THANK YOU! A Wonderful Webcast Event!

All,

THANK YOU! Because of your hard work and efforts, Friday’s Haiti videoconference and webcast was a huge success. The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Video Network (who coordinated the webstreaming technology) had one of their largest streaming event EVER with close to 600 sites around the world connecting to watch your fantastic presentations.

Photos from the event can be seen at http://picasaweb.google.com/magpik20/KidsHelpHaiti#. You can also upload photos from your site there! If you’re receiving this email, you should have permissions to upload photos to the album if you log into Picassa using an account associated with the email address I have on file for you. You can always send your photos to me and I’ll upload them too!

It looks like this event made the newspaper in Texas! The Denton Record-Chronicle featured Ms. Watson’s first graders’ performance in the webcast event: http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_ponderkids_0220.1354ed3e5.html. If your local media covered your participation, please let us know!

We also had some fabulous Tweeters, Bloggers and Facebookers during Friday’s program! Many thanks to the students at Southern Lehigh Middle School, The Haverford School, Mansfield High School, Cornerstone Learning Center, Hempfield SD and Paige from Mt. Vernon High School for blogging, tweeting and facebooking! Thanks to your participation in the social media aspect of this program, you’ve all won giveaways!

• Southern Lehigh MS (@Design21SLMS) - Virtual Field Trip to Kiglauit Educational Adventures (http://www.kigluaitadventures.com/)
• The Haverford School (@HATV) – 1 GB Flash Drive (courtesy of Tandberg)
• Cornerstone Learning Center (@jason.flom) - $25 Gift Card from Best Buy (courtesy of LifeSize)
• Mansfield HS (@russro) - 3 Water Bottles (courtesy of Tandberg)
• Hempfield SD (facebooking) - 1 GB Flash Drive (courtesy of Tandberg)
• Paige Darnold (blogger, jr. at Mount Vernon High School) – $25 Gift Card from Best Buy (courtesy of LifeSize)
  

Contact me on how to claim your giveaway - - and many, many thanks to our sponsors who provided them!

An archive of this event will be made available as a podcast (broken into smaller segments) on iTunes University and also as a multicast through VideoFurnace. The archive will be available on Friday, and we will post instructions here on how to access it.

In the meantime, check out the student blog entries at http://studentshelpinghaiti.blogspot.com/. If your students want to add an entry, please let me know!

Again, many thanks to all of you. Please keep the momentum going - - here are some ideas:

• Reach out to others who participated in Friday’s program through twitter (#kidshelphaiti) or the various project links (posted at http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Crisis-Haiti-What-Can-YOU-Do-Help)
  

• Join Externato Ribadouro’s April 16th Smile for Haiti Campaign and their United Schools for Haiti Project (http://schoolsuntd.blogspot.com/).
  

• Continue the conversation with Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/CenterforHighImpactPhilanthropy)
  

• Get Involved in Global Nomad’s STUDENT’S REBUILD – HAITI challenge grant (http://www.gng.org/programs/spring2010/Haiti-Challenge-Grant.html)
  

• Check out the World Food Programme’s Students Helping Haiti webpage (http://www.wfp.org/students-help-haiti) and Oxfam’s efforts in Haiti (http://www.oxfamamerica.org/emergencies/earthquake-in-haiti)
  

• Partner with Traveling Mercies (http://www.travelingmercies.org)
  

Thanks again. We couldn’t have done this without you!

Best,
Heather, Mike and the Rest of the MAGPI Team

In creating a website for young people to be able to get on and see different events that might be going on to help Haiti, is successful in letting the students know what is going on. Overall, every idea that was given out and described to help out Haiti were all good ideas. I believe that all of them, no matter how small they were, they were beneficial and helped in one way or another. I think that it doesn't matter how much you help but it matters if you are willing to give your time and energy to help out those who are in need. Are you willing to put those who are in more of need then you are before yourself?

I like the idea of different costumes or different things that are out of the ordinary for students to wear for donations. I think that my school should do something like this because this is really a good idea. This is a really good idea to get everyone in the whole school to get involved. I think even pep ralley's or something in that category could also raise a lot of money for Haiti. These pictures and videos, are extremely effective i feel to get people want to help.

