First Meeting Was Great!

Well I don't know about you but I had a great time at the first meeting! The kids in this club are top notch! We talked about our plans for the year, and played some games. The kids all picked their code names for this site and we planed to meet next week and start on our peace doves. Just in typical NinjaMom fashion I didn't read the instructions for the peace dove very well, turns out we don't need 2 liter bottles! We just need 120z bottles! That will be much easier! You will all be getting an e-mail or phone call with a list of things to bring next Tuesday (September 9th).
To re-hash some of our plans for the Social Awareness section of this club we came up with some ideas of how we can spend our time.
Suggestions were made to sing Christmas carols to the elderly in nursing homes, or perform a skit of some kind. We want to try the "Keep the homeless warm" drive again. There was some mention of a fundraiser with the "wrapmat" (more on that later)
Big news included an event with the Sacramento Zoo that Orangutan is working on.
In November we will be celebrating National Orangutan Week. There is talk of doing something with the zoo and their Roots and Shoots club to help spread the word about Palm Oil and it's harmful affect on the great red ape.
That should be exciting and once we know more about what will be taking place I will let everyone know!
After the Peace Doves have been made we will have an exciting meeting that will challenge the members creativity and team spirit. That is set for September 22.
But for the next two meetings Doves are in our future. While we make these I hope we can talk about Peace and see what the kids think our world needs to get there.
I told the kids about this great video I saw of this girl, no more than 13, who traveled to South America to speak to the delegates of a convention. She basically yelled at these grown ups and told them, if they didn't know how to fix something they should stop breaking it. It was done with grace, respect, and elegance. Very impressive for a kid. I hope to show them while they work on the doves.
Well that is all for now.
NinjaMom out.