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Happy finals week! To celebrate a great year, I am hosting a screening at my house this Friday June 6! We’re going to be watching “War Dance”, the Academy Award-nominated film!!! It’s amazing and I can’t wait to watch it with you guys! Movie starts at 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm) Please, please, please come! See you there! Comment or call me for directions to my house…

Wow today was our last ICU meeting of the 07-08 school year! I’m very sad that this year has come to and end, but I know I am leaving you in more than capable hands and that many good things are to come next year! Thank you so much for an incredible year and for those of you who didn’t come to the meeting/party today, you were sorely missed!

But today was not our last goodbye! On Friday June 6, I am hosting a War/Dance screening at my house and I plan on seeing every single one of you!  I’ll have invitations soon, so I’ll find you at school and give you all the info!

This blog is going to be crucial in terms of communicating this summer so please stay updated and check and comment all the time! Happy finals and I’ll see you guys soon!

Hey guys! Good luck with your Change 4 Change collecting! Let’s all make it a personal goal to bring in $50!!!! ANd let’s blow our $500 min. out of the water!!!!

And don’t forget that next week is our last meeting! There’s gonna be food and fun so make sure you’re there!

Please click on every link on invisiblechildre.com and let us know what you found! There’s a lot of cool stuff on there that we all need to be familiar with and aware of!

Happy AP testing! See you next week!

Hey ICU! Thanks to everybody who came to today’s meeting! We had some fresh new members so it was great to see them! And wasn’t that sweet of Mrs. Wagoner to let us use her room?

So I have about 15 letters to send to Resolve Uganda so I think this was a very successful meeting! Now let’s just see how many blog comments we can get…

Thank you to everybody who attended Tuesday’s club meeting! Wasn’t it fun having the Invisible Children Roadies there? Great job to all who turned in letters. If you didn’t turn yours in today, please finish it up and get in into me by the next club meeting. And if you have any questions, please ask them on this *blog*  

Here are some reminders:

• The IC Roadies are doing a screening at COC tonight 4/15/08 at 5pm and you are more than welcome to attend (and buy some cool IC merch)
• Darfur Benefit Concert FRIDAY night 6-10pm Valencia High Quad ($5 presale tickets)

OH! and we made just a little over $430 during Open House week! Great job, guys! That’s going towards next year’s Schools for Schools! We want to start out strong!!!

Hey ICU!

 We need an eager and enthusiastic work force for Thursday so I will see you in Rm 930 at 4pm to set up for Open House! So who went to Amelia’s? How did the poster-making go?

Hope you’re all ready to work hard, so we can play hard during spring break!

DON’T FORGET TO WEAR YOUR GREEN ICU SHIRTS!

Great meeting today, ICU! There were some great ideas for improving our KOPEG marketing… if you have anymore, leave them in a COMMENT, s’il vous plait!

 We need a competent, eager, and FUN work force for Open House next Thursday April 3rd! If you didn’t sign up at today’s meeting, you still can! Call time is 4 pm at VHS. Let me know if you have any questions (we’ll have more Open House details at next week’s meeting… please be there to help prepare for a crazy and exciting night!)

Alrighty… the Johnny Rocket’s fundraiser is this Friday March 14 from 11am-11pm!!!

PLEASE pick up the fliers in Mrs. M’s room and pass them out to everyone you know! Remember to write your name on the back of the fliers you hand out, because the club member that turns in the most on Friday will win a PRIZE!!!!

Also, if you’re interested in the Hot Spot, let me know….

See you on Friday! I know for a fact that I’m getting a shake and fries in the afternoon after school… wanna meet me there?!

 Also, great job making those phone calls today! Feinstein received 9 messages, Boxer recieved 14, and McKeon received 15 messages! Way to go!

Great turn-out at today’s meeting! The “Sunday” screening was obviously a huge success because we got four new members! Yay!

Remember, next Friday March 14 is our “Johnny Rocket’s” Fundraiser, so make sure to talk to EVERYBODY you know and tell them about it! Fliers to hand out (for people to turn in so we get $) will be available in Rm 930 by the beginning of next week!

