Meeting Recap- November 30th 2010

We had a very discussion filled meeting this week which was great! This week we confirmed some more details about the surprise Ice Cream
Party for Mrs Blacks class who has won the Penny Drive. We want to keep it a surprise so remember to check your Youth in Action Minutes emails from Michelle. Today was our Holiday sale and a BIG BIG thank you to all those who helped out -Karan, Jae, Mark, Raman, Uddip, Michelle, Devyani, Simran, Surbhi, Din, Prabjaap, Riana, Rochelle, Candy, Priya, Jasjit, Brandon, Aaron, David, Julie, Michelle, Krisin, Bajro, Ana Giulia, Vijayita, Mishal and Shipra.

We revealed the Pepsi Refresh trailer so remember to CHECK IT OUT here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMVjcLjnObM
We will know in one months time whether our application has been accepted so keep those fingers crossed!

We are also having a fun filled Youth in Action PARRTAAY to celebrate before the holidays! It will be a Potluck! (e-mail/tell Michelle in person what you would like to bring in)

*remember to NOT bring in something with mangoes! We have a person with a severe mango allergy!

So far the people who have decided to bring in food are:

·         Julia – chips

·         Amy – pop

·         Din – another drink

·         Sejal – chips

·         David – fried rice?

·         Ana  

·         Steph

·         Jack – drinks

·         Mishal – popcorn

·         Brandon  

·         Sumaiya

·         Vijayita

·         Tarheen – cinnamon rolls

Can some people bring in anything besides drinks, chips and rice?

-          2:50 – 3:30 PM: Food & Games :)

-          3:30 Onwards: Watching a Movie (Expect to stay until around 6:00PM – 6:30PM)

Unless you HAVE TO leave we encourage you to stay throughout the entire event! We promise you that it will be loads of fun!

Mrs Hyrsko brought up a great opportunity for some members to join the Executives for a Me-We event. We had 3 spots and our lucky members coming are Bo Chen, Simran, and Din. Make sure you guys check your schedules to see if you are free on December 13^th and be aware of the fact that there will be 2 other days that you will have to attend this conference. Congrats!

Other YIA members on the list in case someone backs out: Giulia, Sejal, Steph, Amy, Riana, Priya, Devyani.

Another YIA fundraiser COMING SOON (possibly for Valentine’s Day) – Ideas:

-          Candy grams

-          Hersheys

-          Specialized Bake Sale

-          Roses/Flowers (delivery?)

-          YIA Dance? – semi-formal, MuchMusic DJ? Needs to be approved by Mr. Heffernan

-          Semi-formal dinner – costs a lot of money and need to collaborate with Food school

-          Link Crew type movie night for Valentine’s Day – movie: Valentine’s Day? The Notebook? Dear John? Etc.

If you have any other ideas, PLEASE share them with us (no matter how bizarre they are!) Email michelle or the Youth in Action email yia.rbhs@gmail.com 

 See you all next week :)

Meeting Recap -November 23 2010

Here is what went down this meeting! WE HAVE CONCLUDED OUR PENNY DRIVE, a big thank you to all those collectors and counters and people who donated! The winning class is Mrs Black's Grade 10 Class. We are planning a big surprise party for them so we won't disclose any information here, but please check your email for an email from Michelle regarding the Party

We also started and finished taping scenes for our Pepsi Refresh Video! We are applying for a $5000 grant to help pay for the Youth in Action Run called “Run around the Globe” coming up shortly. We hope this run will not only inspire youth to take initiative but to inspire the community in coming out and joining a great cause. We are hoping to use the money to support local school groups run by our charity Free the Children. The video will be revealed next meeting! Cross your fingers and let's hope that on Dec 1 Pepsi accepts our application :) Visit this page for more information.

The Holiday Sale is coming up Wednesday Deccember 1 and we have a stand for wrapping gifts all day long.

Holiday Sale Helpers:

*consists of gift wrappers and deliverers

Period 1 – Karan, Uddip, Mark, Raman, Jae

Period 2 – Sana, Michelle Nguyen, Devyani, Mary, Surbhi, Din

Period 3 – Prabhjaap, Riana (first half only), Rochelle, Candy, Priya, Jasjit

Period 4 – Brandon, Aaron, David, Bajro, Michelle Huh, Krisin

Period 5 – Ana, Giulia, Vijayita

Also next tuesday we are having a bake sale!

