April 19th Meeting and April Service: Celebrating People in Action

Agenda and minutes

1.  F-5 Fest.  Mrs. Hanneman spoke at Chapel.  Reminders of Johnnie's Thursdays! and kick-off on National Volunteer Week.  YAC will have an end of the year celebration and last meeting of the year on April 26th.  Goodie thank you bags will be provided to traveling YAC members as a thank you for their year of service.  STUCO change Blue Day to Caddyshack Day.  No blue candy needed.

Caitlin H. requested pitta bread, humus, cuties, and fruit drinks for the celebration/reflection meeting

3. National Volunteer Week/Global Youth Service Days

Friday, April 26: Boys and Girls Club, Arts Festival (Paige Brown will provide bracelets for volunteers), Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon @ Cox Center needs volunteers

Saturday, April 27: Arts Festival Day:  Morning with Sarah C. @ Children's Activity Field.  Afternoon with Kendall @ Face Painting

Sunday, April 28: 

6:00-10:00 Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon Cheering Water stop in south area of chapel entrance.  The north side of the Britton road is opened for traffic, the south side of the runners

10:00-6:00 PM Childrens Fair by Jimmy's. Global Youth Service Day Project by Abby J.

We are Better Together: Service Unites

National Volunteer Week/Earth Day/STUCO Crazy Fun Week/Global Youth Service Day Connected

http://www.volunteerkw.ca/index.php?MenuItemID=180

Sign-ups for any volunteer opportunity at Casady Places to Serve Blog http://casadyplacestoserve.blogspot.com/.  We are using sign-up genius to avoid using paper.


Friday: April 19: UD Chapel Speaker: Youth LEAD Trainer, Tabitha May-Tolub
Youth LEAD OKC Adult Mentors Training at Wing

Saturday, April 20: Youth Lead OKC Training at Wing

Sunday: April 21: Youth LEAD OKC training at Wing

Monday, April 22: Earth Day-STUCO's "Can't Be Tamed"

Tuesday, April 23: STUCO's "When I Grow Up..."

Wednesday, April 24: STUCO's "Team Day"  Special Schedule

Thursday, April 25: STUCO's "Grease"  YAC F-5 Fest: Johnnie's Day...Say Casady!

 

http://www.gysd.org/april_26_april_28

Friday, April 26: STUCO's "Caddyshack", B-Block YAC Service Unites Celebration
MD International Club, 8th grade Holi Celebration
Boys and Girls Club Green Team: Park Clean-up weather permitting

Saturday, April 27:  Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts
Children's Art Field with Sarah Covington, Day Chair
Face Painting with Kendall Bleakley, Day Chair

Sunday April 28: Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, Feed the Children Fair
Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon: Casady After School Program decorations and volunteers manpower cheering and water stop at Britton and May by Anne Hill
Feed the Children Fest by Concession stand:  Set-up and tear down: 10:00-6:00.  Children's Fest 3:00-5:00 by Abby Johnston

First April Meeting: ????

National Volunteer Week: at Casady it will be Week of 28th to accommodate STUCO's Crazy Fun Week and connect to Join Hands Day.

Delivery of President Service Awards will be Thursday, May 9th at Chapel. Group picture this Thursday.  We are working on getting volunteer ice cream to celebrate.

Global Youth Service Day, April 28th : Abby R's project with Feed The Children

Join Hands Day, Thursday, May 2: Dinner Movie and Ice Cream to bust community needs

Thursday F-5 Fest Activity after finals: Holy and Join Hands Evening @ proposal, pending final approval by pertinent administrators

End of the year YAC reflective Celebration May 10th.

F-5 Fest Project for Join Hands Day

WHAT IS JOIN HANDS DAY?  Youths and Adults Volunteering Together.  Brings youths and adults together to improve their own communities. joinhandsday.org

 

DINNER--- MOVIE---REFLECTIVE ICE CREAM SOBREMESA

MAY 2, JOIN HANDS EVENING, 7:30 PM, QUAIL SPRINGS  20 people MD and UD students, parents and teachers attended!

