We've just posted the 5 entries for our Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand MAKE A DIFFERENCE Commercial Contest on YouTube!
How can YOU make a difference? Take a look at what students from Moreland Hills Elementary School, Corwin International Middle School, Hopewell Elementary School, and KD Markley Elementary School had to say.
While you can view the videos from this webpage, you can only rate them by going to the YouTube Playlist. Please rate the videos based on how they responded to the question: What Can YOU Do to Make a Difference? The top-rated video will be featured in our closing celebration videoconference!
MORELAND HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NATIONAL DALI HIGH SCHOOL
HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CORWIN INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
KD MARKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Guess what? Our Kick-Off Videoconference is TOMORROW!
We're looking forward to seeing you and your students during tomorrow's Kick-Off Videoconference for Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand! Our program will begin promptly at 11:00 AM and all sites should be connected by 10:40 AM EDT. If you're not an interactive videoconference participant, don't worry! We'll have the archive up on iTunes as a podcast by the end of the day.
During tomorrow's event, we will hear from Liz Scott (Alex's Mom) from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, and childhood cancer survivor and Foundation hero Cameron Robertson. Liz Scott will also be doing a special reading of "Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand" and you will have a chance to view the "Make A Difference" Commercial Contest entries!
Remember, each school will have 45 seconds to shine during our virtual spirit rally - - so be ready! We will be calling on schools in alphabetical order during this portion of the videoconference. Please be ready and in place to present BEFORE we call on your school (this means student presenters should be next to the microphone with the camera framed on them before we call on your school - - all you should need to do is unmute!). If you have submitted a commercial, this does NOT count as your spirit presentation. We will still be calling on your school live during the program to introduce themselves. If you are planning to show any multimedia during your 45 seconds, please let us know ASAP.
Do your students have a question about Alex or her Lemonade Stand foundation? Would you like them answered "on air" during tomorrow's videoconference? POST A COMMENT HERE and our VJs will ask them to Alex's mom during the program.
Keep your students engaged during the videoconference by playing our kick-off videoocnference SCAVENGER HUNT! We've posted the scavenger hunt workshop (and corresponding teacher key) on the project website. Before the closing videoconference, have students use their answers to create individual lemon bingo boards (also on the website). We'll be calling out squares during our closing videoconference - - first student to make an L in your classroom, wins!
During tomorrow's event, we will hear from Liz Scott (Alex's Mom) from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, and childhood cancer survivor and Foundation hero Cameron Robertson. Liz Scott will also be doing a special reading of "Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand" and you will have a chance to view the "Make A Difference" Commercial Contest entries!
Remember, each school will have 45 seconds to shine during our virtual spirit rally - - so be ready! We will be calling on schools in alphabetical order during this portion of the videoconference. Please be ready and in place to present BEFORE we call on your school (this means student presenters should be next to the microphone with the camera framed on them before we call on your school - - all you should need to do is unmute!). If you have submitted a commercial, this does NOT count as your spirit presentation. We will still be calling on your school live during the program to introduce themselves. If you are planning to show any multimedia during your 45 seconds, please let us know ASAP.
Do your students have a question about Alex or her Lemonade Stand foundation? Would you like them answered "on air" during tomorrow's videoconference? POST A COMMENT HERE and our VJs will ask them to Alex's mom during the program.
Keep your students engaged during the videoconference by playing our kick-off videoocnference SCAVENGER HUNT! We've posted the scavenger hunt workshop (and corresponding teacher key) on the project website. Before the closing videoconference, have students use their answers to create individual lemon bingo boards (also on the website). We'll be calling out squares during our closing videoconference - - first student to make an L in your classroom, wins!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand Team Wins Penn's Models of Excellence Award
On Friday April 6, 2010 the Alex’s Virtual Lemonade Stand team at the University of Pennsylvania was awarded a Models of Excellence Honorable Mention Award. Introduced in 1999, the Models of Excellence Award program recognizes notable staff member accomplishments at Penn that reflect initiative, leadership, increased efficiency and a deep commitment to service.
The Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand Team at Penn collaborates each year for the past four years with the Lower Merion School District and with the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation in a two-week project to raise money for pediatric cancer research. The Alex’s Virtual Lemonade Stand Team at Penn is led by Heather Weisse Walsh, Manager of Educational Services at MAGPI, who each year manages the technical and organizational details to allow for schools across the U.S. and the world to participate in the program through interactive videoconferencing and web streaming. In addition, the event incorporates different fun programs and contests to encourage student involvement and to promote a sense of community spirit. Kids around the world from kindergarten through high school raised a total of $24,000 last year, and over $60,000 over the past three years by hosting lemonade stands and holding other fundraising events.
The Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand project consists of several components that make this exciting annual service project engaging for all involved. The special kick-off videoconference includes a Lemon Spirit Rally Contest where schools show off their “lemony-ness” in performances from step teams to dramatic presentations, to original rap songs, etc. The school with the most “lemonade spirit” during the videoconference wins the Spirit Award. Use of a blog encourages schools and students to share their fundraising ideas and successes and provides ongoing updates on the amounts raised. The “Make A Difference” Commercial Contest gives students an opportunity to think about how they can make a difference in their community and then express that though the use of digital media by creating a 45 second "commercial spot." The Lemonade Stand Poster Contest helps students get the word out about their fundraising projects. Lemonade Bingo helps little ones stay engaged during the videoconference events by getting them involved in a scavenger hunt game which results in a unique lemonade bingo board. The Wrap-Up Project Collage Videoconference Event is a celebration of each school’s accomplishments.
The end result of the two week project is a highly successful event that has raised money for the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a national organization with Greater Philadelphia roots, that grew out of the lemonade stand started in 2000 by then four-year-old Alex Scott shortly after she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma cancer. She wanted to raise money for pediatric cancer with the hope of finding a cure. Alex held an annual lemonade stand in her front yard until she died four years later. Her story has inspired many and their contributions to the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation have raised more than $10 million for childhood cancer research. Much of the money has been raised in small amounts during the past 10 years through many “grass roots” efforts across the country and around the world like those of the award-winning Alex’s Virtual Lemonade Stand project.
For the last three years, the Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand project has raised over $60,000 and has become a "Top 100" lemonade stand for the Foundation. “Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation has been honored to partner with MAGPI since 2006,” says Gillian Kocher, spokesperson for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. “The Alex’s Virtual Lemonade Stand Project, which brings schools across the country together as they host lemonade stands for pediatric cancer, has raised an innumerable amount of awareness, teaching the important lesson that you are never too young to start making a difference. In addition, the funds raised through this unique virtual connection of schools has placed the MAGPI Virtual Project among the top 100 fundraisers! ”
For information on this year's Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand project see the project website at http://magpi.net/Community/Programs/Alexs-Virtual-Lemonade-Stand.
For more information on the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, please visit http://www.alexslemonade.org/.
The Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand Team at Penn collaborates each year for the past four years with the Lower Merion School District and with the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation in a two-week project to raise money for pediatric cancer research. The Alex’s Virtual Lemonade Stand Team at Penn is led by Heather Weisse Walsh, Manager of Educational Services at MAGPI, who each year manages the technical and organizational details to allow for schools across the U.S. and the world to participate in the program through interactive videoconferencing and web streaming. In addition, the event incorporates different fun programs and contests to encourage student involvement and to promote a sense of community spirit. Kids around the world from kindergarten through high school raised a total of $24,000 last year, and over $60,000 over the past three years by hosting lemonade stands and holding other fundraising events.
The Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand project consists of several components that make this exciting annual service project engaging for all involved. The special kick-off videoconference includes a Lemon Spirit Rally Contest where schools show off their “lemony-ness” in performances from step teams to dramatic presentations, to original rap songs, etc. The school with the most “lemonade spirit” during the videoconference wins the Spirit Award. Use of a blog encourages schools and students to share their fundraising ideas and successes and provides ongoing updates on the amounts raised. The “Make A Difference” Commercial Contest gives students an opportunity to think about how they can make a difference in their community and then express that though the use of digital media by creating a 45 second "commercial spot." The Lemonade Stand Poster Contest helps students get the word out about their fundraising projects. Lemonade Bingo helps little ones stay engaged during the videoconference events by getting them involved in a scavenger hunt game which results in a unique lemonade bingo board. The Wrap-Up Project Collage Videoconference Event is a celebration of each school’s accomplishments.
The end result of the two week project is a highly successful event that has raised money for the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a national organization with Greater Philadelphia roots, that grew out of the lemonade stand started in 2000 by then four-year-old Alex Scott shortly after she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma cancer. She wanted to raise money for pediatric cancer with the hope of finding a cure. Alex held an annual lemonade stand in her front yard until she died four years later. Her story has inspired many and their contributions to the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation have raised more than $10 million for childhood cancer research. Much of the money has been raised in small amounts during the past 10 years through many “grass roots” efforts across the country and around the world like those of the award-winning Alex’s Virtual Lemonade Stand project.
For the last three years, the Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand project has raised over $60,000 and has become a "Top 100" lemonade stand for the Foundation. “Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation has been honored to partner with MAGPI since 2006,” says Gillian Kocher, spokesperson for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. “The Alex’s Virtual Lemonade Stand Project, which brings schools across the country together as they host lemonade stands for pediatric cancer, has raised an innumerable amount of awareness, teaching the important lesson that you are never too young to start making a difference. In addition, the funds raised through this unique virtual connection of schools has placed the MAGPI Virtual Project among the top 100 fundraisers! ”
For information on this year's Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand project see the project website at http://magpi.net/Community/Programs/Alexs-Virtual-Lemonade-Stand.