Unfortunately, we ran out of time in today’s meeting to make our Weekly Congressional Phone Call, but PLEASE feel free to make one of your own as you read this blog! Follow the link on the previous post (titled: Lobby! Lobby! Lobby!) and give good ‘ol Babs (aka: Barbara Boxer) a ring! If you have any questions, post them in a comment and we’ll help you out! 

Greetings from our nation’s capital! Miss Neylan, Amelia, Robert, and I are here in Washington DC as ambassadors, representing YOU, lobbying for peace in Northern Uganda! And we need your help, ICU…

Follow the link from Resolve Uganda’s website and make a phone call to our Members of Congress TODAY Feb. 26! It’s simple (Resolve provides easy directions) and has the potential to make a huge difference! So whip out those cell phones, and you can be a part of this Lobby Day Movement!!!!

http://www.resolveuganda.org/make-a-call

 We can’t wait to get back and share with you guys!

Great presentations from those of you who brought in your posters and scripts! If you have not done yours yet (or you were not here last week) PLEASE bring them to next week’s meeting (Feb. 19) after the loooooong weekend! Yippeeee! Anyone doing anything fun for President’s Day?

Just a reminder….

 ACTION ITEMS DUE 2/19/08

1. Finish your green posters and “My name is… ” Script (only requirement for green poster is to put your name in the middle… fill up the rest with YOU… we’re gonna decorate ICU Headquarters with them!)
2. Go to s4s.invisiblechildren.com and check out our ranking! (What is it? Out of how many schools?!!)
3. Comment on this blog! (insert the word “kangaroo” in your comment)

Hey ICU! Even though “Schools for Schools” may be over (anybody know how much we ended up raising total? *hint* we hit our $10,000 goal!!!!) ICU still has lots of fun stuff to work on! Hope those of you that came to the meeting enjoyed CORE’s presentation… and I hope that it has inspired you to tap into your own creativity! How are your own mini-projects coming along? I can’t wait to see all of your beautiful personal lime green posters!If you weren’t there at Tuesday’s(2/05)  meeting, let me know, and I’ll fill you in on what you missed…

Also, if you’re interested in attending a play reading from a Ugandan playwrite this Friday or Saturday (2/7-2/ at Cal Arts , talk to Mrs. Margrave!

*it’s a pretty beasty post, so please read thoroughly :)* 

Great job today with Change 4 Change! You guys brought in almost $82 just at lunch! I’m so proud of you! It’s our last week of Schools for Schools!!! We have to turn in all our S4S money by THIS FRIDAY FEB 1st! On Feb 2, I hope we feel tired and confident that we did everything we could to raise as much money for Sacred Heart as possible!

Here is the link again for the S4S store! Half of what you buy will go directly to our S4S account! Just think, if every person in the club bought one thing from the store, we would add almost $200 to our total instantly! http://secure.invisiblechildren.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?screen=SFNT&Store_Code=S4S 

On Wed. 1/30 in rm 930, CORE will be sorting recyclables so we can turn them in for cash, so feel free to stop by and help us out! It’ll be fun! (I’ll bring some tunes…) 

Also, if you have any ICU money lying around (ie: duct tape wallet money, recycling money, donations) you need to turn that into Mrs. Margrave’s room no later than Thursday, Jan 31. We want to make sure that every penny raised gets over to Sacred Heart before the deadline! 

Let’s work our buns off, ICU!!! It’s for the kids!

Wow, ICU! Change 4 Change was a humongous success! I am super proud of you guys! In just one week, we raised $384. 33!!!!! That’s incredible! And let’s have a HUGE round of applause for Emily M. who raised the most amount of money ($104.86 to be exact!) which earned her the coveted “Sunday” Bracelet DVD!

See how easy it was to raise that money? Feel free to keep the ball rolling, and continue collecting change! We have just 9 nine days left in S4S and we’re sooo close to our $10,000 goal!

