takes a lot of pressure off of trying to come up with all that money, and it also could give us more time, if we decide to hold off until September, maybe? Plus, she gave me the name of this really cool party place that rents out blow up obstacle courses, and rock walls, and- get this,- a portable lazer tag arena! So, carnival at the school?

Comment please, my loves. <3

-Court

P.S.

Happy summer!

6/14- Goodbye?

Hey guys.

I posted something similar on the Myspace.

Would you rather use then Myspace blogger, rather than this one? Myspace just seems like it'd be more convenient for all of you. What do you think?

Thanks.

-Court

Update- 6/8

Hola, mi amigos.

Last week, Alysia, Brittany and I walked to the library after school on Wednesday. We got a lot of work done! It was very productive, and those two totally kicked butt on the checklists. Good job, guys!

We talked about it, and decided it'd be a good idea to meet every Wednesday at the library until we actually get somewhere, or until we decide it's not neccesary. And, of course, as soon as we decide this, I can't go. At least not this Wednesday. Sorry, guys. Our family's got some other plans that I just found out about.

So, if you can go, let me know by Wednesday. Brittany doesn't know this yet, but I'm giving her the official DS folder tomorrow, so she'll have all the to do lists, and such. We can always conference call or something, if you guys have any questions. And that way you can let me know what you guys are working on.

Oh! In case you hadn't noticed, we now have a Myspace! So no more excuses for not reading the blogs, I know you all have Myspaces, and I'm posting the blogs on there, too.

Also! This Saturday, we'll have a meeting. Same time and place as usual. Unless my mom randomly decides that she wants to cancel it, but I'll force her not to. Do Something sent a whole package full of new opportunities for us. I think this year we should participate in the Increase Your Green program, and the Teens For Jeans, and Do Something 101, but I'll talk to you guys about that on Saturday.

Yep! Please comment! Stay in touch! Talk to you later! Adios!

Update- 6/3

Well, hey there, guys.

Just a quick update. Alysia, Brittany and I are at the library right now. We've got quite a lot done today, as far as brainstorming goes. But there was a fiasco with getting on the computers here that we weren't prepared for, and the City of Tigard offices close earlier than we thought, so we couldn't call about the reservations. It's okay, though. I'll do that tomorrow.

Just wanted to let you know that we've got a lot done, as far as games, food, the concert, and the "other attractions" go.

So, yeah. Just keep me updated on any ideas you might have, and I'll keep you updated when the next meeting is. Thanks guys!

Update- 5/28

Hey guys.

I know it's been a really long time, and I'm sorry! Most of you probably know I haven't been feeling well at all, for about... the last month... which is why I've been behind.

All right. Because I've been behind in everything, I have done absolutely nothing regarding the carnival. Which is kind of a big thing. So, I was thinking this Wednesday (June 3rd) after school we could head to the library, and finally get things done. I've split things up into several categories, and I made checklists for each. The categories are food, park reservation/layout, games, stage management, and "other attractions", and any of these could possibly change. I know these seem like huge things to tackle, but they're broken up into baby steps in the lists, and we don't have to get it all done in that one day.

I'm guessing that we'd end up taking the bus down there. It's only a few blocks to walk, but usually after school, I'm beat. So I don't know about you, but I think it'd be worth it to spend a buck or two to save about 20 minutes.

Thanks guys. Think about which area you'd like to take over, and let me know if you can make it on Wednesday!

Meeting 4/11/09

Hey guys.

So, we covered a lot.

First on the list; pop cans. We're passing out notes this Saturday, April 18. If you're able to come and help, please be at my house by noon. If we get a lot of help, it probably shouldn't take too long. We'll be collecting on Saturday May 9 from 2-4 pm.

On Friday, May 8, we'll be holding auditions at the high school from 4:30-6:30. We'll have a sleep over that night so we can collect cans the next day. Let me know if you're coming to a) the auditions, b) the sleepover, or c) the can collections, or any combination.

Now Invisible Children stuff.
We talked about setting up a booth at lunch and after school to sell the rest of our Invisible Children merchandise, but my mama suggested that we do it all next week at lunch, and just forget the after school stuff. That would give us more of a chance to advertise for The Rescue. I'll check with the office about what can work as soon as possible.

Speaking of The Rescue, we're meeting at my house at 1 pm. Everyone is meeting at 3 pm, and the march starts at 4 pm. Tell everyone! If they'd like to come with us, the more the merrier! Just make sure to tell them to bring sleeping gear, something to keep warm, (i.e. a sweatshirt) 3 family photos (that include the abductee), $5 for Invisible Children, and an Invisible Children T-shirt of some sort. If they don't have one, they can always get one from our stash! Most of them are $20. Ordering them online is sort of pointless now; no way would they get here on time. So, we'll just use what we have. Let me know your size if you would like a T-shirt. Also! If your friend would like to come with our group, and is not bringing their own food, ask them to bring either money, or portable snack food to share with the group. One last thing! Sign your friend and yourself up online at the Invisible Children website. http://www.invsiblechildren.com/

And middle schoolers! Please make sure to do these three things...
1. Ask for permission to hang up the Invisible Children posters, the 1/3 campaign posters, and the band audition posters. Preferably by the end of this week.
2. Ask for permission to keep the sign up sheet for band auditions in the office.
3. Try getting the announcement made about band auditions.