I like the idea that everyone and anyone can get involved into the architecture of humanity because they are planning on building schools that are earthquake resistant. This will help the students to want to go to school and want to make themselves better. It's just amazing that anyone can help benefit the program and help make the building of the schools happen. I really like the fact that everyone has so much hope for the people in need and that they are so concerned and dedicated to helping them get themselves back on their feet. It's so wrong how certain people instantly judge others based on their race, relgion, ethnicity, etc., although they may be slightly different from you, there is no reason to judge them. But some people do and it's so wrong because this is why Haiti is still in trouble, because some people don't want to help out because they believe they are better then them. This is so unbelieveably incorrect, the people are no different any one of us, their needs may be more intense then ours but they still need help none the less. Imagine if your child, mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, or anyone else was in this, wouldn't you want to help them out? Well some people don't see it that way i guess.

In showing the different kind of ways that the plate tectonics can run into each other is vital to explaining what happened to cause the accident in Haiti. I think more people will understand better once they know everything exactly in the scientific version on the earthquake. The group of 8th grade students that came together and made tshirts with their hand prints on them and sold them for money to fundraise for Haiti was a good idea. Many people like just plain tshirts to just do anything in and don't want to wear a nice tshirt doing something that requires a old tshirt. The idea to take photographs of people and sell them for money was a good idea as well. More often people like to have photographs of themselves and their friends to put in photo albums or to even just to have for memory of good times. I think it was a really good idea to create a facebook page because so many people have a facebook page and are on it constantly. Facebook is the new addiction for young teens and even adults, so creating a facebook for Haiti was a great idea. To give different rewards for donating to Haiti is a good way to get more students involved and want to help because no matter what they give, they are recieving something else in reward. It's very beneficial either way.

Creating different necklaces and bracelets with the different metals in their different shapes are very smart to raise money. This fundraiser is very smart because so many people enjoy necklaces and braceletes, this is a common thing so for them to create something sentimental to those in Haiti will help them gain money for them. Sometimes just words can't impact a person and it can't paint a picture in reality for some people. The real life pictures and an actual video of the earthquake that had happened in Haiti is a huge impact to people. Then they feel like they can actually feel the pain and desperation in some of the peoples faces. Then they can feel everything that those people who lost so many things, they feel everything they feel just by the expressions on their faces. This real video and pictures, I think, is the best way to get people to want to participate and donate money to help Haiti. It can really hit a person and make them realize that in life, not everything is picture perfect and that bad things really do happen and just not in movies. I think these students really realize what kind of suffering Haiti is dealing with and just how much help they really do need.

The idea for a rehabilitated care is a very considerate for the ones who have lost an arm or an leg and have to get around but have intense trouble just trying to walk. People don't realize what it's like to loose a limb when it hasn't happened to them. In Haiti a rehabilitation center would be a great impact and help more than anything. Haiti needs help long term, they can't have a group of people who only plan on helping short term. These protestics are very helpful for those who have lost an arm or leg.

The mortailty rates are ridiculous, these levels of mortality can be dropped down to a reasonable level by the help of different schools and their support. Maybe if the sanitation and water supplies would be raised the mortality would be dropped. The poverty line is at very high level and it's insane. People should be able to at least donate a little, even though it is a little amount it still could benefit more then some people may think. In Illionis, they were clever as to using music for people to send donations to Haiti. Some people may find this music interesting so they will send donations to them to help support them as a fundraiser. This is a very smart and clever idea to come up with for donations.

The plans that National Doli has for Haiti seem very productive. The fact that they want to take the time and work together and on their own to get supplies and fulfill the needs that Haiti needs. They are really stressing the needs that Haiti needs and making sure that they are made possible. It's so sad that people are living with a limited supplies of water and some are even drinking water without the treatment. This could cause a lot of harm to people and something more needs to be done so that people can drink water that is treated and so that they can continue to grow heathly. More sanitation areas need to be put into Haiti because there are no sanitation in Haiti and this is causing more and more health problems then their should be.

The things that students in Concord seem like they would be beneficial to Haiti and it's very inspiring how much the students want to help out those people in Haiti. It's amazing how dedicated they are help even though they are only in elementary school. Even though some of the things they are doing are just little things they are still a big help to progress of getting Haiti back on his feet. I think it's amazing how these packages of food are helping families be able to have a meal just because of these students in Concord. They are making it seem like anyone can help and do anything even though it's little to be supportive to Haiti.

Hi, my name is Paige Darnold. I'm a junior at Mount Vernon High School and i'm 16 years old. Mount Vernon is located in central ohio and is a beautiful city. Although Mount Vernon is not the biggest city in Ohio it still contains a large amount of population. Mount Vernon is a very athletic town, but that's not all were about. We are strong in our academic classes and show our individuality on our independence. Mount Vernon is a very complex but simple at the same time kind of town.

