Sunday, November 28, 2010
Treehouse
http://www.treehouse4kids.org/
Hello again, people of Queen Coolio's realm! I'm in a helpy mood, so as well as making you feel bad about people who need help in my Kids for Kiva blogette, I want to tell you about Treehouse. Treehouse isn't a loaning website. In fact, it's not really about the website at all, but since it has one I am now officially pressuring you to check it out. PEER PRESSURE!!!!!
Anyway, Treehouse is a non-for-profit organization that supports foster kids and helps them lead a normal life. Treehouse has a lot of programs that it offers, so I will tell you about a few that I like and then about how I found them.
There's the Wearhouse, where foster kids can shop several times a year for new and like-new clothing, shoes, school supplies, books, toys, bikes and other essentials that help them feel good and fit in. Leaving home means losing everything – clothing, toys, family photos – and starting over from scratch. For foster parents, it means trying to outfit a growing child with the $300 per year the state provides for clothing (that’s less than half of what an average family spends).
Treehouse helps with that and with other things like tutoring, because suddenly arriving at a new school where the other kids have already almost mastered a certain math rule, or knows the parts of speech by heart while having been learning something entirely different at another school can be really confusing to catch up on. Treehouse helps by placing certified teachers in public schools to provide foster kids with essential tutoring in basic skills. They also offer after-school drop-in tutoring at the Treehouse Learning Center, as well as Summer Academy and other school break programs. I was recently informed that I could be able to tutor kids if I wanted to, now.
Another AWESOME program Treehouse offers is Little Wishes. Imagine earning the grades to graduate but missing out on graduation because you can’t afford a cap and gown. Or dropping out of sports or the school band because you can’t pay your fees or buy a uniform. Treehouse's Little Wishes program provides funds for the activities that every child deserves to explore and enjoy. Little Wishes helps big dreams come true.
Treehouse is so great, here's how I got involved. At a ZooTunes concert. Yep. They had a stand there, and they were making these paper flowers, which I thought were really cool, so I made a bunch and kept one and put the others up around the tent thingy. Then I was making one, and a family came up. The dad was talking to the volunteer at the booth but the kids wanted to make flowers, so the volunteer asked me to show them how. I had so much fun, I stayed and showed others how to make the flowers, and the next time I did the same. Then the volunteer had to use the bathroom and left me in charge of the booth. It was great! I'm so excited I can finally do something that directly affects the kids, like tutoring, so check out Treehouse, and get involved!
Hello again, people of Queen Coolio's realm! I'm in a helpy mood, so as well as making you feel bad about people who need help in my Kids for Kiva blogette, I want to tell you about Treehouse. Treehouse isn't a loaning website. In fact, it's not really about the website at all, but since it has one I am now officially pressuring you to check it out. PEER PRESSURE!!!!!
Anyway, Treehouse is a non-for-profit organization that supports foster kids and helps them lead a normal life. Treehouse has a lot of programs that it offers, so I will tell you about a few that I like and then about how I found them.
There's the Wearhouse, where foster kids can shop several times a year for new and like-new clothing, shoes, school supplies, books, toys, bikes and other essentials that help them feel good and fit in. Leaving home means losing everything – clothing, toys, family photos – and starting over from scratch. For foster parents, it means trying to outfit a growing child with the $300 per year the state provides for clothing (that’s less than half of what an average family spends).
Treehouse helps with that and with other things like tutoring, because suddenly arriving at a new school where the other kids have already almost mastered a certain math rule, or knows the parts of speech by heart while having been learning something entirely different at another school can be really confusing to catch up on. Treehouse helps by placing certified teachers in public schools to provide foster kids with essential tutoring in basic skills. They also offer after-school drop-in tutoring at the Treehouse Learning Center, as well as Summer Academy and other school break programs. I was recently informed that I could be able to tutor kids if I wanted to, now.
Another AWESOME program Treehouse offers is Little Wishes. Imagine earning the grades to graduate but missing out on graduation because you can’t afford a cap and gown. Or dropping out of sports or the school band because you can’t pay your fees or buy a uniform. Treehouse's Little Wishes program provides funds for the activities that every child deserves to explore and enjoy. Little Wishes helps big dreams come true.
Treehouse is so great, here's how I got involved. At a ZooTunes concert. Yep. They had a stand there, and they were making these paper flowers, which I thought were really cool, so I made a bunch and kept one and put the others up around the tent thingy. Then I was making one, and a family came up. The dad was talking to the volunteer at the booth but the kids wanted to make flowers, so the volunteer asked me to show them how. I had so much fun, I stayed and showed others how to make the flowers, and the next time I did the same. Then the volunteer had to use the bathroom and left me in charge of the booth. It was great! I'm so excited I can finally do something that directly affects the kids, like tutoring, so check out Treehouse, and get involved!
