The Global Education Club

    Accomplishments:

• Recycled juice boxes and cans

• Raised $200 for Red Cross Haiti hurricane relief through a book sale

• Raised $33 from candy jar guess at the Charity Fair for Operation Smile

• Raised $184 from their Used Book Sale for CODE and CNIB

• Held a bake, craft and chip sale

• Coordinated the collection of 2600 items for the Food Bank

• Coordinated the collection of 210 hats & mitts for Coats for Kids

• Learned about Islam, Ramadan and Egypt

• Learned about unequal food sharing through World Food Day games

• Ate yummy Italian baking for World Food Day

• Donated Halloween candy for a candy jar raffle

• Promoted anti-racism through face painting and door decorating activities

• Purchased recycling buckets

• Purchased a worm bucket and dirt for composting

• Purchased An Inconvenient Truth for our library

• Celebrated White Cane Week (Blind Awareness) with simulation exercise

• Had a yummy international feast

• Also donated to  World Wildlife Fund, Tarahumara Children’s Hospital, Unicef to help rehabilitate child soldiers, Foster Parent’s Plan, a Namibian Pre-School

 Used Book Sales Photos

Anti-Racism Day Face Painting Exercise

Click here to see our fabulous Anti-Racism Day door decorating activity photos

Other school efforts:

• Teacher Diane Rizutto and her son Diego made a donation to World Wildlife Fund as a gift to the staff.

• Terry Fox Walk/Run raised $844

• We had a Charity Fair. Each class and group designed a fundraiser (sale, raffle, activity) with the proceeds going to a charity of their choice.

• Christmas Bazaar by parents raised $2500 for Santa's Anonymous and the Food Bank. School families donated gently used items for a bazaar, and students could buy items for their families for Christmas for $1 a piece.

• We had a penny drive for Pennies for Peace and raised $1011.55.  Mrs. Rushdy and Mrs. Roy agreed to be taped to the wall in the gym with all the students watching if we reached our goal of $1000!.

• Diego Rizzuto raised over $200 for endangered animals with a Webkinz raffle at our Charity Fair

• 3K raised $91 to help Endangered Manatees

• Multi-cultural potluck with school families photos

• Annual community clean-up photos

More great Charity Fair Photos

Other District efforts:

• The Needy Family Committee collected $2263.76 to support 4 families through a silent auction at District Office.

• District librarians collected funds to purchase 300 books for Santa's Anonymous

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