Bake Sale At Best

On Jan,29th local 5th grade Conerstone Learning Community class teamed up with 4th and 8th grade to put on" Haitian Food for Haitian Lives", to raise money for Haiti. They served everyday food that Haitians would eat.

There was also a bake sale to follow the meal. Everyone brought in cookies or some baked good, for the bake sale, even people from other grades who just wanted to help. They made posters to advertise for the bake sale.

5th grader Augie quotes "It was a phenomenon". Another says "it was the longest line I have ever seen ever seen".

The line of the bake sale had about 75 people in it. They sold cookies,cupcakes, things called 5 Bars,and etc. In total they made $1200.75, 100% of that is going to Haiti.

Haiti's problem

On Jan. 12,2010 at noon in Haiti something happened to change the lives of over 200,000 people and putting out the flames of hope for many others.

Just out side of Por-au-prince the capital of Haiti over 200,000 people died when the 7.0 magntude earthquake hit. With Haiti biening one of the poorest places in the world.

Not many buildings were not able to with stand the earthquake the capital was the only building thought to stand if a natural disaster now is in ruins.

"i wanted to help, and i think it brought a lot of attention to Haiti that it needed." says Ella Kiwala

A fifth grader at CLC in Tallahassee F.L. Her friend Abby Stone says "it had not sunk in yet it was so'rta out in the air and i did not pay much attention to it."

Now Abby and Ella are working full force to help Haiti at CLC. In Haiti the money they made will help lots. It could save meny lives. "iam happy we raised $1,400 and I know it's going to Haiti so I feel even better." said Ella. "After all Haiti needs every last bit it can get! Please help Haiti now." added Paige Machie one other student at CLC. As i walk a way from CLC I am touched how a hand full of kids in there second to last year of elementary school to kids about to go into middle school and kids about to go to high school all working to gether to help Haiti.

help Haiti recover

Haiti Fundraiser Interveiw

On Jan,29 CLC, "A private school with a public mission," took on the job of helping Haiti in a Haitian food for Haitian life's fundraiser. The three classes of 4th, 5th and 8th grade made a great Haitian meal and held an awesome bake sale. Which includes red beans and rice, fried plantains and a bean salad. The bake sale and meal included earned about $1,300.

My job was to interview a 4th grader about the event and Haiti. I asked "Omie Coyne", ( A 4th grader from CLC ) a couple of questions.

Q: Did you ever know anything about Haiti, before the earthquake hit?

A:"No, I did not even know that Haiti existed."

Q: How do you feel about what you did to help?

A: "I feel Great and I'm glad I did it!"

Q: How do you think the fondraiser went?

A: Great, I think it went very well.

Omie told me that a lady came into her classroom and talked about Haiti. The lady had been to Haiti one month before the disastrous earthquake hit. Omie said that the lady talked about Haiti's history. Omie thinks that the $1,300 dollars should go to Doctors without Borders and Red cross.

You can help too!!!

The Science of Earthquakes

From beginning to end an earthquake is deadly, from collapsed structures to cracks in the earth.

But nothing is more fascinating then the scientific aspect to them. For instance here are some things I found out.

• Not all earthquakes are felt by people.

• The majority of earthquakes occur in the lithosphere of an area that lenthens 100km downward from the Earth's crust.

• Earthquake vibrations come from an area in the lithosphere called the focus

• Earthquake tremors move at 2.5 miles a second traveling in waves

• Earthquake shock waves can travel right through the Earth itself, these waves can also create tsunamis

• Earthquake tremors bend were the Earth's composition changes

• Two scales can be used to measure earthquakes; the Richter scale and the Mercalli scale. The Mercalli scale measures the power of an earthquake. The Richer scale measures the seismic force of an earthquake, you can measure this with a seismometer.

• Earthquakes are ranked 1-10, each rank higher is 30 times more deadly than the one below.

• Earthquakes are caused when two of the Earth's "Continental Plates" slide by each other creating stress, as stress levels rise the ground will shake. This is when the stress is realeasing from the the epicenter creating a wide crack in the ground, as a reminder of a tragic incident.

• The Haiti earthquake was measured with the Richter scale; a magnitude of 7.0.

After reading this article I hope you'll agree that not all earthquakes are as deadly as they seem.