 Speaking of raising cash…. how’s Project KOPEG going? Have you been bringing in your used electronics? How about your friends’ and family’s? Have you asked your teachers if they would offer extra credit? (if your teacher does not have a KOPEG bag in their room, you can pick up one from Mrs. M’s room and put it in there for them) Project KOPEG could be a huge success, too, it’s all about how much we talk it up!

That was a GREAT meeting today! I’m really excited to see how much money we bring in at next week’s meeting! REMEMBER: the ICU member that turns in the most money at Jan. 22’s meeting will earn the new Sunday Bracelet DVD! SO if you missed today’s meeting and you didn’t get a “Change 4 Change” collection bottle, you can make one of your own! Just find an empty bottle (ICU is all  about empty bottles!) and start collecting change, dollar bills, CHECKS! Feel free to get creative, ICU! We’re sooooo close to our goal! Let’s make it happen!!!!

 Next week (Jan. 22-25) is Project KOPEG week! Start talking it up and looking around your house for USED electronics. [if you are reading this leave the word "pineapple" in your comment...] Seriously guys, tomorrow at brunch when you’re chatting with your friends, ask them if they have any used cell phones or iPods or ink cartridges or cell phone chargers lying around their house. You’ll be surprised how many people do!!! Let’s bring in a HUMONGOUS haul of electronics next week!

Recap of your Action Items:

1. Comment this blog
2. Bring in as much $ for Change 4 Change as possible!!!
3. Get ready for Project KOPEG week!

I pulled this from a site managed by a friend of mine who lives in South Africa.  Heartbreaking.  There is need all over, all the time.
Number of orphans due to AIDS, alive in 2005
South Africa 1,200,000
Tanzania 1,100,000
Zimbabwe 1,100,000
Kenya 1,100,000
Uganda 1,000,000
Nigeria 930,000
Zambia 710,000
DR Congo 680,000
Malawi 550,000

AIDS orphans as a percentage of all orphans, 2005

Zimbabwe 77%
Botswana 76%
Swaziland 66%
Lesotho 64%
Malawi 57%
Zambia 57%
South Africa 49%
Kenya 46%
Uganda 45%

Hey ICU! It’s time to kick it into high gear! It’s our last couple of weeks of “Schools for Schools” (the competition ends at midnight on February 1!) So this is the time to pull out all the stops and try to raise as much money for Sacred Heart as possible! We are soooo close to our overall $10,000 goal, so let’s get even more creative! ICU club will be meeting the first Tuesday we get back from school (Jan. 15) so let’s make it a good one!

As for you, CORE, we have our first meeting of the fresh new year this Friday Jan. 11 at noon in Mrs. Margrave’s room! Can’t wait to see you there! We have a lot of prepping to do for Project KOPEG! (don’t forget to bring in your used electronics the first week back from school)

Hey everyone!
Thanx for voting for South of Haven (formerly LA LEATHER).  Out of 100 bands on 98.7, they made it to the top 25.  Please VOTE HERE to help them win $!
They have been very faithful supporters of ICU and this is our chance to return the favor!

How are duct tape wallet sales going? We absolutely must get every single one sold by Friday December 14th! If you are having problems getting them sold, let Alli or another CORE member know and we’ll help you out! Keep up the good work, ICU!

 You guys probably noticed during this week’s meeting that Mrs. Margrave’s room is OVERFLOWING with bottles and cans! We can’t have these sitting in her room and attracting pesky ants, so we’re going to do something about it! Please come to the Sorting Extravaganza on Monday December 17 at lunch in room 930! There are a lot of bags to get sorted so come and bring your friends! (we’ll have gloves this time! lol) Whatever doesn’t get done during lunch will have to be finished after school, so let’s make it a productive lunch!

 Alright, guys! Good luck on all your finals! Study hard, but don’t stress too much!

Hey ICUers… you should read THIS BLOG!

Next week is a big week for ICU! We need to sell all of our exclusive limited edition WALLETS, so make sure you pick them up from the CORE members.

