tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:15:37 +0000Starting charity events aren't always easy but they are possible. This blog is a log of our work, our thoughts, and most importantly the effect we can have on our community.http://charitydays.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (JoAnne)Blogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-4035193833723761258Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:39:00 +00002011-04-23T14:39:24.927-07:00As you all know, the events that have taken place in the last week or so, have really proved to be a success. Through the very beginning there has always been an individual who has supported our ideas, and promoted our events. Mrs. Westmoreland has been there from the start, and we could not be more grateful. As Earth day week, comes to and end, the charity days girls have taken time to sit back http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2011/04/successful-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-5346875644978203204Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:01:00 +00002011-04-19T20:01:21.901-07:00CHARITY DAYS EARTH 2011, a set on Flickr.Here are some of the images from the 2011 Earth Day events, hosted by Charity Days. We could not be excited about the outcome of our efforts. This event was truly a success, thanks to those who showed up and participated. Although there was a lot of waste for us to clean, we managed to make our time at White Rock Lake a joyful one. We managed to make a http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2011/04/charity-days-earth-day-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-4434632972786109988Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:38:00 +00002011-04-18T06:38:24.306-07:00This week has been an amazing learning experience for all of the Charity Days members. We have successfully organized an event that helped inform the public about the danger we are putting our earth in. Although the past events that we have created have not gathered a large crown, the turn out for our Earth Day events have surpassed our expectations. We have taken numerous images, and videos in http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2011/04/last-day-for-earth-day-activities.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-1784561267814668811Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:50:00 +00002011-04-17T14:50:03.793-07:00Monday April 18th will be the last day to earn service learning hours trough the charity days organization. For those who have yet to participate in the Earth Day events you will still be able to earn up to 9 hours just by participating on monday! Monday April 18th we will be holding two seminars. One at 11:30 -12:30pm in E076 and the other at 2pm - 3pm in K104. Come to whichever seminar you http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2011/04/last-day-to-earn-service-learning-hours.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-639811811404499755Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:44:00 +00002011-04-17T14:45:15.006-07:00In order to celebrate our little blue planet, Charity Days decided to hold a series of seminars that will enable the public to better understand the strain that we are putting on our environment. As part of the seminar held on Friday April 15th we showed a short clip entitled "Pale Blue Dot." I felt that this film captured the problem we are facing today, in a short and precise manner. http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2011/04/earth-day-events.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-8012239334272922725Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:16:00 +00002011-04-10T15:27:28.807-07:00PLASTIC IS HORRIBLE. I'm giving all of you a challenge: Go 7 days without any PLASTICS and see how well you can mange. I know it will be hard but I assure you it can be done. Research over plastic in our oceans has been going on since before 1999 and everyday the amount of plastic debris and particles increases rapidly. You may think that a simple plastic bag from the grocery store http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2011/04/no-more-plastics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JoAnne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-342579237631539815Sat, 09 Apr 2011 21:25:00 +00002011-04-10T15:24:13.791-07:00HEY GUYS we just created a shirt for Earth Day using customink.com please (if you can) buy this shirt and support the cause of Earth Day. I know it does not go to a charity at the moment, but in the future I'm sure we will be able to do so. Wear it on Earth Day just to remind people to be aware of all their daily actions. The color of the shirt can be changed at will. (green is nice)http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2011/04/hey-guys-we-just-created-shirt-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JoAnne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-9132355561357732822Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:58:00 +00002011-04-07T18:09:10.456-07:00I’m praying that one day Earth Day will be everyday. I’m praying that one day people will understand that the earth isn't just a house; I hope they will understand that the earth is just as alive as you or me. Maybe one day everything will change, maybe one day people will learn to care. Until that day I must do everything in my power to inspire change. Charity Days will  do http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2011/04/earth-day-should-be-every-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JoAnne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-8297392242903417032Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:13:00 +00002011-04-04T06:32:15.268-07:00Today we decided to kick our clothing drive up a notch, and found an excellent way to get the word across campus. We consulted our RCHS counselor, Mrs. Westmoreland, and she agreed to send out a faculty e-mail containing information about our charity. Due to the campus weather closings, we have decided to extend the deadline for our clothing drive. As of now we have collected over three large http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2011/02/clothing-drive-continues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-4359379352526989470Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:43:00 +00002011-02-01T20:43:08.651-08:00http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-8448891314623854369Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:39:00 +00002011-02-01T22:41:47.735-08:00As many of you know the weather has been really rough lately, and due to school closings we were unable to set up donation boxes on the 1st as planned! Our charity clothing drive will begin on the 3rd of February, and continue trough the entire month. We are extremely excited about our latest project, and hope to make it a successful event which will benefit our community. I want to remind http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2011/02/clothing-drive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-6448347031104916452Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:12:00 +00002010-12-21T14:12:01.584-08:00     Thank you everyone for helping with our book drive. I know it has been awhile since I posted but this project called Charity Days has been doing wonderful. The book drive ended on November 29 (right on schedule). It was far more successful than I prayed for. As for right now my group will be planning and organizing our next aspiration.    