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!

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Upcoming Events in Lafayette

The Odyssey of the Mind teams' fund raising efforts reached another important milestone today, reflected in the current thermometer reading of $4160! Please join us in applauding the teams' many friends who have made this a banner week: the Abeles, Chotiner, Clark/Tyler, Engh, Franzgrote, Higgins, Lauer, Marshall, Martin and Nichols families!

In addition to the Baja Fresh fund raising events on Friday May 12th and 19th, look for the Happy Valley champs at the Lafayette Rotary Club's Concert At The Res. The concert will feature the Stanley Symphonic Band, the Acalanes Symphonic Band, the Bentley Symphonic Band and the Big Band of Rossmoor at the Lafayette Reservoir on Sunday, May 21st 2006 from 1-4pm. Admission is free and shuttle service from the parking lot is provided.

There's less than two weeks left before the big world finals competition in Ames Iowa, please offer your support by joining us for these events. Bring this flyer to the cash register at Baja Fresh the next two Fridays and the Happy Valley Odyssey of the Mind teams will receive 15%. For your convenience, you can donate to the teams online right now (you know what they say: there's no time like the present) using our easy Make A Donation buttons!

           

posted by Omer @ 8:30 PM

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