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 :)