10/29/09 meeting

Sorry guys it’s Matt. I posted something and I guess it didn’t actually post
anyway so the meeting was great we finished the last like 5 minutes of the ICU video!
We also got to watch the schools for schools video which was awesome and we also watched the 2007 video update and like I mentioned it’s always good to see where all the work, time, and effort we put into the club actually goes and it’s always heartwarming to see the lives that you have impacted with your help :]
so remember guys we need fundraising ideas and also ill be checking in and out in the next couple of days and choosing someone for a prize for commenting the blog so remember comment!

10/12 & 10/20 Meetings

Hey guys!

This is Juliana again.  Basically, these last two weeks we’ve watched the original Invisible Children documentary (produced in ‘03) – the one that started it all.

Next week, we’ll finish up the last bit of the movie (and recap it for others who missed one or both parts) and watch the ‘07 update and have a bit of discussion.

Also, if you want to borrow a copy of the dvd we have plenty available! We’re selling them for $5, but renting them for free.

Also, if we have time, we’ll talk about Schools for Schools – what that is and how it helps.

Thanks for reading and commenting! Oh, and don’t forget to take a look at our twitter and facebook pages!

9/22/09 Meeting

Hey! This is your club’s co-President Juliana speaking.

Thanks to everyone who attended our 2^nd official meeting!

Matt and I were very excited to see so many new faces!

Today did some re-introductions (of Matt, Tiffanie – our secretary, and Mrs. Margrave – our advisor), and we told everyone about Ms. Neylan, who will be our OFF-campus advisor. She substitutes in our district, so some of you may have had her before. Anyway, she (along with Mrs. Margrave) have been with the club since it first started, we’re excited to get all the help we can this year. =]

Matt, Tiff, Mrs. M and I also shared a little bit about why we, personally, are in ICU club, and why we had decided to join.

Then we wanted to have a few of the new comers volunteer why THEY decided to come today, Alex shared about the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) and another Alex shared about why she decided to join this year. We also had Joe share, who was a member last year, :]

Alex and Alex both got a copy of the original Invisible Children movie and the 2007 update.

But unfortunately we only had three volunteers to share. Obviously that didn’t work as well as we’d hoped, so we’ll have to try a new tactic next time.

Capt. Collet also shared about his son (who is in Uganda right now) and how our club can talk to him about what’s going on there RIGHT NOW – which is pretty cool if you ask me.

We also talked about possibly showing the original movie during two meetings. (Since the movie is about an hour long, we would have two consecutive meetings, like Tuesday and then Wednesday in order to finish it).

Sooo…. Your action items for this week are to:

• Check out our facebook group (search “VHS ICU Club 09-10!” we’ll have info about or new Twitter on there as well later today.
• Think of creative ideas for a fundraiser! (Can be big or small)
• Comment the blog (hey, since you’re already here, why not get to it? Just scroll down to where it says “0 Comments” or whatever the number is, and post something! )

See you next week!

Summer Meetings

Hey guys, soo sorry for the delayed posting.  This week and last week we talked about summer meetings.  Amelia is officially going to AOC so Juliana and Matt are planning to head the ICU program at Valencia next year.  Amelia is going to start an Invisible Children club at AOC (working with the preexisting Amnesty International club).  We’re starting an alliance!  This is why we need every member who possibly can to come to summer meetings…

At the summer meetings, future fundraisers and marketing will be planned (along with much more, I promise you)!

The action items for the past two meetings have been to get the exact travel dates (if possible) of when you will be out of town for the summer. Please post them in a comment, and Amelia will proceed to book meetings from there. : D

ALSO…ICU is going to have an end of the year party after school gets out.  It will either be the first day of summer (the Friday after finals) or that Saturday.  In a comment, let me know which day works for you and we’ll plan the party according to which day will work best for the most people.…  the party will be at Amelia’s house and will be a potlach, i.e. everyone brings one item of food to share.

Comment!

FOUR LINKS…

Hit up these links. They will teach you basically everything you need to know about The Rescue….WHICH IS IN 11 DAYS and counting.

Here are some facts: Our meeting place will be at Santa Monica pier at 3:00 PM April 25th. We will then walk to Santa Monica City Hall where we will wait for our rescuers.