If this is seriously too much for you guys, let me know soon, so I can arrange to get to your school, after class gets out for me, so I can help you guys out.

Thanks for being patient with me through this long, boring entry. You rock!

-Court

Update- April 7

Hey guys.

All right, Lena and I talked to Irving today, and we have his permission and the form to get things done. Finally, we're getting somewhere! What I need help with, is figuring out a date. Please post a comment with a date that works best for you. We'll run those by Irving, and see what works best for him. Even if it ends up being in May, that'll be fine- there's plenty of other things we can work on until then.

I'm hoping to turn this building use form in by either tomorrow or Thursday, so please answer soon!

Also, because we were originally going to have auditions this Saturday, and that kinda fell apart, we're now having a meeting on Saturday instead. It'll be at the normal time (4-6 pm) rather than 11-2 pm. If we're lucky, we might be having a guest speaker come in! She is very busy, though, so she might not be free, but she's a wonderful person, and has LOADS of great advice on how we should get started! Trust me, it will be awesome.

Thanks guys!

-Court

Thursday, April 2- Update

Hey guys.

So, we're trying to work out the announcement deal at the high school; turns out Mr. Irving had no idea that we were planning on showing up, even though I thought Lena and Lydia asked. I'm not sure what the mix up is, but today all three of us are going to talk to him and sort it out.

I asked you middle schoolers to get it going over at your school, so I hope you were able to get started on that.

Don't forget to let me know about the events/dates you're able to make. Please and thank you!

-Court

Update- Pop Cans, Beach Clean up

Hey guys.

This has been quite the weekend.

Emma, Charlee, Quinn and I got to go to the SOLV beach clean up at Seaside again on Saturday! It was incredibly rainy, and kinda cold, but it was worth it, I think.

Today, we went to collect for the pop can drive. We earned about $20, which is really cool! This would be a cool thing to do to earn money maybe about every month! However, there was a little bit of chaos. If you wanna read more about it, check the website under "News".

Tomorrow, I'm finally going to go and get the announcement made about the auditions. We talked a little about it this weekend, and we think that flyers at both the schools would also help. Mostly because not everyone really listens to the announcements.

Also, the date for the Tigard High auditions has changed. They'll now be held on Monday, April 13 from 11-2 pm. That's a day that we don't have school, and it's also the same weekend as the Fowler auditions. Let me know if you can still make it!

Other than that, there's the 1 in 3 campaign to make flyers for.

ALSO! Please check the dates from the last post to let me know which ones you'll be able to make. I really need to know!

Oh, one more thing. Info about "The Rescue" has been posted on the Invisible Children website! My computer is old, so I'm not able to load the video, but I know that everyone will be walking to Pioneer Courthouse Square. It sounds like it's gonna be awesome! Tell your parents, and let me know if you can come. We need to arrange carpooling for that day. Or, you know, at least a meeting place, considering we'll be walking most of the way.

Thanks guys!

-Court

Meeting 3/14

Hola.
Man, we covered a lot today, I think.
I guess to start off, we'll just list all the upcoming dates...

Friday, March 20- (5:00) Pass out notes for pop cans
Signed up to go: Brittany, Quinn, Eli, Alysia, Charlee, Courtney
Friday, March 27- (12:00 pm) Pick up pop cans
Signed up to go: Quinn, Eli, Alysia, Charlee, Courtney
Saturday, March 28- (meet at 7:30 am or spend the night, ends at noon) SOLV Beach clean up
Signed up to go: Brittany, Quinn, Eli, Charlee, Courtney
Wednesday, April 1- Deadline for sign up [THS]
Saturday, April 4- (11-2 pm) Auditions [THS]
Signed up to go: Brittany, Quinn, Eli, Alysia, Emma, Charlee
Wednesday, April 8- Deadline for sign up [FMS]
Saturday, April 11- (11-2 pm) Auditions [FMS]
Signed up to go: Brittany, Quinn, Eli, Alysia, Charlee, Courtney
Saturday, April 25- (time: unsure) The Rescue, Invisible Children
Signed up to go: Brittany, Quinn, Eli, Alysia, Charlee, Courtney, Emma, Lydia, Lena
Saturday, May 16- (11-3 pm?) Bake sale?
Signed up to go: Brittany, Quinn, Eli, Alysia, Charlee, Courtney

Let me know about the dates you're free on, or if I messed up on something here, and I'll put you on, or take you off, the list!
For those who haven't heard yet, Do Something is putting on a new campaign called the 1 in 3 Campaign, for the one in three teens who are in an abusive relationship. Do Something is sending out free packets of 3 bracelets, two black, and one blue, to represent those statistics. The hope is that we'll pass them out to everyone we know and spread the word. We've decided that we'll put up posters with several facts, and different resources for those who are facing that type of problem, at both the middle school, and the high school, and we'll also put together a booth for the high school, as well as pass out the bracelets. I ordered 70 sets of bracelets, so once they come, we'll talk a bit more about how and when we're going to do this.
Other than that, I think we're all pretty much caught up! I'll check to see what dates we can reserve Summerlake Park for the carnival, we'll get going on putting the audition info in the morning announcements, and we'll hopefully have the poster designs and the pop can flyers ready soon.
Thanks guys!
-Court

Meeting 2/7/09

Hey guys.
Thank you all for coming to the meeting today! It was so great to have nearly everyone there, and I think we got a lot done!
We talked a lot about the performing arts fundraiser. Here's what we came up with...

