The Plan for This Year

This year, we plan to do the cake pops (already done) and do concessions. We are doing concessions to gain back the money we spent last year to go to Camp Unaliya at the end of last year. We are also making cards for people who are sick or are family members of the recently deceased.

Cake Bites!

We made cake bites for each teacher for teacher appreciation.

December 4th

Tonight we are running the basketball concession stand for the De Pere red birds vs. raiders game. We plan to do it again in the next few weeks.

Difference makers pictures from this year

The Difference Makers this year

The Difference Makers club has gained a few people. This year we plan on donating pet supplies to the Oconto Area Humane Society. Also, we will go and volunteer to help there. Right now, we are cleaning the band and choir rooms.

Cake Pop Fun

Earlier in October, we made cake pops. We made one for each teacher and staff. This meeting, we cleaned a classroom and helped Mrs. Forsberg get her room organized. We also planned all the fun things we will do the year 2012/2013.

We also welcome four new Difference Makers this year!

Wondering What We've Been Up To?

A few weeks ago, we randomly decided to clean a teacher's classroom for her. When we got there, there was a lot of laminating on her table--a project that took three of us an hour to finish (It reminded Mrs. Forsberg about The Shoemaker and the Elves Story). Some of us made flowers out of paper and put them in a real vase. Emily made an awesome sign for the door area that says really nice things about the teacher, Mrs. T. In the morning, when she arrived, she was VERY happy. That was fun, and we hope to do it again one day. This week, we set up two water stations for the kids who are training for the Bellin Run. It was a warm, windy day, and they really appreciated the drinks, as well as the support. It was fun, and we got to meet Kira's dog :) Last week, we got sweatier than usual, doing clean-up yard work in the middle school courtyard. It's really looking better in there, and it's only going to improve. Stay tuned for final pics, but here's some of our efforts.

So, as you can see, we've been BUSY. Our last meeting is next week--We're going to the Tundra Lodge!!

Update

Boy, we were busy tonight! We'll update you later, but how do you like our new header?! (Brooke created it after much trial and error--WAY TO GO,BROOKE!

15 Days Left!

We were incredibly busy on Thursday and Friday of last week, getting ready for Relay for Life. On Thursday, we baked brownies for Family Movie Night and made some phone calls to wrap up more fundraising plans. A very cool thing that happened tonight was a lady calling to ask if she could donate a basket to the Relay for Life Silent "Auction" Raffle. Of course, we said YES!

On Friday, we were a little disappointed that we didn't pack the auditorium for Family Movie Night, but everyone who came said they had a lot of fun, and we had fun, too. We are definitely planning to hold this event again. Here's a little slideshow of what we were up to this week:

Gearing Up for Relay for Life!

Wow. We have been so busy getting ready for next week's Family Movie Night, one of our fundraisers to raise money for our Relay Team. On Friday, we're showing 101 Dalmations at the middle school auditorium. We'll be selling concessions, and Baytek Games is loaning us an arcade game to help add to our proceeds from the night. (Thanks, Baytek!) The Difference Makers are really excited and a little nervous; we hope a lot of people come!

We're also having a raffle at school (in April) for all kinds of prizes, including...

• Figaro’s Pizza lunch for a student and 7 friends (Thank you, Figaro’s!)
• Wii/Gamer lunch activity for 6 students
• Choose-your-own lunch color pass (2 per grade)
• Inside-recess passes for one day (2 per grade)
• Carrot Tree gift certificate (Thank you, Carrot Tree!)
• Two Marcus Movie passes! (Thanks, Mrs. Martin!)
• PCMS Clothing prizes (Thank you. PCMS School Store!)
• Mary Kay Mothers Day gift baskets (Thanks, Mrs. DeBoth!)
• and more!

Because Difference Makers always go all out, we're also starting to plan a talent show at the middle school in May. We're going to invite PCMS families (students and teachers) to share their talents in a sure-to-be-entertaining evening!

So far, we've raised about $400 towards our goal of $5000, but as you can see, there's lots of potential if we work hard. Wish us luck!

Relay Fundraising Kick-Off

At our meeting this week, we planned a lot for the next couple of months to raise money for our Relay for Life team:

*Cancer Remembrance/Support Ribbons
*Family Movie Night at PCMS
*Relay Raffle
*PCMS Talent Show

We have so much to do, but we're really excited!

