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!

Sunday, May 07, 2006

One Cup of Lemonade At A Time

cute kid at a lemonade standWhen you see the Happy Valley Odyssey of the Mind kids at their lemonade stand, make sure you stop, not just for the refreshments but also to talk to the team members about what Odyssey of the Mind is about and their accomplishments taking 1st place at the state competition. We're coming up on our final two week fund raising stretch; the world finals begin on May 24th! This week, look for the lemonade stand on Friday May 12th in the evening at Baja Fresh and along Happy Valley Road in the afternoon on Saturday, May 13th. While this is the first time Happy Valley will be represented at an Odyssey of the Mind world competition, hopefully it won't be the last. We'd like this to be the first of many world-class Odyssey of the Mind moments of pride for the Happy Valley community.

Thanks to you and the community at large, our thermometer has topped the $3,000 mark! Please keep it coming, click the Make A Donation buttons on the side bar to get us closer to our $20,000 objective. We're getting the word out, one cup of lemonade at a time.

               

posted by Omer @ 8:04 AM

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