Gabriels Visit

On Wednesday 12 Gabriel Bol Deng the founder for Hope for Ariang visited us and discussed with us about our project to help him build a school in Sudan.

After school we had a meeting where we discussed possible fundraisers we can do for Gabriel's Project
Thankfully Aubrey took down the the HUGE list of idea's on the board



Corporate involvement:

o Get an airline to pay for students to go to build school
o Papa Gino’s and Applebee’s (chain restaurants)
o Donations from local businesses
o Stores like “Flavors of Life” and “10,000 Villages” sell native crafts (T-shirts?)

Advertisement:

o UConn radio station WHUS (91.7 FM)
o Gabriel’s Documentary
+ Screening at Jorgenson ($10 for a ticket?)

E. O. Smith Community Ideas:

o Host a Pancake Breakfast
o Raise money on dance tickets (Homecoming, Prom, GSA dances)
o Get donations from local churches etc (there’s a bunch on campus)
o Senior Projects (whatever events we have to do we can raise money for Ariang)
o Zac Nollet/Crew raking lawns (get a larger group to rake lawns for $150)
o Something special on Valentine’s Day (Degnan singing?)
o Walk-a-thon
o E. O. Smith 50th Anniversary (relate it to Ariang?)
o Tie-dye T-shirts (get white Ariang shirts)
o Middle school band
o Money from shows

Small Group/ Individual Ideas:

o Rob/ Mr. Diamond Comedy Night
o Mrs. Abercrombie Mime
o Hay Rides (Zach Hovanec)
o Car Washes

Quick Stuff:

o Christmas Gift (in place of a gift ask for money for Ariang?)
o Buy a Brick
o Call UConn Alumni
o Final Exam Survival Package ($30, March)
o Spare Change
+ Papier-mâché piggybanks in English classrooms/ 141 decorated, for change
+ Place to put money if a lunch/Starbucks coffee is sacrificed

What was Degnan saying?

o Children’s Fund (ask Mrs. P)
o UN Millennium Goals
o Do stuff on your own



If you do come up with anything else please post a response
or if you wish to discuss any of these idea's in further depth please create a sub-thread (just click Create a New Thread under this topic).



Some new ideas that have been presented to me this day (11/13/2008) are
-Penny wars (in between grades?)

-nolan

I just recently spoke with the director of the Human Rights department at Uconn, and they do a Human Rights week every year in April. After informing him of our Gabriel's project, he sounded eager to help and get involved - so there is a lot of possibilities here. I'll continue to be in contact with him, maybe we could work out a collaborative fundraising effort in conjunction with the week of human rights at Uconn.

I've also been in contact with Rachel Rosen, who says that the NHS is also looking for projects that they can support for their yearly Global Issue's. I'm going to be sending her some of the information about Gabriel and his school, and also some of the facts from Three Cups of Tea.

keep up the good work

Good Job, Nolan.

We will build the school together. Thanks for your efforts and that of your friends. I will see in spring 2009 after I return from Ariang village.

Keep up the excellent work ethics!!!

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