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The Bainbridge High School Band will appear at the 2008 ABC/BOSCOV’s Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. This is the third time the band has been selected for the parade. The 2008 year is the 89th year for the ABC/BOSCOV parade. It will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Bainbridge High School Band of Bainbridge, Georgia first joined the parade in 2000.

More than 200 band students will participate in the parade. The students have several fundraisers planned to help pay for their transportation and expenses.

Director of Bands Paschal Ward stated, “Both students and parents are excited about this wonderful opportunity.” “Students are given the option to go with the band or not to go. It is not a mandatory trip for anyone. It is a trip that will provide opportunities towards each student establishing a better work ethic as well as the historical and educational values included in this trip”.

The students are currently running a Smoked Chicken plate fundraiser from Monday, October 29th through Monday, November 5th. Tickets sell for $8.00 and include chicken, baked beans, potato salad, bread and cake.

Source: BainbridgeGa.com

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Lacey Jarrel of Tucson, Arizona was an artistic teenager. She used her art to express her emotions.

“Lacey was very emotional, and art was another way for her to express her feelings, whether hard feelings or joyful ones,” said her mom, Nancy Jarrell. “After her dad and I divorced, she spent a lot of time doing art,” Jarrell continued. “She was very social, but she also liked to hang out alone. She enjoyed having her pad and painting.”

Lacey died in a car accident on July 6, 2006 in Tuscon close to her home. Her mother created the Lacey Jarrell Foundation to remember her daughter.

The foundation will hold their first fundraiser on Thursday, November 2nd. It will be held at Green Star Art in Tucson and it will focus on the artistic expressions of local teens and young adults aged 13 through 21. The works are using many creative mediums, including photography, drawing, watercolor, oils and ceramics.

The Green Star Art event will include an art show and a poetry reading. There will also be a wine tasting and hors d’oeuvres from Fox Restaurants. Lacey worked at Fox Restaurants as a hostess. The event will also feature a silent auction and music from the John Rondstadt Trio and Peter McLaughlin and Friends.

Funds raised will benefit student art programs in Lacey’s memory. The Lacey Jarrell Foundation provides educational and creative opportunities to Tuscon youths.

Source: Tuscon Citizen

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Two California High School football teams are teaming together for a unique fundraiser. They will pull a DC-10 airplane with a rope. The Apple Valley High School of Apple Valley and the Silverado High School of Mission Viejo are rival football teams participating in the event.

The event will take place on Tuesday, October 30th at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville. Funds raised will benefit eye care for residents of third-world countries. The World Health Organization states that approximately 75 percent of the people who are blind can be cured. The airplane they are pulling is the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital DC-10 which has flown around the world since 1982.

The football teams will be wearing their uniforms, gloves and football helmets for the special athletic competition. This event is considered a rehersal for another fundraiser planned in December of this year, five corporate sponsors will be competing and will pay $10,000 for the chance to participate.

Source: Aero-News.Net

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The Winneconne High School held their Winneconne Halloween Bash 2007 fundraiser on Sunday, October 21st. More than 300 children attended the spooky event at the Winnecone, Wisconsin school. Funds raised benefited the American Cancer Society. The event was to promote safe trick or treating and was organized by the high school student council.

One popular feature was the haunted science labratory. It was one of the newest attractions at the event.

Barb Sauer, a science teacher at Winneconne High School, said she developed the ideas for the haunted lab through the Internet while looking for lesson plans for her class. Sauer found a lot of haunted physics lab ideas there. “We want to make science fun and intriguing,” she said. “There really isn’t anything there that will scare kids.”

The Halloween-themed event had 20 trick-or-treat stations. It also had 14 game stations for various age groups. There was a glow-in-the-dark hallway and also a haunted hayride.

Source: thenorthwestern.com

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Here’s a great idea for an extra fundraiser to get in before the winter holiday break. Red, Green and White lollipops in kid’s favorite holiday shapes.

These one-of-a-kind seasonal lollipops come in a variety of festive shapes including snowmen, Santa and even Christmas trees. They are available in the following flavors: Bubble Gum, Candy Cane, Cherry Cheesecake, Cherry Limeade, Cherry Snow, Green Apple, Strawberry Shake, Watermelon Slice, and Wild Cherry.

This is fast fundraiser item could be sold at a school play, winter festival, open house night, or just about anywhere.

• 9 flavors available
• Retail price per pop = $0.50
• 576 pops per case (8 inner cases of 72 pops)
• Minimum order = 1 case
• Your group earns 50% Profit

There’s lots of other shapes and flavors of gourmet pops available. You can view all the available pops and even order online here If you have any questions or want to order over the phone just call 1-866-249-0089 for more info.

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Students at Hillandale Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina, took a special hike to raise funds for their P.T.A.. The hike was through the school’s nature trail. Students enjoyed this unique fundraiser.

Third-grader Michael Bizzell said the hike through his school’s unique nature trail was “fun,” saying he was “looking for animals” along the way.

When asked about his favorite part, third-grader Tyler Moore said, “…you get to walk and get to give money to our school.”

Funds were raised by asking family and friends to sponsor their walking. Funds will be used to purchase interactive marker boards for the classroom that cost approximately $5,000 each. The organizers of the walk hope they have raised $10,000 from the nature hike walk.

Source: nbc17.com

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The Christ Academy sixth- and seventh-grade cheerleaders of Wichita Falls, TX have created a unique fundraiser to raise money to go on their trip to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, FL. Two red and yellow painted toilet bowls, decorated with pom poms and fake dollar bills have been appearing on the front lawns of Wichita Falls homes. To have the spirited item removed, the recipient’s home makes a donation to the cheerleading team.

The toilet bowl has the initials “C.A.” for Christ Academy on the tank and “Cheer” painted across the lid. Pom poms hang from the open lid of the toilet tank. Fake dollar bills stick out from the sides of the lid from around all of the edges. The bottom of the toilet is painted yellow. Red and yellow are the school’s team colors.

The team needs to raise $15,000 to pay for travel costs for the trip for nine cheerleaders and a coach to go to Florida. The cheerleading team typically cheers for the junior high school football team.

The cheerleaders were invited to cheer at the Capital One Bowl when they participated in a Wichita Falls junior high cheerleading camp held over the summer by Universal Cheerleaders. The sixth- and seventh-graders won a “Superior” trophy which is the camp’s highest honor, while they were competing against the other junior high school’s eighth grade cheerleading team.

Source: TimesRecordNews

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