Happy Valley - 2006 Odyssey of the Mind

Odyssey of the Mind is a creative problem-solving competition for students from K-12 to college. Through solving open-ended problems, students develop creative-thinking skills that can be applied to real-life situations. Both Happy Valley teams took 1st place in their respective State level competitions and will be joining teams from throughout the U.S. and more than 20 other countries. "Jungle Bloke" and "Ancient Egypt" teams of the world, you are hereby put on notice: we're coming to Iowa.

We have 14 kids from 12 families, 4 coaches and equipment to transport and house for almost a week in Ames, Iowa. Each family is going to be paying about a minimum of $1,200 per child plus the coaches' expenses. We've set our fund raising goal at $20,000 to help defray the costs of this endeavor. On top of that are mounting expenses for transport and housing of supporting parents and siblings, it's not difficult to imagine this becoming an expensive proposition!

Friday, April 28, 2006

Baja Fresh Fund Raiser #1

The Odyssey of the Mind team's proceeds from restaurant sales aren't in yet but we can already call this evening's effort a success. The thermometer went up and we got a great turn out from the Happy Valley community, Lafayette and greater Lamorinda to show their support.

The team would like to thank all of you who bought goodies, asked about Odyssey of the Mind, made donations and patronized Baja Fresh to show your support.

If you didn't get a chance to make it out to Mt. Diablo Blvd tonight, that's OK: we're doing it again! Look for flyers soon for other Baja Fresh fund raisers on May 12th and May 19th. Mark your calendars so that we can have your dinner plans on those the final two Fridays before we're off to Ames, Iowa. In the meantime, look to the right side of this page. The "Make A Donation" buttons provide an easy way for you to make donation safely and securely online with any standard credit card!

         

posted by Omer @ 8:50 PM

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