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, May 05, 2006

Happy Cinco De Mayo

You can keep celebrating Cinco De Mayo into the month of May by joining us at Baja Fresh Mexican Grill! The next Baja Fresh fund raisers are coming to 3596 Mt. Diablo Blvd in Lafayette between 5pm and 10pm:

  • Friday, May 12th
  • Friday, May 19th
Bring this flyer to the cash register and the Happy Valley Odyssey of the Mind teams will receive 15%, that will help us get to Ames, Iowa for the World Finals!

           

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