Join hands with Assistant Chaplain Father Tim Youmans, 6th grader, Rachel Christi,  CASADY YAC F-5 Fest Project (Service Action Council Project ), and RunHers Women's Association, TAKING STEPS BUSTING COMMUNITY NEEDS    

DINNER: Have a Johnnie's dinner with family and friends at a convenient time for your schedule. Say Casady YAC when ordering your meal on any Thursday in the month of April and May.  Johnnies will donate a percentage of the sales to Casady YAC F-5 Fest fundraising to honor Bennett, an infant Cyclone battling Pearson's Syndrome.  The Bob Stoops Champions Foundation https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bob-Stoops-Champions-Foundation/114155395314738?id=114155395314738&sk=info will match what YAC's F-5 Fest events fundraise.  In the month of April we collected $275.00

GIRL RISING SCREENING:
Join hands with Assistant Chaplain Father Tim Youmans and 6th grade Casady student, Rachel Christi who believes, "Girl Rising is an AWESOME MOVIE everyone should see", Casady YAC F-5 Fest Project and RunHers Women's Association.  

To attend the RunHers Women's Association screening of Girl Rising purchase $ 10 tickets online ASAP at @ http://gathr.us/screening/2350). 

The movie is the centerpiece of 10x10 – a global campaign to educate and empower girls. A portion of Girl Rising ticket sales go to support girls’ programs around the world through the 10x10 Fund for Girls’ Education. The Fund goes to 10x10’s high-impact network of non-profit partners and leaders in girls’ education: A New Day Cambodia, CARE, Girl Up/United Nations Foundation, Partners in Health, Plan International USA, Room to Read, UNICEF, and World Vision.

Sheila Kidder of runhers states, “runhers believe(s) in the power of education to change not only a girl, but the world.  By bringing Girl Rising to Oklahoma City we are showing our community a beautiful film that demonstrates the impact education can have on girls’ lives around the globe. Together we can be part of a revolution that gets girls into a more positive, and life changing educational climate.”
From the award-winning producers of The Documentary Group and Vulcan Productions, with strategic partner Intel Corporation and global television distribution partner CNN Films, Girl Rising premiered on the eve of International Women’s Day, March 7, 2013.

SCREENINGS OF GIRL RISING SCHEDULE ON MAY 9TH AND MAY 23 @ 7:30 @ Quail Springs Theatre did not make it.  There is a screening at Crossroads on May 30th @ Crossroads Theater.  Purchase tickets now online at  http://gathr.us/.  100 people minimum for the screening to tip.

REFLECTIVE ICE CREAM SOCIAL @ Johnnie's. Say Casady YAC when ordering your meal.  A % of sales goes to Casady YAC F-5 Fest honoring Bennett. 

Or have an ice cream SOBREMESA at home to reflect the movie. 

Consider sending direct donations to the Bob Stoops Champions Foundation in honor of Bennett.  Make checks directly to the  Bob Stoops Champions Foundation with Casady YAC F-5 Fest: Bennett Hanneman in the memo.  Mail donations to: Bob Stoops Champions Foundation, Barry Switzer Center, 180 W. Brooks, Norman, OK  73069."

3rd YAC meeting in March

Agenda

1. F-5 Fest Follow-up. No one attended this meeting because there was an incorrect announcement. We will revisit agenda after spring break .  The meeting took place on Thursday, March 28th due to Good Friday.  Minutes at http://casadyf5fest.blogspot.com/

TABLED ITEMS BELOW

Jessica brought to our attention this inspirational video

 

Su Lan from Texas shared this videos



a high school video contest winner

Getting over a bad day

2nd Friday of March 2013

Happy International Women's Day

Agenda
All grades present.  Jessica G. and Martin facilitated the meeting

Goal: Determine what will be the first activity of F-5 Fest, when, who, where
Jessica led more brainstorming.  The only decision made was to have a meeting next week to narrow the brainstorming