Thank you

sources: The Usborne Encyclopedia of Planet Earth, DISASTER! Catastrophes That Shook the World

Behind the Scenes: Two-Hour Event Title Decision (Interviews)

On Jan. 15th and 18th, it took us (CLC's 5th Grade Class of '09-2010) 2hrs total to come up with the title to the fundraiser event to raise money for Haiti.

Here are the responses I got to some questions about the title decision :

"Jay, were you surprised by-"

Jay"I have no feelings so this is irrelevant to me."

OK...

Here is what Zach had to say.

"Zach, were you surprised by the 2 hrs. it took, and why?"

"Well, Ethan, I'll admit I was a little bit surprised about how long it took to come up with the title for our event. I thought it would take awhile, but not that long. I think the reason it took that long is because it takes a long time to come up with the best title we can."

"Yes, because we did our best."

Zach's Feelings:

Happy(Before and After the Event)

Excited(Before and After the event)



"All right then, let's go ask Augie a question or two (really, only one)."

"Augie, do you think 2hrs. is resonable and why?"

"NO!"

"And because, I mean, 2hrs? Really???!!!

It just shouldn't take that long to come up with a good title.

Like, 1hr. is reasonable, but 2hrs.??? Are you kidding me??!!!"

Augie's Feelings:

Happy (Before and After the Event)

Sad (After the Event)

Excited (After the Event)

Other: Good (Before the Event)



Well, folks. You heard it from Augie himself.

Now lets see if Aliyah can answer my next question.

"Aliyah, how did you feel about the final title?"

"I felt it was very good."

"Why?"

"It stated exactly what we were doing/did."

"Thank you, Aliyah."

Aliyah's Feelings:

Happy (Before and After the Event)

Sad (After the Event)

Excited (Before and After the Event)

Now let's get Liam's imput on the situation.

"Liam, how effective do you think the ads were in pulling people in?"

"Well, Ethan, I think they worked well because we placed them well worldwide. And around Tallahassee, like, as people drove by they would see the sign on our school billboard, and it was on the blog, which is worldwide, so, lots of people saw it and at the time people were feeling emotional towards Haiti, so, I feel the ads were very effective at pulling people in."

Liam's Feelings:

Happy (After the Event)

Sad (After the Event)

Excited (Before the Event)

Thank You for taking your time to read this.

Again thanks.

You just heard from Behind the Scenes: Two-Hour Title Decision (Interviews).

Please Comment!

Haiti Article- Aspects of the Event

Distraught citizens run through the streets, calling out to each other, trying to find a face they know. Bodies are piled along the streets. Buildings lie in rubble. aftershocks hit frequently, ominous reminders of the recent tragedy.

This is Haiti after the earthquake.

1,165 miles away, a school has decided to help. Cornerstone Learning Community's 4th, 5th and 8th graders are all working to make a difference. 4th grade is collecting cans and water for a canned food drive and is advertising for 5th grade's event- a Haitian food fundraiser to be held on January 19th. The menu consists of rice and red beans (cooked by the 8th graders), Haitian salad (prepared by the 5th graders) and fried plantains (cooked by the 4th graders.) -all traditional dishes.



Accompanying the event is a bake sale run by run by students serving a variety of sweets. "It was frustrating that everyone was yelling what they want at you but at the same time it was kind of fun to be in charge opf something" Augie Soder said. Posted around the area is information about Haiti: hand made circle graphs about the religion, land use, water withdrawl, age stucture, literacy, gross domestic product, labor force, ethnic groups and the poverty rate in haiti. There are also Haitian proverbs, Haitian phrases and a large hand-drawn map of Haiti displaying the major cities, industries and where the earthquake hit. "We finished the map and we took it up to where we were having the fundraiser." Liam Martin said. "The map really got people to know about Haiti and where the earthquake hit"

In total the fundraiser raised $1,400, all of which went to Red Cross. Cornerstone has done their part to help Haiti.

Cornerstone's "Haitian Food for Haitian Lives" by ella kiwala

the cold wind blows against a young 5th grade girl; her long dark brown hair blowing in the wind, the leaves swirling around her, as she adds lemonade powder to a large cooler while fourth, eighth and fifth graders prepared for their fundraiser for Haiti, “Haitian food for Haitian lives". It was a lunch and bake sale to raise money for Haiti at cornerstone learning community,(http://www.cornerstonelc.com/). on jan 29th. about 3 weeks after the earthquake hit Haiti.

