Agenda
Gaylord Student Center, MAY 29, 10:00 - 12:00
Goal: Organize YAC 2015-2016. Theme, Officers, Calendar, Meeting time details

Facilitated by Aubrey

Minutes by Dylan and Mrs. Clay

Calendar: By Cathy

Agenda detailed notes on post-its: Safra and Mariam

Pictures by Mrs. Clay

1. Connections to Composting Project-
Anna M. presented possibilities. Intentional Connections

-what kind of composting

-shifts for bringing scraps from Calvert (or turning it depending on composter)

-talk to mrs.perry, mr. Delgrosso, mrs. Z

-bring lower& middle school into composting project

-lower school eats in their rooms-give them bags to put their compost in

-we can pick up

-YAC composting month: March

2. YAC Meetings

- Tuesdays B-Block from 10:10- 10:55 at the Harper Wing. YAC Executive Board will meet once a month for breakfast to have an overview of the YAC meetings for the month

- YAC: Youth Acting in the Community. It is a service-learning club with a mission of helping others find their passion to serve and promoting service-learning experiences of youth voice and choice.

-Connections to Daily Announcements and process of selection of volunteer activiy;

-Goal to promote greater "Acting in the community"

Meetings will have an activity and/or skill
Goal: to keep members actively involved and collaborating There will be an intentional effort to promote greater collaboration between grades. Ex. board involved in guiding and being part of projects.

-advertising "commitee" to advertise to school

-more collaborations for projects

-not separated by grade *question mark*

Cathy as the new Secretary will choose the service focus for each week and the daily announcements will have YAC PICS for the week. STUCO will read one of the YAC pics for the week. Mrs. Clay will prioritize YAC pic. for weekend sponsorship. An adult is required when groups of teens are volunteering for liability and safety reasons

3. Theme for 2015-2016: Children with the following focus areas

a. Literacy- Teens-4-Education Bookmarks like projects..
- Webcast with Bezos Foundation on September 8, 8:45 approved. A Spanish class will host the webcast and the YAC member in the class will facilitate the webcast.. Seniors and sophomores facilitate this project focus
-Books for Bodine Elementary: YAC mentoring project opportunity in August. Also the possibility to help them build a Kaboom playground in one day. Possible dates: August, MLK Day or end of the year, April or May. YAC members needed to write the grant at Kaboom. The cost of the playground is 70,000 to 170,000. The kids design what they want to have at their school. It is a long process and the grant writing has to start next week.

b. Health - Children's Hospital Placemats. Craft videos to be shown at children's rooms. Blood drive. Maybe have children at Children's Hospital make bookmarks. Juniors facilitate this project focus in a collaborative way with other grades. Mallory and Gabrielle were interested in knitting hats for children undergoing chemotherapy

c. Poverty: Food Drive for Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. Last week in October. This will be a project focus facilitated by the freshman with guidance, support and involvement from the Executive Board

-grade projects get a little more guidance

-need a little more focus

-more collaborative

d. We were looking for another area of focus to replace self-esteem. Relationship Building was mentioned as a component of National Days of Service 9/11, MLK Day, Peace Week, Kindness Week, National Volunteer Week, Global Youth Service Days. But this was still left ON THE PARKING LOT UNTIL THE AUGUST FEDEX, date and time TBA by Aubrey and Dylan. Mrs. Clay also requested bringing back a recognition lunch at the end of the year to thank the YAC leadership and to invite community organizations to reflect on the impact provided by the Cyclone leadership of citywide youth boards. Parent will be invited. Will be limited to 100 people and it will be during lunch the first week of May. May= some form of banquet, (sort of like cum laude lunch)

4. PLANNING TEAM: EXEC BOARD

Co-Presidents

-main speaker, leadership, guidance on projects, filter agendas,

-Aubrey & Dylan

Vice-President

-work with the presidents to be the voice, VP steps up to lead meetings when president(s) are not present

-Johnny?

Secretary

-take notes, filters YAC Pic for the week for DA. Works closely with the Marketing and Communication offices

-Cathy Z

Treasurer

-budgets
Needs to develop a grant application system to allocate $100 a month coming from S-L budget
Other funding comes from dues??? and Fall Fest fundraiser
Needs: Snacks for meetings. Supplies for projects not available from the S-L program

Communication AND Marketing Chairs

-marketing, posters, chapel announcements in collaboration with project chairs and exc board

-social media; twitter. Facebook is not used anymore. Instagram could be brought back if we have more action during meetings

Social/Hospitality Chair

Sign ups for snacks on a monthly basis. Makes snacks, goodies, treats, gifts decisions. Documents via pictures
Snacks for meetings
B-day Celebration
PVSA Goodie Bags
Peace Week, Kindness Week, National Volunteer Week, Teacher Appreciation Week Goodies
Senior leadership send off tokens

Grade reps

-spread word about projects to grades

-encourage grade to get involved in YAC& community

2 per grade

5. CALENDAR
We planned the entire year. The picture of the calendar will be placed here Monday.

August:

YAC FEDEX Time: Finalizing details for Orientations, Clubs Fair, Fall Fest, and Peace Week

Clubs Fair: Sign-up with greater information on what the club is all about, not just for the treat provided.

September:

Peace Week 9/11-9/21 Cathy will call meeting time for Peace Team to plan YAC connections to this week. Teachers from all divisions are meeting next week to connect their curriculum to this week. Pinwheels were mentioned at the YAC Fedex invitational, but not making them for quantity like last year, but for quality and with a learning component, which the LD Peace Educator teacher, Mrs. Morgan, would like to be the uniting theme of the Golden Rule Across Religions, creating a Peace Village.

October

Fall fest October 8th

-The Pulsera Project: Nicaraguan bracelets for sale with proceeds going to Nicaragua. Safra and Mariam facilitators. Will sell the bracelets from September 16-October 12: This YAC project is connected to the Spanish Club and Hispanic Heritage Montn September 16-October 12. We need to sell something to generate money for YAC. Should YAC have dues to cover the cost of bringing snacks to every meeting or should we keep volunteer sign-ups?
Food Drive October 26-30 New costumes need to be made. We have stickers for LD and PD. The high school will get food cards incentives.

November
Clothes Drive for Teens - Teen board of Oklahoma County or Metro Tech Academy. Dylan will decide after she talks to Anna.

December

Blood Drive: Greater youth ownership should come from the junior and senior class since they are the one who can donate blood

January

MLK Day:

Food Bank is the favorite with a fun activity which will have greater promotion

We will also explore construction projects for ages 14-16 with Rebuilding Together and 16+ with Habitat for Humanity. We are also considering the possibility of a Kaboom playground. Mrs. Clay will make the proper reservations next week.

February

March;
YAC composting month

April:
National Volunteer Week/Global Youth Service Days Intentional YAC plan in PARKING LOT until August

May: Service-Learning program/YAC recognition lunch:
First Week in April or during National Volunteer Week.

Service-Learning Program Calendar

MAY 2015
TENTATIVE CALENDAR FOR 2015-2016
OFFICERS IN PLACE- RECRUITMENT OF CLASS 2019- FRIDAY, MAY 15
PEACE WEEK EXPERIENCES PLANNING

JUNE 2015

SERVICE LEARNING OFFICE @ HARPER WING

Peace Week Project Meetings

YLOKC Meetings

SENIOR CLASS E-MAIL REPORTS

JULY 2015

MOVIE TIME-AWARENESS - UCO INTERNATIONAL HOUSE

- Peace One Day

-On a Paper Crane, Tomoko’s Adventure

-Pinwheels for Peace
-Labyrinth on grass and canvas
Peace Week Meetings - Peace Week Calendar

AUGUST 2015

SHINNYO-EN FOUNDATION SAN FRANCISCO RETREAT

Friday August 7- Monday August 10

Peace Team Delegation (64 people invited, 3 per organization)
FEDEX YAC Invitational: Calendar, Bylaws

SERVICE LEARNING OFFICE OPEN HOUSES

Ice Cream Social for Faculty- During Teacher Orientation

Ice Cream Social for Students - First Week of School
FRESHMAN FRIDAYS WITH SERVICE LEARNING????

SEPTEMBER 2015

9/11: NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE ACTION & REMEMBRANCE: United We Serve

9/11-9/21 (IDP): PEACE WEEK

WE, THE WORLD: 11 days of Global Unity YAC Peace Team

THE GLOBAL COMPASSION COOPETITION

Charter for Compassion Mural

Pinwheels-Planting Trees - STEAMSS and cultures -4- Peace

9/15-10/15 Hispanic Heritage Month-Spanish Club

OCTOBER 2015
HUNGER & POVERTY MONTH

10/12-10-16: BACK TO SCHOOL COMPASSION COOPETITION

10/24 MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY - 4th Saturday in October

Food Bank: 8+; Rebuilding Together: 14+; Habitat: 16+

MAKE YOUR MARK ON HUNGER WEEK

10/?-10/? Students Against Hunger Casady Cans Do Food Drive

Empty Bowls Banquet

Hunger Walk -Poverty Simulation

NOVEMBER 2015
NATIVE CULTURES MONTH

American Indian Heritage Month

11/21/2015 Family Volunteer Day Saturday before Thanksgiving

DECEMBER 2015
FAMILY MONTH

Holiday Volunteering Month

Santa's Store - Holidays Around the World

JANUARY 2016
CIVIL RIGHTS MONTH

Human Trafficking Awareness Month

1/18/2016 MLK DAY National Day of Service United We Serve

MAKE A DAY ON SERVICE NOT A DAY OFF

FEBRUARY 2016
BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND KINDNESS WEEK

Black History Month

2/?-2/? RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK: RAK WEEK

2/?-2/? HARMONY WEEK COOPETITION

MARCH 2016
WOMAN'S HISTORY MONTH

Women's History/ Hug a GI Month

Alternative Spring Break in New Mexico, California or Peru

APRIL 2016
CHILDREN YOUTH AND EARTH MONTH

Child Abuse Prevention Month - Autism Awareness Month

4/?-4/? NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE-LEARNING CONFERENCE-DC?

4/10-4-16 NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK SERVICE ACTION PROJECTS

4/15-4-17 GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAYS SERVICE ACTION PROJECTS

4/22: Earth Day EARTH WEEK COOPETITION

Easter

MAY 2016
ASIAN CULTURES - OLDER AMERICANS MONTH

Asian American-Pacific Islander Heritage
Older Americans Month - Global Youth Traffic Safety Month - Food Revolution Day, Biodiversity Week

FIRST WEEK IN MAY
Teacher Appreciation Week

S-L "Sobremesa" Banquet: Celebration and Demonstration of Learning Through Service

FEDEX-STRATEGIC PLANNING 2016-2017
Labyrinth Reflection: Senior Send Off

THE CASADY SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM CONNECTED TO YAC

Vision: Entrepreneurs of Peace and Social Change

Mission: Peace @ the heart of Service

Purpose: Passions helping community needs.

Give grow, transform. Complete service graduation requirement

Goal : Youth Voice and Choice:

Clear sense of power to use learning to make a difference youth can measure.

Objectives: Reflect. Connect, Act-

- Identify and research a need.

- Create and implement projects that meet the need with win/win intergenerational partnerships.

- Set realistic goals.

- Learn how to assess impact, and become fluent in explaining the local need within the broader context of national and global issues.

- Connect projects to academic and personal experiences.

- Debrief at a public gathering.

Service-Learning Best Practices: http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/servicelearning/7_best_practices.htm

Minutes by Dylan

Attended. Aubrey, Dylan,Cathy, Safra and Mariam

YAC FEDEX 5-29-15

Anna's compost project-

-what kind of composter

-shifts for bringing scraps from Calvert (or turning it depending on composter)

-talk to mrs.perry, mr. Delgrosso, mrs. Z

-bring lower& middle school into compost project

-lower school eats in their rooms-give them bags to put their compost in

-we can pick up

-advertising "commitee" to advertise to school

-more collaborations for projects

-not separated by grade *question mark*

Themes

-children

advertising "commitee" to advertise to school

-more collaborations for projects

-not separated by grade *question mark*

-health: children's hospital (juniors)

-place mats

-crafts for kids (make videos)

-maybe have the kids make bookmarks

-literacy: (seniors&sophs)

-book marks

- 7,823

-involve lower&middle school

-middle school will have a YAC

-job for advertising

-webcast with the kids receiving the bookmarks in Spanish classes

-Bodine

-1 day playground

-alumni, parents, companies, students can help

-MLK day?

-poverty (freshman)

-food bank/ food drive

-grade projects get a little more guidance

-need a little more focus

-more collaborative

-clothes drive?

-peace team

-9/11

-cookies for firefighters

-national volunteer week

-national peace week

-national poetry

May= some form of banquet, (sort of like cum laude), lunch

EXEC BOARD

President

-main speaker, leadership, guidance on projects, filter agendas,

-Aubrey & Dylan

Co-President

-work with the presidents to be the voice, VP steps up to lead meetings when president(s) are not present

-Johnny?

Secretary

-take notes

-Cathy Z

Treasurer

-budgets

Social

-marketing, posters

-social media

Grade reps

-spread word about projects to grades

-encourage grade to get involved in YAC& community

Fall fest

-maybe Nicaraguan bracelets

Agenda May 14: Last YAC Meeting at Chapel Transept, B-block Seniors and Juniors had meetings after chapel

Peace Week 2015:
Johnny called to order and asked people who wanted to be part of the Peace Week Team 2015 to send him their name and ideas for the week. There will be a meeting next week, date TBA at 3:30 at the new After School Care to meet Mrs. Morgan and listen to her suggestions. Mrs. Morgan is a trained peace education teacher.

YAC 2015-2016
Summer Service: Aubrey came late because she had a junior meeting to attend. She reminded everyone that service opportunities for the summer are available at the Casady Places to Serve Blog.

YAC FEDEX in the summer-August: Officers, calendar will be covered then.
Mrs. Clay will send an e-mail to all members and ask who wishes to be part of the "Planning Team-YAC Executive Board" Ananya nominated as Co-Presidents: Aubrey and Dylan and as Vice-President: Johnny. Mrs. Clay will ask for confirmation and then send the list of positions open to people who have earned the right by attendance to meetings and facilitation of projects.

Senior Send-Off
Members wrote inspirational post-its in the reflective/inspirational jars for senior leaders, members of the Executive Board: Jessica, Sidney and Taylor. Chase and Jessika received goodie bags.

1. Dates for delivery of
a. Placemats to Children Hospital. UPDATE Placemats were delivered on Tuesday May 12. The YAC officers had a tour of the Zone by Belinda Anderson, Zone's Volunteer Coordinator. Belinda requested YAC consideration of making videotaped crafts to broadcast to children in their rooms.

b. Books to Bodine: Ananya will provide time and date for the delivery. Angie, from Come and Read with Me wants to attend the delivery of the books. Ananya and Dylan delivered the Come and Read with Me Program books to Bodine Elementary. In a conversation with the Assistant Principal of the school, YAC was invited to volunteer at Bodien during the summer months. She also made Mrs. Clay aware that the Kaboom Playground is something Bodine wanted to have, but did not get grant money to have it build. They have done all the preliminary investigation and if their is a YAC member willing to spend time in June writing a grant proposal to Kaboom, we might make their dream of a playground in the middle of their walking trail to be reality. Now, they only have a small playground and a lot of outdoor space in need of TLC. Any Kaboom Grant Writers?

c. Bookmarks: Ananya received and counted donation from Come and Read with me Program with Johnny and Isabelle during the cancelled meeting. Over 4.000 bookmarks counted. The service-learning office received the following e-mail from the Youth Rebuilds Bookmark /Literacy Challenge. Update: 7,832 bookmarks were counted and are ready to be sent after Memorial Weekend to the Bezos Foundation. On a telephone conversation with the Bezos Foundation, Valerie Slone, she requested YAC's consideration of a skype conversation with the children from Peru who will be receiving the bookmarks in September 2015. It will be a 45 minute commitment in the morning. The new schedule will allow such an exciting opportunity to be a reality because we could set-it up during the activities period which now will be 45 minutes long. Valerie will send the information to Mrs. Clay who also suggested a collaboration with the Spanish Club. The only YAC project in the agenda for next year is the Pulsera Project for Guatemala, which is another collaboration with the Spanish Club.

We are less than one month away from the end of the Literacy Challenge! Don’t forget – the deadline to mail in your bookmarks is June 5^th, 2015. We’d like to thank you for registering for the Challenge, and if you haven’t sent in your bookmarks yet – now is the time to do so!

Your action, creativity, and collective efforts will help bring books and literacy resources to students through Save the Children’s Literacy Boost programs in Peru, Nepal and Mali. Continue to check our snazzy bookmark counter to see how close we are to our goal, and help make it rise by sending your bookmarks to:

Students Rebuild

918 S. Horton St. #5047

Seattle, WA 98134

Every time you connect and create with us you are making a difference in a young person’s life. Thank you again for being a part of Students Rebuild!

Warm wishes,

Team Students Rebuild

VALERIE SLOANE | Programs Assistant

tel 206-275-2048 ext 124 mobile 206-724-5525

valerie@bezosfamilyfoundation.org

2. End of the year reflection
Mrs. Clay will request this from interested members. There was no time due to STUCO ELECTIONS
a. Personal contribution to YAC in 2015 on parking lot
b. What we want to see different next year
c. Fedex Time report from Dylan, Ananya, and Jessica. Please, click here to read Fedex-Strategic Planning minutes by Mrs. Clay On a parking lot

3. Senior Send Off : Reflection & Inspiration Jars. Mrs. Clay explained the meaning of the jars and members present provided their positive thoughts, their thanks, good luck, and best wishes in post-it notes. Seniors in Executive Board, Jessica G. Sidney J. and Taylor B. received Reflective Hope Jars with pearls representing their giving hands and their names, their caring hearts. Senior YAC members, Chase K., and Jessika R. received a thank you goodie bag.

4. Miscellaneous items
-2 seniors still have not finished the requirement. They will not receive a diploma during graduation and their their transcripts will not be send for matriculation purposes until the requirement is completed.
-Congratulations to Seondre, MLK Scholar-as he stated, an unexpected result is that"YAC/YLOKC service counts."
-Archives needs volunteers this Saturday to unpack was was moved to the Crabtree Library. Details at daily announcements or Casady Places to Serve: http://casadyplacestoserve.blogspot.com/;

Thank you to YAC 2014-2015

Best of luck at college, seniors! List of members who stayed with YAC in 2014 and 2015

YAC Executive Board 2014-2015

Co-Presidents: Jessica Greene and Sidney Jones (YLOKC founder)

Vice-President: Aubrey Hermen YLOKC

Secretary: Johnny Lee YLOKC

Treasurer: Taylor Burrow YLOKC

Social Chair: Miranda Tortorici

Grade Project Chairs

Senior Chair: Yogaish Khastgir

Junior Chairs: Dylan Dobson, Neeley Russell

Sophomore Chairs: Ananya Bhaktaram YLOKC, Turner Waddell

Freshman Chairs: Miriam Shakir YLOKC, Safra Shakir YLOKC, Sara Shobeiri, Natalie Hugos YLOKC, Tara Ramakrishman, Gabrielle Moore YLOKC, Mallory Woodruff YLOKC, Kira Sindhwanis, Kat Reynolds, Abby Robinson

Seniors

1. Taylor Burrow YLOKC , YAC Treasurer,

2. Jessica Greene YAC Co-President, PSA Delivery

3. Catherine Digennaro

4. Yogaish Khastgir, Recycling Club President, Senior YAC Chair

5. Chase Kuehnl

6. Sidney Jones'15, YLOKC Founder-Planning Committee, YAC Co-President

7. Sindi Peza

8. Jessika Russell

Juniors

1. Dylan Dobson YAC Chair, STUCO liaison, PSA Delivery

2. Lauren Elliott

3. Colton Gelnar

4. Leighton Gelnar

5. Aubrey Hermen, YAC Vice-President, YLOKC, PSA Delivery

6. Camille Jackson

7. Nurmeen Jawaid

8. Neely Russell, YAC Junior Chair

9. Maryam Shobeiri

10. Alison Tien, Chinese Club Liaison, YLOKC

Sophomores

1, Kaitlyn Barthhell

2. Ananya Bhaktaram, YAC Sophomore Chair, YLOKC Planning and Peace Teams

3. Kenzie Horton

4. Nicole Jia

5. Rachel King

6. Isaiah Levingston

7. Johnny Lee, YAC Secretary, YLOKC Planning and Peace Teams

8. Pierce Sapper, YLOKC

9. Isabelle Sears

10. Miranda Tortorici, YAC Social Chair, Peace Team

11. Turner Waddell’17, YAC Sophomore Chair, Peace Team

12. Cathy Zesiger, Peace Team, STUCO liaison

Freshmen

1. Kate Abernathy

2. Nia Blackwell

3. Zac Connor

4. Shubham Gulati

5. Grace Hall

6. Katherine Henry

7. Natalie Hugos, YLOKC, Freshman Chair MLK Day, Bronco Boom, Bookmark Project NVW

8. Anthony Kerry

9. Gabrielle Moore, YLOKC, Freshman Chair Bookmarks Project @ Boys and Girls Club NVW, PVSA Chapel Delivery

10. Margo Naïfeh

11. Sharun Philip

12. Aidan Raikar

13. Tara Ramakrishman Freshman Chair MLK Day, PVSA Host/Photographer of Celebration

14. Kat Reynolds Freshman Chair MLK Day

15. Brady Rodts

16. Caleb Richards

17. Abby Robinson Freshman Chair Casady Cans Do

18. Mariam Shakir, YLOKC, Freshman Chair Casady Cans Do, MLK Day

19. Safra Shakir, YLOKC, Freshman Chair Casady Cans Do, MLK Day

20. Sara Shobeiri Freshman Chair Casady Cans Do, MLK Day

21. Kira Sindhwanis Freshman Chair, MLK Day

22. Max Tjauw

23. Lauren Uhland

24. Mallory Woodruff, YLOKC, Freshman Chair Peace Kids Booth @ Boys and Girls Club, Bookmark Project at Boys and Girls Club

From Aubrey, YAC CO-PRESIDENT 2015-2016

1. What is our theme going to be? We did not have a forum to make this decision at the FEDEX

2. What months are each grade going to take over to do their projects? Who is going to take charge of the projects and what will they be? This has to be handled at a planning meeting at the end of May after exams are over. We did not have a forum of participants to make this decision

3. How can we continue Ananya's bookmark project? Name, phone number, and email of sponsor?
Bodine Elementary connection will be made when we deliver the books. The program with Britton elementary needs to be explored independent of Bronco Boom from UCO if we re interested in continuing. The bookmark project is a global initiative with information located at Students Rebuild http://www.studentsrebuild.org/

4. Continuing to make Place Mats for children's hospital Sidney is leaving several bags of bookmarks to make for next year, if YAC decides that this is one of the service learning experiences they want to embrace.

5. Pinwheels On parking lot

6. Do Johnny and Turner want to plan Peace Week again? On parking lot

7. Appoint exec board people for next year and get their numbers and emails. Ananya nominated co-presidents and vice president at the FEDEX. We need to make sure people want to accept that responsibility for next year. Other offices need to be proposed to the people who have earned the right for their involvement in the club, but the recommendation of the FEDEX was to
a. Define the expectations of the position
b. Connect to personal preferences, talents and interests
c. Check availability of time looking at calendar and personal schedules

Calendar: Decide on monthly projects that correlate with the year's theme On parking lot. Recommendation to pick overarching theme, develop goals and objectives. Then place experiences (projects) that will inspire others to serve. Highly recommended a several hours meeting to work on this at the end of May and revisit in August before school starts. Meetings should not just be to discuss possible projects, but should build skills. Executive Board needs to set-up the agenda. Mrs. Clay will continue to place items in the blog, but the Planning Team/Executive Board needs to decide what items will be advertise by the Media and Marketing Team for the Week. Announcements need to be sent to coach T about the chosen volunteer opportunity/service-learning experience sponsored by YAC on a weekly basis.