Link ONE:
The Rescue Instructional Video from Jason Russell on Vimeo.

Link TWO:  SIGN UP. Get everyone you know to sign up!!
http://therescue.invisiblechildren.com/en/sign up

Link THREE:   Get your gear. http://store.invisiblechildren.com/womens-ak47.html

Link FOUR: The YOUTUBE Channel…check out some of these brilliant videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRescueIC

PS…sorry the links are yucky. WordPress is quite the enigma.

The Rescue Video Link!!!

http://www.invisiblechildren.com/marchhouseparty/

Sorry bout that…

So I was mistaken…The Rescue film actually comes out TOMORROW. So check back tomorrow evening for the linkage and I’ll have it here for you all to cherish and enjoy. Hooray!

I’ve been sick for the past 4 days and wasn’t able to hold the meeting today, but Matt did! Woo!
So today you guys talked about commenting (nice job last week), what we’re going to sell at open house, and who is going to be there April 2nd for open house.

I know Matt took down names of who can come to open house, but in your comment say if you can come to open house or not (from around 3-8ish) April 2nd. It’s a minimum day. : ]

Ciao!

HEY!

Sorry about Tuesday this week, guys. I had a club president’s meeting to go to (last-minute)!

I’ll update you all on what happened at that meeting this coming Tuesday…but for now, CHECK THIS OUT:

http://behindthescenes.invisiblechildren.com/post/83856281/hola-kiddos-we-made-this-video-as-a-little

Mark April 25th on your calendars.

2-23-09

Hey guys!

 

Today we went over club requirements (the first being blog commenting, of course). If you’re reading this you’re set: in your comment somehow creatively incorporate the word ’smorgasbord’.  

Then we brainstormed marketing ideas/logos/slogans for the Rosaline screening and VTV announcing for any other fundraiser/event we advertise.

Cool meeting!

The 10th of February…

Basically, we went over the general history of the war and we got updated on the current situation in the war in Uganda.

After that, we began writing letters to some kids we sponsor in Uganda and also began making a poster for them.

We will continue that next week! : ]

Happy four day weekend, everybody!

Sorry guys,

Today’s meeting was cancelled. Mainly because the progress with staff on my part from last week had not gone through yet.

Our meeting next week will still carry on, we’ll be watching some clips, and hopefully be making cards/writing letters to the orphanage we sponsor in Uganda. : ]

This week I just needed to get some things together before I could take up you guys’ time to have a meeting.

Continue brainstorming, thinking about those kids in Uganda, and check this out:

http://behindthescenes.invisiblechildren.com/post/73388591/90-days-away-from-the-rescue

LOVE the IC guys Laren, Bobby, and Jason!

Tuesday the 27th of January

Today we had a really brief meeting, just touched base on some of our action items from last week (contacting restaurants for restaurant nights, contacting administration for the low-down on the 50/50 raffle show-down, etc. : ])

For those of you who couldn’t make it to the meeting, how are those action items coming?

List brainstorming ideas in yo comments!

Here’s a question to answer in your comment as well: What is the main reason you’re in ICU? What impacted you the most when you first heard about the situation in Uganda?

Inauguration Day Meeting!

Hey,

Today we talked about our book drive result (see last post), talked about our 3-day weekends, blog commenting, and BRAINSTORMED. A LOT!

On the to-do list:
Restaurant nights
IN-N-OUT <–Juliana
Wolf Creek<–Adam

50/50 raffle<–Amelia
Disneyland tix/discounts raffle<–Adrian

Cued up: donations calls to businesses!!

ICU Collected….

3495 books, in three months.

NICE!

First meeting of 2009!

Hey guys, today’s outside meeting went well, we brainstormed a bunch of raffles and fundraising ideas, including a 50/50 raffle, raffles for a bunch of prizes (that we have the hook-ups to get), etc.

Action items were:
-Bring in a list of brainstormed ideas, just jot down a couple ideas we can discuss as a group next Tuesday.
-Bring in any books for the book drive before this Thursday at 3 PM, to room 930. Tell Amelia you’re going to do this in advance in a comment!
-Comment this ol’ thing

December 2nd meeting : ]

Hey guys! Hope everybody had an excellent Thanksgiving. 