"100% of proceeds will got to a non-prophet orization helping Haiti.” says Augie Soder

“The lunch is only $5.00 for an adult and $3.00 for a kid, but yet we made about $1,400 to give to Haiti!”said Paige Machie.

”It was a fundraiser to help Haiti recover from the earthquake. By doing that we had a bake sale and a Haitian meal." says Paige Huewan

" i dont know why we didn't start doing this sooner." Liam Martin

Kids put up colorful sings, and posters. Also some pie graphs about the Haiti stats, a poster that had some basic language, and another with Haiti proverbs.

under a covered area there are random teachers and some parents who volunteered to help; also some eight graders and some more parents are frying the plantains while the fourth graders are helping the fifth graders and bringing down the ladles and large forks and wooden spoons from the Slader house, "a house at the top of the quarter-mile track" Paige Machie describes. the fifth graders are arranging the paper plates, plastic forks, and getting the lemonade ready, laying out the cold salad and the beans and rice, and getting ready to man the bake sale's stampede of hungary people with a serious sweet teeth.



As the three classes cook and prepare, the rest of the school remains shivering up in front of the stage as they watching the FAMU director for the international student program talk about what FAMU is doing to help Haiti. He talked about how they were going to give Haiti some supplies and that they would need people like us to donate some

• Blankets



• Towels, Washcloths and Toothbrushes



• Hygiene Products (soap, toothpaste, feminine products, alcohol swabs, diapers etc.)



• First Aid Kits (self contained)



• Antibiotics (ointment)



• Medical Supplies (bandages, gauze, peroxide, etc.)



• Bug Spray



• Flashlights and Batteries



• Detergent



• Toilet Paper

See more at http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?haitirelief&DropOffCenters

How do you feel about giving Haiti $1,400?

"It thinks it was encouraging that we knew someone other than us was taking charge, helping Haiti.” said Paige Machie.

"I feel good, because they will use the money in a good way to help all of the people who need allot of help" Aliyah Kimelman

"I think it’s a big accomplishment." said Abby Stone

"I feel good." Lilli Hanks said.

"A big success!" Oscar Patterson noted

"Awesome" said Noah Wise.

"I thought we would only rise like, $100 dollars, but we made a mind blowing $1,400!" Paige Machie commented.

They brought cameras and microphones and they made us feel like we were seen, like we were really helping like we were making a real difference. We were; we made a difference. We made a $1,400 difference.



Big thanks to:

Paige Machie ,Augie Soder, Abby Stone ,Paige Huewan ,Oscar Patterson, Noah Wise, Lilli Hanks, Liam Martin and Aliyah Kimelman

Haiti's problem

On Jan. 12,2010 at noon in Haiti something happened to change the lives of over 200,000 people and putting out the flames of hope for many others.

Just out side of Por-au-prince the capital of Haiti over 200,000 people died when the 7.0 magntude earthquake hit. With Haiti biening one of the poorest places in the world.

Not many buildings were not able to with stand the earthquake the capital was the only building thought to stand if a natural disaster now is in ruins.

"i wanted to help, and i think it brought a lot of attention to Haiti that it needed." says Ella Kiwala

A fifth grader at CLC in Tallahassee F.L. Her friend Abby Stone says "it had not sunk in yet it was so'rta out in the air and i did not pay much attention to it."

Now Abby and Ella are working full force to help Haiti at CLC. In Haiti the money they made will help lots. It could save meny lives. "iam happy we raised $1,400 and I know it's going to Haiti so I feel even better." said Ella. "After all Haiti needs every last bit it can get! Please help Haiti now." added Paige Machie one other student at CLC. As i walk a way from CLC I am touched how a hand full of kids in there second to last year of elementary school to kids about to go into middle school and kids about to go to high school all working to gether to help Haiti.

help Haiti recover

Haitian Fundraiser

On Friday Jan. 29, 4th, 5th, and 8th grades put on a fundraiser to raise money for Haiti by making a meal and inviting kids and adults. I am here to tell you about it with some of the 8th graders who helped make the fundraiser happen! It all started in the 5th grade room at Cornerstone thinking of a name and the kind of event we were going to put on.

I sat down with a few of the middle schoolers to hear what they thought about the "Haitian Food for Haitian Lives" meal. One of the 8th graders said, "I think cooking for the Haitian meal was very important because it was the main part in the money making." Another 8th grader said, "Every one person helped in making a difference in the fundraiser."

Cornerstone has pulled together once again to help make a difference in the world where we could help!