Agendas need to be set at executive board meetings. Mrs. Clay can still place items that come to her office in the blog as agenda items, but the board needs to have full ownership of the agendas. A recommendation is that at every meeting a skill is also developed, like relationship building activities, learning about S-L, leadership skills, etc.

The ideas Safra and Mariam wanted to share were the Pulsera Project, and having a theme centered on children's education. Mallory and Gabrielle are interested in knitting hats for Children's Hospital babies and Children undergoing chemotherapy. Service-Learning has purchased 3 sets of supplies to make the "pilot hats."

Casady YAC 2014-2015: Sponsor's Reflection

1. What is YAC? A service youth group. YAC stands for Youth Acting in the Community More time in the community as a group

2. Why YAC? Inspire others to find their passion to serve.

3. How YAC? Projects planned at meetings. Community organizations attended meetings to promote their mission and need for Casady volunteers. YAC students engaged in multiple city youth boards as consequence of these visits: YLOKC, Infant Crisis Services, Hope Corps of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, Special Care, Youth Services of Oklahoma County, Humane Society, Pepper's Ranch, Focus on Home, Mental Health Youth Board, Keep Oklahoma Beautiful Youth Board, to name only a few

YAC's 2014-2015 Theme: Children with advocacy, fundraising and some direct service in the areas of health, safety and well being, self-esteem, literacy, and poverty

YAC is supported by the Casady Service-Learning Program. The Casady Service Learning Program follows the national service days and awareness months calendar with default projects at partner community organizations such as the Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Rebuilding together, Boys and Girls Club, Interfaith Alliance, Respect Diversity Foundation, Metropolitan Library Systems, Come and Read with Me Program and local elementary schools and elderly independent living facilities for National Service Days. The S-L calendar dates for the school year 2015-2016 are are placed on the main UD calendar at the end of May 2015

YAC 2014-2015: Indirect Service, Advocacy and Fundraising

-Children's Hospital Placemats- Collaboration with STUCO fundraiser 200 placemats. Cost: $?

-Rainbow Fleet sponsorship of 4 daycare centers with resources to teach their children $120

-Literacy: Youth-4-Education: Focusing on the achievement gap@home and globally: Bookmarks for Literacy, 4,000+ bookmarks. 350 made by Casady YAC and Boys and Girls Club during NVW/GYSD. Cost: Supplies and mailing

-Books for Bodine Elementary 500 books donated by Come and Read with Me Program. No school participation

-Food Drive and MLK Day @ Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Increased participation from UD Cost: $300 donated by UD Director, Dr. Powell. Supplies: Courtesy of S-L Budget.

-Cleats for Kids fundraiser Great # of donations from MD. Only a few from UD. Cost: 0 All items donated

-Chinese Club fundraiser for medical services for orphan children in China $1,500. Cost: $ 50 t-shirts and cost of lunch for sponsors of Chinese Club and S-L.
-Jonesha's Project during the Holiday: Cost $100 to purchase supplies for student giveaway bags
-Stockings for Britton Elementary: Art Club connected to YAC Executive Board. Cost: Supplies by Art Budget

Pinwheels for Peace fundraiser to help build a foster home at Pepper's Ranch $1,000. Cost: Donations from S-L, English and Foreign Languages budgets as well as

YAC 2014-2015: Direct Service

Peace Team @ OK Kids Korral Pinwheel making

Peace Team @ Single Parent Network Pinwheel making

YLOKC Casady @ OK Kids Korral Positive Tomorrows and Mercy School Institute Pinwheel Making

Mentoring and tutoring with Bronco Boom at Britton Elementary

Peace Week pinwheels, National Volunteer Week and Global Youth Service Day Bookmarks and t-shirts at Boys and Girls Club, 200 pinwheels, 175 bookmarks

Tennis Clinic at Boys and Girls Club in June
Art Club Christmas Stockings for Britton Elementary

-Santa Store; Cost: $0. Time spent in the community during the holidays

YAC 2014-2015: Research Service

Writing grants for literacy: State Farm YAB did not approve grant

Exploring Membership at National Youth Boards NYLC: Youth-4-Education, YSA to have a voice on National Service Learning Conference and National Days of Service: National Youth Boards

4. Who is YAC?

Executive Board formed this year. No bylaws in place. Should we consider changing the name to Planning Team?

Co-Presidents, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Social Chair, Grade Level Chairs: Project facilitators. No elections. Officers determined by time spent in YAC

Members: No fee. Anyone can join any time during the year. Attend meetings. Get service hours for attending meetings with participation in projects.

Sponsors: Carmen Clay. Father Youmans when schedule permits.

5. When YAC? Tuesdays B-Block. If this is the day for YAC in 2014-2015, Mrs. Clay will miss once a month because she is a member of COVA (Central Oklahoma Volunteer Administrators). COVA's monthly meetings are the second Tuesday of the month.

6. How much YAC? Fall Fest Fundraiser $80 managed by Treasurer
$100 per month for project initiatives from Service-Learning Budget managed by S-L director in collaboration with YAC treasurer. We need to consider having a grant proposal system
Meeting snacks, donations from members and from s-l budget. The new s-l budget is operational from June-June. As a non-profit, monies need to spend the year they are allocated.

7. How connected was YAC's calendar be to the Service-Learning Calendar

National Days of Service Action. Some mote than others

Monthly Advocacy No real connection in 2014-2015

SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM 2015-2016 CALENDAR

Summer Months: Office closed. Communication via e-mail and per appointment or activity

MAY 2015
TENTATIVE CALENDAR FOR 2015-2016
OFFICERS IN PLACE- RECRUITMENT OF CLASS 2019- FRIDAY, MAY 15
PEACE WEEK EXPERIENCES PLANNING

JUNE 2015

SERVICE LEARNING OFFICE @ HARPER WING

Peace Week Project Meetings

YLOKC Meetings

SENIOR CLASS E-MAIL REPORTS

JULY 2015

MOVIE TIME-AWARENESS - UCO INTERNATIONAL HOUSE

- Peace One Day

-On a Paper Crane, Tomoko’s Adventure

-Pinwheels for Peace
-Labyrinth on grass and canvas
Peace Week Meetings - Peace Week Calendar

AUGUST 2015

SHINNYO-EN FOUNDATION SAN FRANCISCO RETREAT

Friday August 7- Monday August 10

Peace Team Delegation (64 people invited, 3 per organization)
FEDEX YAC Invitational: Calendar, Bylaws

SERVICE LEARNING OFFICE OPEN HOUSE

Ice Cream Social for Faculty- During Teacher Orientation

Ice Cream Social for Students - First Week of School
All classes e-mail reports

SEPTEMBER - PEACE MONTH

9/11: NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE ACTION & REMEMBRANCE: United We Serve

9/11-9/21 (IDP): PEACE WEEK

WE, THE WORLD: 11 days of Global Unity YAC Peace Team

THE GLOBAL COMPASSION COOPETITION

Charter for Compassion Mural

Pinwheels-Planting Trees - STEAMSS and cultures -4- Peace

9/15-10/15 Hispanic Heritage Month-Spanish Club

OCTOBER - HUNGER & POVERTY MONTH

10/12-10-16: BACK TO SCHOOL COMPASSION COOPETITION

10/24 MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY - 4th Saturday in October

Food Bank: 8+; Rebuilding Together: 14+; Habitat: 16+

MAKE YOUR MARK ON HUNGER WEEK

10/?-10/? Students Against Hunger Casady Cans Do Food Drive

Empty Bowls Banquet

Hunger Walk

Poverty Simulation

NOVEMBER NATIVE CULTURES MONTH

American Indian Heritage Month

11/21/2015 Family Volunteer Day Saturday before Thanksgiving

DECEMBER FAMILY MONTH

Holiday Volunteering Month

Santa's Store

Holidays Around the World

JANUARY: CIVIL RIGHTS MONTH

Human Trafficking Awareness Month

1/18/2016 MLK DAY National Day of Service United We Serve

MAKE A DAY ON SERVICE NOT A DAY OFF

FEBRUARY: BLACK HISTORY AND KINDNESS MONTH

Black History Month

2/?-2/? RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK: RAK WEEK

2/?-2/? HARMONY WEEK COOPETITION

MARCH: WOMAN'S HISTORY MONTH

Women's History/ Hug a GI Month

Alternative Spring Break in New Mexico, California or Peru

APRIL: CHILDREN YOUTH AND EARTH MONTH

Child Abuse Prevention Month

Autism Awareness Month

4/?-4/? NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE-LEARNING CONFERENCE-DC?

4/10-4-16 NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK SERVICE ACTION PROJECTS

4/15-4-17 GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAYS SERVICE ACTION PROJECTS

4/22: Earth Day EARTH WEEK COOPETITION

Easter

MAY: ASIAN CULTURES- OLDER AMERICANS MONTH

Asian American-Pacific Islander Heritage
Older Americans Month
Global Youth Traffic Safety Month

FIRST WEEK IN MAY
Teacher Appreciation Week

S-L "Sobremesa" Banquet:
Celebration and Demonstration of Learning Through Service

FEDEX-STRATEGIC PLANNING 2016-2017
Labyrinth Reflection: Senior Send Off

JANUARY MEETINGS

1/6/2015 meeting
Agenda & Minutes by Mrs. Clay. Thank you Turner for running the tech part of the meeting.

We welcome Father Youmans as a new YAC member!!!

Thank you to Johnny and his mom for the delicious cookies, Mrs. Milligan for the Hawaiian punch and to the Casady Service-Learning Program-Mr. Gene Rainbolt and family- for the grapes to reflect the year.

Executive Board Agenda Items
* MLK Day:  No senior facilitation or delegation of responsibilities. Ananya, Johnny, Turner, Miranda, Mrs. Clay, and Aubrey facilitated aspects of the meeting.

* Strategic Planning date for 2015. Mr. Evan Walter, Casady's Development Director will have a three hour, Fedex-Strategic Planning Time at the Casady Woolsey Wing on January 24th from 9-12. If able to participate, please e-mail Mrs. Clay by Friday. Executive Board Members you need to e-mail a definition of what you position is from your perspective and what your office responsibilities should be in 2015.

Who are the members of the Executive Board?
Seniors: Jessica G. Sidney J, Taylor B, Yogaish K.
Juniors: Aubrey H. Dylan D. Neeley R.
Sophomores:  Ananya B. Johnny L. Miranda T. Turner W.
Freshmen: Project Chairs: Marian S. Safra S. Kira S. Sara S. Kat R

Announcements from Mrs. Clay

1. National Service-Learning Conference 2015: http://servicelearningconference.org/2015/  Leaving OKC on April 7th returning on April 12th. Mrs. Clay will attend the World Forum sponsored by the Shinnyo-en Foundation on the 8th. Students may choose the World Forum or the Day at the Hill when registering. Registration is due at the end of next week.

2. MLK Day of Service 2015: Food Bank - Teams needed
Organizing Team: YAC Executive Board Mrs. Clay(Mercy Institute and Interfaith Alliance Connection), Jessica (Pizza donation), Johnny, Aubrey and Ananya (YLOK connections) ...MORE volunteers needed! What are the responsibilities?: Oversee all details even if you cannot personally be there. Contact the Food Bank. Contact Partner organizations to invite them to participate (YLOKC, Mercy School Institute, Interfaith Alliance of OKC), secure donations and prizes for the competition. Secure transportation for volunteers who might needed it. Contact Casady's Marketing Department and place MLK Day of Service in the neon signs. Write a letter for parents to invite the Casady Family to Make a Day ON service out of a day OFF from school. The Food Bank is OUR opportunity, but if unable to attend the food bank, promote volunteering anywhere desired.

Advertising Team: Thank you to Safra and Mariam. Make speech for all chapels . Find people to deliver them, if unable to do it personally due to class schedules. Speech will be delivered on Friday, January 17. Goal: Advocate the dream. Inspire to make a day ON Service of a Day OFF from school. Suggestion to ask Pierce Sapper if he can make a video to present. 8 minutes allowed for the speech and video.
Make a flyer for all divisions. The flyer is due at the end of this week. Food Bank has many people in a waiting list and has to have a tentative number of volunteers by next Tuesday.

Volunteer Recruitment Team:  Every YAC member is in this committee. Get friends and family to volunteer on MLK Day at the Food Bank or somewhere else.  For Food Bank Volunteering on MLK Day: ASAP, RESERVE YOUR SPOT AT SIGN-UP GENIUS

Food and entertainment team: Thank you to Kira and Kate. Order the pizza, drinks and salad. Have it delivered. Have music going at all times. Run the Contest

Photography and videography team: Volunteers needed, Pierce S. suggested

Action during the meeting
* Warm Project for Positive Tomorrows: Making blankets for Positive Tomorrows: $100 requested. Denied. Will be in the parking lot until the summer. No funds granted at this time. Reason: The cold season is almost over and we have not really investigated the needs of Positive Tomorrows in this regard.

* Sharing New Year's Traditions
- 12 grapes, one for each month of the year
* Reflection of personal hours. Did not take place in an individual basis, but,
- Ananya reflected on her Now and Then Project, A book on the life of an elderly Oklahoman connect to historical aspects of interest to a Cyclone who graduated last year. A copy of the.book will be unveiled tomorrow at Calvert.
- Aubrey reflected on YAC's 2014 activities and stated that we had a good year. Mrs. Clay request ed Aubrey to be ready to reflect on her personal project, Rainbow Fleet at next meeting
-Johnny and Miranda heard the proposal of blankets for Positive Tomorrow and place the project in the parking lot until them summer

Feedback to facilitators: delegate responsibilities when unable to attend.

Meeting adjourned two minutes late.

DECEMBER MEETINGS

YAC Meeting Agenda
DATE: 12/16/2014, 12:30 Seniors E-board @ Britton Elementary delivering Xmas Stockings. Freshmen called after chapel for meeting. Spanish III on field trip and Swim team away

There was a chapel announcement asking YAC members to bring a snack to share. Thank you Miranda for bringing snacks for the meeting.

a. Reflection of YAC service hours earned through YAC meetings and projects: Mrs. Clay

Seniors: We took the initiative to volunteer and get others to join us. We will go to college and continue to volunteer! We can encourage ALL the members to join the meetings. Jessika, Sindi, Cathy D.

Juniors: None present

Sophomores: We reflected and helped with the canned food drive. We need to have more discussions about the particular project we are working on. We need more school-wide involved project.

Freshmen: What worked? When we are organized and people come to the meetings. When we are unorganized and uninformed, we loose interest and people stop coming. To improve YAC we need to volunteer at more events, mentor little kids, have a mentorship program with another school and worked with the little kids in the Lower Division.

b. Bennett's poster: We finished Bennett poster and took it to Mrs. France for LD teachers to sign it.

c. Xmas thank you Panetone for Teachers , Coaches and Staff: Finished decorating cards. Mrs. Clay will deliver them today.

January 19th is MLK Day. Sign-up in sign-up genius if planning to attend. We will have two shifts. Dress up in Disney attire. Our goal is 80 volunteers in the morning and 80 volunteers in the afternoon

Morning Shift
Kat R
Natalie H

Lunch at near by "all you can eat' Chinese Food place. Bring money for lunch if staying all day. Mrs. Clay will provide transportation to the restaurant to up to 8 freshmen

Afternoon Shift
Kat R
Natalie H
Kira S.
Mariam S.
Safra S.

There will also be a 3-hour Strategic Planning Fedex Time in January led by Casady's Development Director, Evan Walter. Date and Time TBA in January

Agenda December Meeting

Requests: Make poster for Bennett Seniors got it started
Make cards for Wounded Warriors: No takers
Make posters for Positive Tomorrows-Help create process for Cultural fest. No takers
Make cards with holiday wisher for teacbers.Freshmen decorated all what was needed:.UD, MD. LD, PD, Coaches, Offices, Mr. Fresonke and his grounds crew, Chef Kevin and his Sage team, Mr. Sheldon and his office team

1. Blood Drive: Update on Bennett Read below. Johnny and Safra and Marian will take the lead. They will write the speech for chapel. Father Blizzard received pictures from the Hannemans

2. Urban Mission- Santa's Store Jessica and Sidney 6 volunteers in the morning, 5 in the afternoon =)

3. YLOKCasady needs help with culturally enhancing posters for Positive Tomorrows Johnny
Sign-up for Positive Tomorrow's

4. Funds for December requests Taylor
a. Maysia's Project
b. YAC's gift to a needy family oversees
c. Wooded Warrior Program
d. Bennett's wishes
f. Art Club Xmas Stockings needs
g. YLOKC double dare week at Edmond Santa Fe sponsorship

Executive board's treasurer decided to provide $100 to Maysia's project.
There was interest in finding more information about Double Dare Week from a member of Casady STUCO

December Meeting

New Youth Board CEO came to speak about organization

- Angels for Moms; Bethel Foundation. No news from them

- YAC Peace Jam Alumni Project- Myasia McGee will speak at chapel tomorrow

- Xmas stockings for Britton Elementary at art room: YAC leaders are already helping

-December 18th YLOKC Cultural Fest at Positive Tomorrows

-Pambe Ghana World Market- needs volunteers this weekend

- Mentor and tutor in math for Edmond MD child. Paid or for hours

Urban Mission- December 13th Jessica had a sign-up sheet for morning and afternoon shifts on December 13th

8:30am-11:30am
11:00am-2:00pm

Letters to troops :Maggie will speak at Chapel next Friday. Members should bring supplies

Next meeting will action and reflection for service hours. Youth Leaders-YAC will facilitate the reflection.

January Service ON PARKING LOT
MLK Day - facilitators needs as well as way to remind volunteers Celly?????
All Day shift: 8:3--4:30 Lunch at all you can eat Chinese Restaurant

Morning Shift: 9-12

Afternoon Shift 1-4

Thank you to Super Cao and Taylor for snacks and to Come and Read with me Program for books for youth lead books for Positive Tomorrows

November Meetings

December Projects
a. Ideas needed

In the past we have volunteered at City Rescue Mission providing helpers to distribute donated toys and other needed household items to needy children.

Possibilities presented with Discussion by Friday
Working with Positive Tomorrows
Pepper's Ranch
Boys and Girls Club
Special Care
Bethel Foundation

b. Grants available. Grant writers needed
$400-$1000 for projects aiming to do something to end childhood hunger

c. Global Market: Pambe Ghana store needs helpers

January proposed projects by Jessica

a. ICS Diaper Drive at basketball game
b. MLK Day at Food Bank. 80 volunteers guaranteed morning and afternoon. Dress up with Disney Theme. We will be packing Food-4-Kids backpacks.

November Meeting

YAC meeting , October 28, b-block, Wing

A Note from Sara Shobeiri

Freshman YAC Chair

Students Against Hunger, "Casady Cans Due," is asking for the Casady Community's help to succeed.

The Upper Division's Youth in Action in the Community (YAC) looked at the statistics and reports that it is not uncommon for people who live in our city to be struggling with hunger. Oklahoma is among the 10 hungriest in the nation. The Regional Food Bank feeds 110,000 hungry Oklahomans every week. If every Casady student brings a mere six cans of food a day, we will collect more than 26,000 cans. Can you imagine what we CAN do? I CAN.

The most needed non-perishable food donations are canned meats, soups, sauces, canned beans, brown rice, pasta, canned fruits and vegetables, and peanut butter. Also $1 can provide up to five meals. Make checks payable to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, Casady Food Drive.

Collection boxes will be clearly present and easily accessible in each division from Friday, Oct. 31, to Friday Nov. 7.

Together, we CAN set the new Casady standard.

Follow drive updates at the Casady Students Against Hunger Blog. http://casadystudentsagainsthunger.blogspot.com

Agenda

1. Food drive final details
2. Service opportunities this weekend. Sign up at Wing
A. Saturday Food Bank.
B. Sunday. Youth LEAD OKC @ Casady Wing 1:30. Planning Committee 12:30

FOOD DRIVE FINAL DETAILS

Dear Facilitators of the Food Drive

Thank you for helping remind volunteers to be at their post collecting cans and being enthusiastic about fighting hunger. I will update additions and deletions as well as place daily pics of the drive at the Casady YAC Bloghttp://casadyacleads.blogspot.com/.

If your volunteers have not contacted you, please contact them. Do a reminder via text the night before they need to volunteer. Please tell your volunteers to sign-in with their time of arrival and sign out with time of departure.

Please read your section carefully. Thank you! Carmen Clay

Upper Division
October 31- November 6 . November 7, SPC
Volunteers needed from 7:00-7:45. Sign in sheet,boxes and can costume by Mrs. Milligan's office. At least one volunteer with first hour study hall to help count cans from late arrivals. Boxes will be by Mrs. Milligan's office. Mr. Fresonke's crew will pick up cans by 8:30 daily. Goal: 30 cans per student. YAC is the face of the drive and the Executive Board leads by example. YAC should consider bringing as many donations as possible the first day to set the tone of the drive. Special thanks to Sara, Mariam, Safra, Kira, Turner, Ananya, Sidney, Jessica, Yogaish, Miranda and Mrs. Crossno for their help facilitating aspects of the food drive.
Facilitators: Jessica Greene, Mariam and Safra Shakir
Friday, October 31: c-day
Jessica Greene (7:15), Abby Robinson, Carmen Clay, Sidney Jones, Natalie Hugos, Tara Ramakrishan, Chase Kuehnl, Margo Naifeh, Camille Jackson

( I placed here everyone who signed up to help MD and PD. Those divisions are not collecting until Monday. Please make sure they are OK with helping in the UD. It will be great to have many volunteers in costumes!!!)
Monday, November 3: d-day
Safra Shakir. Mariam Shakir
Tuesday, November 4: e-day
Kat Reynolds, Brady Rodts.
Wednesday, November 5: f-day
Shubham Gulati, Anthony Kong, Max Tjauw
Thursday, November 6: a-day
Miranda Tortocici, Mrs. Crossno

- Middle Division November 3 - November 7th. They will have Halloween costume competitions the 31st. Volunteers needed from 7:00-7:45. Sign in sheet boxes and costume on wall by collection boxes, in front of the main office. At least one volunteer with first hour study hall to help count cans from late arrivals. Mr. Fresonke's crew will pick up cans by 8:30 daily.

Facilitators:  Sidney Jones and Abby Robinson
Monday, November 3 d day
Sidney J. , Chase K., Natalie H., Tara Ramakishan
Tuesday, November 4 e day
Tara Ramakishan, Abby Robinson, Grace Hall
Wednesday, November 5 f day
Margo Naifeh
Thursday, November 6 a-day
Sidney J. Chase K. Natalie Hugos
Friday, November 7th: No high school volunteers
Mrs. Clay, Mrs. May

- Lower Division: October 31- November 7
Volunteers needed from 7:00-7:45 Sign in sheet and costume by Mrs. Maness desk.  At least one volunteer with first hour study hall to help count cans from late arrivals. Boxes and can costume will be by Mrs. Manes office. Mr. Fresonke's crew will pick up cans by 8:30 daily.
Facilitators:  Neely Russell and Aubrey Hermen(?)
Friday, October 31 c-day
Neeley Russell, Leighthon Gelnar
Monday, November 3 d-day
Aubrey Hermen, Taylor Burrow, Jessika Russell
Tuesday, November 4 e-day
Sara Shobeiri
Wednesday, November 5 f-day
Sara Shobeiri, Neeley Russell
Thursday, November 6 a-day
Nia Blackwell, Kat Reynolds, Katherine Henry, Brady Rodts
Friday, November 7: No volunteers from Upper Division

- Primary Division
November 3 - November 7th. They will have Halloween costume competitions the 31st
Volunteers needed from 7:15-7:45. This division starts classes later.Sign in sheet by collection boxes. Boxes and can costume in front of building for decoration and marketing purposes only. Place counted donations directly in wagons. Donations are carried to the Food Bank trailer by the children on Thursday. Mr. Fresonke's crew does not pick-up donations at all here.
Facilitators:  Ananya B. and Johnny Lee
Monday, November 3 d-day
Kira Sindhwani, Kate Abernathy
Tuesday, November 4 e-day
Lauren Uhland, Zac Conner, Ananya B.
Wednesday, November 5 f-day
Kat Reynolds, Brady Rodts
Thursday, November 6: a-day
Morning 7:30 _____________
10:15 Teens in can costumes: Ananya B. and Johnny Lee
2:00. Teens in can costumes:___________
Friday, November 7:
Last minute donations. No helpers from the Upper Division

10/14/2014 and 10/17/2014 Meetings resulted in YAC taking action in three areas of service

a. Rainbow Fleet rainbowfleet.org YAC Executive Board members volunteered cleaning toys and making packets for upcoming fundraiser from 10-noon on Saturday, October 18, 2014, at the Rainbow Fleet Resource Center @ 3024 Paseo, rainbowfleet.org.

