10/28/13 Meeting

Today's agenda:

1. We have officially reserved a spot at Souplantation for our fundraiser on November 26th (Tuesday), from 5:00 ~ 8:00 PM. The flyer is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6p-wytsVtzYdGZCT0dQeTcwN3M/edit?usp=sharing. Feel free to print it out yourself! You don't have to though, we will be handing physical copies to you guys soon. The file will be uploaded here and under Resources just in case you lose the physical copy that we're going to give you.

Invite your family and friends! Let's make it a blast.

2. Halloween is this Thursday! You know what that means - it's time to officially Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. Please make sure to be polite. We will be collecting boxes sometime next month, so you are able to continue to fill up those boxes until the collection date (we'll let you know soon).

3. NEW MEMBERS! Welcome to the club! Please follow these instructions:

• If you have a Facebook, please join our Facebook Group (click here)!
• To become an official member of UNICEF, you must sign up on Action Center (click here).
• Once you have made an account on Action Center, join Valencia High School's group page (click here). Ceridwen will approve your request as soon as she can.
• Make sure that you get an email from us by tonight; if not, please email us with your full name and grade here: valenciaUNICEF@gmail.com.
• You must earn a minimum of twenty hours this semester. Don't worry, it isn't going to be as hard as it sounds. We have some awesome fundraisers and we'll be giving out lots of hours! Through Trick-or-Treat, you can earn one hour for each box. But, if you are interested in receiving a PVSA certification (for more information, click PVSA at the top of the page), the minimum will be fifty hours per semester (or, just 100 hours in total this entire year for at least the bronze award). To download an hour sheet, click Resources at the top of the page. Hour sheets will be collected at the end of the semester. You are able to overlap your UNICEF and CSF/NHS hours. What does this mean? Let's say you volunteered at the public library for three hours. You can use those three for both your UNICEF and CSF/NHS hour sheets; you don't have to get three separate hours for UNICEF and another three hours for CSF/NHS.
• If you have any questions, don't be afraid to email us, contact us on Facebook, or find us at school (Ceridwen, Eugenia, Chaereen).

Happy Halloween, guys! Have fun trick-or-treating.

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10/21/13 Meeting

Today's agenda:

1. Souplantation fundraiser has been moved to November 26th! We realized that many families may be leaving for Thanksgiving Break and shifted the event up one day. Thank you to everyone who voted! We hope you can all come; we will be reminding you about the fundraiser for the next few weeks. Stay tuned, hours will be given!

2. Boxes were distributed today! Distribution went by smoothly - everyone received his or her boxes, so now it's time to fill 'em up! Feel free to ask teachers to put boxes in their classrooms, and you can even ask your parents to leave them at work. Remember that the maximum number of hours that you can receive is three. Good luck everybody!

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The Boxes Are Here!

Hey all!

The boxes have arrived! Monday's meeting will be largely devoted to handing out the boxes and going over proper Trick-or-Treat behavior.

Second, we need to vote again on the date for the Souplantation fundraiser. We are trying to decide between November 26th and November 27th. The former is a Tuesday and a school night. The latter is a Wednesday and the day before Thanksgiving, but keep in mind that many people may be going out of town. Please ask your families which day is better for them as well because we would really like to have a large and successful fundraiser.

Please make sure to attend Monday's meeting!

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10/14/13 Meeting

Hey guys, hope you all had an awesome Fall Break!

Today's agenda:

1. It's officially October, which means the biggest fundraiser of the year is right around the corner: Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. Trick-or-Treat boxes are on their way; they will definitely come before Halloween. There seems to be a delay due to the overflowing number of orders. And guess what everyone? There's no school the day after Halloween. So if you were worrying that you wouldn't be able to go out on Halloween night because of school the next day... problem solved!

2. The local elementary school involvement has been unfortunately canceled. Our offer was denied because we are not a parental organization.

3. Hour sheets: For those of you who signed the petition that we provided a few weeks back, don't bother to ask us to sign it for you; just jot down on your hour sheet that you did it. When we collect the hour sheets at the end of the semester, we will confirm your hour with the records that we're keeping track of.

Are you guys filling up those hour sheets?! Remember: to receive the PVSA award, you must earn a minimum of one hundred hours (so fifty this semester) to receive the Bronze award. You guys can do it! The next point on the agenda is about fundraisers - and we are definitely offering hours if you attend these fundraisers.

Note! The PVSA website is currently closed due to the government shutdown. To the seniors who have given Chaereen their hours: she will be ordering the awards immediately after the website reopens, so let's hope we'll be able to get the awards on time for your college applications.

4. Planning ahead for the remaining months of the year, we have decided that we are going to host a Souplantation fundraiser for the month of November! It will be hosted on November 27th (mark your calendars). It is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Break, so no school the next day! You can stop by the restaurant with friends or family any time between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. More information + flyers will be provided in the upcoming meetings.

We are also planning on having a See's Candies fundraiser for the month of December! Look out for more details soon.

If you did not receive an email today, please email us your full name and we will add you to our contact list. Go email valenciaUNICEF@gmail.com (as in, right now, immediately, GO TO YOUR EMAIL)!

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9/30/13 Meeting

Highlights of the meeting:

1. Ceridwen's Action Center account is currently not working, so she is unable to approve any new members. Please still register, but it may be a little while until she can approve you.

2. If you have not yet signed the presidential petition, please do. It's a really easy service hour and only takes a minute. The link is this: https://secure.unicefusa.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=229&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=image-description&utm_content=2013-09-24_18-00&utm_campaign=unicefusa

3. The Trick-or-Treat boxes have been ordered. When they arrive, we will be explaining good ways to go about collecting money. We want to be polite and respectful to uphold the reputation of the UNICEF organization.

4. If you did not receive an email from us today, please email us your name to valenciaUNICEF@gmail.com so that we can add you to our contact list.

5. If you are yet to print out your hour sheet, go over to that black bar at the top and click Resources. You can download hour sheets from there.

Next week is Fall Break, so there will be no meeting next week. But, please make sure to check up on us in case we have any updates.

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