Ideas for your School To Help the Program
Want to get your school more involved? Here are some ideas that your school may want to adopt. Any kind of involvement - whether big or small - would be greatly welcomed! We want to hear about any other ideas that your students or teachers may have. Email us with your ideas and contributions - patEducom@comcast.net.
| Create a Poster |
Create a poster on any of our four themes - Renewable Energy, African Culture, Outreach or Healthcare. Send it in to us, and the best posters will be exhibited at our Festival & Energy Day @ Hagley, and in our Souvenir Book! |
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| Create a Cartoon |
Can you draw? Can you tell a story? How about designing a cartoon character or series telling others about Kathryn's story? We'd be happy to distribute to schools to create awareness for our program. |
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| Create & Share Presentations |
Create presentations on any of the four themes (African culture, Renewable Energies, Outreach, healthcare) and share them with other schools at our Festival & Energy Day @ Hagley. Use any format - powerpoint, posters or even music. |
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| Create Banners |
Want to help us design a banner for the Power Run? Contact us for details. |
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| Contribute to Souvenir Book |
Help contribute to our souvenir book : take pictures, write about your experience at one of our workshops or presentations, write a poem, anything! |
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| Design Stage Decorations or Costumes |
Create costumes or stage decorations for the Evening of Music & Dance. |
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| Be a Star |
Can you choreograph, dance, sing or play an African musical instrument? Show off your talent at our Evening of Music & Dance. |
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| Express Yourself |
Express yourself by creating your own interpretation of art based on pictures taken from the private Gambian collection of art of George and Doris Haley. |
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| Link Us |
Put a link to www.powerupgambia.org on your school web-site |
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| Fund Raising & Outreach Ideas |
| 1. Sell Power Up Gambia African T-Shirt Kits* |
| 2. Sell our DIY Jewelry Kits* |
| 3. Cook & Serve African Cuisine at diversity dinners |
| 4. Organize a Car Wash at school |
| 5. Organize a Bake Sale |
| 6. Organize a Read-a-Thon - see below for details |
7. Collect items to be shipped to the Gambia
(details of shipping will be coordinated with the Gambian Embassy in Washington DC)
PLEASE CONTACT US BEFORE ANY COLLECTION DRIVE |
| 8. Organize a Read-a-Thon |
| Organizing a Read-a-Thon |
Here is a rewarding way for students to read to improve their reading skills, and help support our fund raising efforts for the people of Gambia. Children gather sponsorship from family and friends for the reading they complete. Every participating child receives a certificate, recognition on the Power Up Gambia web site & a reading reward. |
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For Student Participation Forms, please email susanEducom@yahoo.com |
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