Casady Service-Learning and YAC were able to sponsor 3 daycare centers thanks to the generosity of the Rainbolt Family Service-Learning Fund, Aubrey's family donation, and Aubrey's vision to bring this wonderful organization as one of the main organizations sponsored by YAC this year.

Rainbow Fleet is a YAC Junior Class project. The project focuses on building self-esteem in children. Project leader Aubrey H. stated " Rainbow Fleet's Resource Center provides toys and educational materials to child care providers in the greater Oklahoma City community.The materials that the Center provides teach infants and children fine motor skills, literacy, counting, science, etc. Working with Rainbow Fleet and volunteering in the Resource Center was an amazing opportunity! Rainbow Fleet does an amazing job nominating needy child care centers to receive memberships to the Resource Center. Every child care center that is a member of the Resource Center greatly benefits from the toys and educational materials provided to them. Rainbow Fleet is paving the roads for the future of our community by building strong minds and bodies in infants and children. I am so happy that I had the opportunity to work with this great organization!"

Casady Service-Learning also bought a membership for resources to be shared with clubs and classes like beginning level language classes.

b.Village Fall Festival
Who? Mrs. Clay and volunteers
Where? Duffner Park
When? 12:30-2:00, Saturday, October 18

Reflection from volunteers forthcoming

c. Compassion Games
Who? Spanish I Class

What? Compassion acts- Secrets agents
When? October 19-25
Games will begin in Mrs. Clay Spanish I Class on Monday, October 19th. The class is learning about adjectives and the differences between ser and estar. Students will choose acts of kindness they will perform and learn pertinent vocabulary in Spanish.

2. Students Against Hunger: Casady Cans Do: 10/31 to 11/7

FOOD DRIVE 2014

Great activities for the food drive from the Food Bank:

Word Search – all grades
Bingo Participation Card – all grades
Specific activities for students K-2nd grade, 3rd to 5th grade, and 6th-12th grade

Click here to access the Teacher Tool Kit.

Clifton Roberts

Food Drive & Marketing Coordinator

Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma

405.600.3132 (Office)

croberts@regionalfoodbank.org

3355 S. Purdue

OKC, OK 73179

Facebook.com/regionalfoodbank

Twitter.com/rfbo

YAC began making collection boxes on Tuesday and finished on Friday during B-block.

The Food Drive is a freshman project with guidance and support from the Executive Board and the whole YAC membership.

The senior leadership has divided the freshmen class in different groups under the support of members of the Executive Board. Students helping the Food Drive in other divisions need to be back in class on time. Minimum of 5 people per shift. At least one member of each shift should have first hour off to help count cans after morning donations are finished.

Mrs. Crossno attended the Friday meeting and offered to have time in her class to help the freshman organize their first project.

Mrs. Crossno called for inspiring students to give without outside incentives.

Ideas proposed
a. # 30/30
b. Use social media motivational devises and daily reminders

Mrs. Clay shared what other classes had done in the past and requested consideration of applying the service learning tenants to the organization of this project.

Freshmen Safra and Mariam Sh. emerged as the leading facilitators of this project. They made a list of ideas to be discussed at next meeting and they spent an hour reinforcing boxes.

Old Business

a. Clubs Fair: Sign up went well. The Freshman Club Fair was a good idea. Thank you to Johnny L. for making the list of clubs

b. Homecoming: Fall Fest $75 were collected. Executive board will decide how the money will be spent

c. Peace Week Report: SEE BELOW ENTRY

September Meetings

1st Meeting
Ice Breaker by Jessica
Sign-up for Clubs Fair. Participate in Peace Week.
Do an intentional act of kindness Clubs Fair
Volunteer with Terry Annual Softball Fundraiser or @ the Food Bank
Snacks by Miranda

2nd Meeting
Freshmen @ Stuco Elections
Sign-up for Fall fest.
Volunteer @ Boys and Girls Club
Attend the Youth LEAD Retreat Xperience 20th and 21st of September
Snacks by Mrs. Peck and Mr. (Donation)

3rd meeting
Conflict with Homecoming event
Sign-up for Fall Fest
Snack by Super Cao

Casady YAC 2014-2016 FEDEX TIME II MINUTES

What is YAC? =?
Youth Acting in the Community

Theme for the Year: Children

Vision: ?
Mission: ?
Goal/Purpose: ?
Activities:
Meetings for projects in Calendar

YAC Executive Board 2014-2015
Presidents: Sydney and Jessica (Children Hospital, YLOKC, ICS)
Vice President: Aubrey (Has a project planned)
Secretary: Johnny (Single Parent Network, Peace Team, YLOKC)
Treasurer: Taylor (Various Projects)
Social Chair: Miranda (Peace Team)

Chairs-(Personal Projects)
Freshmen chair:
Sophomore chair: Ananya (YLOKC, Children's, Possibly: Girl Up in partnership with UN OKC Association, Literacy, Peace Week), Turner(Peace Week)
Junior chair: Dylan (?)
Senior chair: Yogaish (Recycling, YLOKC)
Adults Chair: Carmen Clay: (YAC Sponsor, YLOKC Mentor, Peace Week Sponsor and faculty facilitator )

YAC FedEx Time II Agenda and Minutes
Minutes by Aubrey. In Red: Questions/comments from Mrs. Clay
Attendance by sign-up sheet
Seniors: Taylor B., Sidney J., Jessica G.
Juniors: Aubrey H. Neely sent e-mail wanting to participate, but did not attend
Sophomores: Ananya B. Turner W. Johnny L. (late, very late), Gracie P wants to be a chair, but was out of town
Freshmen: None. Kira out of town

Time spent: 1.5 hours.

Calendar
There will be a calendar in every building. Jessica will make the calendars.

Changes in calendar:
* More morning and/or lunch meetings- ONCE a month ? Coach T's approval needed.
* Change YAC Meeting time from Friday to Thursday ? Coach T's approval needed.

Budget: $100 per month- $1,000 August-May from S-L Budget. YAC fundraisers at Fall Fest and from donations. The full s-l budget covers all s-l office expenses, requests from classroom teachers for the entire school and director's discretionary expenses. That is why I am always seeking donations from former students and/or writing or asking you to consider writing grants.

No snacks for meetings ??? or should we have a yearly fee to belong to YAC from $5-$10 to cover snacks for meeting. Coach T's approval needed.

YAC Calendar 2014-2015
August:
Clubs Fair for Freshmen facilitated by YAC: Suggested by Coach McHargue
* Johnny is making the YAC Guide
* Clubs need to be contacted in July. Guide to be finished by August 8th.

Activities Fair for all Students: Who is facilitating this?
* Make YAC more desirable
* Get YAC known
* Get YAC's mission known What is the YAC mission, Vision and goals? You all also need to have mission, vision and goals for your monthly activities. That way you will know why you are doing them and what you and the members expect to accomplish with time spent in YAC!
* More hours given to students who come to meetings more frequently ?
* More hours given to students on executive board ?

September
*Students Against Hunger: Money donation cans passed at Pep Rallies. Facilitated by all YAC????

* Peace Week: 9/11-9/21(IDP) Facilitated by Peace Team
Vision: OKC a Compassionate City and Casady a kinder community
Mission: Promote the 11 Days of Global Unity - 11 Areas in need of change to give peace one day a chance to become a reality
Goal/Purpose: Promote kindness and service. Raise Awareness of local and global interconnectivity - local solutions with global implications and IDP (9/21)
Facilitators:
YAC/Youth LEADOKCasady Peace Team: Ananya, B. Johnny L. working during the summer months. Chapel speakers, Recipeace meals @ restaurants. Other members of the team: Cathy Z., Miranda T. and Turner W. OKC peace enthusiast and non-profits like Oklahoma Conference of Churches, Roots and Wings, Silence Foundation, Respect Diversity Foundation, United Nations OKC.

The ideas below will be confirmed by the first week of July.

- Thursday 9/11: Unity
"Compassion Relay Games begins: "I Will Do a Good Deed"

- Friday 9/12: Interdependence
Spanish I Class/Language Club: Generation 9/12 Good Deeds,"Compassion Relay Games"

- Saturday 9/13: Environment
Recipeace meals at participating restaurants and homes
Food Bank Volunteering Reservation for 40 volunteers Conflict with testing!
Afternoon 3:00 PM: YLOKC training retreat @ Camp Classen

- Sunday 9/14: Economic Justice
Recipeace meals at participating restaurants
Day: YLOKC Retreat at Camp Classen, Compassion Relay Games
Evening: One goal, peace Soccer Invitational Facilitated by someone not attending retreat

- Monday 9/15: Health
Casady Athletics Activity: Peace Walks around the Lake Casady and Lake Hefner , Yoga, dancing ????
Peace and health practices????

- Tuesday 9/16: Children and Youth
YAC/STUCO/International Club Activity ?????
Spanish I and Spanish Club: Painted Peace- May Peace Prevail on Earth Activity

- Wednesday 9/17: Women
Gales Activity?????

- Thursday 9/18: Human Rights
Pinwheel blessing and planting - Parent teacher conferences on Friday 9/19 in PD, LD, and MD.

- Friday 9/19 Freedom
Debaters activity?????

- Saturday 9/20 Disarmament
Recipeace meals at participating restaurants
Morning: Food Bank Volunteering (Reservation for 40 volunteers)
Afternoon: Kids Peace Fair @ Boys and Girls Club

- Sunday 9/21 International Day of Peace
Noon: Recipeace Brunch- End of Compassion Games- Facilitated by Peace Team and interested YLOKCasady
1-5 PM IDP Interfaith Youth Tour - Facilitated by Oklahoma Conference of Churches and Y interested LOKCasady
Evening: OKC celebrates International Day of Peace at OCU

October
Junior Project: Facilitated by Aubrey
*Self-Esteem Day: October 6
*Something with Special Care or Cleats for Kids, or Food-4- Kids Backpacks
*Fundraiser for Cleats for Kids or Food-4-Kids Backpacks
*Volunteer Day at Andrew Johnson Elementary
*Special Care, Cleats for Kids @ Casady

November
Students Against Hunger: UD facilitated by E-Board ???
Money cans for $ donations for cans for the Food Bank.

December
Stockings Project; Facilitated by E-Board YAC??
Stockings for teachers
Christmas Cheer Program: Volunteers needed to deliver gifts to families

January
Sophomore Project : Facilitated by ?
* Literacy - Book Drive
* MLK Day

February-March-April ???? Facilitated by ???
Senior Project- Health, Safety, Well-being

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FEDEX TIME I MINUTES

YAC FedEx Time with Cory King

Participants: Jessica, Sidney, Aubrey, Miranda, Johnny. Ananya sent information. Turner and Hunter RSVP but did not attend. No reply from past YAC chairs and/or other YAC or YLOKCasady members. Two e-mail invitations were sent

Updated 5/30/2014

Jessica G., Sidney J., Taylor B., Aubrey H., Miranda T., and Johnny L., met from 10:00 to noon on May 27 @ the Casady Harper Wing to share ideas about YAC's mission, vision, purpose, goals, objectives, and hurdles to overcome aiming to enhance the goal of getting YAC back on track in 2014-2015.

The FedEx Time was facilitated by Ms. Cory King, Human Resources Manager of American Energy Partners, L.P. and is on the board of You are special, a non-profit created by her mother, Rebuilding Together, and Medical Missions to Honduras.

Miranda T. selected Gigi's cupcakes ($39) and drinks ($10) for the meeting. She also selected the thank you gift for Mrs. King ($10). A box of Mrs. King's favorite chocolates was delivered by Johnny at the end of the meeting. Miranda also helped select a retirement card for departing teachers and a coffee/tea and chocolate maker for the Tea Time or Coffee Break with service-learning; the new name of the s-l reflective time. YAC and service-learning covered the cost of meals for 4 volunteer musicians at a faculty retirement party as a token of gratitude for May's Teacher Appreciation Week The cost of the meals for the 4 musicians was $80.

Minutes and pictures by Mrs. Clay for YAC E-Board members to fully participate in the meeting.

Introduction Ice Breaker

The group shared personal sanctuary, what they value most in their family, what they personally give to the community, and what makes each person who they are. Icebreaker activity came from YLOKC Communication and Project Management training.

Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning: Brainstorming

Mission What you do? For Whom?	- Connect through service. Work on E-Board, YAC. Help, literally any where I can. Travel, OC/Boston -Unite a community (Casady) through service - Make a difference in the community(Casady/OKC). Awareness of community involvement -Help the community through acts of service. Connect the Casady community. -Connect Casady Community through service -Peace at the Heart of service People of all ages as daily entrepreneurs of peace and social justice, leaders of today not tomorrow.
Goals Key areas of strategic goals which, if met, fulfill the mission	-To Perfect grant writing/fundraising. Network everywhere I go. Connect with already established business. Notify, specify, execute. Annual big activity -For everyone to come together to help a bigger cause -Raise money. Get People out helping in the community. Get people to take interest in charity connections -Bring school together to help the community. Make a difference. -Plan activities for school year. Pick an organization to focus on. Get people more involved -Connect youth and adults to service opportunities and resources where they can do experiential learning and enhance academic and life skills in real life settings. Connect youth and adults to service learning stages, best practices, and national standards as resource sfor enhancing 21st century skills. Facilitate direction of positive energy, passions to be the change we want to see through projects of the mind, actions of the heart where recipients and providers of service reflect, connect, and act.. Empower understanding that through reciprocal giving we learn, grow and transform into global citizens who hold in our daily interactions the hope for peace one day
Objectives Specific, measurable, achievable relevant, temporal	-Connect organizations (Profit/non-profit). Write more grants. Have a TIDE Conference in OKC-UCO. 2 activities a month. Service Opp. Calendar. Connect to STUCO To -Build a stronger community -Specify an focus on certain charities. Fundraisers -Weekly meeting -Plan activities for school year. Pick an organization to focus on. Get more people involved. -Empower youth/faculty voice and choice initiatives of servant leadership with resources, and implementation of service learning national standards for best practices
Guiding Principles Values of the organization We believe	- Togetherness of group. Separate unique ideas -Together we fight -We believe in service, love, faith fullness -Youth in Action in the Community -We can make a difference - Global Peace begins in the classroom and the homes. If we change our I to WE peace one day has a chance. Give, Grow, Transform
Critical Success Factors Nouns with conditions i.e. Effective Change Agents	-Go Getting students. Leaders with Drive -Working effectively as a group -Effective outreaches. Servants. Facilitators of Change -? -? -Entrepreneurs of Peace and Social Change. School to Work. Transforming experimental learning. Secret Agents of Compassion. Engineers of a compassionate world. Peace one day Builders
Barriers (Obstacles, Challenges)	-$, people/volunteers, drive -Administration -Money issues-low funds. Time commitments -Money. Consistent group. Schedule -High school students motivation -Time, culture of the school keeping "experiential learning" as a log priority. Small budget and no time in the regular school schedule for meaningful time to be spent in the community. YAC commitment and challenges in prioritizing YAC activities during school year. If on schedule, Other clubs , faculty, administration, chapel prioritizing their activities over regular scheduled YAC activities, Lack of proactive outspoken leadership from the s-l director of the value of the program at all levels. Get other clubs to have strategic planning
Action Plan Overcoming Barriers and Achieving Results	- Grants. Network, make service-learning fun -to get administration behind our projects -Meetings. Planning -Plan well. Spread word more efficiently -Find fun ways to get more people involved. Pick something that most people will care about -Fight personal fears to improve communication at all levels. Improve English skills during the summer. Learn how to play the guitar, how to do video editing, and how to draw to bring the message through a diversity of mediums. Connect personal passion to a need in the community and become an example of best practices. Have a full calendar on the main calendar. Promote great focus and organization of YAC activities based on a summer strategic planning for the full year
Deliverables How we'll know we're successful?	-Conference -When people start wanting to come to meetings and events -Producing money (donations). Smiles -Completing projects -When we have several activities planned that the school community shows interest in - When service is an intrinsic positive relationship value we hold dear, not just an avenue to promote personal agendas (popularity, power, social agency, college resume building),requirement completion -which are unexpected results of being the agents of the change we want to see. When we prioritize time, money and commitment to Education of the Heart, because education of the mind and body without education of the heart is no education at all. When volunteerism is valued but service learning is treasured and the community will suffer if the were to disappear. When we are proud of Peace Week and being Agents of Compassion

Mrs. King provided a reflective handout aimed to finding where YAC is, where YAC wants to be, what hurdles YAC needs to overcome to get to the results YAC wants, and how will YAC measure their results. For example:

Success or Failure:
Diaper Driver: Over 21,000 diapers by two UD student bodies combined. One Day Activity. Incentive: Service Hours. This project will be connected to Gales next year. This is what we want...other organizations to do service!!! No hours incentive for service learning next year, but possible points for Gales.

Food Drive: Low involvement from UD. No incentive!, YAC students involved at all levels: 10 per day of drive. Food Bank donation drive end result lower than in previous year. Possible solution for the UD: Money drive instead of can drive for UD, but with some learning component or it runs the risk of not being approved by administration and/or Mrs. Clay.

Conclusions of the Meeting

More structured YAC for greater buy in the culture of the school

How?

Focused Organization

Theme of the year: Children

-Full calendar connected to National Days of service on School Calendar by August

-Change the date of meetings, Fridays have too many conflicts

- YAC E- Board: Over e-mail we discussed the structure of E-YAC Board. "Regarding another item provided as YAC improvement,  Could you place the E-YAC Board proposal as a second agenda item for the June meeting?. I know Jessica, Taylor and Sidney welcome YAC in their schedules next year, but I have not heard from the rest of the students in the proposed slate and there are non-senior YAC chairs who, if given the opportunity, might welcome facilitating or co-facilitating the proposed positions.   Also, How will we be designating YAC chairs next year and connecting them to the YAC E-Board? and How are we going to handle that some students on the E-Board didn't fully participate or do their jobs to the full potential? There should be a team approach in the answer of these questions because whatever the decision is, consequences have to be reinforced by the E-board as a team.

Full E-Board must attend the YAC invitational in August. If you are interested in recruiting new E-Board members for your class, please do so in the months of June and July.   E-board members have to have a personal project to facilitate and their conduct as project chairs is guided by the description of duties and project management responsibilities sent at the end of the school year. See them at http://casadyacleads.blogspot.com/2014/05/last-yac-meeting-of-year-friday-may-9-b.html which has the expectation of timely e-mail responses. So far we have the following YAC Chairs

Class of 2015: Senior YAC E-Board Co-Chairs
Jessica G.-ICS Diaper Drive, Gales President, YAC E-board Co-Chair
Sidney J.-Project on Food Waste, Founding member of YLOKC, YAC E-Board Co-Chair
Taylor B. YAC E-Board Treasurer, YLOKC member, no project provided yet.

Class of 2016: Junior YAC E-Board Chairs
Aubrey H.- Children's Hospital, YAC E-board composition project

Class of 2017: Sophomore YAC E-Board Chairs
Ananya B., Somos, Peace Week, Now and Then, YLOKC Planning Committee
Johnny L. Peace Week, YAC Guide to Student Life, STEM?, YLOKC-TIDE?
Miranda T., Peace Week, Children's Hospital Dance Marathon?, YAC freshmen transition team?

Class of 2018: Freshmen YAC E-Board Chairs
Kira S. (Will not attend June 18 meeting)

Other students who have expressed interest via e-mail
Turner Waddell:  Will not be a YAC Chair but is part of Peace Week Team
Hunter Stack: Expressed interest, but has not follow-up, YLOKC member

Engaging Meetings

-Well planned meetings with goal, purpose, objective, and activities. Not just get them to a meeting. Members will prioritize YAC because of service hours, food, and for social and personal reasons. YAC leadership needs to involve them in activities with purpose to keep their interest. Meetings have to be well planned, not just come and go with whatever is in mind at the time. Time is a valuable commodity that must be respected as such. The well planned calendar and perhaps regular monthly tea time E-board meetings "to see the month ahead "will be helpful.
Food for Thought: Should YAC charge a fee to belong since we provide food for all meetings or Fall Fest funds will take care of this YAC expense?

Improved Communication

-Calendar of events on main calendar by early August with defined Why, How and Who is responsible for doing what. Miss Infantino manages the school calendar. Copies of calendar requests need to be sent to Mrs. Clay and Coach T.

Dates placed on School Calendar at the May Calendar Meeting
a. Peace Week 9/11(National Day of Service)-9/21(International Day of Peace) Projects and process facilitated by Peace Team. Spanish I Class will have projects in the curriculum. Requested chapel time in all divisions from Father Blizzard. Faculty-team working on this week: Father Blizzard, Mrs. Clay, Mr. Crofton, Mrs. Robertson, Father Youmans, Mrs. France, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Alexander, Mr. Bush, Mr. Lopez, Mrs. Sharp, Mrs. Czerwinski, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Hubber . Peace Teen Team: Miranda T., Johnny L., Ananya B., Cathy Z., Claire D., and Turner W.

b. Hunger Week: 10/31-11/7 Students Against Hunger-Casady Cans Do Food Drive. Facilitated by YAC E-Board. UD: October 31-November 6 (SPC is on Friday). Other Divisions May have a Friday collection with non SPC YAC helping early morning collection. Faculty team for this week: Mrs. Clay, Mr. Crofton, Mrs. May, Father Youmans, Mrs. France, Mrs. Sharp. The project needs more can costumes. We should have three cans in each division, including UD! Hope to have the football team and cheerleaders make a pro drive video?? Will love to have collaboration with Gales and STUCO!

c. MLK Day: National Day of Service.1/19 YAC E-Board facilitated project, default s-l program location: Food Bank

c. National Volunteer Week 4/12-4/16 Presidential/Congressional Awards, Ice Cream Volunteer Fair at Wing, YAC Ice Cream Social for Award Winners and graduating seniors. Facilitating Team: Mrs. Clay, Mr. Crofton and interested YAC chairs and members. Global Youth Service Days: 4/17-4/18: Possible weekend for dance marathon at Children's Hospital or OKC Kids Korral. Default Service Learning Program Project: Food Bank Volunteering Days

d. Teacher Appreciation Week; New Project: Possible collaboration with all clubs. Service Learning Celebration and Demonstration of Learning through service: "Sobremesa Banquet" May 7, 2015, Wing, 7:00 PM

-Monthly calendar banners at each building to remind people of YAC activities

-Weekly STUCO announcements in chapel of only ONE YAC activity. Mrs. Milligan manages the DA. Copies of DA requests need to be sent to Mrs. Clay and coach T. and must be approved by YAC Board

-YAC Guide to Student Life at Casady School. The Activities Fair is more about the food than the clubs.

