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!

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Fund Raising Momentum

We're getting closer to Iowa! The thermometer has recently gained upward momentum thanks to the participation from additional families and businesses in the community plus the proceeds from the Baja Fresh fund raiser. Special kudos to Orchard Nursery and The Print Gallery/P & L Framing as well as the Aufhauser, Moody, Mooney and Palma families for joining us in supporting the Happy Valley Odyssey of the Mind teams. Thanks to you, we're getting this weeks fund raising off to a great start!

Next weekend we'll be out with more lemonade stands and reaching out to more Lafayette merchants for their support. Yes, we're closer to Iowa but we still have a long way to go, please join us in getting the team all of the way!

               

posted by Omer @ 9:20 PM

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