Letters to Leonard

Hey,

I just wanted to inform everyone of one thing that NHS is doing to give back in another part of the world. Also, this is an opportunity for you to get rid of a demerit if you so choose.

This is Leonard. He lives in Cameroon in North Western Africa. Through Plan USA, NHS sponsers Leonard and his family. With our donations, Leonard is able to attend school, learn about health and hygeine from Plan USA workers in Cameroon, and get necessary supplies like mosquito netting. Also, his parents, who are both peasant farmers, recieve training to make their farming more efficient and earth-friendly.

Leonard speaks a language called Bakoum and lives in the Paki community of Cameroon. He is Christian and celebrates Christmas as well as other Chirstian holidays. He enjoys playing soccer with his friends. Leonard is 14 years old. His birthday is October 13, 1995.

Leonard is currently attending a secondary school 5 km away from his home. It takes him approx. 45 minutes to get to school every day. He lives with his parents Ferdinand and Pelagie and his younger sister Gulene on their family farm. The family gets their water supply from nearby water sources like rivers and streams and the nearest health facility is about 45 minutes away.

Some of the money NHS raises through fundraisers goes towards our yearly donation to help Leonard and his family. If you would like to earn back demerits, you can write letters to Leonard. If you are interested, please talk to Morinville for more information.

Thank you!

Leeja

November Meeting 11/11/09

Hey everyone,
This is just a reminder of what we covered at last week's meeting. Please email me at leejamiller@gmail.com if you have any questions at all. Also, check the attendance lists to see if you have any demerits. The list for poinsettia sales should be going up soon. Thanks!

REMINDER: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24TH is the pickup day for poinsettias. November committee, you are needed to help sort the poinsettias in the guidance area of the office during the morning of the 24th. If you have free periods/study halls, please let Morinville or myself know when you will be helping. I'm assuming you can get a pass from Morinville if one is needed.
Those of you who aren't in November committee, please come RIGHT AWAY after school to pick your poinsettias up. We'd like to get the plants out of the office's way as quickly as possible, so your promptness after school would be very helpful.

Also, THANK YOU to those of you who volunteered to help Sharon Thayler at the Gillespie Center, I hope everything went well. This makes up for one of your demerits or will make up for one in the future if you don't have one right now.

If you have not yet signed up for a volunteer time at the ice rink for December, please do so ASAP, the sign up is on the bulletin board outside of Cordie's room. Also, there are extra time slots open. If you need to make up demerits, please sign up for an extra time slot, fill out a make up sheet and turn it into Cordie, Morinville, or any of the NHS officers.
There was some confusion as to which month is responsible for the ice rink. The ice rink will be an event for December, January, and February. However, each of these committees still needs to come up with another event on top of the ice rink, preferably an event that involves the entirety of NHS at one time. February will be promoting one night where kids from the whole school can come and ice skate and NHS can possibly sell hot coco or apple cider at the event to raise funds. So, your additional event can be related to the ice rink, or it can be something completely different. If you have any ideas, please talk to your committee chair.

Thank you to everyone who attended this month's meeting and I will see you next month. The board meeting is on Wednesday DECEMBER 2. The large group meeting is on Wednesday DECEMBER 9.

Leeja