-In addition to blog news, Mrs. Clay and YAC E-Board need to communicate via push page a couple of times a year with parents and faculty: YAC/S-L/YLOKC

SUGGESTIONS FOR ENHANCED COMMUNICATION

a. YAC Grade level meetings facilitated by YAC E-Board Grade Chairs

b. Introduction of YAC at beginning of year @ chapel by Mrs. Clay
c. Service-Learning Tea Time on YAC meeting days, Once a month required for for YAC E-Board- Anyone interested! Service hours offered for investigating information and for reflecting projects during tea time. S-L purchased a coffee/tea/chocolate machine for that purpose. $125.

C. Facilitation of a clubs' fair during Freshmen Orientation will be a great way to connect YAC to all clubs, club presidents and club sponsors. YAC Chairs president of clubs to my knowledge: Jessica G. (Gales), Yogaish K. (Environmental Club), Sidney J. (YAC-YLOKC)

D. Ice Cream Socials/ Service-Learning Open Houses the first week of School featuring YAC projects in the Wing Garden or Student Center facilitated by the YAC chairs of projects.

Interaction with the Casady Community

a. More UD faculty involvement: Advisory System, One event similar to MD Foster Care Children Party (Investigate if that is no longer part of the MD Calendar). Connections with Athena Day may also be possible!

b. The purpose does not justify the means. UD YAC teens from freshmen to seniors are role models for K-8 students. Watch the message and the

messengers. YAC will not take funding from any questionable sources or denigrate any one to a subhuman condition. Mrs. Clay feels very strongly about this area.

c. Enhanced participation of parents as human capital. ie Cory has a teen son.

d. Demonstration of Learning Banquet in May facilitated by Mrs. Clay: Guest list: Community organizations, E-board, YAC chairs, President and Congressional Award Winners. There is no YAC Award (everyone gets service hours), but there should be an official time to recognize and thank time spent in YAC. Usually community organization recognize sustainable commitment to a need during the awards assembly. This year a Boys Scouts Troop provided $1,250 to Emily Faulkner for her WoHelo, highest Camp Fire Award.

Hurdles to Overcome
1. YAC is not cool.
"It is like the Peace Corps, the hardest job you will ever love!"
2. Personal (E-board, administration, Mrs. Clay) agendas in conflict with calendar items
Place items in school calendar;courtesy of notification of changes
3. Lack of welcomed collaboration with other student organizations
Develop partnerships for projects
4. Unexpected conflicts
Flexibility without giving up completion of set goals
5. Lack of time to connect to YAC activities from students, teachers, parents
When there is interest, time is prioritized

To Do List

-Calendar of Activities will be the goal of the June 18, 3:00 PM, facilitated by Sidney J. Each grade was assigned an area to investigate

a. Perspective Organizations have to be contacted

b. Organization's need and how YAC can help MUST be investigated

c. Time of the year to be connected to that need has to be brought to 7/18.

d. Interaction focused on building sustainable relationships with fundraising as by product, not main focus. IE: Somos Project: 3rd grade reading scores improvement program, grant funding possible, if not, in-kind donations!

Identify one key activity/Experience/Project per month.

Key events scheduled in giving month (December/February) or not (everyone is doing it then)

- Johnny L. will create a YAC guide to Student Life/clubs listing compilation. The guide's first draft is due June 18th. Why? Improve communication Target Audience: New students, freshmen, and anyone seeking information about YAC and school activities. UPDATE: Coach McHargue requested YAC to facilitate a clubs fair for f9th graders during freshmen orientation week. The Clubs fair will provide an opportunity for freshmen to meet the leadership of the clubs and find their mission, vision, purpose and tentative calendar of events. It will also provide the opportunity for the Dean of the Freshmen to be more connected to YAC and help promote it throughout the year to incoming freshmen in the MD.

Suggestions from Coach McHargue, Dean of Freshmen:
(YAC and Mrs. Clay need to communicate more with Coach. He can be our biggest cheerleader and has great ideas!)

What is important for the freshmen and new possible YAC members: Information should be relevant and stated in a fun way. Suggestion: Profiles of cool YAC recent graduates and how they did it all, example; Chandler Helms, Emily Faulkner . Calendar of a few projects, not the whole year..overwhelming!
Mrs. Clay talked to Coach T. about bringing back the freshmen view book

What is important to sophomores: Maybe not a lot of say in STUCO, YAC is your place to make a difference. How? Facilitate a project in your area of interest, passion or a subject you want to learn experientially in the community.

YAC Interaction with 8th grade: Handle Pizza days for the 8th graders and advertise YAC to them before they get to high school. Do not say YAC which could be interpreted negatively, make sure you spell out what it means Youth in Action in the Community!

Research to bring to next meeting: Google and call volunteer, outreach or human resources coordinator. If time allows, visit the organization

Theme: Children

Seniors: Sidney, Jessica, Taylor: Health (Children's Hospital, Bethany Children's Center, OKC Kids Korral) Safety and Well Being (YMCA, YWCA, ICS, Boys and Girls Club)

Juniors: Aubrey: Self-esteem (You are Special; Dress for Success: Clothing, Opportunities, Cleats for Kids, Special Care, Food Bank Back Pack and Kids Cafes programs, Foster Children wishes-Foster children party: Lower-Upper relationship building: Boys and Girls Club, YMCA, YWCA)

Freshmen: Miranda, Johnny, Ananya: Literacy (School partnerships/tutoring/book drives, Metropolitan Library System, Come and Read with Me Program. after School Program at YMCA, Casady School) Poverty (Food: Food Bank, Backpack program, Kids Cafes Program, World Neighbors: Hunger Banquet, United Nations: World Food Programme, School Meals, USA free and reduced cost meals for kids during school, breaks, and summers)

-The June 18th meeting at 3:00 PM, default location Wing, with an adult supervising the meeting for liability issues
Agenda
1. YAC Calendar: Facilitated by Sidney and Jessica
2. Tentative Budget for Projects: Facilitated by Taylor
3. E-Board Composition and Constitution: Facilitated by Aubrey
4. YAC Guide to Student Life: Facilitated by Johnny
5. YAC Connections to Peace Week: Facilitated by Ananya and Miranda

Minutes by ____________________
Snacks: Water and chocolates at the S-L office

At the end of the meeting, YAC should have the calendar below completed with tentative projects to present to administration at the August 18 YAC Invitational @ the Wing: 3 hours with meal provided. Please decide the time for the August meeting also.

You also should have the E-Board composition questions answered.

Vision: Mission: Purpose: Goal: Objectives:
B	I	N	G	O
MAY Asian American-Pacific Islander Heritage / Older Americans Month MAY 2, 2015 Teacher Appreciation Week May 4-8 S-L CDL "Sobremesa" Banquet May 8	APRIL Child Abuse Prevention Month* NYLC NS-DC April 8-11 NVW April 12-18 GYSD April 11-13 Earth Day Wednesday April, 22 Easter Sunday April 5	MARCH Women's History/ Hug a GI Month Service, language, science Spring Break in Maldonado, Peru Alternative Spring Break	FEBRUARY Black History Month RAK WEEK February 9-15	JANUARY Human Trafficking Awareness Month* National Day of Service Monday, 1/19
B	I	N	G	O
DECEMBER Holiday Volunteering Month?	NOVEMBER American Indian Heritage Month Students Against Hunger Casady Cans Do Food Drive 1-7 (SPC-no classes) Family Volunteer Day November 22	OCTOBER Make Your Mark Week October 13-17 Make A Difference Day October 24 Helping a Neighborhood Students Against Hunger Casady Cans Do Food Drive October 31	SEPTEMBER Hispanic Heritage Month 9/15-10/15 National Day of Service 9/11=9/21 Peace Week 11 days of Global Unity 9/11-9/21	JUNE YAC Calendar EB Composition Meeting 6/18, 3 PM @ Wing or a home JULY PEACE WEEK MOVIES Mondays, Wing, 10:00 AM AUGUST SAN FRANCISCO RETREAT 8/ 7-11 PEACE TEAM OPEN HOUSE 8/17 , 3:00-5:00 PM, Wing YAC E-B Invitational August 18, Wing, Time TBD in June

We all wish for a good life. Some people think all they have to do is to believe in religion. Others think it’s about the achievement of material wealth or social status. But I believe that a “good life” is one we can feel good about because of the way we’re living it. — Shinjo Ito, Founder of the Shinnyo-en Order

Suggestions for summer meetings

- A July meeting to revise the final draft of the YAC guide will be scheduled by Johnny.

- The August YAC Invitational -Meeting, on 8/18 will be a three hour meeting with a working meal at the Casady Wing facilitated by Jessica G. and Sidney J.

Agenda:

a. Items from E-Board and YAC Chairs
Discussion with administration of proposed YAC's direction, calendar, guide
b. Activities Fair for freshmen and regular Activities Fair

c. Peace Week 2014: Johnnie L. Ananya B., Miranda T.
d. Fall Fest - Item to sell, activities for children, posters

- Miranda, Johnny and Ananya will schedule Peace Team meeting if at all possible in May.

- Johnny will schedule Student Life compilation or guide meetings with Mrs. Clay and Mr. McHargue and anyone interested. Hope sophomores will be interested in helping with the Clubs Fair for freshmen students next August during Freshmen Orientation. The Clubs Fair will take place in the Garden of the Wing.

Taylor will schedule Treasury meetings to develop YAC grant proposal form

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May 9th, Last YAC Meeting of the Year ; Reflection of hours Canceled due to out to lunch/Gales elections-required meeting
Snacks by: Fall Fest Fundraiser: Cupcakes from Sam's Cupcakes and some candy went to Teacher Lounge as YAC's Teacher Appreciation Week treat! Cost: $40

Minutes by: Carmen Clay from personal discussions with members
Time-Agenda Keeper:
Participants
Seniors: Sent proposal for slate of officers with Jessica
Juniors: Jessica and Taylor tried to attend the meeting, but had to go to required Gales meeting where Jessica was selected president. Jessica and Sidney sent desire to continue as YAC chairs and what project they would facilitate
Sophomores: Aubrey sent desire to be YAC chair next year, but was not sure what project she wanted to facilitate, maybe Children's Hospital
Freshmen: Ananya sent desire to be part of the YAC EXEC with a new project for social change: SOMOS as her signature project. She is considering taking the Classroom with a Cause course as independent study. Johnny stated that he wants to continue to be a YAC Chair and his project is STEM. Ananya and Johnny also stated that they will continue to be part of the PEACE TEAM 2014 who will help promote Peace week at Casady School. Tuner said that he is not going to be a YAC chair next year.
Faculty: Mrs. Clay has already started promoting Peace Week with other teachers and will try to have a facilitator for the first meeting of YAC 2014-1025: Reflection and strategic planning

Agenda
Goal:    End YAC 2013-2014: Reflection: Feb-May; Plans for Next Year
Objectives:
Discuss last projects for the year
YAC reflection Feb-May
Final May meeting: Pro-active organization for next year: Chair sign-up Strategic Planning date
Activities
- Children's Hospital: Dinner: Katie and Aubrey have attended.
Dancethon: will not happen this year but Mia and Aubrey are interested in finding more information. The OKC Kids Korral has also requested to have one. They are planning to implement a Youth Board next year who will have that dance as one of their goals to fundraise for Korral daily needs. There are children's Hospital dinners planned in the summer when YAC students are invited to attend. Just sign-up at Casady Places to Serve sign-up genius.
Easter Project: The idea was not in the main calendar at the beginning of the year and it is too late to make it happen when it has not been planned as a calendar event and everyone involved is aware and divisions make their students and faculty aware with plenty of time

-Boys and Girls Club Tennis Clinic: Dylan is working on this for the summer. There was a free clinic sponsored by the team at Casady, but the club is not open on Saturdays and the news came with too late notice to arrange transportation and supervision

-NYLC Conference report and reflection: The Peace Team was a hit

-Strategic Planning YAC Invitational with Banquet: Will not happen this year
May 29: 2-5 (ice cream social);
May 30: 10-2 (lunch at noon)

-Pennies for Promise Project Presentation Update: We collected $5 in change as of 5/15/2015 mostly from Mrs. Clay and change left at the Student Center.

Band-aid drive : Will not happen this year

April 25, B-block
Chapel was long, seniors had a picture after chapel, therefore no seniors had the opportunity to attend. The senior speaker gave a formal apology to Mrs. Clay for his remarks regarding YAC chapel announcements at the end of his speech.

There will not be YAC chapel announcements at chapel on Wednesdays anymore. Please keep up with the DA for service opportunities. If YAC has an announcement, the YAC chair facilitating the project will have to do the announcement at chapel or request STUCO's spokesperson to do so.

YAC Exec an YLOKC was sent a special reminder to attend the meeting since we had not only a guest speaker, but also a reporter from the Daily Oklahoman. Mrs. Clay thanks all who participated and made our guests feel welcomed.

Snacks by: Super Cao Nguyen .
We reminded Claire and Yogaish via Daily Announcements, but we did not get snacks from them. Here is the list of people who signed-up to bring snacks:  Claire H, Judy N., Taylor B., Yogaish K. As needed

Minutes by: Johnny Lee and Mrs. Clay
Time-Agenda Keeper: Jessica Greene and Mrs. Clay
Guest: Jewish Federation Representative who drove the teacher who presented Pennies as Promise and Mrs. Joan Korenblit, CEO of the Respect Diversity Foundation and person who requested YAC time for this project.
Need e-mails for : Hanna P. Halley P. Isaiah L.

Participants (24)
Seniors No seniors due to senior picture
Juniors: Taylor B., Sindi P.,,Carleigh B., Sidney J., Chase K., Jessica G.,Sidney J., Gavin C, Hunter S (left early)
Sophomores: Aubrey H.
Freshmen: Livy,G. , Nicole G., Isabelle S., Isaiah L., Cathy Z., Turner W., Covell L., Kenzi H., Claire D., Kiki G., Gracie N., CAitlyun G., Johnnt K., Ananya B., Caroline M.

Agenda

Goal:  Audience for Pennies as Promise Proposal
Objectives: Hear guests project proposal
Activities: Pennies as Promise Project Presentation

Sponsored by the Jewish Federation in collaboration with the Respect Diversity Foundation, the sixth grade teacher whose students started Pennies as Promise project https://www.facebook.com/PenniesAsPromise/info brought to YAC's attention the mission of the project on Friday, 04/26/2014 during B-block.  Pennies as Promise is a class project to collect pennies to name and honor children who were victims of the Holocaust. 6th grade students from Cairo, Illinois are collecting pennies to memorialize children who were victims of the Holocaust. By honoring the children of the Holocaust and telling their story, of the students from Cairo, Illinois hope to raise awareness of what hate can caused and "do something" to stop hate.

The students mailed letters to the surviving families and receive responses from known children killed...over one million...

A collection pail was left at the Service-Learning Office at the Wing.

YAC has a copy of the video presentation! One of the inspirational songs in the video is a song from the movie South Pacific, You have to be Carefully thaught!

The Cairo students were inspired by the Paper Clip Project.

(From Wikipedia) The Paper Clips Project, by middle school students from the small southeastern Tennessee town of Whitwell, created a monument for the Holocaust victims of Nazi Germany. It started in 1998 as a simple 8th-grade project to study other cultures, and then evolved into one gaining worldwide attention. At last count, over 30 million paper clips had been received. Paper Clips, an award-winning documentary film about the project, was released in 2004 by Miramax Films.^[1]

April 12, B-block
Happy National Volunteer Week
Snacks by:
Food For Next Meeting: Sidney J.
Minutes by: No one provided minutes. Mr. Crofton stated that the small group of Juniors watched the first story of Girl Rising

Participants
Seniors: No seniors. They had a sign-up at new building with 1st and 5th graders
Juniors: Sign-up will be updated here today
Sophomores: No sophomores
Freshmen: Kenzi H.

Agenda

Goal:
Celebrate Service by Volunteering, viewing a short story about girls breaking barriers trough education
Objectives:
Get everything ready for Easter Project- The Easter project did not take place. It was a great idea, but there was too little time for its execution.
Advocate girls education. The group viewed the first story from the Girl Rising documentary
Activities

S-L Program: Screening of Girl Rising. Supervising teacher, Mr. Croton.

Exec Board: Easter Egg Activity: No activity took place

Service Opportunities:

-YLOKC screened the documentary, The Harvest La Cosecha at Douglas High School. 47 people attended. Yogaish and Anaya are YAC members who are also part of the YLOKC planning committee. Congratulations for a job well done. The next YLOKC project is a stereotypes workshop at Boys and Girls Club on April 30.

Muslim Voices Club had its second meeting and discuss the book Ask me No Questions. The last two books will be discuss the first and second week in May at the Village Library 12:20 May 2 and May 14

Children's Hospital dance marathon: Alumni hosted a dinner for the children and their families during National Volunteer Week. It seems that the dance marathon will not take place this year

Tennis clinic for Boys and Girls club is planned after SPC before finals week.

Banquet as part of Strategic Planning Invitational, proposed dates May 29: 2-5, May 30: 10:00 -2:30 Banquet at noon. This will be discuss at next meeting

Friday, March 28, Wing B-block
Happy Happiness Day, Women's History Month and Hug a GI Month
Snacks by: Miranda

Minutes by: Aubrey (from Easter Project) and none were taken on Friday. Meeting was short due to Crazy Fun Week out to lunch on Friday for all classes except frehmen

Time-Agenda Keeper:

Need e-mails for : Blake B., Hanna P. Halley P. Namir K.,M'Angila G., Isaiah L.

Participants
Seniors: None
Juniors: Taylor B, and Jessica G
Sophomores: None
Freshmen: Ananya, Claire, Mi'Angila, Nicole G. Kiki, Livy G., Johnny,Judy N. Isabelle S., Miranda T,.Turner W, Cathy Z.

Agenda

Goal: Projects for the rest of the year

Executive Board Agenda Items
- Children's Hospital: Dinner: Katie, Dancethon: Mrs. Clay will check with interested group. No member of the group has initiated any action
- Easter Project: Jessica reported on Easter Egg Plans. Jessica and her team Aubrey, Taylor, Emily, Sidney, Haley P. met on March 27 from 7-8 AM: All School Easter Egg Hunt, April 15. Eggs from Father Blizzard or from drives
-UD to participate in Hunt needs to bring band-aids for children hospital
- Middle School: Egg Drive
- Lower School: Candy Drive
Jessica will e-mail division heads after she gets approval from Coach T.

Process:
Egg Hunt instead of chapel and all school BBQ
Golden Egg with off campus for high school. All grade gets off depending on who finds the egg

Location of the Hunt
sports fields

Stuffing of Eggs: Next YAC meeting

E-mails from Jessica

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Jessica Greene <greene.jessica427@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi coach T! I meant to get this done Saturday but totally forgot! Anyways YAC would like to do an Easter Egg hunt!

Date: (hopefully) April 15th during lunch (for lunch we would do a barbecue with all divisions like it is done at the fall Pep Rally.)

Where: the sports Fields

How/what: the Easter egg hunt would include Upper, Middle and Lower. There would be three different fields for the three different divisions.

Reason: For the Upper school students to participate they must bring a box of kid bandaids. We are going to ask that the middle school does and candy drive to supply the candy for the Easter egg hunt and that the lower does an egg drive so we can have eggs to stuff.

Stuffing: The Easter eggs would need to be stuffed at some point and we were also hoping that YAC could have and out to lunch meeting on April 11th. We would supply the food and while stuffing eggs we would watch The Girl Raising with Mr. Crawfton(because Mrs. Clay will be out of town).

Last part: We would also like to do an all week Easter egg hunt. It would be one egg hidden somewhere on campus that has and out of uniform pass and off campus pass inside it. Whoever finds the egg will get an off campus and out of uniform for their grade.

Thanks! For reading this if you want anymore details please feel free to ask! Jessica

Hi Jessica!

First you need to contact the division directors and ask them would they agree with. This is a very short notice. I have to contract Sage and let them know. When you say the only way the participate if they bring bandaids how will that be monitored and what will they do if not participating? Not sure if that out to lunch is going to work. We are having way to many right now. They can get one or the other not both for finding the egg.

Hopes this helps.

Coach T

Nice job!

Have you contacted division directors, including Dr. Philipson?

Looking forward to a creative idea on how to monitor donations in an efficient way.

Do you think we can pair people ahead of time via sign-up genius so there is more opportunity for relationship building?? Groups form as they sign-up. Maybe too complicated?????

If you do not get the out to lunch on the 11, you still can decorate eggs as efficiently as possible. We only have decorating and screening of Girl Rising in the agenda. If you just get the 30 freshmen in YAC you have a great "human capital" force to stuff the majority of the eggs. You might be too late for the egg drive (information to parents goes on Tuesdays)...Consider contacting Father Blizzard and getting the kids on other drives! In the MD your supporting group, could be the International Club...Talk to Mrs. Robertson too!!!

Great start!!! Good luck, the process of turning an idea into a reality is rewarding! GO JESSICA!!!

From Jessica to Mrs. Clay Could you forward my plan to the other divisions I won't be able to do it tell Saturday and it needs to be soon!

Dear Division Directors, Father Blizzard and Mrs. Robertson,

I am forwarding this e-mail on behalf of Jessica Greene with a project collaboration request.

Thank you for your time and consideration of Jessica's proposal, Carmen Clay

My Lower School 3rd graders will be gone on a field trip on April 15.

Anne

Please let me know if you get this. I place all this communication below the minutes taken by Aubrey at the Easter Egg Meeting. None took minutes of the last meeting so I just placed what I remember since we had a short meeting due to out to lunch for Crazy Fun Week

Strategic Planning/Lunch/Ice Cream Social

My suggestion of dates for the Strategic Planning Invitational will be May 29 in the afternoon and 30 in the morning. 3 hours each with food and snacks provided by CPO. That would also be the time for the banquet or ice cream social celebrating YAC and community organizations. After the prom, if we have the meeting from 2-5 on the 29th and from 10-3 with lunch and speaker included. Let me know what hurdles we need to overcome. The location will be the wing or a site suggested by the facilitator of the Invitational...invite Exec and members to reflect on what we have done together, see what direction we want to take next year and how we can get there. My personal goal is for YAC to be proactive instead of reactive and have a calendar set for the school year 2014-2015 at the end of the two days.

From Mr. France and Miss Larsen
Carmen and Jessica,

What a cute idea but at this time it is not going to be possible for LD. We have so much going on and all of my 3rd graders will be gone on that day. The next week we begin our ERB testing so it is a week of test prep also.

-Boys and Girls Club Tennis Clinic: Dylan was absent

Mrs. Clay Banquet Day: No work has been done on this, but it will be in May in combination with Strategic planning and requesting help from CPO
From Mrs. Clay My suggestion of dates for the Strategic Planning Invitational will be May 29 in the afternoon and 30 in the morning. 3 hours each with food and snacks provided by CPO. That would also be the time for the banquet or ice cream social celebrating YAC and community organizations. After the prom, if we have the meeting from 2-5 on the 29th and from 10-3 with lunch and speaker included. Let me know what hurdles we need to overcome. The location will be the wing or a site suggested by the facilitator of the Invitational...invite Exec and members to reflect on what we have done together, see what direction we want to take next year and how we can get there. My personal goal is for YAC to be proactive instead of reactive and have a calendar set for the school year 2014-2015 at the end of the two days

End of the Year Mrs. Clay's items were announced
-Seniors who need to finish requirement: Amil, Baldwin, Jordan, Knox, Lemcke, Mewbourn, Paracha, Patton, Rawls, Rawls, Sanford, Say, Thompson
- Girl Rising Screenings Saturday, March 30: 10:00 and 3:45@ Wing
-Muslim Voices Book Club: Saturday 12:30-3:30 @ Village Library
-National Volunteer Week: Delivery of Presidential Awards. Volunteering at Red Bud
-Global Youth Service Day: Saint Baldrick's Faculty Team, Muslim Voices Book Club
-End of the Year Reflection/Celebration: May-after finals: Strategic Planning facilitated by Mrs. Johnson. Banquet or ice cream social with partner organizations.

