Ride to Conquer Cancer Part 2 - Jeremy Goes Blue

         

          After the first donation we gave to Jane Weller, who is a teacher participating in the Ride to Conquer Cancer, we decided that we'd do it again! This time we decided to dye our principal's hair blue! The goal was to raise $500 and we would dye his hair blue. Suddenly, other teachers volunteered to help us raise money by getting their hair streaked or wearing something silly for a day. In the end, we had goals starting at $100 (Ian would wear a bonnet all day) to $1500 (Bonnie gets a "cute" Buzz Cut).

          After a few weeks of receiving donations, the day of the event had finally arrived. We were able to raise over $800 and achieve six of our goals! Here are the teachers that had to get their hair streaked or wear something silly:

$100 - Ian Will Wear a Bonnet All Day

$200 - Jen Gets a Red Streak

$300 - Sara and Janice Will Wear "Insane Clown
Posse" Makeup for One Day

$500 - Jeremy Will Dye His Hair Blue

$600 - Lynn Gets a Pink Streak

$800 - Lynda Gets a Pink Streak

Animals In Need

SJS members donating to S.N.A.P.P.S

          The donations from our Christmas Bake Sale have finally been put to use! From the beginning, the money we raised was going to go towards animals in need, and on Wednesday April 3rd, we were able to personally donate to S.N.A.P.P.S (Squamish Neighbourhood Animal Partnership & Protection Society). The Social Justice Squad was lucky to have members from S.N.A.P.P.S come to our school and speak to the students about their cause. Hearing about their cause and their personal experiences was incredibly insightful for our members and it assured us that our donation was going to a great cause.

Valentine's Day Bake Sale

         
          Since our last bake sale was incredibly successful, the Social Justice Squad decided to have another one! The theme for this bake sale was Valentine's day and donations went to two different causes. All money donations went to the Ride to Conquer Cancer and all clothing donations went to Safe Houses in North Vancouver as well as Vancouver.

          The bake sale was going to be on Valentine's Day, which was a Thursday, so we decided to make the dough on Tuesday and let it chill so that we could bake the cookies on Wednesday. The staff of Mountainside were also very generous and donated lots of treats for our bake sale. Once the bake sale began everyone was quite keen to donate what they could for our fundraiser. With the amount of donations we were getting, our bake sale ended up being more successful than our first one! We immediately wrote a cheque for Jane Weller, who is a teacher that is going to participate in the Ride To Conquer Cancer, and she was thrilled with our donation.

SJS members giving Jane our donation!

Meeting Craig Kielburger!

          On February 8th, SJS members were able to meet an inspirational man. We met Craig Kielburger, founder of Free The Children and Me to We. Having the opportunity to listen to Craig's presentation and then personally speak with him was a great experience for the Social Justice Squad. It reminded us that if a group of Twelve-Twelve-Year-Olds can start something that has become known internationally, then our small group from Mountainside can make a difference as well.