Kids for Kiva
Hola! This bloggette is about my kiva team, Seattle Kids for Kiva. Even if you're not in Seattle you can join, and please do! Go to http://www.kiva.org/ or www.kiva.org/teams/SeattleKFK. I love Kiva so much! Kiva is a microloaning program where you can give people a helping hand. Then you get your money back and you lend again. Kiva does more than pass money from hand to hand. It creates hope for people who have none. Imagine you were one of the thousands of people around the world waiting for something spectacular to happen. It seems as if everyone is being helped because of all the programs, but there are still so many people who need help, and it's not just adults who have all the trouble. Some of the people I've donated to have children and without help, the parents can't support the kids and they are in danger all the time. But Kiva is one of billions of organizations helping, and you can be a kid who helps a kid. Or even a savior to an adult. help out on Kiva, or anywhere else, and show that kids can make a difference, too. KIDS FOR KIVA!
Tangled Poll
Hey guys! I just wanted to thank the ten people who voted on my Tangled the movie poll! I am so proud of the seven people who voted PIE and very happy with the three optimistic people who voted Yes. The glass is half full... HALF FULL! *wipes invisible tears away* Anyway, the more you vote on my poll the happier I get, so keep those cursors clicking and tell your friends to keep their cursors clicking. VOTE VOTE VOTE!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Harry Potter Mania 1!!!
There will be several Harry Potter manias where I will announce the topic of discussion and we will all discuss it in comments. Topic of discussion: Do you think Harry has anger issues? Use evidence from the books and cite which book you are talking about to back up your opinion.
My new blog!
Well this is really cool! Who knew I could write a blog? I know who... Aidan Bassett, that's who! Oh, sorry, I blew your cover... MUFFIN MAN! *large breath from all who are reading* Shout out to Aidan: Thank you for poking me and yelling at me to make my own stupid blog already. (Kidding- check out Muffin Man's blog to see what really happened) (i.e. notverymuch) Okay, so since you probably have read my about me already you should know everything about me, right? But I'm going to give you some extra stuff, just for the newcomers. Alllrighty! Don't forget to take notes, YOU WILL BE TESTED ON IT! First things first. Here's what I am. Awesome. So far your notes should look like this:
Meg Shepherd- Awesome.
I will now have a conversation with you.
Me: What are you doing?!?!?!?! *furious look on face*
You: Uhh... taking notes?
Me: Why on earth would you be doing that? You can come back here anytime for reference! You're just wasting trees by doing that! Do you have any respect for those poor chimpanzees whose Christmas trees are being cut down so they have to go live in the Christmas trees at the tree growing place where the owners capture them and put them in cages and kill them?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!? *deeeeep breath*
You: I don't think chimpanzees live in pine trees.
Me: Who said anything about pine trees, dear? *concerned look on face like when talking to a person at an asylum*
There now you know about 1% of my personality. I will now describe my self.
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5' 1 1/2"
Weight: !@#$%^&*?<>`~!
Status: Awesome!
Chair opinion: Must be COMFY! No McGonagall chairs for me.
I am really getting distracted. I think I will go and stuff my face with snow. I will shortly be back. Don't cry... it makes me feel bad.
P.S. Here are some tips to my page:
Click on the White/light blue stuff around the fish and you can feed them... SO CUTE!
LOOK AT THE PUPPY AT THE BOTTOM OR I WILL CRY.
The poll is a must! Vote or die.
I lie a lot. Don't treat everything in life seriously or you will never get anywhere.
Comment on everything and about everything. Or I will cry. I have been perfecting my fake crying and you will feel bad for the next week if you do not comment.
Smile a lot and use emoticons everywhere. :) :)
Toodles and Hearts!
MDCOOL
Meg Shepherd- Awesome.
I will now have a conversation with you.
Me: What are you doing?!?!?!?! *furious look on face*
You: Uhh... taking notes?
Me: Why on earth would you be doing that? You can come back here anytime for reference! You're just wasting trees by doing that! Do you have any respect for those poor chimpanzees whose Christmas trees are being cut down so they have to go live in the Christmas trees at the tree growing place where the owners capture them and put them in cages and kill them?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!? *deeeeep breath*
You: I don't think chimpanzees live in pine trees.
Me: Who said anything about pine trees, dear? *concerned look on face like when talking to a person at an asylum*
There now you know about 1% of my personality. I will now describe my self.
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5' 1 1/2"
Weight: !@#$%^&*?<>`~!
Status: Awesome!
Chair opinion: Must be COMFY! No McGonagall chairs for me.
I am really getting distracted. I think I will go and stuff my face with snow. I will shortly be back. Don't cry... it makes me feel bad.
P.S. Here are some tips to my page:
Click on the White/light blue stuff around the fish and you can feed them... SO CUTE!
LOOK AT THE PUPPY AT THE BOTTOM OR I WILL CRY.
The poll is a must! Vote or die.
I lie a lot. Don't treat everything in life seriously or you will never get anywhere.
Comment on everything and about everything. Or I will cry. I have been perfecting my fake crying and you will feel bad for the next week if you do not comment.
Smile a lot and use emoticons everywhere. :) :)
Toodles and Hearts!
MDCOOL
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