Friday March 7, Wing, B-block
Happy Woman's History Month
"In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued." -Aung San Suu Kyi

Snacks by: Jessica G.
Food For Next Meetings: Miranda (Meeting after Spring Break)
April 11: Sidney J.
Claire H.
Judy N.
Taylor B.
Yogaish K. As needed
Minutes by: Yogaish K.
Time-Agenda Keeper: Jessica G.

Need e-mails for : Blake B., Hanna P. Halley P. Namir K.,M'Angila G., Isaiah L.

ParticipantsSeniors: Blake B., Emily F.,
Juniors: Carleigh B., Taylor B., Gavin C., Caitlin C., Catherine D., Jessica G., Sidney J., Yogaish K., Chase K., Halley P., Sindi P.,Jessika R., Hunter S., Claire H.
Sophomores: Maggie A., Dylan D., Aubrey H., Namir K.,
Freshmen: Claire D., Kenzi H., Johnny Lee, Covell L., Judy N., Gracie P., Miranda t., Turner T.

Agenda
Goal: Calendar for rest of year, updates on projects

Objectives: Share Exec proposal for projects until May. Inform members of project updates

Activities Project Updates

- Valentina R. seeks help with Habitat Project this Saturday. Details at da and Casady Places to Serve blog. 13 seniors still need hours to finish the 45 hour requirement for graduation

Amil, Baldwin, Jordan, Knox, Lemcke, Mewbourn, Paracha, Patton, Rawls, Rawls, Sanford, Say, Thompson Neither Valentina nor Katie attended. Mrs. Clay spoke on behalf of project

- Executive Board Planning rest of the year report
* Oklahoma Children's Hospital Community Foundation Proposal. Form committee that will facilitate talking to administrators . *Children's Hospital Foundation Sign-up with sign-up genius at Casady places to serve blog http://casadyplacestoserve.blogspot.com/; Many alumni volunteering and Mia M. Katie H. checking schedule to sing after voice lesson

Sidney and Chase delivered them. Mrs. Clay contacted Belinda who said they were please at the beauty of the placemats. Children loved them. Keep them coming!
Jessica brought the idea of a possible bandAid drive in April.

A group to work on Children's Hospital Dance Marathon proposal was formed: Emily F. is heading with Hunter, Cathy, Sindi, Jessika, Kenzi, Taylor. Update: Katie sang at the Children's Hospital Dinner on 3/10/2014 and talked to Children's Hospital Foundation Events Coordinator. Katie will provide gathered information to team. Camille shared with Mrs. Clay that a location for the dance marathon could be at Children Hospital. The team will meet after Spring Break to finalize details. Katie needs to bring A DATE! for the dance marathon when most Cyclones will be able to participate. Here is Camille's contact information, just in case!
Camille Thompson
Special Events CoordinatorCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
800 Research Parkway, Suite 150
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
O: 405-271-9008
C:580-513-3737www.okchf.org

* Tennis Project with Boys and Girls Club: Dylan, Emily, Jessica. Dylan is working on a possible tennis clinic for Boys and Girls Club, weekend after SPC. She requested donations of little rackets and prizes for the clinic. Mrs. Clay suggested contacting tennis clubs to seek help with donations of tennis gently used supplies for the clinic.

* Easter Egg Hunt: All Divisions, not primary. Groups find colored eggs, April after Casady service? Students do not attend this service (10:00 AM???) After School -LD service. Group will need to explore possibilities with Father Blizzard. Jessica, Sidney, Chase, Maggie, Emily F., Taylor B., Halley P., Blake B., Claire D., Gracie P/, Dylan D., Aubrey H.

* National Volunteer Week: Update via minutes only. Not covered during meeting: Presidential Awards will be delivered April 7. Dr. Sain will be our chapel speaker-Celebrating his summer at Bishop McAllister College by demonstrating his personal growth through this volunteer experience.

Peace Week @ Casady School Presentation at UCO had a few participants. Good presentations from freshmen and Sireene from YLOKC. Group going to DC met Sunday from 2-4 to di final brainstorming of presentation.

The DC Peace Team hopes to meet twice to finish the presentation, once on 3/11 (Chapel-lunch) and March 30. Some will work on presentation parts during Spring Break

The group will present to YAC as a rehearsal before we leave to DC. The DC Peace Group will promote a Girl Rising Screening on March 29 at Casady Wing, if approved by administrators. The movie will come from United Nations! We will have popcorn and lemonade. It will be shown at 3:30 at the Wing. Food could come from donations from the mother's representatives. Mrs. Clay will set-it up. This is the same day, Mr. Crofton has his first reading of Muslim Voices at the Village Library.

* End of the YEAR Banquet/ Affair/ : Committee needs to be form: Invite partner organizations, have a meal, celebrate service involvement by demonstrating learning and getting feedback from non-profits we worked with this year: YWCA, Children Hospital, ICS, Food Bank, Postive Tomorrows, Guild of Saint George, YLOKC. Interested members in exploring possibilities were: Jessika, Johnny, Turner, Aubrey, Emily. Each student needs to contact the mother's grade representatives to see if they would be interested in provided the food for 50 people. Each grade could provide one part of the meal. The group also needs to determine the best date and make the invitation, which should be out at the end of March,

*Global Youth Service Day Project???? ITEM TABLE For next Meeting

We invite you to join us as members of Casady’s St. Baldrick’s team.  For the past four years we’ve supported the St. Baldrick’s Foundation in its efforts to raise funds for pediatric cancer research.
In solidarity with children who lose their hair to cancer treatment we have our heads shaved at the annual head-shaving event.  In exchange for our hair and time we ask people to sponsor us with donations to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
If you choose to join us, you’ll have your head shaved with us at VZDs on April 13.   Fund raising is easy—we simply get the word out and those who wish to sponsor us do so online.
This event is truly a lot of fun and your hair will grow back.  To join the Casady team go to http://www.stbaldricks.org/teams/mypage/91494/2014 and click Join Us.  Or click Donate if you would like to support us with a donation.
You can also support us with you presence at the head-shaving.  The head-shaving event will be held on April 13 at VZD’s, 4200 N Western Ave.  The start time is 12:30 PM.
You can find out more about the St. Baldrick’s Foundation and the head-shaving events on their Web sitehttp://www.stbaldricks.org/   You can also contact Jeff bushj@casady.org or one of the other team members to find out more about being shavee.

PROJECTS from OKC Community : Items Tabled for Next Meeting

* Anna's House Red Bud Children's Run needs volunteers, April 5. Mrs. Clay will be on site. Sign-up at sign-up genius at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D45AEAA22A46-redbud Contact Person, Peggy Davidson, 405-740-2268. Activity Captain: Clis Ingram: 315-5422 Dylan and Mrs. Clay volunteering

- Girl Rising Screenings are free and could be done at any time. Just Girl UP youth board of United Nations. It will be good to have a screening at Casady in March for Women's History Month. "In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued." -Aung San Suu Kyi

-Youth LEADOKCasady: Meets at Mercy School at 2:00 PM for March meeting: Goal: March 29 screening of a movie- skill enhanced listening/dialog/questions

2. Project reports and reflection (Skill enhancement self-assessment and feedback) Vulture analogy
-Positive Tomorrow YAC RAK Cares Packages: Sindi reports and reflects
- Children's Hospital: Placemats: Sidney reports and reflects
- Teal Sisters Project update: Kenzi H. and Mrs. Clay update
-RAK Week (National Awareness Week): Mrs. Clay reports and reflects
-Dog Food Pantry- Kenzi
-Guild of Saint George Slaying the Dragon of Poverty Collection: Covell

3. Skill Enhancement: Best practices of Service Learning Standard: (will need projector working)
Facilitation Skill being Enhanced: Service-Learning Best Practices Standards
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/F246CE8B-AA63-4B76-A0B5-EFC6FB724BEF/26000/K12_National_Standards_green.pdf

Friday, February 28, Wing, B-Block (YAC did not meet on 7th due to snow, 14 due to Mid-Winter Break, and 21: Black History Month Presentation and no announcement of YAC meeting and Junior College Meeting) Kenzi met with Dog Food Pantry on 2/21/2014- See minutes
Snacks by:
Minutes by:
Time-Agenda Keeper:
Need e-mails for : Blake B., Hanna P. Halley P. Namir K.,M'Angila G., Isaiah L.

Participants
Seniors
Juniors
Sophomores
Freshmen

Agenda
Goals: Project implementation, Project Proposals, Project updates, Skill building: S-L Best Practices

Objectives and Activities
1. New Organization Proposals and project Opportunities:

- Oklahoma Children's Hospital Community Foundation Proposal, Representative will attend chapel, the meeting and stay for lunch

- Executive Board Planning rest of the year report

- Tennis Project with Boys and Girls Club: Dylan, Emily, Jessica update

-Presidential Awards will be ordered next week. Make sure you have a file at the award website or you update your file for Mrs. Clay to be able to order your award.

--Anna's House Red Bud Children's Run needs volunteers, April 5. Mrs. Clay will be on site. Sign-up at sign-up genius at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D45AEAA22A46-redbud Contact Person, Peggy Davidson, 405-740-2268. Activity Captain: Clis Ingram: 315-5422

-Children's Hospital Foundation Sign-up with sign-up genius at Casady places to serve blog http://casadyplacestoserve.blogspot.com/;

- Peace Week @ Casady School Presentation at UCO: March 1: 8:45 -10:00 am Mrs. Clay, Mr. Crofton, Miranda T. and Claire D. (Casady) Sirenee (YLOKC). Not presenting, but helping design the showcase of Peace Week: Turner W., Johnny L., Cathy Z., Ananya B.

-Girl Rising Screening, March first. Free screening by UN of OKC. Details at http://www.una-okc.org/ The Arts Center is located at 3000 Pershing Blvd, in the State Fair Park,
Oklahoma City

-Youth LEADOKCasady: March 29 screening of a movie- skill enhanced listening/dialog/questions

2. Project reports and reflection (self-assessment and feedback)
-Positive Tomorrow YAC RAK Cares Packages: Sindi reports and reflects
- Children's Hospital: Placemats: Sidney reports and reflects
- Teal Sisters Project update: Kenzi H. and Mrs. Clay update
-RAK Week (National Awareness Week): Mrs. Clay reports and reflects
-Dog Food Pantry- Kenzi
-Guild of Saint George Slaying the Dragon of Poverty Collection: Covell

3. Skill Enhancement: Best practices of Service Learning Standard: (will need projector working)
Facilitation Skill being Enhanced: Service-Learning Best Practices Standards
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/F246CE8B-AA63-4B76-A0B5-EFC6FB724BEF/26000/K12_National_Standards_green.pdf

Performance Rubric

1. Are students meeting a recognized need in the community?

Yes, students provide short-term assistance addressing a community need

Yes, students provide ongoing assistance addressing a community need

Yes, students work toward a lasting solution to a community problem Answer the following questions: Who determined the need? How could you and your students tell that the need was met? How essential was it to the community that the problem was addressed?

2. Are you meeting curricular objectives through service-learning?

Yes, we incorporate service-learning into a unit

Yes, we use service-learning to unify the teaching of content and skills throughout the year

Yes, we teach content and/or skills in different disciplines using service-learning throughout the year Answer the following questions: What skills are students learning through service-learning? What curricular content are students learning through service-learning?

3. Are students reflecting throughout the service-learning experience?

Yes, at the end of the experience, students contemplate their service-learning experience and receive a response

Yes, throughout the process, students contemplate their service-learning experience and receive a response Answer the following questions: Who gives students a response as they reflect? Their peers? The teacher? The community agency? When do students reflect? How is the reflection structured to get the most meaningful response and discussion possible and maximize student learning?

4. Are you developing student responsibility?

Yes, we establish choices for students in how they implement the teacher-planned service-learning

Yes, we share responsibility with students for service-learning development and implementation

Yes, we facilitate student definition, coordination, and implementation of service-learning Answer the following questions: How often do students work together in service-learning? What percent of service-learning is teacher driven verses student driven? Who plans and organizes the service-learning?

5. Are you establishing community partnerships?

Yes, we consult with community partner for information and resources relevant to the issue the service-learning project addresses

Yes, we create opportunities for students to interact with community partners

Yes, we collaborate with students and community partners as an action team to plan and implement service-learning

6. Are you planning ahead for service-learning?

Yes, we plan service-learning ahead of time without input from others

Yes, we collaborate with colleagues, students, and others to plan service-learning Answer the following questions: Who is involved in the planning process? How far in advance do you plan?

7. Are you preparing students for the service experience by equipping them with knowledge and skills needed for the project?

Yes, we equip students with knowledge and skills at the beginning of the experience

Yes, we equip students with knowledge and skills as needs arise or as the project changes Answer the following questions: What do students need to know to serve successfully? Do their needs change as they service-learning progresses? How? Do you explore the significance of their service-learning experience in relationship to citizenship and civic duty concepts?

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/0143429E-6CDD-4682-A3D0-1633A361A3E7/24783/rubric_best.pdf

YAC FedEx Time with Cory King

Minutes and pictures by Mrs. Clay for YAC E-Board members to fully participate in the meeting.

Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning: Brainstorming

Mission What you do? For Whom?	- Connect through service. Work on E-Board, YAC. Help, literally any where I can. Travel, OC/Boston -Unite a community (Casady) through service - Make a difference in the community(Casady/OKC). Awareness of community involvement -Help the community through acts of service. Connect the Casady community. -Connect Casady Community through service -Peace at the Heart of service People of all ages as daily entrepreneurs of peace and social justice, leaders of today not tomorrow.
Goals Key areas of strategic goals which, if met, fulfill the mission	-To Perfect grant writing/fundraising. Network everywhere I go. Connect with already established business. Notify, specify, execute. Annual big activity -For everyone to come together to help a bigger cause -Raise money. Get People out helping in the community. Get people to take interest in charity connections -Bring school together to help the community. Make a difference. -Plan activities for school year. Pick an organization to focus on. Get people more involved -Connect youth and adults to service opportunities and resources where they can do experiential learning and enhance academic and life skills in real life settings. Connect youth and adults to service learning stages, best practices, and national standards as resource sfor enhancing 21st century skills. Facilitate direction of positive energy, passions to be the change we want to see through projects of the mind, actions of the heart where recipients and providers of service reflect, connect, and act.. Empower understanding that through reciprocal giving we learn, grow and transform into global citizens who hold in our daily interactions the hope for peace one day
Objectives Specific, measurable, achievable relevant, temporal	-Connect organizations (Profit/non-profit). Write more grants. Have a TIDE Conference in OKC-UCO. 2 activities a month. Service Opp. Calendar. Connect to STUCO To -Build a stronger community -Specify an focus on certain charities. Fundraisers -Weekly meeting -Plan activities for school year. Pick an organization to focus on. Get more people involved. -Empower youth/faculty voice and choice initiatives of servant leadership with resources, and implementation of service learning national standards for best practices
Guiding Principles Values of the organization We believe	- Togetherness of group. Separate unique ideas -Together we fight -We believe in service, love, faith fullness -Youth in Action in the Community -We can make a difference - Global Peace begins in the classroom and the homes. If we change our I to WE peace one day has a chance. Give, Grow, Transform
Critical Success Factors Nouns with conditions i.e. Effective Change Agents	-Go Getting students. Leaders with Drive -Working effectively as a group -Effective outreaches. Servants. Facilitators of Change -? -? -Entrepreneurs of Peace and Social Change. School to Work. Transforming experimental learning. Secret Agents of Compassion. Engineers of a compassionate world. Peace one day Builders
Barriers (Obstacles, Challenges)	-$, people/volunteers, drive -Administration -Money issues-low funds. Time commitments -Money. Consistent group. Schedule -High school students motivation -Time, culture of the school keeping "experiential learning" as a log priority. Small budget and no time in the regular school schedule for meaningful time to be spent in the community. YAC commitment and challenges in prioritizing YAC activities during school year. If on schedule, Other clubs , faculty, administration, chapel prioritizing their activities over regular scheduled YAC activities, Lack of proactive outspoken leadership from the s-l director of the value of the program at all levels. Get other clubs to have strategic planning
Action Plan Overcoming Barriers and Achieving Results	- Grants. Network, make service-learning fun -to get administration behind our projects -Meetings. Planning -Plan well. Spread word more efficiently -Find fun ways to get more people involved. Pick something that most people will care about -Fight personal fears to improve communication at all levels. Improve English skills during the summer. Learn how to play the guitar, how to do video editing, and how to draw to bring the message through a diversity of mediums. Connect personal passion to a need in the community and become an example of best practices. Have a full calendar on the main calendar. Promote great focus and organization of YAC activities based on a summer strategic planning for the full year
Deliverables How we'll know we're successful?	-Conference -When people start wanting to come to meetings and events -Producing money (donations). Smiles -Completing projects -When we have several activities planned that the school community shows interest in - When service is an intrinsic positive relationship value we hold dear, not just an avenue to promote personal agendas (popularity, power, social agency, college resume building),requirement completion -which are unexpected results of being the agents of the change we want to see. When we prioritize time, money and commitment to Education of the Heart, because education of the mind and body without education of the heart is no education at all. When volunteerism is valued but service learning is treasured and the community will suffer if the were to disappear. When we are proud of Peace Week and being Agents of Compassion

Conclusions of the Meeting

More structured YAC for greater buy in the culture of the school

How?

Focused Organization

Theme of the year: Children

-Full calendar connected to National Days of service on School Calendar by August

Engaging Meetings

Improved Communication

-Monthly calendar banners at each building to remind people of YAC activities

-Weekly STUCO announcements in chapel of only ONE YAC activity. Mrs. Milligan manages the DA. Copies of DA requests need to be sent to Mrs. Clay and coach T. and must be approved by YAC Board

-YAC Guide to Student Life at Casady School. The Activities Fair is more about the food than the clubs.

Interaction with the Casady Community

b. The purpose does not justify the means. UD YAC teens from freshmen to seniors are role models for K-8 students. Watch the message and the

messengers. YAC will not take funding from any questionable sources or denigrate any one to a subhuman condition. Mrs. Clay feels very strongly about this area.

c. Enhanced participation of parents as human capital. ie Cory has a teen son.

To Do List

-Calendar of Activities will be the goal of the June 18, 3:00 PM, facilitated by Sidney J. Each grade was assigned an area to investigate

a. Perspective Organizations have to be contacted

b. Organization's need and how YAC can help MUST be investigated

c. Time of the year to be connected to that need has to be brought to 7/18.

Vision: Mission: Purpose: Goal: Objectives:
B	I	N	G	O
MAY Asian American-Pacific Islander Heritage / Older Americans Month MAY 2, 2015 Teacher Appreciation Week May 4-8 S-L CDL "Sobremesa" Banquet May 8	APRIL Child Abuse Prevention Month* NYLC NS-DC April 8-11 NVW April 12-18 GYSD April 11-13 Earth Day Wednesday April, 22 Easter Sunday April 5	MARCH Women's History/ Hug a GI Month Service, language, science Spring Break in Maldonado, Peru Alternative Spring Break	FEBRUARY Black History Month RAK WEEK February 9-15	JANUARY Human Trafficking Awareness Month* National Day of Service Monday, 1/19
B	I	N	G	O
DECEMBER Holiday Volunteering Month?	NOVEMBER American Indian Heritage Month Students Against Hunger Casady Cans Do Food Drive 1-7 (SPC-no classes) Family Volunteer Day November 22	OCTOBER Make Your Mark Week October 13-17 Make A Difference Day October 24 Helping a Neighborhood Students Against Hunger Casady Cans Do Food Drive October 31	SEPTEMBER Hispanic Heritage Month 9/15-10/15 National Day of Service 9/11=9/21 Peace Week 11 days of Global Unity 9/11-9/21	JUNE YAC Calendar EB Composition Meeting 6/18, 3 PM @ Wing or a home JULY PEACE WEEK MOVIES Mondays, Wing, 10:00 AM AUGUST SAN FRANCISCO RETREAT 8/ 7-11 PEACE TEAM OPEN HOUSE 8/17 , 3:00-5:00 PM, Wing YAC E-B Invitational August 18, Wing, Time TBD in June

Suggestions for summer meetings

- A July meeting to revise the final draft of the YAC guide will be scheduled by Johnny.

- The August YAC Invitational -Meeting, on 8/18 will be a three hour meeting with a working meal at the Casady Wing facilitated by Jessica G. and Sidney J.

Agenda:

a. Items from E-Board and YAC Chairs
Discussion with administration of proposed YAC's direction, calendar, guide
b. Activities Fair for freshmen and regular Activities Fair

c. Peace Week 2014: Johnnie L. Ananya B., Miranda T.
d. Fall Fest - Item to sell, activities for children, posters

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Friday, February 28, Wing, B-Block (YAC did not meet on 7th due to snow, 14 due to Mid-Winter Break, and 21: Black History Month Presentation and no announcement of YAC meeting and Junior College Meeting) Kenzi met with Dog Food Pantry on 2/21/2014- See minutes
Snacks by: Emily
Minutes by: None taken. The time was spent with representative from Children's Hospital Foundation
Time-Agenda Keeper: None needed

Need e-mails for : Blake B., Hanna P. Halley P. Namir K.,M'Angila G., Isaiah L.

Participants (10)
Seniors: Emily F. and Katie H.
Juniors: Taylor B., Caitlin C., Sindi P., Jessika R.,
Sophomores: None
Freshmen: Nicole G., Livy G.,Miranda T.,Turner W.

Agenda
Goals: Project implementation, Project Proposals, Project updates, Skill building: S-L Best Practices

Objectives and Activities
1. New Organization Proposals and project Opportunities:

- Oklahoma Children's Hospital Community Foundation Proposal, Representative will attend chapel, the meeting and stay for lunch

Camille sent the following e-mail:

Thank you so much for having me today, you are such a joy to be around! I am extremely excited for what the future holds and can’t wait to start working on this project! Below are the links to the videos I mentioned. I highly recommend that the students watch these to receive a better understanding of the Foundation, what we do and how they too will help!

Children’s Hospital Foundation General Mission Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05zxLxEZXxc&list=UU4zzHE9qdXEi9WxZ3kbdzPA&feature=c4-overview

2014 Oklahoma City Champion Child video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGzLj9-kTHE

Please let me know if Tuesday, March 10^th is a good time to have a meeting with hopefully the entire YAC group. Also, if the students are wanting to go on a tour please let me know a couple of dates and times and I will be more than happy to get that set up for you! We can also go on a tour the evening of the 10^th if they would like. If the 10^th is not a possibility let’s go ahead and get another date scheduled.

In the meantime I will brainstorm fundraising and event ideas as well as start the draft for a sponsorship packet. Feel free to give the students my contact information. I am always available to talk and answer questions/concerns. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Camille Thompson
Special Events CoordinatorCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
800 Research Parkway, Suite 150
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
O: 405-271-9008
C:580-513-3737www.okchf.org

- Executive Board Planning rest of the year report

- Tennis Project with Boys and Girls Club: Dylan, Emily, Jessica update

-Presidential Awards will be ordered next week. Make sure you have a file at the award website or you update your file for Mrs. Clay to be able to order your award.

--Anna's House Red Bud Children's Run needs volunteers, April 5. Mrs. Clay will be on site. Sign-up at sign-up genius at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D45AEAA22A46-redbud Contact Person, Peggy Davidson, 405-740-2268. Activity Captain: Clis Ingram: 315-5422

-Children's Hospital Foundation Sign-up with sign-up genius at Casady places to serve blog http://casadyplacestoserve.blogspot.com/;

- Peace Week @ Casady School Presentation at UCO: March 1: 8:45 -10:00 am Mrs. Clay, Mr. Crofton, Miranda T. and Claire D. (Casady) Sirenee (YLOKC). Not presenting, but helping design the showcase of Peace Week: Turner W., Johnny L., Cathy Z., Ananya B.