1. F-5 Fest Follow-up:  Members gave ideas which are at the white board at Woods. The YAC meeting next week will be Tuesday because Wednesday is grandparents day

 

2. National Service Conferences Mrs. Clay said to go to http://casadyplacestoserve.blogspot.com/ and get information.  Most students are interested in the TIDE conference this year.  The final decision will be made after spring break.  The available conferences are:
NYLC: DENVER, COLORADO MARCH
TIDE: MASS, MAY, MEMORIAL WEEKEND
NSCSV: WASHINGTON, JUNE

3. Youth LEAD OKC on Casady Campus:  TABLED, but Mrs. Clay asked the Video teacher for help.  Mrs. Thompson will ask her video production students.
April 7, 5-7 PM
Final recruitment meeting, facilitated by Casady Youth LEADERS
Goal of meeting: Facilitation by teens before training, bonding as group, creating logo, and picture for marketing purposes

a. Introductions: Seondre and Yogaish
b. What is Youth Lead? Why YLOKC? Why are you here?: Carleigh, Hunter, Sidney, Gavin
c. Video "The Freedom to Believe or Not"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCY1pRzQrMg: Jack, Maggie, Agnish

d. Bonding Activity:  Decorating cupcakes while designing a logo competition for YLOKC, creative group picture for marketing usage
e. Inspirational ending: Shannon and Sam

Teen Videographers needed for research purposes
a. April 7:  Monthly meeting 5-7 PM Casady Wing
b. April 19: Adult Training  2-7 PM  Casady Wing
c. April 20: Teen Training: 9-4 PM Casady Wing
d. April 21: Teen Training: 1-4 PM Casady Wing

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES THIS WEEKEND

Sunday, March 10

10:00-Noon: Chesapeake Boathouse River Bank clean-up.  Contact Mrs. Clay or Kyle Traub, 860-921-1288.  Mrs. Clay will be on site from 10-11. Text her when you get on site 405-520-1325

YOUTH BOARDS

March 10: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation application for new Philanthropy is in your DNA Youth Board is due. 
Jessica spoke on behalf of YLX
 

TABLED
4. Presentation to Casady Parents Forum on Community Service-Learning Program

First March Meeting Agenda, March 1

Food-4-Thought sent by Youth LEAD OKC CEO Shannon P.
Happy Multicultural Week!  Celebrate Diversity! Enhance your Cultural Competency

Sophomores and juniors attended. Fruits, nuts and drinks requested for next meeting

1. F-5 Fest Update: Jessica G reported that due to liability issues, the babysitting fundraising was not going to take place.  Then, she open the floor for suggestions of activities. Sidney J. gave the idea of a volunteer fair during National Volunteer Week.  There were ideas of dance and game competitions.  Positive responses, but no concrete plans or committees taking responsibilities.  Jessica also reported that the International Club will be celebrating Multicultural Week next week and they are fundraising for F-5 Fest cause.

2. Saturday, March 2: UCO Multicultural Institute: 11 Days of Unity, Mrs. Clay requested greater ownership of this project from YAC.  She asked interested students to view her presentation and talk to her about working on this during the summer to have a plan to present to the administration at the beginning of the school year 2013-2014 https://docs.google.com/a/casady.org/presentation/d/1Ek-CitwvnLw_PM6e5UP6VGg9-4135WfJ1Fi49PSWSLk/edit#slide=id.p18

3. National Volunteer Week Plans Tabled
a. April 19:  Chapel Speaker:  Mr. Josh Bottonly update of H2ope project and connection of college admissions, service, and celebrating volunteerism
b. Delivery of Presidential Awards http://casadyplacestoserve.blogspot.com/
c. Method
d. Celebration

4. National Service Conferences: http://casadyplacestoserve.blogspot.com/ Tabled
a. NYLC: March, Denver, Co. One student expressed interest, but no follow-up
b. Youth LEAD, TIDE, The Wave of Change: Boston, Mass. 2 students expressed interest
c. National Conference on Service and Volunteering, June: Washington, D.C.