Today we all painted the book drive boxes (to make them ICU green) that will be distributed around school starting next week.

 

Next week will be the kickoff for the book drive at Valencia… so once the fliers are out, make sure you spread the word to everyone you know to bring in books!  Next week we will also be doing a change for change blitz… MEANING…. we will be running around campus at lunch in teams, competing to see which team brings in the most money. Bring your change for change bottles (we’ll be collecting the money from C4C next week)  and a buddy to get change with to next week’s meeting!

 

We have two weeks left in Schools for Schools and we need to bring in as much money as possible for the kids in Uganda! While we are waiting to get out of school for the holiday, they are waiting to get to go to school so let’s keep raising money to make that possible for them.

Action items: 

-raise ridiculous amounts of money in change for those cool Ugandan kids

-bring your change for change bottle in (hopefully it’s full of money!) 

-bring books from friends and family for the book drive

-brainstorm ideas of places to put book drive fliers (once they are made) and places to collect books from 

 

Hasta Luego!

11-18-08 Meeting

“Change for change! Change for change! Change for change!”

^^ That chant should be running through your head by next Tuesday! Get your bottles together! Ask your classes to donate your change! With a properly labeled bottle, it becomes easy for anyone to give ICU their unwanted spare change.  Do you have a teacher who is particularly fond of ICU? Ask them if you can send the bottle around class to get their change, too.

This week, fill your bottles! Bring your (hopefully) filled change bottles in next Tuesday. If you have read this post and are going to do change for change, include the word ‘penguin’ in your comment! If they are full before Tuesday, bring it in to Mrs. Margrave’s room (you can count your total prior to turning it in if you want to see how much you brought in alone) and empty it into the collective change jug. : )

 

Also: bring your books in! Mrs. Margrave has a book bin at the back of her classroom. Feel free to turn them in at lunches to her room. 

COOOOOMMMMMEEEEEENNNNNTTTTT!    por favor?

10-28 meeting :]

Hey guys!

Today’s meeting was small but we did some cool stuff.

Some members got business phone numbers out of phone books and asked for donations, and some brainstormed and painted/decorated ornaments for our little holiday boutique. :]  

I’m not able to do recycling at the football game on Friday night, but if anyone can perhaps take up the opportunity to get some $$ for ICU by getting a group to do recycling, that would be most excellent. Yes? No?

 

Work on ornaments! The possibilities on this thing are endless!

 

51 days left in Schools for Schools!

WAR DANCE!

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…

So Long 07-08 ICU!

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!

invisiblechildren.com

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!

 

Frootie Fever

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! 

Lobby! Lobby! Lobby!

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!

Got Creativity?

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 (2/7-2/8) at Cal Arts , talk to Mrs. Margrave!

AIDS STATS IN AFRICA

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%

Ready for our last week before finals?

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!

Club Day is On Wed. 9/12

Hey ICU!

Wow that was such a great turn-out at Tuesday 9/11’s club meeting at lunch! It’s so exciting to meet new people that want to be involved in the club! Thank you so much to everyone that showed up to that meeting and signed up for Party for Peace!!! It’s going to be a very fun night and we need everyone to participate!

DON’T FORGET: Wed. is Club Day!!!Come sign up at the ICU table (even if you’ve already attended meetings… we need your new contact information) and pick up the Party 4 Peace fliers to put up in your teachers’ classes and all over school! If you were in ICU last year and have a green ICU shirt, wear it on Club Day! We really want to promote ICU and get more people to join our cause!

Alli’s Trial Run

just checking to see if i can write on the blog!
Alli-I just saw this as pending. 
I just changed your status…try it now and see what happens.

BACKPACK FIELDTRIP

Remember-if you want to go to give the backpacks to the team leader that will be going to Uganda…be at Mrs. Margrave’s house on WEDNESDAY june 20 (THIS WEDNESDAY) at 1pm!

We will load up the backpacks and drive to Grace Community Church in Panorama City.  It should take about 1-2 hours total (we might want to stop for food/hangout?)

Yay!  The backpacks are really going to go to Uganda!!!!! 
Are you going on our fieldtrip?