-Girl Rising Screening, March first. Free screening by UN of OKC. Details at http://www.una-okc.org/ The Arts Center is located at 3000 Pershing Blvd, in the State Fair Park,
Oklahoma City

-Youth LEADOKCasady: March 29 screening of a movie- skill enhanced listening/dialog/questions

2. Project reports and reflection (self-assessment and feedback)
-Positive Tomorrow YAC RAK Cares Packages: Sindi reports and reflects
- Children's Hospital: Placemats: Sidney reports and reflects
- Teal Sisters Project update: Kenzi H. and Mrs. Clay update
-RAK Week (National Awareness Week): Mrs. Clay reports and reflects
-Dog Food Pantry- Kenzi
-Guild of Saint George Slaying the Dragon of Poverty Collection: Covell

3. Skill Enhancement: Best practices of Service Learning Standard: (will need projector working)
Facilitation Skill being Enhanced: Service-Learning Best Practices Standards
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/F246CE8B-AA63-4B76-A0B5-EFC6FB724BEF/26000/K12_National_Standards_green.pdf

Performance Rubric

1. Are students meeting a recognized need in the community?

Yes, students provide short-term assistance addressing a community need

Yes, students provide ongoing assistance addressing a community need

2. Are you meeting curricular objectives through service-learning?

Yes, we incorporate service-learning into a unit

Yes, we use service-learning to unify the teaching of content and skills throughout the year

3. Are students reflecting throughout the service-learning experience?

Yes, at the end of the experience, students contemplate their service-learning experience and receive a response

4. Are you developing student responsibility?

Yes, we establish choices for students in how they implement the teacher-planned service-learning

Yes, we share responsibility with students for service-learning development and implementation

5. Are you establishing community partnerships?

Yes, we consult with community partner for information and resources relevant to the issue the service-learning project addresses

Yes, we create opportunities for students to interact with community partners

Yes, we collaborate with students and community partners as an action team to plan and implement service-learning

6. Are you planning ahead for service-learning?

Yes, we plan service-learning ahead of time without input from others

Yes, we collaborate with colleagues, students, and others to plan service-learning Answer the following questions: Who is involved in the planning process? How far in advance do you plan?

7. Are you preparing students for the service experience by equipping them with knowledge and skills needed for the project?

Yes, we equip students with knowledge and skills at the beginning of the experience

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/0143429E-6CDD-4682-A3D0-1633A361A3E7/24783/rubric_best.pdf

YAC EXECUTIVE BOARD - FEDEX BREAKFAST

Artwork courtesy of DiversityStore.com 800-200-5964

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/heritage_month/whm/index.html

Women in Stamps
http://stamps.org/userfiles/file/albums/Women2.pdf

YAC Executive Board Brainstormed plans for the rest of the year

YAC Executive Board met from 7:00-8:00 am, 2/27/2014 at the Wing
Attendance:
Seniors: Katie H. and Emily F. Minutes by Emily and Mrs. Clay
Juniors: Jessica G. and Sidney J.
Sophomores: Aubrey H.
Freshmen: None

Charities: Children's Hospital and Boys and Girls Club

Reports
RAK Week:
Valentine Placemats and Positive Tomorrows cards and care packages: Successful Sidney and Sindi

Plans
April or May??
STUCO-YAC Connected for National Volunteer Week-Crazy Fun Week benefiting Children's Hospital. Katie and Emily will work on this. When ????

March
Boys and Girls Club Tennis Clinics - Dylan
March 1:
*YAC /Casady Service Learning present Peace Stone Soup @ UCO, 8:45-10 AM
* Girl Rising Free Screening at Arts Center sponsored by Oklahoma City Friends of the United Nation, The Arts Center is located at 3000 Pershing Blvd, in the State Fair Park,Oklahoma City
March 8: UN Luncheon in honor of Women's month. Anyone interested in attending needs to talk to Mrs. Clay
March 10: Children Hospital Dinner - Help with singers, musical performances, arts and crafts
Video Game Drive Sidney is the YAC chair facilitating this project
March 29: Muslim Voices Book Club starts. Casady Service-Learning is one of the collaborating organizations bringing this enhancing diversity opportunity to OKC and Casady
March 29, 7:00 PM Location TBA: Youth LEAD OKC will feature a documentary. Sidney will provide information soon

April
- Athena Day
*Collaborate with teachers organizing 1/2 day of service and 1/2 day of workshops at school and the community
* Mrs. Clay is working with Children Hospital and Ronald McDonald House as possibilities
_ April 10 and 11: YAC features Peace Week at Casady School at NYLC Conference in DC
-RAK National Volunteer Week in collaboration with STUCO: Crazy Fun Week Connections??
(April 6-13 celebrate it with Acts of Kindness around school and in the community)
-April 7: President Volunteer Service Awards in Chapel. Goodies for winners, banquet idea for next year
. Mrs Clay is working on this, but will need YAC members not receiving awards helping deliver the awards at chapel and make the goodie bags

- April 11-13 Do something for Global Youth Service Day. Mrs. Clay in DC featuring Peace Week
- Do something for Mr. and Mrs. Miano
-Give goodies to firefighters and policemen
-April 15th: YAC organized Easter Egg Hunt if funded by Chapel budget for supplies. Jessica will talk to Father Blizzard. Ideas: egg decorating competition, peep competition, 4 school advisories egg hunt
- April 19th: Applebee's Pancake Drive : End of the Year thing like Holi last year! Jessica will work on this, but needs helpers
Need teachers(help in the kitchen), students(bus tables) , friends and family (clients) on board

May
-Do Something for the Moore Tornado survivors. We have people in our school Mrs. Castro's family
-Service banquet with non-profits, YAC members and Presidential Award Winners; Demonstration of learning through service and thank you to non-profit volunteer coordinators helping the Casady Service-Learning Program mission of peace at the heart of service and YAC's objective of being entrepreneurs of peace and social justice finding a personal passion to help the community making a difference they can measure.

Friday, February 21, Wing, B-Block : Conflicts: Black History Month Presentation and no announcement of YAC meeting
Snacks by: Cookies by Emily
Minutes by: Carmen
Time-Agenda Keeper: N/A

Participants
Seniors: None. Emily brought cookies $10 donation
Juniors: None. Junior College Meeting
Sophomores: None.
Freshmen: Kenzi H.

Agenda
Goals: Project implementation, Project Proposals, Project updates, Skill building: S-L Best Practices

Objectives and Activities
1. New Organization Proposals and project Opportunities:

-Dog Food Pantry: Organization's representatives brought brochures and presented the mission, vision and purpose of the organization and requested YAC's help for various activities. Kenzi will report. Smilebox of presentation forthcoming Monday.

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Friday Meeting, January 31, Wing, B-block
Challenge: Debate, Soccer, Basketball, Wresting away games. No one took pictures

Snacks: Before lunch mints. Each grade signed-up to bring snacks for meetings.  Jessica will contact via text to remind volunteers to bring a light snack.
Minutes by: Johnny L. and Mrs. Clay
Time-Agenda Keeper: Turner W.
Participants
Seniors: Emily F. Nicole N.
Juniors: Jessica G. Yogaish K., Sidney J., Taylor B., Chase K., Jessica R.,Logan A, Caitlin C.,Hayley P. Sindi P.,Natasha S., Tom Y.
Sophomores: Aubrey H., Dylan D.
Freshmen: Johnny L. Turner W. Kenzi H. Josh B and Judy N (had to leave early),Covell L.

Facilitation Skill Enhanced: Reflection, debriefing and feedback on project leadership

Agenda

Goal: Project Proposals, updates, volunteer opportunities and reflection

The order of the agenda was changed.
New online features announced by Jessica:
- YAC Twitter account made by Taylor B. YAC
-YAC Instagram no word on who is managing this

Objectives and Activities
1. Reflective Sheets: Members signed-up and took a reflective sheet to update YAC service hours for transcript and report card. There are two reflective meetings per year for this purpose. The next one will be in May. Members reflected hours for YAC meetings with a rubric by the Peace Corp and answered two questions: What they value about YAC meetings? and What ideas do they have for improvement.

YAC members reflective thoughts
YAC Meets Actual Needs:  Minimal   Moderate(1,1,1, 1,1,1,1, 1,1,1,1,1,1,1) Strong (1),1
YAC Collaborates with Community  Minimal   Moderate(1,1 ,1,1,1,1,1,1) Strong (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
YAC Improves Quality of life for Persons Served  Minimal(1,1 ,1 ,1,1,1) Moderate(1,1) Strong(1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
YAC Integrates with the Academic Curriculum  Minimal (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) Moderate(1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) Strong
YAC Use New Academic Knowledge in Real World Setting  Minimal (1,1,1,1)   Moderate (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) Strong (1)
YAC Facilitates Active Student Reflection  Minimal   Moderate (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) Strong (1,1,1,1,1,1,1) NOT SURE (1)
YAC Helps Develop Sense of Caring for and about Others  Minimal   Moderate(1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) Strong(1,1,1,1,1,1)

"For the minimal amount of time and money YAC has, I think we are doing excellent work."
"I enjoy getting updates on how everyone is doing and how open to suggestions everyone is."
"Need more time somehow for meetings, but for the time we have currently, we are using it well."
"YAC is doing an excellent work and has an impressive amount of service activities at one time. Things to improve are: Awareness: How students can get involved, where to look for opportunities to get involved."
" We are doing great. We have good facilitation. Great group of people. To get better: Follow through with more projects and ideas. Try to get more involvement from the student body."
" I think the meetings go ok, but we do not have time to discuss everything."
"I feel like the meeting have been going better. We spent a lot of time reflecting. I wish that we focus more on our projects and got impact from everybody in YAC."
"We mostly help. We feel good about the community. It helps me understand how I can help the community."
"I think that these meetings really help create effective ideas for helping the community. People often contribute new service ideas.

2. Valentine Cards for Positive Tomorrows: YAC RAK Project facilitated by Sindi P. 25 cards were made by club members of the 50 Sindi needed. YAC RAK Packages will be delivered on Thursday, February 13 by Sindi. She requested help with donations of dental hygiene products. Aubrey and Turner are going to contact possible dentist donors. Sindi has spent $30 of the $100 she has been provided by Service-Learning Project Grant

3. Project Proposals and grants
_ Science Olympiad needs volunteers Saturday, February 1, 7:30-5:30. 2 UD students, 4 MD students and several UD faculty will volunteer. Update: Mrs. Clay and Amir K. volunteered

- World Hijab Day Workshop.  Mrs. Clay participated.

- Special Needs Camp: Taylor B's mom has complete information. Taylor will bring more information at next meeting.

-YSA Grants: No apparent interest to apply Stop Child Hunger Sodexo: $500, Disney Grants: $500-$1,000 Projects need to take place during Global Youth Service Day, April 9-12, 2014. Mrs. Clay will be in DC with 5 freshmen
http://www.ysa.org/grants

4. Project Updates

- YWCA: Aubrey. She is looking for more than just a tour. Still working on sustainable relationship building opportunity

- Teal Sisters, Kickin'of Cancer: Mrs. Clay contacted Energy FC OKC, 405-235-KICK(5425). They responded that wanted more information from the girls. Mrs. France is helping the girls write a letter that will be sent to Shana Smith from Energy FC OKC. Mrs. Clay will connect Kenzie H. to the Teal Girls efforts of raising $1,000 for Ovarian Cancer Research doing a variety of activities. The first might be selling hot chocolate or teal lemonade at the next home soccer game, Mrs. Clay will work with Kenzi getting pertinent permissions and supplies from Mr. Shelley and Chef Eddie as well as connecting with the girls and their parents. UPDATE: The Teal Sisters sold refreshments to parents in the LD and made $200. They are getting closer to their goal. UPDATE: Mr. Shelley and soccer coaches welcome the Teal Sisters at February 8th and 9th matches. Mrs. France is checking with parents. Mrs. Clay and Kenzi can help on Friday, but not on Saturday.

- YAC RAK Week: No facilitator of this project from YAC for awareness raising. Sindi is working on RAK YAC Packs for PT.
.
- RAK Week @ Casady School http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/kindness-ideas. Mrs. Clay will work with the LD after care program to bring the week to the attention of the student body. National RAK Week is part of the Service-Learning Calendar. UPDATE: Casady After School Care program made posters for every division. Mrs. Clay made a flyer for all divisions and blogs.

5. Debrief and evaluation of
Time constrains made this part of the agenda be very quick. No feedback for improvement receive from the members.

*ICS Diaper Battle Project: Emily (Flyer), Jessica (logistics, collection boxes), Taylor (Tweeter). Close to 22,000 diapers delivered by Jessica, Taylor, Sindi, Chase, and Emily. ICS did not have enough space for all the donations.=). Greater involvement of YAC members would have been welcomed. Jessica wished she had started earlier and she hopes to improve communication for next year.

*M LK Chapel speaker and feedback of MLK Day @ the Food Bank. Emily (flyer), Mrs. Clay (project facilitation), Katie and Emily (recruitment of seniors). Better communication for the agenda at the Food Bank needed. Greater involvement in the creation of the process from YAC is a hope for next year. The speaker was challenging.

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Friday Meeting, January 24, Wing, 12:30-12:55. We had chapel at 1:00 due to Admission Recruitment of new freshmen
Snacks: After lunch mints. Sign-up for future snacks will take place next Friday
Minutes by: Aubrey H. and Mrs. Clay
Time Keeper-Agenda items Keeper: Yogaish K.
Participants
Seniors: None
Juniors: Yogaish K (time/agenda keeper), Taylor B., Natasha S.
Sophomores: Aubrey (minutes), Dylan
Freshmen: Johnny, Kenzi H. (New YAC Chair-Project: Horses-Coffee Creek, Turner W. (late)
Facilitation Skill Enhanced: Reflection, debriefing and feedback ON PARKING LOT

Agenda
Goal: Project Proposals, updates, volunteer opportunities and reflection

Objectives
1. Project Proposals

-LD Students: Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Team Hope: Why? fundraiser for cancer research. Cancer took grandmother away! Students were looking for connections to the UD YAC: Support for their fundraising efforts: Idea: Soccer Tournament, YAC mentor(s) to help them take idea to administrators.

YAC UD students, freshmen YAC chairs are considering possibilities. UPDATE: Miss Croce suggested for the girls to talk to Mr. Shelley to see if they can sell beverages on a Teal Stand; Kickin' Cancer as a preliminary action February home matches. Mrs. Clay contacted Energy FC OKC, 405-235-KICK(5425) regarding ideas to connect city soccer events to the girls fundraiser. Other ideas underlined by the girls in their Team Hope proposal were: Using their upcoming birthday parties to raise funds, have bake sales, have a bowling tournament, have a classroom project to collect funds from classmates, encourage their parents to have an office fundraiser, convinced Mrs. France and other administrator to have an out of uniform day for a donation and get an all school talent show with proceeds going to Ovarian Cancer Research. Visit the girls website: tealsisters.simplesite.com where they are already selling products to fundraise!

-Former YAC Chair: Johnesha H. seeks financial assistance to participate in a service trip to Kenya to work on Water is Life project http://www.gofundme.com/6ds5vk. Go to Johnesha Facebook for details https://www.facebook.com/johnesha.hawkins. She needs to get $3,800 to be able to participate in the trip.

- Kenzi Horton: New freshman YAC Chair: Volunteering with Horses, considering Coffee Creek Riding Center http://www.coffeecreek.org/

- YSA Grants: Stop Child Hunger Sodexo: $500, Disney Grants: $500-$1,000 Projects need to take place during Global Youth Service Day, April 9-13, 2014. Mrs. Clay will be in DC April 8-13 with 5 freshmen presenting Peace Week @ Casady School
http://www.ysa.org/grants UPDATE: Information will be sent via e-email with link to minutes

2. Project Updates
- ICS Diaper Battle Project: Emily (Flyer), Jessica (Communication with administrators from both schools, logistics with Mr. Fresonke) Emily made color flyers and placed them around campus. Jessica placed collection boxes in several building. Jessica did not attend the meeting. UPDATE: Jessica cleared all hurdles. The competition will be between boys and girls from both schools. It will take place at the Lobby of the Athletic Center. Jessica is requesting set-up from Mr. Fresonke. Taylor B. created a YAC Twitter to send competition details. Winning class gets an out of uniform. Up to 4 hours of service credit for donations of diapers. Diaper donations must have names of donor and school to get tally of hours. Jessica will have several helpers on site. Mrs. Clay will supervise project from beginning to end and provide hours for Casady students. There will be a supervisor from HH on site too. UPDATE: No service hours for money. Casady Service-Learning wishes to promote direct contact with the clients, not just writing a check. $10 per one hour is not the cost of volunteer time in Oklahoma! This was not approved by Dr. Philipson who has the final word on any requirement related issues.

- RAK Week: Sindi did not attend because she went to purchase supplies at Dollar Tree. She is requested the next meeting to decorate bags and filled them with goodies.

-Children's Hospital: Sidney (Meeting with Belinda) did not attend the meeting. UPDATE: Mr. Crofton drama Friday classes made beads. Mrs. Clay was substituting for Mr. Crofton

-UCO Multicultural Institute Presentation and NYLC in DC: Johnny L. (Meeting at Barnes and Noble: 2PM Sunday. Registration, planning of UCO presentation) UPDATE: Mr. Crofton drama Friday classes provided ideas for Peace Week or Peace Stone Soup 2014.

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Friday meeting, January 17: B-block
Low attendance due to sports away, Minutes by Aubrey and Mrs. Clay
Snacks: Grapes
Seniors: Christine L., Emily (sent an e-mail regarding recruitment of seniors in need of hours)
Juniors: Jessica G.; Sidney J., Chase K., Taylor B., Sindi P., Jessika R.
Sophomores: Aubrey H. (minutes), Dylan D.
Freshmen: Tuner W. Kenzi H.

Agenda
Goal: Proposals , updates, reflection

Objectives

1. A visit of a Cyclone Ruby Bridges (Bianca-4th gr): As MLK, Ruby combatted segregation. Mrs. Clay will be Ruby at the Food Bank because Bianca cannot attend.
We are not sure if we are going to have a speaker at the Food Bank. Questions for Ayanna were given by several teachers. Be ready to ask questions, if Ayanna is able to get away from other MLK Events and be with us for pizza lunch

2. Casady vs. Heritage service competition update: Jessica G. contacted HH to have a diaper battle benefiting ICS. Diaper towers will be made with diapers of different sizes before the basketball game on January 28. Jessica is waiting for final response from HH.

3. RAK WEEK: Sindi P. started to work on her project. She requested for Positive Tomorrow care packages dental hygiene items. Mrs. Clay asked if members will bring materials to make blankets for PT. Not one blanket for every child, but some blankets to be distributed to families. Any size blanket.
YAC Cares Homeless Packs
-Snacks, Water, hygiene products. $100 from Service-Learning provided to Sindi
-Turner and Aubrey will see if they can get donations from dentists

4. Project Proposal: Christine L.: Make rolled paper bead necklaces/jewelry to sell at art boutique or online. Mrs. Clay stated that she had seen the jewelry for sale at Sam's. Christine gave a quick demonstration and left materials and instructions at the S-L office. UPDATE: Children Hospital will place Christine as a teacher on monitors. Children hospital loved this project and is asking for more ideas like this because it promotes involvement from the kids in the hospital. Mrs. Clay asked Christine if she could teach technique to Boys and Girls Club too. There are $80 from Fall Fest that could be applied to preliminary funding for this project.

5. Children Hospital:  Sidney stated that she was meeting after school with Belinda to get feedback from Xmas Stockings and to see what else we could do. UPDATE: Meeting with Belinda took place at 3:30 PM

Stockings were appreciated although they received a lot of donations during the holidays.
Ideas for projects:
Placemats for their trays decorated with inspirational messages. Do not decorate with religious symbols or get well soon. Some will not get well.
Foam Door Hangers for their hospital rooms decorated for babies, 2-8 years old,
Band-Aid Drive: Kids have not control over their illness, but they have control about what type of Band-Aid they want
Picture Frames: This and more ideas on patients flyer projects

6. MLK speakers and MLK Day @Food Bank update: ON PARKING LOT. No reward for volunteering at the Food Bank.  Out to lunch was approved, but YAC leadership did not make it public. Updadate:  Mrs. provided program via email to chairs on 1/19/2011.

7. Conference in DC: ON PARKING LOT. None of the members present. The first organizational meeting and registration for conference will be 1/26/2014, 2:00 PM at Barnes and Noble by Quail Springs.

8. Individual Reflection of chairs and reflection for hours certification: ON PARKING LOT

Friday meeting, January 10, B-block

Snacks: Grapes $12 They were used by Mrs. Clay to start the yearly reflection and planning as we waited to Juniors to come from their after chapel meeting. Mrs. Clay connected grapes to New Year's traditions in Spain, Argentina, and Peru as YAC starting planning 2014: January: MLK Day, February: RAK WEEK.

Facilitator:  Mrs. Clay in collaboration with YAC and YLOKCasady chairs
Participants
Seniors: Emily F. Reflected December(Magi boxes) and November (Casady Cans Do, MLK Day 2014: Flyer)
Juniors: Caitlin C., Jessica G. (Casady Cans Do, MLK Day 2014), Sindey J. (Casady Cans Do), Sindi (RAK Week 2013, Positive Tomorrows Project 2013), Jessika R.
Sophomores: Dylan D. (New YAC Chair: Tennis @ Boys and Girls Club)
Freshmen: Nicole G., Olivia G., Mackenzie H., Nicole J., Johnny L.,Isabelle Sears(minutes), Turner W.

Agenda
Goal: Reflect 2013: Certify hours for 2013. Plan MLK Day, Brainstorm 2014.

Objectives and Activities
1. Ice breaker-New Year's Family Traditions: ON PARKING LOT.

Juniors at after chapel meeting, instead Mrs. Clay self-assess and requested feedback from improv. chapel announcement she had to make about MLK Day. Mrs. Clay presented the Vulture YLOKC activity

Take in what can help you grow as a facilitator and a person. Leave the rest behind.
Mrs. Clay seemed prepared, but she was not. Announcements are made by YAC students. YAC Chairs were still at MLK Day planning stage, therefore the MLK day only had one activity and that was the activity Mrs. Clay planned as a default for younger students. Mrs. Clay did not want to be the voice of MLK Day. Seniors are in leadership of the MLK Day @ the Food Bank. Mrs. Clay is waiting until Monday for more activities planned by the different chairs ???? to add to the announcement of possibilities on MLK Day.

Mrs. Clay stated that anyone interested in the Food Bank opportunity should sign-in at www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090D45AEAA22A46-mlkday details of the service opportunity at http://casadymlkday.blogspot.com/

2. Reflection of 2013, Brainstorming 2014: 15 minutes
- YAC Executive Council Chairs= Planning and Implementing Projects and meetings

Seniors:
Emily F.: Magi boxe, Casady Cans Do, MLK Day 2014: Flyer. Enjoy involvement, hopes more involvement from UD next year.

Juniors:
Jessica G. :Casady Cans Do, MLK Day 2014, Competition with Heritage for Children's Hospital at brainstorming stage. She stated that people who volunteer anywhere they wish during MLK Day. Food Bank is just an opportunity.
Sindey J. :Casady Cans Do, MLK Day: Possible helper with quilt, if people bring t-shirt, Chairs and junior members expressed concern about low participation from UD and stated some ideas on how to provide greater motivation next year.

