HELP CLUB!
Want to make a difference?
Have ideas about organizations or groups that DSMS students could help out?
Do you want to participate in something bigger than yourself?
Consider joining the HELP Club.
This is a student run group that meets twice each month to plan and organize activities and fundraisers for groups that students are interested in. Mrs. Merritt (Health) and Mrs. Phelan (Social Studies) are the advisors for this group.
We are always looking for students to volunteer at any time--maybe you can bake, maybe you have a great idea for an organization that needs help. E-mail us or stop by at our next meeting!
CURRENT PROJECTS
We are collecting Beanie babies to mail to Mrs. Moloy's nephew who is stationed in Iraq. Soldiers give out the Beanies to children. This helps the children see the soldiers as friendly which helps to keep soldiers safe and helps the local population's view of US soldiers. Now is your chance to donate your old stuff to a very good cause. A red bucket is in the entryway! We hope to mail the beanies by the end of April.
Watch for the Walk for Hunger coming up in May--we want to field a DSMS team of students and staff to walk!
NEXT MEETING
Our last meeting was Monday April 14. We finished a cloth banner for the HELP Club, counted 156 beanies that were donated by students to send to Iraq through Mrs. Moloy's nephew who is stationed there. Soldiers will give out the beanies to children as they are patrolling the area.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Bake sale on April 18! We need bakers to help with this effort! This is the day before Spring Break and also the same day as Student Council Hat Day--come ready to eat! The money we raise will help pay for shipping beanies to Iraq.
IDEAS
PAST EVENTS
On March 28 we had a bake sale to raise money to give to a student in Medfield whose mother was killed in an incident of domestic violence ($25) and also to raise money for a school program in Boston that one of our students is affiliated with ($100).
We raised $200 to give to Ledama, the Masaai Warrior who visits DSMS to help his community in the wake of the devastating political violence that has troubled Kenya
We raised $600 for UNICEF to help provide clean water for students in Congo. Thanks for this wonderful idea from Mlle. Markiewicz's class!
Raffle for Water for the Congo Thanks to generous teachers and students, we raised over $350 to help fund clean water in Africa with this fundraiser. Special thanks go to Mlle. Markiewicz and all of the efforts that her French classes have put into this fundraiser.
OUR COAT DRIVE FOR the Salvation Army in Framingham was incredibly successful! Over 100 items were donated by the students, staff and families of Dover-Sherborn Middle School students. These coats were dropped off at the Framingham Salvation Army for immediate distribution on January 28 and will not be resold but rather donated to people in need. Thank you for your generous support!
Foster Care Fundraiser: We raised about $176 in cash and 64$ in actual gift certificates for foster children in Massachusetts over the holidays. There are currently nearly 12,000 children in foster placements around the state. These children have been removed from their families due to abuse or neglect. These gift certificates will be used to help give them some holiday cheer as they are separated from their families.
Tanzania: We raised $250 to provide scholarships for 2 students (one boy and one girl) to pay half of their annual tuition to attend High School. Our materials for Tanzania (school supplies for students and teacher binders for every staff member at the school) were picked up by Natalie Wieder (8th Grade Science teacher Irene Wieder's daughter). These items and the $250 we raised at our bake sales will be traveling with volunteers to Tanzania where they will be distributed to the school. Watch this site for photos and letters from the school!