Interact Picnic Pictures

Here are the Interact Picnic Pictures taken on Sunday, April 15th, 2007.





























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Board Meeting Minutes--1/9/07

Board Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Good job everybody! We made a $111 profit from December Delights, and plan to donate all of it to Therapeutic Riding.
Including the fundraiser money, we have $210 at our disposal, in addition to the $200-$300 that we can get from Rotary each year.

Thanks to Shirley C. And Shirley W. for finding some more volunteer opportunities which include:

• various activities at the Neutral Zone (tutoring, cooking, special projects, etc), which would require interested members to fill out a volunteer application
• Another group dinner making project at the Ronald McDonald House, on 4/17, 4/20, 4/23, or 4/29. We will decide on a date at a later time.

Members! If you have pictures of Interact activities, we need them for the website!

We will continue ESL tutoring every Wednesday during 7th hour for 2nd semester. We need to see Mrs. Macke about getting money for pizza during the tutoring sessions.

Marketing Interact:
Since many of the members are seniors, we need to reach out to the Pioneer community and let interested students know about the club, so it will continue to exist in all its wonder for years to come. Some ideas:

• Video announcements promoting our latest fundraising project, December Delights.
• Junior Board members, where 2-3 current members are voted to/selected to sit in on board meetings to learn the ropes, to hopefully create a smooth transition into next year.
  

Minutes taken by Lubin

Board Meeting Minutes--11/14/06

Board Meeting Minutes for November 14th, 2006

Fundraising ideas:

• We could get (potentially paid) volunteer opportunities from the Community News section of the AA News
• Sell products at Farmer's Market (we need to look into when it closes, and how much money it would take to rent a booth)
• Sell a service (?)
• Holiday Grams

Brainstormed places to spend our fundraising money

• Contact UM Hospital for information about international orphanages
• Let members use the money to go on a Toys for Tots shopping spree ($7 max)
• Helpsource
• Humane Society

Minutes taken by Lubin

Meeting Minutes--10/26/06

Meeting Minutes for Thursday, October 26th, 2006

As a club, we decided to donate half of our raised funds from the hot cider/hot chocolate sale on Nov. 4th. Three organizations were resignated as possible recipients:

• Mott's Children's Hospital/Ronald McDonald House (Jeany)*
• Orphanages (mostly international, in third world countries) (Helen)*
• Theraputic Riding (Lubin)*

*this person will find out more information and contact

Coming Up:
What: Tree Planting with Rotary.
When: This Saturday, from 9 am-12pm.

Fundraising event at U of M game: We still need to hear back from Mr. Madison to see if we can sell hot chocolate.

Minutes taken by Lubin

Board Meeting Minutes--10/24/06

Board Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Volunteer Opportunities:

• Tree planting with Rotary, Saturday Oct. 28th, 9am-12
• Decided not to participate in Lawton Book Sale
  

Fundraising:

• Mr. Madison approved use of Pioneer corner for fundraising during the next football game
• Still pending approval for hot chocolate sales, PTSO may be selling the same thing
  
• Hot cider instead? coffee?
• Decided on four or five 2-hour shifts on the day of the game; we will need to be set up in the morning, no matter when it starts
  

Another possibility: volunteering at Election Day, $40/person

To do:

• Buy materials to sell hot drinks: insulated cups, lids, actual powder/drink, thermos
• Ask around and talk to parents and staff; both are needed to supervise sales
  

Minutes taken by Lubin

Meeting Minutes--10/19/06

Meeting Minutes for Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Brainstormed how to sell hot chocolate at UM football game
When:
Nov. 4th, time TBA

How:
Jeany will look into A1 Rentals to see if we can borrow supplies needed to make hot chocolate, or Club members can pool together their home thermoses for use

Who:
Hope that everybody can volunteer around two hours

For next week:

• We'll have a sign up sheet and further details for tree planting with Rotary.
• An email will be sent out reminding people who signed up for ESL to show up Wednesday during 7th hour, since some people were not able to make the ESL event this Wednesday, next week will be another semi-introduction meeting.
  

Minutes taken by Lubin

Board Meeting Minutes--09/12/06

Tuesday Board Meeting Minutes 09/12/06

We went over the lengthy list of ideas presented at the previous meeting, and picked out the ones that seem the most practicle and interesting.
For focus projects:

• volunteering and playing music at assisted living homes (at Glacier Hills, Lubin and Helen will contact for more info)
  
• ESL tutor at Pioneer (Jeany will contact ESL teacher)
  

Fundraising:

• Collecting pledges for ash tree planting with Rotary
  
• Selling water and picking up cans at the UM football games
  
• Cotton Candy

Minutes taken by Lubin