Sophomores:
Dylan D. (New YAC Chair: Tennis @ Boys and Girls Club). Mrs. Clay provided requirement for YAC chairs: Attend meetings and bring a new project they want to lead with Dylan as an example. Looking forward to Dylan's leadership

Freshmen:
Isabelle S. took minutes

Calendar 2014

January (MLK Days 2013-2014: Jessica, Katie, Emily) For MLK Day, chairs are working on getting Dr. Philipson to allow a grade competition for most people volunteering at the Food Bank. The prize was in the works. Out of uniform was a suggestion. Dylan and Katie are attending the whole day @ Food Bank. Sidney is coming in the afternoon.

February: Sindi : Share aspects of RAK week 2013. YAC made blankets for positive tomorrow with the Warm project led by Annie H. Sindi took care bags to Positive Tomorrows Project in 2013. She is interested in leading this project, She requested help (donations of sweets, dental hygiene items,, $100 from S-L and two YAC meetings.
Mrs. Clay asked if YAC members will be willing to provide the materials to make blankets as we did last year. 50 are needed, but we only delivered 10 last year and they were given to families in need.

ON PARKING LOT
March-April-May any chairs involved in last year.
June, July: YLOKC Chairs: Yogaish, Aubrey, Sidney (TIDE)
August: Jessica

-ON PARKING LOT YAC Meetings-projects: YAC Chairs with all members: Reflection sheets completed individually
*September: Peace Week Johnny, Turner, Maggie, Natasha Wizz Kids
*October: YWCA
*November: Casady Cans Do, Magic Boxes, Dig Pink
*December: Philippines Relief; Children's Hospital

3. INFORM: ON PARKING LOT
- National Service-Learning Conference in D.C.
* Reservations

* Showcase Projects: Peace Week, Fair Trade Chocolate

Goal: Reflect 2013, Connect personal goals and objectives, Plan 2014

Process: FEDEX TIME: Produce results in a short period of time! B-block and lunch

Facilitators on the go: Hunter, Jessica (set-up meeting), Mrs. Clay
Minutes: Johnny and Aubrey

Attendees
Seniors: Emily and Katie
Juniors: Jessica, Sidney, Hunter, Yogaish (process observer)
Sophomores: Aubrey, Dylan, Neeley (only B-block), Majo (Only B-block), Dylan (great snack!)
Freshmen: Johnny (only B-block), Turner (Only B-block): Provided report of new technology provided to YAC by mother's (Ipad air, mini projector, sound system-work with boys and girls club and other partner organizations, conference presentations and meetings)

Objectives
1. Reflection of 2013
- YAC Executive Council: Who are they? Mrs. Clay will contact absent ones to see status in club. Next meeting Chairs will make sure everyone provides cell phones and e-mails.

Chairs should create a group text to notify all members they represent in one click. Mrs. Clay will do the same for the YAC Ex (Planning Committee)

Chairs will help motivate students to complete the requirement and report hours. Mrs. Clay stressed the importance for PSA certification and to obtain grant funding for future projects. Hours certified is hard evidence of sustainability of effort. Many chairs took paper work to document hours =). Senior chairs and Mrs. Clay will connect to seniors in need of completion of requirement. Mrs. Clay explained that seniors will not receive their diploma until hours are certified.

All chairs will reflect at next meeting. Mrs. Clay sent a form with a service-learning rubric for self introspection and preparation for demonstration of learning in front of the YAC membership. (1 minute per chair) Yogaish will be the time keeper and will continue as a process observer.

- YAC Meetings Not reflected. Last January and three February meetings will help Sindi with her project????

- YAC Projects Jessica wanted to find out about charities chosen at the beginning of the year for planning purposes for next year. Here is the information she requested:
Children Hospital: 26 votes first and second round
Ronald McDonald House: 8 Votes. Some people did not know what this organization did.
Food Bank: 21 votes
Infant Crisis Services: 26 votes first round, 4 second round
Positive Tomorrows: 28 votes first round, 12 votes second round
Special Care 10 votes
Boys and Girls Club 5 votes
Humane Society 22 votes
Feed the Children 19 votes
OKC Memorial Marathon 9 votes
YWCA 14 votes
Jingle Jangle: 17 votes first and second round

Mrs. Clay and Sidney brought to the attention of the committee that Children Hospital needs to be further explored for 2014. It was the top charity selected. Sidney will take the leadership there. contacting, Belinda Anderson

Manager, The Children’s Hospital Volunteers

The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center

belinda.anderson@hcahealthcare.com

405-271-4870 (phone)

405-213-5523 (mobile)

From YL Sharon Trainer on feedback and debriefing:
- YAC connections to YLOKCasady Training Team ON PARKING LOT, but Yogaish, Jessica, Sidney, and Aubrey provided feedback and debriefing of meeting. A need for a more focused direction was a common denominator. YLOKCasady, Hunter, emerged as lead facilitator and great feedback provider during debriefing.

Take what you need, absorb it and use it to become a better facilitator and person.

Take what you don’t need and leave it by the side of the road, don’t carry it with you

2. Connect and Plan 2014
- Calendar

JANUARY

-MLK Day: Chairs will explore possibilities and have finalize project opportunities with
a. Goal, objectives, activities
b. Flyers
c. Adult sponsor
d. Clear activity with pertinent administrators (Dr. Philipson and Coach T)
Mrs. Clay will place activity in blog. Hunter will explore the creation of a Twitter account

-Friday Meeting: Will follow similar format as today's but will be more structured. Lead facilitator will be Mrs. Clay because she needs to certify 2013 hours for chairs and members. Presidential Awards will be ordered at the end of February and delivered at chapel April 7th.

Food Bank option is ready to be advertised. Senior chairs are checking class competition idea. FUN, FOOD AND FRIENDS WITH A PURPOSE. Mrs. Clay worked on this option for other divisions and all details are available at http://casadymlkday.blogspot.com/.

Drives on MLK Day ???: Children Hospital Toy Drive, Fun band aids; elderly home; Humane Society; Toddlers around the Lake; Boys and Girls Club Substitution??, Homeless Packages; Soup Kitchen, Grade competitions ??? T-shirt ???? What happened to the YAC T-shirt???

Children Hospital Follow-up on MLK Day or beyond: Sidney will follow-up with Belinda. Belinda Anderson

Manager, The Children’s Hospital Volunteers

The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center

belinda.anderson@hcahealthcare.com

405-271-4870 (phone)

405-213-5523 (mobile)

Children Hospital Foundation has requested 10 teens to help with dinners.

Children Hospital Family Dinners need Casady volunteers: Must be 16+

Dates: Each dinner will be held on the second Monday of each month from 5:00pmto 6:00pm

Schedule:

Monday, February 10

Monday, March 10

Monday, April 7

Monday, May 12

Monday, June 9

Monday, July 7

Time of Dinners: Set up time 4:30pm (if possible)

Dinner 5:00-6:00pm

Clean up 6:15pm

Out of there by 6:45pm

Location of Dinners: 6^th floor of the Atrium in the Children’s Hospital located at 1200 Children’s Ave. OKC, OK 73104

Dress Code for volunteers: Casual. Volunteers do need to be aware that photographs will be taken and used on our social media sites. If they are under 18 a photo release form will need to be filled out. Companies, groups and organizations in the past have worn matching shirts/company shirts so our groups are welcome to wear “Casady.” If there is a theme for each dinner, volunteers may be asked to dress to coordinate with the theme (cowboy, super heroes, etc.)

Number of Volunteers needed at each dinner: 5-10 individuals

Do the teen volunteers need to complete liability releases? Yes. Sara Jacobsen from the Child Life Department will bring forms for everyone to sign prior to serving that night.

If a Casady representative is unable to attend, who could be the site supervisor? Sara Jacobsen or Camille Thompson, Special Events coordinator from Children's Hospital Foundation be present at each dinner. Camille can be contact at O: 405-271-9008, C:580-513-3737, camille-thompson@ouhsc.edu

*We strongly encourage all volunteers to receive a flu shot prior to volunteering otherwise they will be asked to wear a mask.*

FEBRUARY
RAK WEEK: Sindi is only interested in care packages for Positive Tomorrows. $100 requested and granted. Anyone interested in advocating Kindness, PASS IT ON around school as we did last year?

MARCH - APRIL
Casady Carnival: Abby J. ???
Tennis Clinics @ Boys and Girls Club. Possible collaboration with John Marshall

- YAC/YLOKCasady connections: ON PARKING LOT

- National Service-Learning Conference in D.C. ON PARKING LOT
* Reservations
* Showcase Projects: Peace Week, Fair Trade Chocolate

Activities:
Reflection: Socratic Method with post-it notes and calendars from blogs ON PARKING LOT
Planning: Smilebox Calendars ON PARKING LOT

2014 Mrs. Clay's Calendar ON PARKING LOT

Personalize your own free printable calendar

YAC 2013 Reflection Calendar WAS USED to reflect and give feedback for improvement. We will continue this on Friday in a more systematic and focused way due to short time available.

Another free calendar by Smilebox

Casady YLOKCasady 2013 Calendar Reflection ON PARKING LOT

Calendar created with Smilebox

Follow-up e-mail from Mrs. Clay

Thank you to Dylan for a great treat and to Jessica for setting up the meeting with such a short notice. Also MERCI to Johnny and Turner for attending the meeting and providing the technical assistance needed to have everything ready in case the information was needed.

Feedback and debriefing:

No time to plan the meeting on Friday.

Mrs. Johnson will come to propose an advocacy service opp at the library for MLK Day!

I will facilitate a reflection of hours based on today's experience. If anyone wants to co-facilitate, please see ME! I will bring grapes for the meeting as a new year's cultural connection to the Hispanic World and an ice breaker for reflection of each month of the year 2013. Hope to have a VERY brief discussion of possibilities for the month of February. Check calendars at the YAC blog http://casadyacleads.blogspot.com/. Prepare your reflection in back of the attached reflection paper. You will have 1 minute to speak and 30 seconds to hear feedback from the club members. They will reflect their hours as well following your example. Busy meeting, little time. Yogaish will keep time since he is coming again as a process observer to give me feedback and keep me focused!

Reflect 2013

The way to reflect by what "you liked best: was not as productive as the Chairs taking a project and reflecting their involvement in it. Powerful was the feedback given by the group. Thank you Aubrey (YWCA), Jessica and Sidney (Children Hospital) for your quick, on the spot reflections.

Plan 2014: See my attached s-l plan for 2013 It seemed that we were spinning around on MLK and we spent too much time brainstorming and going in so many directions, I got lost. I am still unclear on what you all what to do and who is responsible for doing what. Whatever it is that you all decide to do, needs to be completed by Monday before school starts. The information about MLK Day @ the Food Bank will be made public tomorrow as a save the date announcement by Natasha or Maggie.

Senior YAC Chairs: MLK Day @ Food Bank: Easy way to get hours. Mrs. Clay has done the leg work for this project. She will be the site supervisor. There is already a sign-up genius at http://casadymlkday.blogspot.com/. This blog is only for MLK Day news, sign-ups, and emerging project. The Points of Light Foundation and MLK.Gov has requested documentation of all we do for MLK Day.

Seniors will speak on behalf of MLK @ Chapel. Mrs. Clay is looking for a chapel speaker for the seniors to introduce. Speaker should motivate students to reflect on MLK's Legacy and doing something for others.

Emily, Katie and Jessica will contact Dr. Philipson regarding competition between grades on MLK Day.

Other grade chairs will create a project, clear it with administration, get an adult sponsor, get flyer and information for the MLK Day blog to me by Monday morning.

Hunter did not want to go to the Food Bank. He will work with sophomores and go to ARF? I am not sure where the sophomores are in what organization they want to sponsor.

Jessica will check with ICS.

Hunter will make a twitter account for YAC. Guidelines were discussed about its content provided that Dr. Philipson approves it.

Who will check on Children's Hospital?...Sidney seemed to be the only one interested in following up there.

February: Sindi's project seem to have a lot of resources of dentists among the YAC exec. board. Mrs. Clay will talk to Sindi to be prepared to explain her project last year and her plans for February 2014. She seems to be only interested in PT care packages, not in leading a whole RAK WEEK. We have not heard from Carleigh regarding this project.

In the Spring: Boys and Girls Club Tennis Clinic, Dylan. Mrs. Pat Broadfoot wants to talk to players and coaches regarding a possible collaboration between Casady and John Marshall tennis.

Looking forward to Friday. Hope I have everything we covered!

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December 14 YAC Meeting Conflict with class meetings after chapel and Gales lunch
Snack : Candy.
Pictures by Ananya/Hunter
Minutes by Yogaish/Mrs. Clay,
Facilitator: Katie H. (GREAT JOB KATIE!)
Participants
Seniors: Blake B., Emily F., Katie H.
Juniors: Seondre C., Katie C., Sidney J., Yogaish K., Chase K., Halley P., Sindi P., Jessika R., Hunter S.
Sophomores: Maggie A., Dylan D., Fiona R. (new member)
Freshmen: Ananya B. Joshua B., Claire D., Kenzi H., Johnny Lee, Covell L., Symon M., Isabelle S., Miranda T.
24 Members

Goals

-Implement final projects of 2013
YAC seniors started making Xmas stockings while waiting for others to come from after chapel meetings. The Blood Drive was announced during chapel.
- Holiday YAC Party: Pot Luck Lunch Possible
Caitlin C. will ask Dr. Phillipson for YAC lunch next Friday. Minimum number of participants 24 members who attended the meeting. Max: 75 on YAC roster. Dr. Philipson said NO to Friday, but searching for another date. IF NOT LUNCH, JUST POT LUCK SNACKS!!!!???

-Holiday faculty fundraiser for Children Hospital
DATE: ??? from Tuesday to Thursday????
*Collection Boxes/Jars placed at teachers' classes or administrative office
Emily F: Will ask Coach T. and Seondre will make the box/jar; Xmas Tree
Chase K.: Dr. Lewchuk, Scrooge
Katie H.: Dr. Powell, Santa?
Katie: Will ask Mrs. Erickson: Mrs. Santa
Sidney J.: Mr. Hinote, Reindeer
Jessika R.: Halpern, Grinch
Johnny L. and Simon: Dr. Philipson, Snow Man-Santa?
*Flyer for school: Sidney J. Monday, end of the day???
*Chapel speech: Hunter Tuesday????
Gifts for next meeting: Donations for children's hospital
-Bring to S-L Office Collection Box at Student Center: Xbox games, board games, Band-Aids (cool ones)

-Reflect 2013 projects.

No time for this during the short meeting. Sidney J. will facilitate the reflection of projects and for hours credit next meeting. YAC members were provided number of hours earned in sign-up sheet. Mrs. Clay needs YAC written reflections to add the youth voice to the home page of this blog and help Sidney facilitate the reflection meeting.

-YAC Executive Board and any interested member sign-up for FEDEX DAY to plan full 2014 calendar with autonomy, purpose and mastery!. Proposed date: Sunday January 5, 6:00 PM until finish ???????. Pot luck dinner-something culturally enhancing. See video below to understand FEDEX DAY

Reflect ON PARKING LOT
-Peace Week (Sidney, Johnny, Maggie, Turner) , Food Drive (Emily/Katie)
-YWCA (Aubrey)
-Philippines Relief (Cathy Z.)
-Wounded Warrior Project and Church Project (Maggie)
-Youth Lead OKCasady YAC (Sidney, Hunter, Yogaish, Carleigh, Seondre, Gavin, Johnny)

NEWS:  YAC SOS OKC-Act!!! ON PARKING LOT
- Food Bank and MLK DAY (Mrs. Clay)
-National Service learning Conference in DC (Johnny, Cathy Z, Miranda)

Stickers YES ending time permitting(Johnny) ON PARKING LOT

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December 11: YAC Chairs of Executive Board Meeting
Participants:
Seniors: Katie, and Emily
Juniors: Jessica (facilitator/minutes, breakfast buyer), Sidney (Happy Sweet 17th)
Sophomores: Aubrey
Freshmen: Johnny

Goal: Plan Friday, December 13 meeting. Katie will facilitate the meeting. She will inform about the holiday faculty fundraiser, ask teachers to collaborate, check costumes she has available for possible winners.

Objective: Holiday Fundraising for Children's Hospital.
- YAC will promote Faculty Holiday Fundraiser Competition. Winner teacher(s) will dress-up and go caroling with YAC to children's hospital.
Katie will ask and provide costume (Santa's Suit for Mr. Miano, if he wins), Looking for Mrs. Santa suit for Mrs. Miano??,   Mr. Halpern (Grinch), Dr. L. (scrooge) . Mrs Clay volunteered if NEEDED and costume is provided.
Other possibilities: Dr. Philipson (Snowman), Coach T. (Xmas Tree), Miss Croche (Rudolph or other costume Katie can provide)

Activity: Chairs working breakfast ($19)
Before the above fundraiser planning, Mrs. Clay apologize to chairs for adding items to the last meeting agenda last minute.
Three freshmen will be attending the National Service-Learning Conference but need help fundraising.  Helping defray expenses will deplete service learning funding for Easter Egg Hunt or other end of the year activities. Jessica suggested to ask for donations for end of the year activities!
This weekend, the s-l program priority project is Food Bank. Mrs. Clay will be there in the afternoon. Jessica promoted the Santa Store which Sidney will promote at the YAC meeting. Johnny will promote the Arise Project. The art club is starting Xmas Stocking for Britton Elementary and YAC could help with that during the meeting.
Emily explained the Wahelo Project.

Mrs. Clay asked for project reflection time and planning of last meeting for 2013 to be part of the Friday, 13th meeting.

After the meeting
-Sidney and Mrs. Clay talked about scheduling a day for YAC Exec and any interested YAC member to plan 2014.

-Johnny's stickers YES activity will be tabled until January!
-Maggie wants to share project at her church with YAC
- Neely/Natasha in Mrs. Clay's Advisory are planning a project of cards for orphans during a holiday pizza lunch. Mrs. Clay requested permission to have a lunch meeting next Monday. Approval pending from Coach T. Members of the Advisory will bring snacks and drinks.

November 15th Meeting: No formal agenda provided. Minutes by Johnny and Mrs. Clay
Facilitator: Jessica
Participants
Seniors: Katie*, Emily*, Nicole N., Maru T., Kaitlin O., Ayman P.
Juniors: Caitlin C., Chase, Hunter*, Sidney*, Jordan R., Taylor B*., Natasha S., Emily F., Yogaish K., Jessica R., Carleigh B., Jessica G. *, Seondre C. (late)

Sophomores: Majo*, Neeley*, Aubrey*, Dylan, Namir* K., Maggie A.
Freshmen: Josh B., Kenzie H., Cathy Z., Lauren P., Ellie D., Kiki G., Johnny L*, Turner W.*, Nicole J., Covell L., Ananya B., Rachel K., Hunter M., Emma R., Judy N., Symon Ma
Guests: Mrs. Zesiger, Mrs. Taucer, Mrs. Anderson (Children's Hospital Aikman End Zone)

- Bingo: Jessica
Goal: Get to know everyone
Objective: Break the ice

Activity: Play Game (BINGO: Personal Scavenger Hunt). It was not explained that it should be a full bingo and we did not provide time for anyone to win the blackout bingo. Hope answers will be provided to members at next meeting Feedback: Should we have stopped the game with the first shout of BINGO???

Cream puffs to celebrate 2013 B-days. We did not have enough puffs, therefore we had to use Pringles. Cost: $20. 46 participants from sign-up sheets!

NOT IN THE AGENDA, but do to visitors at meeting, time was granted for their solicitations

Philippines Relief: Mrs. Zesiger and Mrs, Taucer requested consideration of helping the people of the Philippines where they have relatives who were not affected, but they are all trying to help. The Middle Division International Club will have a bake sale is Wednesday, November 20 during A Block. Jessica and Katie asked everyone to consider buying their baked goods, proceeds benefiting. Philippines' relief. UPDATE: The International Club collected $100 and sent it to the United Nations World Food Programme Philippines Relief. Mrs. Zesiger sent an e-mail to Casady Faculty and 9th grade parents offering poinsettias for sale for the relief effort. Proceeds will be sent to the relief effort by the Philippines Association of Oklahoma

Oklahoma Children's Hospital: Belinda Anderson, Aikman End Zone Volunteer Coordinator stated needs and opportunities to help. Restrictions are age requirement of 16 years old, but she will see if a special permission will be permitted for caroling teams. Ms. Anderson stated that bringing items teens will enjoy will be greatly appreciated. Other ideas were making bags with arts and crafts, bringing training dogs-must pass hospital requirements- making videos...Ms. Anderson will e-mail more details to YAC Executive Board Chairs with copy to Mrs. Clay. UPDATE: The Oklahoma Children Hospital Foundation needs 10 volunteers, 16+ years old to help with dinners several times per year . Sign -up and details at Service-Learning office

All other agenda items were placed in the Parking lot .

November 1st Meeting : No agenda provided ahead of time. Minutes by Mrs. Clay
Facilitators: Senior Chairs: Katie and Emily
Participants
Seniors: Katie*, Emily*, Blake, Dylan C.
Juniors: Caitlin C., Chase, Hunter*, Sidney*, Haley, Sindi*
Sophomores: Majo*, Neeley*, Aubrey*
Freshmen: Isaiah L., Josh B., Kenzie H., Caroline M., Heather T., Cathy Z., Lauren P., Miranda T., Ellie D., Kiki G., Caitlyn G., Allison F.

-Casady Cans Do Food Drive :
*Katie, Emily and Mrs. Clay asked for volunteers for all divisions from 7:15-7:55 to cheer and thank donors. Students sign-up with YAC Grade Chairs. The drive in the UD will take place at the Wing due to safety hazards if great numbers of cans are brought during the week.
*Competition with HH will not be a reality because they are fading out fundraising into time spend in the community. Only MD HH is collecting cans and competitions are discouraged. Their internal theme is the Hunger Games.

- First Day of Hunger Week-
No snacks were provided at meeting
Food Bank's Hunger Simulation: Voted down until next year.
Can donations low in UD. UD received a generous donation of $500 from Emily's family for the senior count.

Miracle Boxes Project: Emily invited members to attend a wrapping Boxes Party, Saturday, November 2, 10-noon at Wing

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October 25 Meeting YAC Cares Meeting
Minutes by: ? and Mrs. Clay
Goal:
Make first YAC Cares Packages: Encouragement cards for YWCA, Aubrey has $2005 to spend. Sophomore Chairs fundraised $125 at Fall Fest with a donation from Aubrey's grandmother. YAC Executive board, Jessica Greene, applied and was granted $100 from service learning for this project.
Finalize plans and delivery of materials for Casady Cans Do Food Drive

Objectives
Make cards for YWCA
Start can food drive: Make boxes, take posters made by LD after school program to divisions. Make can thermometer
Make posters
Provide Mrs. Clay with list of volunteers working at each division

Announcements
1. Emily's Christmas Project
Xmas boxes with toys to send to Mexico. Partnership with Spanish Club. Anyone interested welcome. Details of the project activities forthcoming

YAC Chairs of Executive Committee Meeting
Goal:
Final details for the 2013 Students Against Hunger Food Drive and preliminary discussion of Children's Hospital Fundraiser

Objectives:
Process and responsibilities from chairs by chairs Minutes
Minutes by Aubrey and Mrs. Clay
Participants:
Seniors: Katie and Emily
Juniors: Jessica, Sidney
Sophomores: Aubrey
Freshmen: Johnny and Turner (late due to conflict with other meeting).
Video taping: Brenden Moss and Mrs. Thompson. Supporting the meeting: Mrs. Clay

1. Canned Food Drive
UD:
It will be at the old or new student center after Mrs. Clay check with pertinent administrators. Update: Due to fire code, can drive has to be at Wing Student Center
Extra out to lunch for grade bringing most cans
Katie will make gold stickers for donors. She will check with Coach T to provide first bids at food court at Calvert for donors.: Getting first to salad bar and soup

Process
4 boxes at the front of the building
Count cans every day and announce statistics in chapel
Show promotion video at chapel/ Chairs of the food drive at every division should talk to Father Blizzard for time to promote the Food Drive during announcement time with the video. Video will be ready Tuesday.

