Trick-or-Treat!

What better way to spend Halloween than by trick-or-treating for canned goods for the Food Bank of Lincoln?

Last week, we delivered bags to every house in the Fallbrook neighborhood, and today, our fantastic student and staff volunteers walked (or drove) around the neighborhood to collect the bags.

It took a little bit of time to get organized:

But soon, we were on our way!

We traveled in pairs and dropped off the bags of donated goods into trucks, driven by some of our teachers, which followed each group around the neighborhood.

Though it was a lot of walking and lifting, students appeared to be having fun along the way!

Before we knew it, all bags had been collected, and it was time to return to school to unload them.

After all that work, we are proud to announce that we collected 1,029 pounds of food for the Food Bank of Lincoln!

We are grateful to all students and staff who helped us with this event, and we are especially grateful for the generosity of the Fallbrook residents who kindly donated to this great cause!

Delivering the Bags

Last Thursday's Student Council meeting was spent delivering our food drive trick-or-treat bags.  We divided up Fallbrook into four sections and set out to canvas the neighborhood.

We made sure that every home had one of our bags placed on its doorstep!

We were especially encouraged by the fact that a few households already had their canned goods and non-perishable donations ready to hand to us a full week early!  With Mrs. Steiner's help, we were able to announce the delivery of our bags through the neighborhood association website, so those who will be out-of-town during Friday's trick-or-treat still had the opportunity to participate!

It is safe to say that students had a great time delivering these bags!

We are so grateful for all students who came to Thursday's meeting to deliver bags, and we are especially grateful to Mrs. Carnie, Ms. Seuferer, and Miss Kavan who walked with us!

We are looking forward to Friday's trick-or-treat event, and we want to remind everyone that this event is open to any Schoo student - not just those in Student Council.  We are excited to see how many pounds of food we can collect!

Preparing the Bags

In order to support the efforts of the Food Bank of Lincoln, our Student Council will be hosting a food drive in conjunction with our Spirit Week next week.  At the conclusion of the week (which happens to be Halloween), we will be trick-or-treating throughout the Fallbrook neighborhood.

We are well aware that many residents in our neighborhood won't be home between 3:00-4:00 on Friday afternoon, but we still want residents to be able to participate.  Thus, tomorrow (October 23rd) we will be delivering grocery bags to every home in Fallbrook, allowing residents to fill the bags with canned goods and other non-perishable items.

We are grateful to the good people at the Fallbrook Super Saver, who graciously donated 250 bags for us to use.

We are also grateful for the work of students in the Schoo Middle School TLC classes, who helped to staple these messages onto the bags.

It looks like they had a lot of fun helping us in our Me to We efforts to scare hunger!

We are looking forward to distributing the bags tomorrow after school, and we would be so grateful for your willingness to join us!

Upcoming Spirit Week

At today's meeting, we voted for our Spirit Week days.  Spirit Week will be held October 27th-31st.  The themes are as follows:

Monday - Lazy Day (wear sweat pants, leggings, hoodies, sweatshirts, etc.)
Tuesday - Red Carpet Day (dress as a celebrity or as if you were going to a Red Carpet event)
Wednesday - Pink Out Day (wear as much pink as possible)
Thursday - Student/Teacher Swap Day (students dress like teachers, teachers dress like students)
Friday - Sports Day (wear jerseys, uniforms, or clothing promoting your favorite team)

We hope to see everyone participating!

Me to We

Me to We photo source

This year, Schoo Middle School is proud to be joining the Me to We organization!  According to their website, Me to We is "an innovative social enterprise that offers socially conscious and environmentally friendly products and life-changing experiences.

Cool, right?

At Schoo, both Student Council and a club called Project Peace are going to be organizing our school's efforts, and we've chosen hunger as our theme.  Student Council will be focusing our efforts on local hunger-based initiatives, and Project Peace will be working on international hunger initiatives.

After our first meeting this year, our students identified several local hunger-related organizations with which they'd like to partner.  Thus, we have contacted and are planning to help the Food Bank of Lincoln, Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach, The Gathering Place, People's City Mission, and Kids Against Hunger.

We are so excited to start our work this year, as we look forward to making a difference in our community and in our world!

Student Council will meet throughout the school year on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month.  We hope you'll join us!