South Campus Ambassadors Interact Club

Hi everyone! Here are the updates from this past meeting...
***The Variety Show was a huge success! They made $741.25 (for only 50 minutes of a show!) So thanks to everyone who helped!
***Galina is going to do a stuffed animal drive. She will need help to collect the animals, get the word out, etc. The animals are going to the WBL Police Department and St. John's Hospital. Only new stuffed animals please!
***On February 22 at Oneka Elementary Ambassadors will be helping out after school, "teaching" little mini courses. The time will be announced next meeting.
***Bill is going to talk to the WBL Food Shelf and Second Harvest for some volunteering opportunities.
***Talk to Caitlin or sign up at a meeting to bag groceries at Cub Foods in North Oaks on March 21!
***Michelle is organizing volunteers for the Rotary Club Dinner and Auction. It is on March 8th from about 5:15 to 11:00 pm. We would be serving dinner and/or running the coat check! The tips we receive will go directly into your account for next year if we decide to go on a trip!
***Nari is helping with the race for the Rotary Club on April 5th. There will be a sign up sheet for that soon.
***Thank you! Stay warm!

+++Sign up to help bag groceries at Cub Foods in North Oaks on March 21st. This would raise money to go into your account for a possible trip next year.
+++The Parkview Carnival is going to be sometime in February. You will be face painting and doing "Libby Lu" hairstyles. Talk to Amy for more details.
+++Penny, Lynn, and Michelle met with Greg about the trip. We will be taking coach buses with movies! Everyday we will stay in a new town, maybe one day we won't be able to shower (but every other day we could). At night we will have small groups to discuss what you did. The last night will be at a nice hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. We will meet up with Blaine High School at St. Louis to do a "big" service project. We will be visiting Iowa State University and another one too (undecided right now). They designed a t-shirt especially for our group. The theme is love. Parent meeting is January 30 at 7 pm in Ms. Whitcomb's room!
+++Please make some posters for the recycling project sometime before Jan. 25. Talk to James, Jim, Albert, or Abbie for more details on what to put on the posters.
+++Please sign up to help with the recycling project starting Tue. 29 for Ambassadors. We need 10-15 people after school for about 30-45 minutes. Meet behind the language department rooms.
+++Sat. 26 the "Bearly Open" glof tournament is on WB Lake and proceeds go to the WBL Food Shelf. Two people from Ambassadors can golf in it and janet will pay for your registration fee! Talk to her ASAP if you are interested in that. We need about 6 volunteers at 8 am, talk to Pat for more details.
+++Thanks! Have a good week!

+++T-shirts will be handed out on January 11.
+++Valentine Cards with third graders for White Bear Center: MAKE cards if you want, bring them to the next meeting. From: [first name]. For more info, contact Cindy and Allie.
+++Spring Break: Fill out packet by next Friday. The first nights will be at YMCAs, churches, etc. In St. Louis, Ambassadors will stay at a hotel. You will not miss any school.
+++BRAINSTORMING!!!!!: Here are some ideas for service projects discussed at the last meeting: Habitat for Humanity, food shelf, nursing homes, Lion's Club play, teddy bear drive, book drive, rotary dinner (Michelle), pennies for patients, snow shoveling, and the 2nd Harvest food shelf. Feel free take any of these and get something started!
+++If you want to get on the emailing list of WBL Volunteer Services, send Ms. Newberg an email. Aside from this, you can look for service projects in the newspaper, church bulletins, and volunteermatch.org.
+++ELC recycling program will be starting very soon and many volunteers will be needed. This will be discussed in detail at the next meeting.
+++WE NEED MORE PROJECTS!!!!

Happy New Year Everyone
Sorry it took so long to get this post up!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone!!!
*Thanks to Janent for the bagels and juice and Jim for the accordian background music!
*T-shirt order forms are now avaiable and due 01/04/08!!! they are $10
*Thanks to Penny, Pat, Michelle, and Lynn for working at Dinner with Santa. They had lots of fun talking with the elderly and serving them food!
*Thanks to everyone who helped out collected toys at the Holiday Dance for the flood victims of southern MN!
*There will be an upcoming project with Regions Hospital ER...they are going to collect coloring books, crayons, children's books, and Spanish children's books!
*Spring break info packet is now available! $100 deposit is due by 01/15/08 and the ful payment by Feb. 1 for the "early bird discount" of $20 (so its $260 instead of $280).
*There will be a project with Second Harvest coming up. Matt will be in charge of it.
*It's never too early to do a presentation and get your hours in!!!
*Rotary is going to have the big fundraiser (silent/live auction and dinner) on Sat. March 8. We typically serve dinner. AND they also have the Strive Scholarship Race- 5K race the first Sat. of April. We will be helping as road guards and at the registration.