Learning 'Bout Haiti

I have done research on Haiti and Haitian culture... Here is what I found...

Haiti Treaty of Ryswick and Slave Colony:

France and Spain settled hostilities on the island by the treaty of Ryswick of 1697 which divided Hispaniola between them. Many french colonists soon arrived and established plantations in saint Domingo Due to high profit potential. From 1713 - 1787, approximately 30,000 french colonists emigrated to the western part of the island.

Haitian Health:

Half of the children in Haiti are unaccented and just 40% of the population has access to basic health care. Even before the 2010 earthquake, nearly half the causes of death have been attributed to HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections and meningitis.

Haitian languages:

One of Haiti's two official languages is French, which is the principal written and spoken in schools and administratively authorized language. The second is recently standardized Haitian Creole.

Haitian Education:

The literacy rate of 65.9% is the lowest in the region. Haiti counts 15,200 primary schools, of which 90% are non-public and managed by the communities religious organizations or NGOs, the enrollment rate for primary school is 67% and fewer than 30% reach 6th grade. Secondary Schaools enroll 20% of eligible age children. Charity organizations are currently working on re-building schools for children as well as providing necessary school supplies.

History:

Haiti was explored by Columbus on December 6th, 1492, Haiti's Native Arkwaks fell victim to Spanish rule. In 1697, Haiti became the french colony of saint-Dominique, which became a leading sugarcane producer dependent on slaves. In 1791, an insurrection erupted among the slave population of 480,000, resulting in a declaration of dependence by Pierre - Dominique Tossant I'ouverture in 1801.

Haitian Culture:

The Haitian culture encompasses a variety of Haitian traditions, from Native Taino, Customs to practices imported during french colonisation and Spanish imperialism. As in the cases of Cuba and the Dominican Republic (but to a much larger degree) , Haiti is a nation with strong African contributions to the culture as well as its language, music and religion.

I hope you have learned about Haiti and the Haitian culture.

sources: wikipedia

5th Grade Cooking for the Haitian Food for Haitian Lives Project

The Haitian Food for Haitian Lives Project is a project for Haiti that takes place at Cornerstone Learning Community , because Haiti had a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

'' So for the cooking we, um, we cooked the carrots when we were on the playground, when we came in the carrot cooker had boiled all over the place (well not everywhere).

We got all the other cans like peas,beans,corn stuff like that, we had this really terrible can opener so we had to use Mr. Jason's knife. two people (Eathan and I) cut ourselves because the can's lids were really, really sharp.

So we needed to make onions for the dressing (because we were making Haitian salad), so some people went out side to cut them, they had goggles on because the onions made their eyes water.

While people inside made the dressing with olive oil,balsamic vinaigrette,parsley and stuff like that, then we put the onoins in.

We drizzled the dressing over the salad and mixed it up.

So then we were finished with the salad.

Some parents brought in some bake sale items like brownies. People loved it.'' Zachary Jackson said

On January 29th, 2010 we made 1400 dollars from selling beans&rice, Haitian salad, and plantains.

The Bones of the event.

It is not really hard to believe that we had a really cool event. So you ask how we did it. We used resources that included humans, our parent and physical resources the food and music to make the event. Why did we do this, to get the word out, to tell people about the event. What was the purpose, to share information about Haiti. What kind of information did we use? Things like a map of Haiti, ingredients needed for recipes for the great food and a great salad dressing.

Now I will tell you about our human resources. The parents really helped and made great stuff for the bake sale. The Middle School made the rice and beans. The fifth graders made the salad and the dressing. The fourth graders made the made the plantains.

Another resource used was graphs to show how many the people live in Haiti. The graphs showed the population of Haiti broken out by races of people. The last and finally physical resource we used was music so people could get a sense and the mood of Haiti. The sounds of the island played as people walked through the event and that was the bones of the event.

By Ross

Behind The Scenes Marketing "Scheme"

On Jan29th a Friday, the 4th,5th, and 8th graders of Cornerstone Learning Community put on a "Haitian Food For Haitian Lives" fundraiser, to help raise money for Haiti after the earthquake hit. Two of our teachers here at school have some relashion to the subject, Miss Small the 4th grade teacher is from Jamaica, and  Miss Janviar the social studies teacher she happens to be part Jamaican and Haitian now for the info.