Bakers:

• Jenny
• Sana
• Holly
• Ana
• Vijayita

Sellers:

• Period 3 – First Half – Prabhjaap and Maggie
• Period 3 – Second Half – Candy and Rochelle
• Period 4 – First Half – Eunice and Julia
• Period 4 – Second Half – Holly and Ana

Finally before the long and well deserved Christmas Holidays we are planning a POTLUCK/YIA PARTY!! We are going to talk about details next meeting but just remember not to bring anything with mangoes due to allergies

See you next week November 30 2010

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Meeting Recap- November 16 2010

For this weeks meeting we counted money for our penny drive which is only going for one more week! We have raised a lot of money so far, for a great cause

On another note, due to certain reasons we have had to cancel “Dare to Care” but don't worry, we have a lot more things coming up!

See you next week NOVEMBER 23 2010

Meeting Recap November 9 2010

Here is what went down during this weeks meeting. We decided on the Youth in Action Logo through blind vote :) The logo will be posted on the website shortly! Also tshirt information for the group is going to be distributed very soon!

For Dare to Care we split into our sub committee groups:

• Student HR Team (Jenny and Mishal)
• Teacher HR Team (Shipra and Farwa)
• Technical Department (Sana)
• Decorating Committee (Krisin)
• Dare Department (Michelle)

We counted money as well for the continuing penny drive and counted over $236

We have a bake sale tomorrow

• Bakers:
• Jenny Li

• Olwen
• Priya
• Sumaiyah
• Sana

*bring your baked goods to Miss Fehir in the morning!

• Sellers:
• Period 2 – Set Up – Sana
• Period 3 (1^st Half): Dexter and Henry (meet Sana at the beginning of period 3)
• Period 3 (2^nd Half): Rochelle and Candy
• Period 4 (1^st Half): Amy Li and Bochen
• Period 4 (2^nd Half): Nafisa and Sylvia

This week some of the Youth in Action members took a trip to the Holocaust for Hope conference at Milton District. It was a moving, emotional and very informative trip. The group was split up amongst other schools and visited different sections of the school. Everyone heard from a miraculous woman who came from Seirra Leone and told us about her difficult life there and how she came to be the woman she is today. It was very inspiring and moving and was very exciting to hear from her. Other parts of the conference consisted of talking about The Holocaust, Milton District had even brought in 2 survivors who talked to us about their great trials.

Another woman spoke about the problems in Darfur. She talked about interviewing people in Darfur for the UN and told us a story that many of us will never forget and brought many of us into tears. One woman waited to be interviewed by her who had not originally signed up and was told that she could not be interviewed that day. She waited until the end of the day, after all the people left, in hopes that she too will get the chance to speak. Of course she did, but the interviewer told her that her life may be in danger now as she was waiting out in the open but her only words were “I don't care. I would rather die if it means that my people of the future will be safe”

It was truly a magnificent and motivating experience and it was wonderful to hear from these speakers.

See you next meeting, NOVEMBER 16 2010

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be on NOVEMBER 9th 2010 room 220
PLEASE remember to keep up with your assigned classes for the Penny Drive and promote to your classes. Have a great weekend everyone!

Want to learn more about our charity? Click HERE
Also if you are interested in going to the "Holocaust for Hope Seminar" On Novemer 11 2010 in Milton please see Ms Fehir to pick up a permission form during periods 2 and 5.

Remember to keep checking this website for more updates!
See you all next week :)

Meeting Recap -November 2 2010

Today was another super productive meeting! We firstly took our group photo which will be published in the yearbook! The thermometer was finished (thanks to the arts committee) and will be hung up soon in the foyer. The money from the penny drive was counted once again and now we have a great, great total of $305. Also the penny drive has been extended until NOVEMBER 23 since we had a bit of a late start.

In order to keep the success going, we have decided to have class reps in each period 1 class. Remember that your job is to remind your class about raising money (get them in the spirit!) and remind your teacher to bring the money to their head office every day for collection (if not, it is your responsibility to do so).

Period 1 Teachers and Class Reps:

·         Bowden - Bochen & Amy

·         Pops - Bajro

·         Skene - Michelle

·         Markle - Farwa & Steph

·         Richards - Brandon & Brian

·         Saratsiotis - Henry

·         Wheelihan - Samrah & Nahl

·         Prickett - Alice and Riana

·         Irvine - Maggie and Nikki

·         Mills - Michelle

·         Bright - Eunice

·         Broe - Zary

Bake Sale: Wednesday November 10^th, 2010.

