Being Humanitarians: 2nd Grade Bazaar 2013

There are so many worthy organizations that are fighting to better our country and our world.  I have narrowed it down to some great choices for our students to vote on--we will donate the profits from our sales at this year's 2nd Grade Bazaar to the winner of our poll.

Here is some information about each of the charities we will be choosing from:

World Wildlife Fund - fighting to protect endangered animals

American Red Cross: North Texas Region  - provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.

Coppell Humane Society  - a foster home organization that keeps the animals until they find their forever homes, no matter how long that takes

Ocean Conservancy - brings people together to find solutions for our water planet, protecting the ocean and its wildlife for future generations

Students: After looking at the websites above and learning about each one, click on the link below to visit our Today's Meet site, where you will share with your classmates which charity you think we should donate to, and why you think so.  We will then vote and send off our donation to the organization with the most votes in 2nd grade!

TODAYSMEET LINK

Which charity should receive our donation?

Please click the link below to visit our poll on Poll Everywhere.com. Please follow the directions on the screen to vote for the charity that you think should receive our donation from the Bazaar profits.

 2A Poll

Hats On Day!

Friday at Lakeside was "Hats On Day," where students could wear a hat if they brought in some change to donate to charity.

Well, what a success Friday was!

Lakeside raised a total of $1,071.52 for our charities!  How amazing is that?!

The total will be split and sent to The Pink Heart Fund, a charity that helps make wigs for children with cancer, and The Foundation for Children with Cancer. 

Mrs. Kubinsky already spoke with our representative from the Pink Heart Fund, and she was told that $500.00 will help to make 2 wigs for children, so they were very excited about our donation!

Thanks to all students, parents, and teachers, who donated to these great charities.

2nd Grade's Donation Cans--overflowing!!!

Mrs. Todd, we missed you Friday!

(More photos to come!  Mrs. Darcy took some great photos of 2A with their hats on, so I will post those soon!)

To learn more about these amazing charities:

Pink Heart Fund

Foundation for Children with Cancer

Pinwheels for Peace

Lakeside will be participating in the Pinwheels for Peace Project where we will be displaying 500 handmade Pinwheels (made in Art class) on the school grounds on Sept.21, the International Day of Peace.   The project has been around since 2005 and this year they expect to have 3 million pinwheels spinning around the world to send a message of peace. For a video, a map of participants or to make your own pinwheels go to:

http://www.pinwheelsforpeace.com/pinwheelsforpeace/home.html