To keep up with how we're doing, check out our PCMS Difference Makers Facebook Page or see our Relay for Life page! So far, we have raised about $250!

Valentines Dance

On Friday, we volunteered at a Valentines Dance for students with special needs. We made decorations, helped set up, worked the snack table, DJ booth, raffle and games booths, etc. but also took time to have some fun on the dance floor. Here's a slideshow of the fun!

Ding-Dong-Decorate-and-Ditch

We had so much fun spreading a little Christmas cheer around Pulaski! This year's Ding-Dong-Decorate-and-Ditch was a great success! This time, we also had a visitor--Julianna, a Pulaski News reporter came along for the ride, and she even help decorate a little, too!

At one house, the owner looked out the window and smiled.  That really made us feel good. At another house, though, we scared a little kid who was home alone. (Sorry about that!)  

Bell Ringing!

Fire Relief Help

Tonight, we rolled up our sleeves and helped out at the district technology warehouse, the temporary shelter for goods donated to the Fire Relief effort in response to the big fire last week. 

After getting initial instructions, we dug into the bags and bags and bags of clothing, bedding, and food, 

which all needed to be sorted, boxed, and prepared for distribution or storage.

We worked for an hour and a half and made a good dent, but there is so much left to do!

While it wasn't a typical meeting for us, it was satisfying to know we made a difference.

There's a lot left to do. If you'd like to help, please call the PACE office.

Difference Makers Update

Tonight we sent an email to a lady who has been very good to us by donating money to pay for our Relay for Life registration fee. We also made place mats for the elderly who will be going to the PACE Christmas dinner. We also set up bell ringing and set a time to go Ding-dong-ditch-decorate.

We worked...

But we also played...

Til next time...

Fun, As Usual!

Mrs. Forsberg here....

On Tuesday, we had our Run/Walk Against Cancer. The turnout wasn't great, but we did earn $106 for our Relay for Life Team, and we had a great time.

We also got a new member, Brianna!!

Even though we "met" on Tuesday, the Difference Maker students still wanted to meet on our usual day (Thursday), too. I was sooooo tired!  I just wanted to go home, but I knew I couldn't, so I sucked it up. I'm very glad I did, because we had a lot of fun!

Former member Craig paid us a visit tonight. He came to help us begin writing a mission statement.  Craig explained the importance of having a mission statement and got us started on one. We worked on a mnemonic filled with characteristics of D-I-F-F-E-R-E-N-C-E Makers. Stay tuned for more on that.

I had suggested that we just "chill," order pizza, and watch a movie or something, but I should have known that Difference Makers wouldn't be interested in being lazy. Instead, they suggested we play some board games (Not being fools, they did accept the pizza offer.).  For the next hour and a half, if you walked past my room, you probably asked yourself, "What's going on in there?! Whatever they're doing, it must be fun, because I've never heard people laughing so loudly or so often!"

Here are some photo highlights of our fun with Spot It, Trigger, and Apples to Apples.

Run Against Cancer

We raised $106 for our Relay for Life team at our first-ever Run Against Cancer. We didn't have a huge turnout, but we did have fun :)

Bucket full of busy!!!

Tonight we worked and discussed and worked and discussed and worked some more!  We finished posters, are making thank-yous, and planned a route in case it's raining.  Our bracelets are working good and we are emailing more teachers to see if they want to come.  Our announcements are ready for tomorrow and boy, do we have a great poem!!!  Tuesday will be a very busy day and we MUST REMEMBER TO WEAR OUR TEE-SHIRTS!!!!!  Hopefully the RAC will have an AWESOME turn out!!!  We could have more money raised than last year!  Wish us good luck!!!

RAC

Well, we skipped one meeting (because of parent-teacher conferences), but we sure made up for lost time--We are planning a 5K walk/run to raise money for our Relay for Life team. We're calling it the Run Against Cancer, so that's where "RAC" comes from. It's going to take place on Tuesday, November 15th. We have a LOT to do  before then--It's exciting, but also a little stressful. It's a good thing everyone has so much enthusiasm.