On Tuesday December 11, we will be having our last meeting of the semester! Make sure you bring your personal pictures to put in our holiday cards to Sacred Heart. It’s going to be a special and fun meeting (with a couple surprises in store) so make sure you don’t miss it!

ICU, we need to make these duct tape wallets! Remember, it’s for the kids of Uganda! Please come to the Duct Tape Wallet-Making Party at my (Alli’s) house on Saturday December 1 from 6-10pm!!!

Supplies to Bring:

1. Plastic Cutting Board (there are some at Wal-Mart that are the perfect size for $2)
2. DUCT TAPE (preferably fun-colored because we already have enough gray wallets…  good  ol’ Wal-Mart has it for just $3 roll)
3. Scissors and/or Exacto knife (and extras if you have them, please!)
4. Ruler

If you don’t have all the supplies, please come anyway! We need as many people to come as possible (*ahem* bring your friends!) Let me know if you need directions to my house!

Oh and CLICK HERE if you want to buy Bracelets and Schools for Schools Merch so that 1/2 the proceeds go to our S4S account. ‘Tis the season, ICU! Get some gifts for your brothers, sisters, friends, grandparents, second cousins twiced removed… or even ask for an Invisible Children donation for the holidays!

Come to Amelia’s house (thank you Amelia for volunteering to let us bombard you!) on Sunday November 25 from 1-5pm to make our duct tape wallets that ICU will be selling for the holiday season!

Don’t forget to come prepared and knowledgeable about wallet making (leave some comments on good reference sites) and please bring your own roll of duct tape, ruler, and an exacto knife! Duct tape is pricey, so also be thinking about how we can get it donated, where it is cheapest, etc…

If you do not know where Amelia lives… COMMENT and I will give you directions!

We want to make sure that we make these wallets pronto so that we can sell them for the holidays! Saturday was a tentative work day, but now it will have to be on either Friday or Sunday this Thanksgiving weekend… What day works best for you guys? Friday or Sunday? Comment!

Here’s a Reminder for this week’s Action Items:

1. Check the Schools for Schools web-site and research the other schools in our cluster (pay special attention to NEWPORT HARBOR, Murrieta, and Tesoro)
2. Check the blog and comment
3. Research Duct Tape Wallet construction and try practicing before coming to help assemble them on the weekend.

Hey ICU!
our cluster reached a goal!  CLICK HERE and click on the TEACHER section and watch the video!  Good job!  It’s exciting!

ICU…give a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY shout out to AMELIA!  I do believe that Friday is her B-day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMELIA…we’re all very glad you were born (and continue living!).

Hey ICU!

Here is a perfect venue for you guys to share and post your creative ideas! Keep in mind our club goals: to raise awareness and money for Invisible Children’s Schools 4 Schools!!!  The more ideas the better! And feel free to expand on each other’s ideas… it helps with brainstorming!

Hey ICU!

Thank you soooo much for your hard work this week! Keep up the good work… by recycling at the football game this Friday!

Ok so we didn’t discuss this at the last meeting, but there is a home game this Friday night 11/09! Amelia and I (Alli) have other obligations and therefore will not be able to make it to the game but…  Ana has taken some serious initiative and wants to recycle for ICU on Friday night! She has already begun asking her friends for help on Friday night!Yay for Ana!

She’s going to need a lot of help so make sure you go to the game and do your part (especially if you haven’t shown up to any of the other games) Please show up at 6pm in your green shirts! Seriously guys, we made $90 at the last game, we don’t want to lose this opportunity to make serious $. It’s our last game! Let’s get a great haul!

Recycling week is going very well! We’ve raised almost $100 so far! It was really effective today when there were more people involved… and it was more fun too! Let’s keep the ball rolling and work this hard ALL WEEK! Look around your classrooms, and if there are any teachers with recyclables, we would love to pick them up this week during lunch!

If you are a member of NHS, still plan on recycling on Wednesday (the NHS meetings rarely last longer than 15-20 minutes) After the meeting, just head outside and join up with all the other ICU members that are going to be recycling their buns off (right?!) Come on, ICU! Let’s raise some serious $ so we can have it doubled!