I am writing on how they got they got the word out . Its the day before the event, children are scurrying around the room putting last min touches on there posters, now some quotes from the kids,5th grade student Jay,"Well, you know its for a good cause and well you know its a GREAT way to stay in shape and well you know its for a good cause. Other student Wilson Abshire, does concer.

For most children this was not a horrible experience.The poster making was fun as student Lilli Hanks said "It was fun running around the school hanging up posters and what not." Personally I thought getting the word out was easier than it would be, but it was still fun, with a total earning of $1200. With a total number of  75 students, in my perspective that's a lot of money. student Augie Soder quotes ,"It was hard but it was fun." That's how we, the 5th,4th and 8th grade ,GOT THE WORD OUT.

How We Helped Haiti

On Jan. 29, 2009 Cornerstone's 4th grade, 5th grade and 8th grade classes set up a fundraiser to help the Haitians in the earthquake. I asked some questions to administrator and principal Bev Wells.

Here is what her responses were "I thought it was lots of fun and a great gathering of the community. The many parents who attended was a good sign of the shared mission of the school. Plus the food was good and the money was raised."

I also asked some questions to administrator Sandy Eggars here are her responses

"Happy to see the turnout and people willing to give to others" 8th grade math teacher Suzanne Ferrel-Locke who also has a word on that

"It seemed well orginized and effective"

This fundraiser has been a fantastic contribution to all of the Haitians that are in the Earthquake and I think everyone is happy with how we helped Haiti at their time of need.

This was a very succesful fundraiser due to how much money we have raised. Our predictions on how much money we would actually raise was way lower than our actual turnout which was $1400. Bake- sale employee Augie Soder quotes "Well like- um, it was frustrating that people were yelling what they wanted at you. At the same time it was fun to actually be sort of in charge of something." In this image you will see four fifth grade students named Augie Soder, Peter Sass, Jay Filmore and Wilson Abshire working on a poster for the bake sale "menu," which stood on the side of a purple platform so customers could see what there was and how much it was.

Despite the lack of orginization in the swarm of rabid kids stampeding down the hill at the "CommunitySing" all of the employees were having a silent party with tuns of celebration, just that everyone was phenominally reliefed and extremely tired.

As a conclusion, we all contributed a good $1400 to go to Haitians in need.

Behind the Scenes: Cooking for the Haitian Fundraiser

Local Private school leads Fundraiser to help-Haiti-heal!

Cornerstone Learning Community's 4th, 5th and 8th grade classes have performed a huge fundraiser on Friday, January 29th, to help-Haiti-heal!

The 4th grade (with the help of some parents and their teacher, Anmerie Small) lead a big canned food drive and cookedthe fried plantains right before the event took place. "Our aim was to make them taste just like the one's that get served at restaurants, and we did!" 4th grader Riley Bohnstengel stated. "I think that it was a great experience and now I know how to cook fried plantains!" Theo Scott said. "It was the taste of teamwork" Riley added. "first we got got whole, fresh plantains, then we stripped them and cut them in to bite sized pieces and then fried them. When that was finished, we got paper plates and squished them into a more "pancake" form, then some salt and they were off to the serving table!!!" 4th grader Thomas Einerson explained.

The 5th graders made the salad and made all the media to advertise for the event. "We made the salad using green beans, carrots, onions, parsley, pea's, corn and then the dressing (which we made too)" 5th grader Peter Sass said. "Well it's for a good cause and I feel like it's Haiti's gain, my gain because I enjoyed doing it and had fun, and I'm sure Haiti is going to like the $1,400 we raised for their recovery. So over all I think that it was fun, helpful, exiting, and it's a great way to stay in shape!" 5th grader Jay Fillmore added. The 8th grade made the vegetarian and non-vegetarian rice and beans as the main coarse the day before, just like the 5th graders.

The fundraiser took place on the hill at 12:00 pm on Friday, January 29th at Cornerstone Learning Community. All of the raised money raised went to Red Cross and Doctors without Boarders. "We all went home thinking about what a big difference we had made and about the lives we saved" Zachary Jackson said...

"Haitian Food For Haitian lives" Money

4th, 5th and 8th grade made a lunch on 1-29-10 and ran a bake sale for Cornerstone Learning Community after somthing they call the Friday sing. Noah Wise answered the following questions...

• What did you think when you heard how much money we raised? (we made $1200) ----Noah said "How did that happen?"


• How much money did you think we were going to make?----Noah said "$300


• What did you do to help raise that much money--------- Noah said "I worked at the Bake Sale."
• We had the option to double the money by sending the money to Cardinal Health or send the money to Red Cross
  


• Did you vote to double the money or not?-------- Noah said "I can't remember."