Bakers:

·         Jenny Li

·         Olwen

·         Priya

·         Sumaiyah

·         Sana

Sellers:

·         Period 2 – Set Up – Sana

·         Period 3 (1^st Half): Dexter and Henry

·         Period 3 (2^nd Half): Rochelle and Candy

·         Period 4 (1^st Half): Amy Li and Bochen

·         Period 4 (2^nd Half): Nafisa and Sylvia

Also, starting this week YIA will have a new system for recruiting volunteers – we will be going down the attendance list and pick volunteers accordingly. We have been noticing that the exact same people always volunteer and as much as we appreciate their dedication, it is not fair to them. If you joined YIA, we hope that you are dedicating your time and efforts with the right reasons in mind. We hope you know that we are working so assiduously for this charity (to help children who are far less fortunate than we are), and not for volunteer hours or recognition. Please show us some commitment.

A Tentative date is hopefully going to be on December 14^th for Dare to Care, but this will all be confirmed very soon after the Execs meeting with Mr. Heffernan.

Next Week:

·         Vote on our official Youth In Action Logo (we were supposed to do it this week but didn’t get the chance)

·         YIA Shirt details will be announced

·         Dare to Care Planning will begin! (We will make sub-committees based on the different tasks we need to accomplish)

·         Announcements for Penny Drive!

See you all next Tuesday November 9^th, 2010!

Meeting Recap -October 26 2010

One of the most interesting and “ideaful” Youth in Action meetings as of yet! Just a reminder, the bake sale is tomorrow (WED OCT 27):

Bakers:

·         Priya

·         Yasmeen

·         Rubayna

*Bring your baked goods in to Miss Fehir’s office (the Languages Department) tomorrow morning.

Sellers:

·         Period 2: Din (go to Miss Fehir’s office to set up)

·         Period 3 First Half: Henry & Dexter

·         Period 3 Second Half: Rochelle & Candy

·         Period 4 First Half: Eunice & Giulia

·         Period 4 Second Half: Aaron & Illya

*Please get to your shift on time!

The group split off as the treasury committee went to count money and we learned today that we already have $155 from the Penny Drive! The rest of the committees split up. We all worked on creating a fundraiser in place of Senior Auction. Coincidently the 2 sides of the group both came up with the exact same idea, to run a buyout called Dare to Care!

·         Essentially an event where students can chip in money to sponsor crazy dares (school-appropriate)

For example:

·         Karaoke on the spot

·         Wearing ridiculous costumes

·         Shaving head

·         Dying hair

·         Shaving/Waxing legs – males

·         Wearing no make-up/Sweats - female

*This is completely voluntary and open to all RBHS students – so you will not have to do a dare that you do not want to do! These dares are for CHARITY.

This idea will be confirmed as soon as possible once Michelle and Shipra speak with Mr Herfernan!

Other great notes from todays meeting:  

·         Voortman cookies will be donating 400 cookies for our FTC run in April!

·         Mr. Heffernan has generously paid $1000 in order to get us our very own Free The Children’s fundraising co-ordinators! We will be 1 out of 9 other schools in Halton to fundraise for FTC.

·         Shipra and I (Michelle) met with Mr. Heffernan yesterday:

·         Confirmed meeting for next Thursday: Mr. Heffernan, Miss Fehir, Mrs. Hrysko, Shipra, Michelle, FTC Coordinators & POSSIBLY Mayor Rick Goldring

·         Ask Mayor Goldring for a $4000 sponsorship – to provide funding for our run

·         Discuss fundraising tactics and tentative schedule with FTC Coordinators

·         Convince FTC that RBHS is the school that would like to host Craig Kielburger’s visit! We must show them our initiative!

Some things that we plan to accomplish next week:

·         Will be taking our GROUP PHOTO at the beginning of the meeting!

·         Arts & Media Committee will work on the Penny Drive Thermometer – start keeping track of how much money we have raised so that the whole school can see! Also make a visual chart system that can be put in front of the school that can keep track of 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd Place Classes!

·         More on Dare to Care

Great meeting everyone and see you on November 2^nd 2010!