The book http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2010/12/day-75.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JoAnne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-1588056496756748099Mon, 08 Nov 2010 05:42:00 +00002010-11-07T21:42:40.269-08:00     Hello I am so happy to congratulate my team on starting our first book drive. Tomorrow everyone should be aware of the drive and hopefully the books will just start flowing in. Besides having people donating books we will also accept monetary donations. Since the all the proceeds will go towards the Salvation Army nothing will be lost. Tomorrow since that is the set http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2010/11/days-25-31.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JoAnne)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-8972077829711697235Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:48:00 +00002010-11-01T06:09:14.897-07:00      Today was a pretty good day. It was Halloween and Sunday. With it being Sunday and Halloween I had barely any real contact with the rest of my group members but let's look at the bright side. Today my church said they would speak with me in a "few." Now we can actually print out flyers officially start this thing. What I've decided (which I will talk with the rest http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2010/10/day-24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JoAnne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-4701952146840674490Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:08:00 +00002010-11-01T06:09:37.251-07:00      Sorry guys for the absence of blog posts but the rest of the group was quite busy. I decided that we all needed to take about two weeks off to deal with other commitments and school. On day 11 we did try to to start the book drive but an obstacle came in our way. Since our school is on a college campus we can not just set up boxes we have to go through a school http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2010/10/day-9-23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JoAnne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-370791645895114879Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:18:00 +00002010-10-15T07:18:10.021-07:00We finally set up the collection boxes for our book drive! We have established specific locations for the collection of our books in various areas at our school. One of those designated areas is in Kiowa right in front of the attendance office. We hope to collect enough books in order to make our first project a success. Since the holidays are quickly arriving we hope to move on to even bigger http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2010/10/day-8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-4227230606264055097Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:39:00 +00002010-10-03T19:39:19.665-07:00       Our first weekend in this venture has not been as productive as we had planned but its okay. Since all of us had previous  engagements that we committed too, we had no time to discuss and plan out the rest of our book drive. Hopefully tomorrow we will all be able to meet up finishing planning out the last bits of this first project. If we can collectively http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2010/10/day-6-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JoAnne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-5199609780129749366Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:15:00 +00002010-10-03T19:02:57.199-07:00Okay so Day Five  was a pretty wonderful day, although we changed some of the workings in our book drive we were able to accomplish a lot. We decided that instead of having books donated to a reputable hospital that we would donate the books to an organization that advocates literacy in children. There are many such organizations out there, the only problem is picking the one that is best http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2010/10/day-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JoAnne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-7708789771498215057Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:41:00 +00002010-09-30T06:41:42.326-07:00In order to get this book drive in full swing, we understand that it is vital to have a connection with a local Children’s hospital. Our plan is to gather fun books that will make the waiting room a bit more bearable for these kids. This book drive will be one of our minor projects (like Joanne said) that will allow us to help others, yet still provide us with enough time to complete our school http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2010/09/day-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-8835161124519119214Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:40:00 +00002010-09-29T21:46:07.385-07:00School seems to take up all of our time these days (from homework to studying to papers).  Just like yesterday we were only able to do a minimum of two hours of planning for our first project but we did manage create a procedure to how we will go about doing our first book drive. Our smaller projects should be sweet and simple and give us enough leeway to devote enough time to http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2010/09/day-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JoAnne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-1747879785513968728Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:47:00 +00002010-09-28T20:50:00.708-07:00Although school hindered many of our actions today we were still able to generate basic layouts for our projects. Through the remainder of this year while we set up for our main event in March we will do minuscule projects. Actions such as book, can, and toy drives.The first drive which is a book drive will begin latest in the next two weeks.    We hope that creating small http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2010/09/day-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JoAnne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276946470358511153.post-8148341589924880874Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:43:00 +00002010-09-27T18:37:04.501-07:00Here we go guys! This is officially the first, of many, posts that will be created on this blog. Basically, we will be treating this blog as a personal journal, chronicling our journey towards creating our first ever charity function. We will take you inside, the sweat, tears, and many hours of hard work, that will go into the making of this event. As we have stated before, our goal is to give http://charitydays.blogspot.com/2010/09/and-so-it-begins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0