For more information on the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, please visit http://www.alexslemonade.org/.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Hello from National Dali High School!
We are students of National Dali High School in Taiwan. We have conducted a fundraising in our school, held fairs with other schools in Taiwan, solicited donations on streets, and also collaborated with Folsom Lake College as well as Princeton Elementary School via video conference. We offered lemonade, lemon-flavored bread and some students-created products in our school to encourage students to donate their pocket money and pay forward Alex’s dream of helping children with cancer. The products, including T-shirts, stickers, and pins are all designed by students of NDHS. All the donations will be made to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation as well as our previous projects (helping Haiti and victims of Morakot typhoon in Taiwan), namely our “Three In One” project.
Contributed by Vicky Yang, National Dali High School.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Show off your Lemonade Spirit!
On Friday, April 30, 2010 we are kicking off the 4th Annual Alex’s Virtual Lemonade Stand project! Did you know that it’s also the 10th Anniversary of Alex’s first lemonade stand? So get ready - - we’re going to be celebrating the number 10, too!During our spirit rally, your students are going to have 45 seconds to introduce yourselves. This is your time to show us your LEMONADE SPIRIT! We’ll be awarding 5 spirit awards - - do your students have the most spirit? Your introduction should include the name of your school, your location, and why you are participating in this project. In previous years, we’ve had costumes, songs, quick dramatic skits and more - - be CREATIVE!
Please note that if your school is planning to do a cheer, it’s very difficult for the other schools to understand when students are screaming (and of course, they’re going to do that because they are excited!). So please practice your “indoor voices” cheers so we can understand you!
So, why ARE you participating in this project? Let's start the conversation on the blog... if you're a participant in the project, please share!
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand Commercial Contest
Alex made a difference in her community by helping others with the simple idea of a lemonade stand—we want your students to think about what they can do to make a difference in their community. Challenge your students to reflect on the statement: How Can I Make a Difference and then use digital tools to create a 45 second commercial video. We know 45 seconds isn’t long - - but it’s about the time to takes on an elevator and sometimes that’s all the time you have to convince someone! Each school is eligible to submit one commercial entry.
Make a Commercial. We realize that there are a lot of digital tools available to create a commercial! Your final submitted video must be saved as either QuickTime .MOV, Windows .AVI, or .MPG files— these are the most common formats and they work well within the YouTube system. We specifically recommend the MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format at 640x480 resolution with MP3 audio. Resizing your video to these specifications before uploading will help your clips look better on YouTube.
Upload Your Commercial by April 28th! After your commercial is produced, upload it to Google Docs (you’ll need a Google Account). Please name your file “SCHOOL NAME - ALEX LEMONADE VIDEO.” Once it’s uploaded, click on the file and then click “share.” Please share your video with mdknight@gmail.com. We will post all of the videos on MAGPI K20’s YouTube channel on April 29th. If you need help with this process, please email mknigh@magpi.net.
Rate the Commercials! After MAGPI has uploaded all of the commercials to MAGPI’s YouTube channel, we will send out the link (and post it on the blog), so you can share invite students, colleagues, friends and family to view and rate the commercials. You may even want to have your class view all of the commercials in class and rate them as a class! We’re asking everyone to rate the videos based on the question “How well does the video answer the question: how can I make a difference?” The commercial with the highest rating will be played during our wrap-up videoconference!
Need some inspiration? Take a look at the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Video about Alex!
Make a Commercial. We realize that there are a lot of digital tools available to create a commercial! Your final submitted video must be saved as either QuickTime .MOV, Windows .AVI, or .MPG files— these are the most common formats and they work well within the YouTube system. We specifically recommend the MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format at 640x480 resolution with MP3 audio. Resizing your video to these specifications before uploading will help your clips look better on YouTube.
Upload Your Commercial by April 28th! After your commercial is produced, upload it to Google Docs (you’ll need a Google Account). Please name your file “SCHOOL NAME - ALEX LEMONADE VIDEO.” Once it’s uploaded, click on the file and then click “share.” Please share your video with mdknight@gmail.com. We will post all of the videos on MAGPI K20’s YouTube channel on April 29th. If you need help with this process, please email mknigh@magpi.net.
Rate the Commercials! After MAGPI has uploaded all of the commercials to MAGPI’s YouTube channel, we will send out the link (and post it on the blog), so you can share invite students, colleagues, friends and family to view and rate the commercials. You may even want to have your class view all of the commercials in class and rate them as a class! We’re asking everyone to rate the videos based on the question “How well does the video answer the question: how can I make a difference?” The commercial with the highest rating will be played during our wrap-up videoconference!
Need some inspiration? Take a look at the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Video about Alex!
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