• What problems did you face along the way?------ " People swarmed us they did not follow the ways of a line, a simple line."

Haitian money



Haitian Coins, dollar bill

money facts about Haiti

• Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere


• Haiti is the poorest country in the world


• Most Haitian lives on a dollar a day


• dictators steal money from Haiti

Hope you enjoyed this.

sources

wikiansers

Haitian Meal for Haitian Lives

Not long after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, students at Cornerstone Learning Community in Tallahassee, FL began brainstorming ways that they could be a part of the recovery process.

After deciding to raise money by preparing and serving a meal, three classes set out to pull it all together in just under two weeks. The 4th, 5th, and 8th grades (totally ~50 students) divided up tasks and dove in.

By the date of the event, January 29, the aptly titled fundraiser, "Haitian Food for Haitian Lives; Eat a meal, help them heal," had grown to become a celebration of Haitian culture with music, speakers, food and fun for all.

The 4th graders partnered with a food drive effort at FAMU and embarked on a campaign to fill a truck with items of necessity. Their successful efforts brought in food, water, and medical supplies. They also pulled off the daunting task of preparing hot plantains for the meal.

The 8th graders prepared a press release and prepared the main dish (traditional red beans and rice) for over 200 expected attendees.

The 5th graders took on the role of organizers, marketers, and event logisticians. They created materials to promote the event (including the below movie), constructed maps and graphs for attendees to learn about Haiti, and put together a bake sale to raise additional funds. They also prepared a Haitian salad to accompany the beans and rice.

The movie 5th graders put together to promote their event:

Haiti Earthquake Fundraiser Student Video from Jason Flom on Vimeo.

In the end, the students raised over $1,400 and gathered nearly half a ton of goods at their event. All proceeds were donated to Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders. Tanya Roscorla of Converge Magazine, covered the students' efforts in this article.

Looking ahead, another group of students in the 6th and 7th grades are organizing a Dance Marathon at a local ice cream shop, Brusters, who has agreed to donate a portion of proceeds from that night to the students' fundraising efforts.

Join the International Webcast Event on February 19th!

On Friday, February 19, 2010, students and educators everywhere will participate in a ground-breaking three-hour virtual event called “The Crisis in Haiti: What Can YOU Do to Help?” This unique live program features presentation from students around the world via high-speed videoconference, along with scientists and agency representatives from federal and non-profit organizations worldwide all focused on what can still be done to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

“The Crisis in Haiti: What Can YOU Do to Help?” project is made available through MAGPI with support from The World Food Program, National Youth Leadership Council, Oxfam America, Philadelphia Global Water Initiative, Global Nomads, The Exploratorium Science Center, Multicultural Youth Exchange, Florida International University, CIARA, University of Porto, the University of Pennsylvania, and Tandberg.

The live student presentations range in format from musical presentations including first grade students in Ponder, Texas singing “Put A Little Love in Your Heart” to student-created digital projects such as the “Sending Love from Taiwan” video created by high school students at National Dali High School in Dali City, Taiwan. Additional student presentations will be given by primary and secondary schools from all corners of the world.

In addition to the student presentations, the schedule includes presentations from agency representatives and researchers from global and local organizations including: The Word Food Program on their response to the crisis in Haiti; scientists from the Exploratorium Science Center in San Francisco, California who will be explaining “The Big Picture” on the geology of Haiti that contributed to the catastrophic event; Oxfam representatives on their efforts to rebuild; representatives from Global Nomads will be announcing their new $500,000 challenge grant for students to help rebuild schools in Haiti; a local scientist from the Philadelphia Global Water Initiative on the water and sanitation challenges; a presentation on Political, Social and Infrastructure Issues in Haiti by Florida International University; and The Center for High-Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania offering smart philanthropic ways to help Haiti’s earthquake victims.

The Feb. 19th “The Crisis in Haiti: What Can YOU Do to Help?” will be viewable by the public at large through a live webstream available on the event webpage at http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Crisis-Haiti-What-Can-YOU-Do-Help. Schools and library organizations are also encouraged to broadcast the live webstream in public areas within their communities to further stimulate awareness. Schools and individuals are also invited to communicate via social networking platforms, facilitating interaction between students worldwide in a global youth response to this crisis.

You can also view and download the entire presentation line-up through Google Docs.

We're looking forward to having you and your students join us!