Here's the latest update:
+++++The Willow Lane Santa Claus visit event, Parkview event, and Casa de Esperanza all went fantastically!!! Thank you to everyone who helped out.
+++++Ambassadors worked at the donation box at the dance last Friday.
+++++ELC Recycling Program: This project is in the works and will be implemented in the near future. ELC members will be speaking with teachers and staff in the coming weeks about placing recycling bins in each room, with members from Ambassadors, NHS, and Student Council picking the bins up twice a week. The program will start with aluminum cans and will progress to include paper and other materials as well. We need YOU to make this work!!! After break, we will have a schedule prepared in which YOU can sign up to collect the recycling bins on given school days. Thanks for your future help.
+++++Dinner with Santa: This event put on by the White Bear Country Inn and Rudy's Red Eye Grill was a lot of fun this past Tuesday. Thanks to everyone involved!
+++++Spring Break Trip: Locations: Ames, Iowa-->Big 10 school; Jefferson City, Missouri; St. Charles, Missouri-->a college. Participants will leave the Friday night before Spring Break and return Tuesday. The cost will be in the range of $260-$280. There are still spot available, but we need to finalize the list very soon. There will be a max. of 35 people.
+++++Next Friday is the Winter Solstice. Ms. Newberg will provide breakfast.
+++++T-Shirts: Michelle is finalizing the designs you voted for. There will be 4 people in a TV set with a John Lennon quote. There will probably be an order form at the next meeting.
+++++Saturday, from 5-8:00, Ambassadors were bell-ringing at the Vadnais Heights Festival. Thanks.
+++++2nd Harvest: Please call the organization if you are interested in participating in an assembly-line-ish setup to package food. Usually, the shifts run for 2 hours.

Hi everyone! Hope you all enjoyed the weekend!
***Thank you to the Willow Lane family fun night volunteers who helped out with that event on this past Friday night. Thanks to all the Parkview Carnival volunteers on this past Friday night. Also, thanks to the volunteers who babysit children for the Holida Bureau Program.
***Help is needed for Casa de Esparanza this Wednesday after school in Dahle's room. You will be packing things together, shopping, etc.
***Ms. Newberg just got back from Jamaica! She "scouted" for some possible future trips for the Ambassadors Interact Club...St. Michaels (a primary school there) needed some help teaching kids, playing with them...etc. and also if they could get a medical team to go down there for a week or two...just ideas for the future. So welcome back Ms. Newberg!
***For this Friday's Holiday Dance, Jessie and Ellie are in charge of the drive for hats, mittens, and new toys for the flood victims of MN. Please contact them if you are interested in helping, otherwise, bring something (hats, mittens, new toys...) to the informal holiday dance this friday and get a discount price!
***Dinner with Santa is on the 17th in St. Cloud and on the 18th in WBL (the Country Inn by Rudy's Red Eye Grill and McDonalds). You would be talking with the elderly and serving food...dressed up at Mrs. Claus or an elf! So talk to Michelle for more details. If you don't have a costume we can get you one!
*** After school this Monday Student Council and Ambassadors will be painting another coat of paint around the pilars in the lunch room. Show up if you are interested!
***We voted on shirts and the results will be in next meeting!
***Nick is in charge of putting together a South Campus Ambassadors brochure for North Campus...basically what we do and what we are about. Talk to him if you have any cool ideas!
***Executive Leadership Committee (ELC) met this past Wednesday..it's a group that involves Student Council, Ambassadors, and NHS. We are thinking about kicking off a recycling project...starting with pop cans! Each group would take a week to go around to every room after school and collect pop cans. More information will be announced later!
***Talk to Samantha if you are interested in bell ringing on the 15th or 22nd at the Vadnais Heights Festival from 4-8 or 5-8.
***The Friday before Christmas Break we will be having breakfast! Thanks to Ms. Newberg!

Here's what we talked about on Friday:
++++++++Thanksgiving is this Thursday! Anyone who wants to participate in the Meals On Wheels program should contact Katlin or Ms. Newberg. Those who are participating should meet in the South Campus parking lot at 3:30 AM on Thanksgiving. From there, Ambassadors will carpool to Cretin Durham Hall to sort the food and then deliver the food to three or four families. Participants will most likely get back at around 9:30 AM. Also, it is important that each of the carpools has one adult (18+).
++++++++T-shirts: submit your designs as soon as possible!!!
++++++++Parkview project: On Friday, November 30, Parkview Elementary is having some sort of event. To help out with this, Ambassadors are needed to cut fleece from the 26th to the 29th after school.
++++++++Students Today Leaders Tomorrow Spring Break Trip: The 4 students leaders for the trip are: Michelle, Penny, Sarah, and Albert.
++++++++Ms. Newberg will be in Jamaica on November 30.
++++++++We need pictures for the yearbook, paper, and blog!!! Please take a camera with you when you volunteer. Further, get those media release forms in to the office if you haven't already. If you're not sure whether you turned one in or not (possibly for another activity), check with the office--they have a master file with all of them listed.
++++++++The troop bracelet project on Thursday was a success!
++++++++WE NEED MORE PROJECTS. Please come up with service possibilities and present them to the group.

THANKS. ENJOY THE BREAK.