• A two-day event at Cook Park
• For one day, an area should be reserved for a concert
• The next day, a talent show, or random acts, like dances or skits
• Craft area for kids
• Maybe a sports game to play
• A cat walk/fashion show, where people can place their votes by donating money
• A Do Something pinata ;]
• Car smash, and
• Dunk tank

We're gonna try to have a message on the morning announcements asking for any bands that would be interested in performing. If we get a lot of responses, we'll probably have auditions to narrow down the selection.
We also talked a little bit about Invisible Children. We're doing another viewing, but this time it'll be at the school. I think a good date would be March 20th, but we can talk about it later. We also decided to maybe advertise by putting up booths in the morning or at lunch to educate people about the organization. I think we can just pull out some of the stuff that we used for the viewing on Dec. 6th to copy and pass out again.
Also, we sort of established that there are several things that determine whether you're a volunteer, or a member of Do Something of Mapleleaf. Members pay $5 a year, they have the official shirts with logos, and they show up to the majority of the meetings. Volunteers are responsible for making their own shirts so that they can volunteer with us, and they let me know if they want to help out with any of the projects that we do. So, members are the planners, and volunteers... volunteer.
And last, we finally have regular meeting times! All meetings will be on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month from 4-6 pm. I still need you to let me know if you'll be able to make it, though. If I don't hear from you, I'll just assume you're coming, and I will be upset if you don't.
I hope to see you all next time! Which will be February 28. Thanks!
-Court

Info

Hey guys.
Sorry I'm such a slacker! We haven't had a meeting in such a long time and I'm really sorry, but I swear, we're gonna get back on top of things.
Okay. First off, I would like to have a meeting this Saturday, and I know it's kind of short notice, and Saturdays are usually busy for you all, but we really need to talk about the projects that we want to take on. The last meeting we had was more like a mini gathering. It was nice, and we got a lot done, but I would like to have everyone there so I can get some feedback on the things that we talked about.
If you can't go, I understand. We'll call you while we're having the meeting (if you say it's okay) for your input. That way, you can still do whatever else you need to do, and the people who can come will be able to brainstorm a little.
We decided we'd like to put up recycle bins at Cook Park, hold another Invisible Children viewing (maybe at our schools, possibly followed by a fundraiser of some sort), and a concert/carnival to raise money for the Performing Arts programs at THS. (Choir, guitar, band, theater)
Our monthly newsletter came in the mail today! It also came with a really awesome Do Something banner for our events!... Just thought I'd share... I was really excited... =]
Oh! If you could let me know if you're free on Saturday, that would be helpful. =]
Hopefully see you on Saturday from...say... 4:00-6? ;]
Thanks guys!
-Court

Meeting 1/10/09

Hey guys.
So, we had a meeting scheduled for Saturday, but Celena was the only one able to come. We talked out some of the project ideas we had planned, but we still have to write thank you letters to Sesame Donuts, Gerber, and Lisa Elliot.
Lena, Charlee, and I decided on these projects...

• Plan a group trip to the soup kitchen
• Make monthly visits to the Humane Society
• Plan a clean up of the lake in Mount Hood
• Put together the "Our Peaceful Place" carnival
• Put on a Make-A-Wish dance
• Schedule a Free Hugs event
• Put up recycle bins in Cook Park and other local parks
• Plan a camping trip (or something else along those lines) for less fortunate children
• Hold a fundraiser for the Performing Arts programs at THS (Band, Orchestra, Guitar, Theater, etc.)
• Hold an event that informs people of endangered species and how they can help
• Put on another Invisible Children viewing

We looked at all our options, and decided that the two we should focus on for the next few months are the Invisible Children showing, and putting up recycle bins. If we can get the recycling bins up before March, it'll be just in time for Softball/Baseball season, perfect for all those water bottles that people would otherwise be throwing away.
For the next I.C. viewing, we have several locations picked out. There's an African art museum in Portland that says if we want to have another showing, we should just tell them when and we'll be able to use their community room, free of charge. We're also thinking about getting the school involved, maybe do a fundraiser. Lastly, there's this retired teachers union who would like us to have a showing at one of their meetings sometime. We still have a lot to do to plan any of those, but I think they're all great opportunities and we should take them while they're open to us.
So, hopefully next meeting we'll have more people, and more input. The next meeting is Friday, January 16 from 4 to 6 p.m. Please let me know if you can make it!
Thanks!
-Court
Oh! P.S. Check out our new website! We have a P.O. box and a bank account, as well! =]