Student Spotlight #1!

 Thanks to third-grade students Kate D. and Andrew B. for this wonderful example:

To raise money for Heart-to-Heart, Kate and Andrew started a snow-shoveling business.  They created a full-page flier and passed it out to some neighbors they already knew well.  They’ve already raised $12 for our charities, and with a big snowstorm predicted for tonight, they have hopes of getting even more customers very soon!

What a great example of working hard and coming up with a great idea to help others.  If you ask me, doing all of this makes Kate and Andrew both heroes.  Wouldn’t you agree?

Now tell your story!  Email what you’re doing for Heart-to-Heart to mpullen@egrps.org and your story might appear on this website in the near future.

What Can One Person Do?

As we try to raise money, sometimes you might wonder: How can I, one person, possibly accomplish enough to make a difference in the world?

Your answer just might be found here: www.stservicemovie.com/.  Enjoy!

Last Year’s Total Amount Raised

In case you’re wondering, last year the Heart-to-Heart program raised a total of $3,673.64.  We donated that money in this manner:

$1500 to the American Cancer Society

$1500 to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation

$673.64 to the Dr. Morse Service Above Self Scholarship

This year, let’s see if we can raise even more money! 

In addition to trying to raise lots of money, we’re hoping that as many students as possible will at least donate something.  To encourage this, at our final assembly when Heart-to-Heart is done, the class with the highest percentage of students participating will be honored. 

As the famous quote says, “No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.”  What can YOU do to help others?

More About Our Charities

Would you like to know a little bit more about the charities we’ve chosen to support? 

The Greater Grand Rapids chapter of the American Red Cross is helping the people affected by the Indian Village fire — click here to read more about their work. 

To read more about the Kent County Humane Society, which we are also supporting, please click here.

Pajama Day and Hat Day

                               

Here are two fun events that will help us to raise money for Heart-to-Heart:

On February 1, we’re having Pajama Day, and on February 8, we’re having Hat Day!

How does that raise any money?  Well, to wear pajamas or a hat on those special days, you must pay a quarter, and all of the money collected will be given to the Heart-to-Heart charities.  With almost 500 Lakeside Lions, we could raise nearly $125 per day just by collecting these quarters!

This Year’s Charities Have Been Chosen!

The 2008 Heart-to-Heart charities have now been selected!  The student council had the difficult job of choosing from 24 nominations.  The three charities we will be officially supporting are as follows:

1.  The Kent County Humane Society

2.  The residents of the local Indian Village Condos (where there was recently a severe fire)

3.  The Dr. Morse Service Above Self Scholarship

Congratulations to those three charities, and thanks to the student council for your hard work!

Top 5 Ways to Get Involved

The Student Council is meeting today, and here’s a handout that the student council representatives will receive explaining the top 5 ways to get involved in the Heart-to-Heart contest.  Click on the link below below to download your own copy of it!

heart-to-heart.pdf

Last Day For Nominations!

Tomorrow, Tuesday, January 22nd is your last chance to nominate a charity that you think we should support!  Turn in your request to the Lakeside office to make sure that the student council has a chance to consider your idea when they meet during lunch hour on Wednesday, January 23rd.

The 2007 Heart-to-Heart Charities

Last year, Heart-to-Heart sponsored three different charities:

1.  The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life

2.  The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation

3.  The Dr. Morse Scholarship: “Service Above Self” (This is a college scholarship given each year to one East Grand Rapids High School senior who has made a difference by helping others.)

Who do you think we should give money to this year?

Past Heart-to-Heart Winners

There are lots of winners in every Heart-to-Heart fundraiser.  For example, the past three classrooms to raise the most money and win the trophy pictured below were Mrs. Levan’s class (2005), Miss Mitchell’s class (2006) and Mr. Pullen’s class (2007).

But an even bigger Heart-to-Heart winner in 2007 was East Grand Rapids High School senior Amanda Olsen.  That’s because she won a college scholarship, created in honor of our previous superintendent Dr. Morse, that was funded by money we raised through this competition!

Who might this year’s winners be?