Fundraising - Quick, Cheap & Easy
Schools are always looking for ways to raise money, and the usual method is to sell a product. Obviously, selling a product is easier than selling air, so the product is what we'll explore here. If you buy something for $5 and re-sell it for a fundraiser, you end up selling it for $8, $10 or even more, since you need to pay for the product AND still make money. Is that product really worth that much or are you just trying to raise money? The most important question is WHY are people buying the product - for the cause or for the product? When people are committed to a cause, they don't need expensive products to buy, they just need a reason to buy. Here are some ways to raise money with little to no startup costs, provided you have a reason for people to donate.
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Not necessarily looking for quick, cheap & easy? Learn how one school raised over $20,000 in a week!
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Minimum GPA vs. Maximum Standards
A common struggle with Honor/Junior Honor Society groups is what GPA to establish as a minimum for membership. For charter members of NHS and NJHS, a 3.0 GPA minimum (or equivalent... see handbook for more details) is required. Local chapters can then adjust through their bylaws a higher standard if desired. There are a variety of reasons that cause schools to adjust their GPA. Some will take a higher GPA since it matches their graduation honors' system, or for schools that see a high percentage of students with stellar GPA's, they may increase the minimum to manage the size of the chapter. Whatever a school's reason is, the adjusted GPA must be part of their local bylaws.
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Recognizing the BEST!
By: Codie Tucker, Comstock High School NHS Student, MAHS Board of Delegates 2007-2008
How are you able to recognize both the graduating members as well as the teachers in your district? What about a dinner with both the graduating members of your chapter/council and a teacher of their choice? This does not mean that the adviser is stuck putting together this whole dinner. In fact, they are just responsible for guiding the juniors, who are responsible for making the whole night come together.
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Design Contest!
Now that both students and advisers are starting to take advantage of all that the MASC/MAHS site has to offer, we want to enhance it even more! That's where YOU come in!!!
MASC/MAHS is looking for someone to replace our old, outdated website header. Submit your designs by 11:59 PM on March 14, 2008. Voting will take place from March 17 - March 28. The new logo will be released in April!
GO TO CONTEST RULES!
Regionals Are Coming!
We have 9 total Regional Conferences this year! (The 9th one isn't until April though, and it's for Middle Schools ONLY.) For all the rest, you can take a look at dates/locations and get your presenters moving.
Presentations must be submitted at least 2 weeks before the Regional you want to attend.
Attendee registrations must be completed at least 1 week before the Regional you want to attend.
The only way for students to fully understand what leadership entails is to practice it. They’ve completed a number of successes and failures and now we’re giving them a chance to share with other schools. Presentations are created by students for these one-day conferences (9am–1pm). Advisers will be asked to sit in on sessions and help evaluate presentations/presenters. Each Regional site has a volunteer host school that is responsible for hospitality, the presenters’ schedule, coordinating room moderators, and more. The host school adviser will be asked to remain in a room set aside for advisers and guide interested advisers in discussion, problem solving, and idea sharing.
** Still looking for host schools for Feb. 19 (GVSU), Feb. 25 (LCC West), March 4 (Treetops, Gaylord), and April 28 (Bavarian Inn). Find out what hosting entails... then email Kadi Pojeta if you're interested!
Got Questions? Get Answers!
With our new website, it's easy to get answers to questions, such as "what's a job description for an activites' director?" or "how many service hours do you require your students to do" or anything else you can think of! Join the "groups" that relate to what you do and start asking questions... You must be logged into the site to ask questions and view/submit answers.
Upcoming Deadlines
Tech Savvy?
Students that are involved in technology at your school can earn up to $500 and get valuable experience working on an open source project! Just send them to:
http://drupal.org/node/195913
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Quicklinks to easily navigate the new website!
National Summer Camp
The National Leadership Camp at Lake Tahoe
is a unique opportunity for top student leaders nationwide to come together and receive unique, top-level leadership skills. The weeklong, experiential training is geared towards students who have a solid foundation in leadership and aspire to become change-agents in their schools and communities. Students are led, coached, and mentored by inspirational college-aged junior counselors, as well as aficionados in the fields of communication, leadership psychology, and community development (adult counselors). For outstanding young leaders looking for more, Mason Leadership Camps' "NLC at Lake Tahoe" is the perfect opportunity. Advisors are also welcome to travel with students and stay on-site. For any further information, visit the website
or contact Camp Director Ryan Findley at ryan@masonleadershipcamps.org.
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