Schools are doing some REALLY COOL things!

Welcome to week two of Alex’s Virtual Lemonade Stand! And I happy to announce that with 10 schools reporting, we have raised $6,923.91already!! It’s been great to hear your stories (check out more school stories below!) about how you’re making a difference. Here's the breakdown:

A few reminders:

• The deadline for the poetry contest has been extended. Schools may submit up to 4 poems for consideration. Poems must be received by 5:00 p.m. on THURSDAY, APRIL 17. You’ll be able to access the online voting system for the poems from the website or blog on Friday. (You’ll see a “CLICK TO VOTE” button!”
  
• The deadline for the poster contest has been extended to Thursday, April 17^th as well. Get your poster in by then! Posters will be judged by staff members from the University of Pennsylvania’s ISC department.
• Don’t forget to send us your fundraising reports! To report your daily totals, please use the web system (http://www.magpi.net/programs/alexslemonade.html) . You should see a button on the right hand side of the screen that says “submit your daily fundraising report.” I cannot guarantee that all totals we receive via email will make it into the system… so many, many thanks in advance for using this system.
• And it’s time to start planning your presentation for the wrap-up videoconference!!! Each school will 90 seconds (I know, it’s not a lot of time - - and unfortunately we will need to cut off schools that go over this time frame!) to present your Alex’s Virtual Lemonade stand projects. PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE CREATIVE! Some ideas that have worked well in the past: songs, skits, news reports, plays, video, etc.
• BE INCLUDED IN OUR 2008 HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO!Be SURE to document your schools projects (in both video and photos) so we can include your school in our 2008 highlights video. Email photos/video of your school project to Heather Weisse (hweisse at magpi.net) by MONDAY, APRIL 21. This way, we can make sure your school makes it into our video!

Schools are doing real cool things! Here are the latest school reports:

E. H. Markle Intermediate School
We had the high school cheerleaders come over to the middle school to be guest pourers for our lemonade stand! Lemonade being sold during all lunch shifts. T shirts and paper lemons are also being sold.

Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary
Our Art Enrichment 3rd & 4th grades designed and painted aprons with lemon themes and then held a silent auction that concluded on April 13 when they served lemon desserts and lemonade. The aprons were displayed at the Riverhouse Restaurant for a week and anyone could go in and leave a bid. We had a great time doing it while helping raise money for a wonderful cause and are proud to be a part of the project.

Robeson Elementary
We have had wonderful support throughout our sale! The book that you sent, Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand had circulated throughout our classes and has really brought this amazing little girls story into our students hearts.

Sinking Springs Elementary Sinking Springs Elementary visited all of our 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classrooms last week to share Alex's inspirational story. We held our lemonade stand yesterday and today during lunch periods, and with the generosity of student and staff have raised a total of $1140.68! We will continue to collect donations through the end of the week and let you know what our grand total is. It's been an exciting adventure!