All Divisions
Before the Drive
One can costume, one poster , incentives differ from division to division.
Chairs need to take boxes, flyers made by LD after school program to their respective divisions
During the Drive
Go to the division by 7:15. PD: 7:30.
Encourage kids with can dance, stickers or other incentives the division has or has requested, posters, music, high 5's.
Collect cans. Take cans inside and have daily count by grades or houses. PD only one final number per day
Tell the person responsible for the drive about the results and text results to Mrs. Clay

UD: Casady Cans Do facilitated by seniors (Katie and Emily), but helpers from other grades welcome
MD: Casady Cans Do facilitated by juniors (Jessica) , but helpers from other grades welcome
LD: Casady Cans Do facilitated by sophomores (Aubrey), but helpers from other grades welcome
PD : Casady Cans Do facilitated by freshmen (Johnny and Turner), but helpers from other grades welcome

December Project: OU Children's Hospital Fundraiser-  YAC Fundraiser for the year
-STUCO will collaborate with YAC: Jessica took the proposal to STUCO and they approved it
-5 teachers dressing up in Xmas costumes
Suggestions
Philipson: Snow Man
Erickson: Elf
Mr. and Mrs. Miano: Mr. and Mrs. Claus
Dr. Lewchuk: Grinnch
Halpern Rudolph
Coach T: Xmas Tree
-Donation Jars for different teachers @ Mrs. Milligan's desk
-Teacher who raises the most money has to actually dress up sing carols
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Thursday October 10 , 2013 Minutes: No minutes taken by anyone. We were pleasantly surprised when we were given time to have a meeting on Thursday. YAC Exec had not requested it and we were not prepared for the meeting

Snack: left over Pringles: Cost $ 8. During Students Against Hunger, there will be no snacks!!!!

Participants:
Seniors: Abby J, .  Blake B., Kaitlin O., Abby J. (helped facilitate Hunger reflection)
Juniors: Jessica G.* Taylor B., Caitlin C., Sidney J., Jessika R., Halley P.
Sophomores: None
Freshmen: Johnny L.*. Nicole J., Inah J., Covell L., Kenze H., Gracie P., Judy N., Josh B., Ananya B., Miranda, Hunter, Claire D., MiAnyla G., Kaitlin B., Isabelle S., Nicole G., Livy G., Symon M., Isaiah L.

-Jessica facilitated the meeting making quick announcements and a get to know each other game.
-Mrs. Clay started Hunger Brainstorming in collaboration with YAC senior chair Abby J. who graciously volunteered to give an intergenerational twist to the activity.
YAC members were divided into 5 group of about 6 people each.
Round A: Write your thoughts about hunger on the Food Bank collection boxes
Round B:  Move to the neighboring boxes and read your peers thoughts.  Repeat it until you get back to your group's own. Facilitators gave about a minute per box.
Round C: Collaborate with your group create a body sculpture of hunger. No pictures taken! 2 minutes to come up with your sculpture!
Round D: Take turns freeze framing your sculpture and explain. The rest of the group listened!

Debriefing of Activity:  Effective in engaging all group in brainstorming. the preparation of the room took a long time.
For encouragement of greater creativity, Mr. Crofton recommended encouraging group to focus their body sculpture on what is written in their boxes.  Graciously thank groups spelling words, but guide them to show the meaning of the word, not just the word.

Johnny L. will talk to Katie H, leader of the Casady Cans Do Project for a follow-up activity with the remaining boxes before we start making collection boxes and taking them to their respective home divisions.

10/4/2013 Third Meeting Minutes: Challenge: Many members were away in sports commitments.
Minutes by Johnny and Mrs. Clay
Participants (*Executive Board)
Seniors: None.
Juniors: Sidney J.*, Chase K, Taylor B. *, Yogaish*, Jessica G.* Jessika R.
Sophomores: Aubrey H.*
Freshmen: Johnny L.*, Isabelle S.* Josh B., Inah J., Livy G., Nicole G., Judy G.

Food: Pringles and apple juice $24

1. Juniors: Jessica led the meeting
-Terry Family
a. Blanket with everyone's signature. Sidney is working on this. S-L will pay for supplies
b. Food donations- will come to the Wing and Mrs. Clay and a group of freshman will take it to the Terry Family

2. Sophomore Project: Aubrey reported

YWCA needs donations: Toiletries, blankets, money to purchase YAC cares packages. Flyers and collection boxes are in buildings. Group is considering making an art expression of awareness with Pringle cups. Mrs. Thompson requested to recycle any containers that could be used on the fence. Her suggestion was maybe coloring the Pringle containers purple. Purple represents the victims of domestic violence who perished last year, 92 Oklahoma women. White represents the organizations and volunteers working to do something to stop and support victims and their families

3. Use, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink: Mrs. Thompson requested YAC to recycle all plastic products consumed during meetings to decorate the fence with reused items. Mrs. Clay requests rinsing empty plastic cups before recycling it to avoid welcoming insects of all types at the Wing.

4. Freshman Project: Johnny Reported
Jingle Jungle: Still working on final information

5. Senior Project: Mrs. Clay and Jessica reported
Nov. 1-7th. Each class has been assigned a division. We will continue to encourage divisions with can costumes, competitions (if welcomed) and stickers and food-4-food incentives. All divisions have their own way of conducting food drives, but Mrs. Clay encouraged to bring new ideas to the attention of the faculty or administrator responsible for the food drive at each division.

Seniors: UD-Mrs. Clay-Coach T-Dr. P. Expected class competitions, maybe can sculptures. Mrs. Clay suggested connecting to grocery stores to match cans collected for the can competitions to be bigger.
Juniors: MD- Mrs. May
Sophomores: LD-Mrs. France
Freshmen: PD-Mrs. Must have first period off to sign-up to sign-up to help. Students arrive later and love to see high school students in can costumes and high five them.

6. Crofton Project: Peer to Peer Education through theater.
Mr. Crofton explained theater of the oppressed http://www.theatreoftheoppressed.org/en/index.php?useFlash=0, or theater with a social conscience http://www.custommade.org/next-to-normal/. Then he related his experience with Peer to Peer Education in New Mexico. He stated that interested students will decide what subject to undertake, get trained in the process of this type of theatre and then take the show on the road.

Mrs. Clay thought places where there could be teens interested in in peer to peer education through theatre were YAC, Youth LEAD OKC, and UD Drama classes next trimester. She requested Yogaish and Sidney to take the conversation had with Mr. Crofton to Youth LEAD meetings. Mr. Crofton will investigate UD drama classes during 7th period for next trimester.

Jessica G. stated that she knew of at least two youth boards that were doing peer to peer education via power point presentations, Hearth Line: Prevention of Teenage Suicide, and the Mental Health Association: Mental illness.

Jessica adjourned the meeting.

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Decisions made by quick executive board meeting after Fall Fest Meeting 9/24/2013. Thank you to all who donated baked goods and/or time!

Next meeting Agenda

1. Bingo

2. Domestic Violence Awareness by Mr. Crofton

3. Sophomore chairs will communicate with Madeleine to conduct YWCA needs assessment and determine what the YAC project will be from that conversation. They will also try to arrange a chapel speaker.

4. Casady Cans Do Food Drive.
a. Katie is working with seniors and Mr. Fresonke about placing collection boxes in every building.
b. Seniors will be responsible for UD drive, competitions, incentives, games, etc. Juniors will help MD, Sophomores: LD, and Freshman: PD. There was no discussion about raising awareness of the meaning of food insecurity and nutrition. Mrs. Clay will follow-up with senior chairs regarding this item.
c. Food Bank requested October 29th as the best date to have a chapel awareness speech.

Saturday, September 28

We did not have full meetings the last two Fridays in September due to Gales Party and Homecoming Assembly. No sign-up sheets provided, but YAC executive board managed to plan Fall Fest and get ideas started for October charity

Second YAC Meeting
Attendees:
Executive Board: Katie H., Emily F., Abby J., Taylor, Sidney, Hunter S. (left for FC meeting), Haley, Aubrey, Neely, Gavin, Yogaish, Carleigh, Jessica
Freshmen: No freshmen due to STUCO Freshman elections
Sophomores: Pauline N., Dylan D., Nadia S.
Juniors: Chase K, Donald A., Logan A, Jordan R*. and Arjun N.* (*late), Jessika
Seniors: Courtlyn E., Lindsey C., Nicole N., Ayman P., Alex L., Blake B.

Conflicts with other club meetings, sports, STUCO freshman elections and PASS sign-up. We are thankful to Yogaish and Mrs. Waters for requesting consideration of conflicting PASS meeting. Some YAC chairs are also going to be PASS members. They must plan accordingly and leave the leadership and calendar in the hands of co-chairs when absent. PASS meeting at same time in Woolsey House.

Minutes by Carleigh and Mrs. Clay

Friday 9/14/2013 YAC Meeting Agenda
Snack: Animal crackers and green grapes. Cost: $6 for grapes. We had animal crakers

YAC members get service credit hours (30 minutes per meeting attended). Please do not come in, get snack-sign in, and then go to another meeting. Be respectful of the time spent by chairs planning the meetings and be present in mind and body. Mrs. Clay

12:24 : Distribution and completion of getting to know you sheets
3 things about you completed by members.

12:25-12:28 Speakers on behalf of Casady first grade and Wizz Kids: Mentoring Programs
a. PASS: Sign in with Mrs. Waters if interested on working with first graders. Provide contact information. Details forth coming

b. WIZZ KIDS FUNDRAISER @ Crystal Lake, September 28, 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM. Mrs. Clay has expo flyers and she will be attending the fundraiser in case freshmen are interested and need transportation.2. Guests

12:35: Projects and Charities
*Sunday @ Wing 4:3:30-5:30, come and make pinwheels and discuss the YAC party on 9/20, next YAC meeting and Casady's IDP celebration.
*YWCA: Jessica asked if any grades were interested helping the YWCA in October. The sophomore grade chairs took this project as their own. Mrs. Clay will provide contact information of volunteer coordinator to start needs assessment of the organization needs. Hope to have Madeline as our guest speaker for the last September meeting.
*Food Drive: Approved date Nov 1-7. This is a school wide event. Executive Board leads this project. Katie H. will need every chair working on this project.

5. YAC Contest for 11 Days of Global Unity- Interdependence Day: Sincere thank to a teacher
The winner of the s-l program $10 card to Sonic came from the freshman class and the letter was written to a new math teacher in the Upper Division.

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SIGN UP FOR PROJECTS THIS WEEKEND

-7th hour and weekend : No transportation provided this weekend. - Pinwheel making. Make it at home or Wing. Sign-up or contact clayc@casady.org, 520-1325

* Saturday 10-12: Watch videos on New York thanks You and economic justice and make pinwheels * Sunday: 4:30-5:30: Make pinwheels, participate in a peace silent walk to connect to Health Day.

NEXT WEEKEND

-Volunteers needed for IDP Celebration at OCU 9/20 3-8 PM: Manpower Service-Learning Table, plant pinwheels. Project Chair: Maggie. T-shirt and dinner provided. Get calendar from Maggie -

-Volunteers needed for IDP 9/21 Service Day at Boys and Girls Club 9-3. Abby is requesting permission to lend YAC her family's small games. Sidney is planning an art project with help from YLOKC. Project Chair: Sidney.

- Oklahoma Conference of Churches Teen Tour. $15 per person. Casady Service-Learning is paying feed for Sidney (Chair) and 2 YLOKC helpers, Dane? Other interested YAC members can register at @ http://okchurches.org/upcoming-events/ This project is part of the compassion games http://compassiongames.org/about-us/
$15 per person. Check in will begin at 1:00 p.m at the Temple B’Nai Israel.
SITES: Temple B’ Nai Israel, The Sikh Gurdwara, Frontline Church

First YAC Meeting
Attendees:
Executive Board: Katie,Jessica, Sindi, Carleigh, Gavin, Taylor,  Haley P, Yogaish, Aubrey, Neely, Johnny
Freshmen: Isabelle S., Covell L., Kaitlyn B. Sairah L., Miangila G., Ananya B., Josh B., Kenzie H., Livy G., Henry E., Nicole G., Judy N., Inah J.
Sophomores: None
Juniors: Chase K, Donald A
Seniors: Blake B., Courtlyn E., Nicole N. Ayman P.

First YAC Meeting: Minutes by Carleigh and Carmen Clay

Waited for people to find where the meeting was. We need to remember to announce location of the meeting on Wednesday. Sports and other clubs took other possible members away from attending the first meeting.

12:25: Charities and Balto Week:
Jessica and Katie had a super brief welcome and send everyone to vote for 5 charities YAC will work with this year.

Sidney provided an explanation of what and why this selection was being done. There was no explanation of how the charities were selected by the board, but members could provide the name of a charity they felt strongly about  in addition to the choices provided.  If the person did not know about a charity they could ask someone who did. After three selection levels, the chosen organization was Children's Hospital. YAC chairs will ask support from STUCO and permission from administration to have week similar to BALTO week benefiting Children's Hospital. Most members did not know about that week and Jessica stated that more information will come at next meeting.

12:35 YAC Cares: Briefly explained as action packages/ projects done during  YAC Meetings time for organizations not selected, but with high levels of votes
Children Hospital: 26 votes first and second round
Ronald McDonald House: 8 Votes. Some people did not know what this organization did.
Food Bank: 21 votes
Infant Crisis Services: 26 votes first round, 4 second round
Positive Tomorrows: 28 votes first round, 12 votes second round
Special Care 10 votes
Boys and Girls Club 5 votes
Humane Society 22 votes
Feed the Children 19 votes
OKC Memorial Marathon 9 votes
YWCA 14 votes
Jingle Jangle: 17 votes first and second round

NEW Ideas:
SKILL: Teens Helping Teens on their own get through high School, part of Youth Services of Oklahoma County
Children Hospital: 26 votes
Jingle Jangle: Arise Ministries: Helps single mothers 17 votes

12:42: YLOKC Opening/Closing: Identity: Who we are and one thing about ourselrves? Led by Yogaish. Most people just gave name and grade. Mrs. Clay requested help making pinwheels.

Reflection/Evaluation:
The meeting went well, but there should be more "intentional communication" between the people running the meeting.
Why do we avoid getting to share information about ourselves?
YLOKC first tenant is IDENTITY!!!!!! How can we bridge differences if we know so little about each other?

News: Reporter Carla Hinton from the Daily Oklahoman called to see what YAC is doing regarding the 12 Days of Global Unity. Check details about the days at the home page of this blog.

This item was not discussed at the meeting and decisions need to be made by the end of the day MONDAY. YAC involvement now is limited to Maggie helping PD, Johnny helping LD and MD. YAC UD having a bake off, which is only known by a few YAC Exec. Chairs.

An idea from Mrs. Clay is a competition making pinwheels next Friday. The group of YAC members from the winning grade gets to pick the activity and snack YAC will sponsor for the International Day of Peace , Friday 9/20. Budget: $60. Last year it was icees for I SEE PEACE statements.

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Welcome Back YAC Emerging Exec and YLOKCasady Meeting, Saturday, 8/31/2013, 10-11:30
Meeting called on Saturday due to Pep Rally for Holland Hall game on Friday, Activities

Participants: YLOKCasady: Gavin, Carleigh, Sidney, Yogaish, Seondre; Juniors: Jessica; Seniors: Katie and Abby, arrived at 10:30. No Sophomores or Freshmen

The Agenda was made experientially. Sidney and Jessica facilitated the meeting. Sidney and Mrs. Clay wrote the minutes.

Purpose: Welcome Back. Inform about connections between councils. Plan next meeting. YLOKCasady facilitation of icebreaker.

Snacks: Skittles provided by Carleigh. Water donated by YLOKC. Italian Ice from Clubs Fair. Cost: $ 11.00 lunch for Mrs. Clay.

1. Welcome and announcements
a. Invitation to OCC Interfaith Youth Tour by Sidney. She will be facilitating the end of the tour reflection. Casady Service-Learning will pay for Sidney and two Casady helpers. Budget: $60

b. 12 Days of Peace Competitions between grades. A YAC Exec will follow-up with Dr. Philipson. We also need to have support from STUCO.

YLOKC Connections by Mrs. Clay: YLOKC members will be practicing facilitation skills with YAC executive board. Sidney is the YAC Chair of YLOKCasady.

c. Explanation of "horizontal leadership" was provided by Mrs. Clay. Check graphic. Chairs will define responsibilities and expectations.

d. YAC connections to S-L Budget. Mrs. Clay does not know how much her budget is yet, but $2,000 will be allocated for attendance to National Conferences. YAC will get $30 for snacks for Friday meetings. Less food needed for YAC meeting to prevent people coming for the food and leaving.

Project chairs will have to apply for funds for projects like YAC Cares, but it was Gavin's recommendation to look for donations for needed supplies for care packages for YAC Cares initiatives from businesses. Mrs. Clay will send Gavin a sample letter.

e. Jessica requested donations of corks for a Moore family. Mrs. Clay gets cork donations for pinwheels from Papa Dios and Metro Restaurants.

f. Any projects, t-shirts, etc. must be approved by administration. When is that going to happen? Who is going to seek a meeting with Dr. B and Coach T.

2. YAC t-shirt:
T-shirt form is ready and was designed by Jessica. It is just awaiting final list of YAC charities. T-shirt will not go through book bill. People will order pre-paid t-shirts. Jessica has a vendor, but Gavin will investigate an alternative. Mrs. Clay suggested to connect to the non-profits that will benefit from YAC service-learning experiences for possible sponsorships. The T-shirt order form will be made available at the second YAC meeting.

Regarding T-shirts from Aubrey: " I think for the t-shirts, the kids should have to pay for their t-shirt WITH their order forms. We can make a list of the people who ordered and paid for a shirt so that we are able to keep track. Also so that we make sure that everyone that ordered one received their shirt, and that no one who did not order one receives one. Sundays are ok for us to meet but I have cheerleading practice every Sunday from 4-6. Hasta mañana! "

3. YAC charities - Start Charity Work: YAC Cares in October
Names to be placed in back of YAC T-shirt will be finalized during the first YAC meeting. Jessica will create a form to solicit suggestions in addition the ones already selected by YAC Exec because of their personal commitment to those organizations. Sidney will print them.
List of 12 Charities
1. Special Care, 2. ICS, 3. Boys and Girls Club, 4. Positive Tomorrows, 5. YWCA, 6. Food Bank, 7. An organization working with Human Trafficking (OATH does not exist anymore), 8. Feed the Children, 9. OKC Memorial and Museum (Marathon), 10. Oklahoma Humane Society, 11. Ronald McDonald House, 12. --------
Christmas Cheer and an organization similar to Meals on Wheels were brought to the attention of the board by Gavin and Jessica.

4. Fundraising and Competitions-
Jessica will confirm with Dr. Philipson regarding competitions between grades like the one for 9/1: Good deeds for firefighters. Example: A Bake off.

Regarding collecting money, an idea for Wednesdays at popular restaurants for lunch with proceeds going to charities like we did with Johnnies Thursdays. We have to clear any solicitations with the development office to make sure we are not hindering their fundraising efforts on behalf of Casady School before we approach any one. Chairs will look into possibilities at their favorite lunch hangouts . Cool Greens, Saturn Grill, The Shack, Orange Leaf were mentioned.

5. Hours for YAC: Keep track of them in a time log. Reflect them on December and May. Must sign-in to get hours verified! Activities meetings are 30 minutes long. If anyone has a better system, please share! HOLI: Jessica will send thank you notes and she provided hours for organizing group. Will provide hours for participants later.

6. YAC Cares Initiative: First one will be 9/11 Good Deeds for Firefighters. Mrs. Clay requested consideration of helping younger students make pinwheels with recycled paper, 7th Period Friday and at Boys and Girls Club Friday from 4:30-6:00 PM.

8. SKITTLE COMMUNICATION OPENER Ice breaker by YLOKCasady Carleigh and Gavin;
Goal: Get to know each other better
Process: Take as many skittle as you wish, Tell as many things about yourself as skittles in your hand; - or wait- said 5 things about yourself.
Result: We found out many interesting things, even that despite being in the same school, some of us do not know each others names. Great interactive way to end the meeting.
Reflection and Feedback: Will use trail mix and say as many things as pretzels in hand. Healthier and the number of things will be less. Encourage a couple of clarifying questions. Find technique to encourage attentive listening to the speakers. What can be done with audience on cell phones???

7. YAC First Meeting Agenda by Sidney

9. F-5 Week will change its name. Hope to have it in combination with Crazy Fun Week and/or National Volunteer Week.

10. Chapel Announcements: Next Wednesday
a. Sidney will do the introduction to YAC and chapel announcers
b. Chapel announcements will be read by ? (Natasha and/or Maggie)
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Follow-up E-mail from Mrs. Clay

Thank you to the ones who were able to attend the meeting this morning. I placed the tentative agenda for the first YAC meeting made by Sidney at http://casadyacleads.blogspot.com/.

Agenda of today's meeting at http://casadyacleads.blogspot.com/p/agendas.html

Minutes at http://casadyacleads.blogspot.com/p/minutes.html . I will add Sidney's minutes on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, Sidney will introduce YAC and Natasha/Maggie. One of them or both will read the first announcements.

Clarifications after the meeting:

1. YAC Structure: I am attaching a graphic I made of the YAC executive board. Hope this explains my application to YAC of Horizontal Organizational Structure. http://images.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/orgcharts/horizontal-organizational-structure.gif.

Please send me your personal definition of what the responsibilities and expectations should be of the position you are in because of your past commitment of time, your willingness to share your skills and leadership gifts to bring YAC back on track. FYI, I am attaching the YLEAD Online guidelines for Chairs and project management.

2. Keeping Track and Reporting of YAC Hours:

In 2013, YAC members should keep track of YAC hours with the time log available at https://www.casady.org/document.doc?id=590. The sign-up sheet will verify the veracity of their reports. Hours will be certified twice a year, in December and May reflection meetings. I am open to any suggestions to improve the process!

A Request

Whoever introduces me at the YAC meeting, may I have a shameless plug for 7th hour and after school projects.

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Clubs Fair and YAC Invitational Information Meeting, Friday, 8/23/2013
Participants: Katie (Seniors) , Jessica, Hunter and Sidney (Juniors), Aubrey, Neely and Majo (Sophomores). No freshmen

YAC invitational Report and decision making: Jessica and Mrs. Clay informed about the invitational. With group consensus, the teens attending decided to have three chairs per grade to form a horizontal capacity building leadership structure. The group also selected the Chair of chairs based simply on who attended the organizational YAC invitational. Katie (Seniors), Jessica (Juniors), Sidney(YOLOKC-Casady-founding Member), Aubrey (Sophomores). We still have no one for freshmen.

YAC Chairs by Grade and YLOKC-Casady

Freshmen: None yet
Sophomores: Aubrey, Neely and Majo
Juniors: Jessica, Hunter
Seniors: Katie, Valentina, Abby
YLOKCasady: Sidney

Clubs Fair (Minutes by Aubrey)
T-Shirts: What is YAC in 2013-2014? Youth Acting in the Community: Jessica, Sidney
YAC Booth at Activities Fair: Jessica and Katie Valentina and Abby making posters
Food: Abby(Cookies, must bring receipt), Mrs. Clay (60 Icees), Ice for cooler(Neely, and Majo)
Signs: Valentina, Aubrey, Mrs. Clay
Sign-up Sheets: Aubrey, Jessica

News from Mrs. Clay:

YAC meets on Fridays during B-block (Activities) and 7th Period. Mrs. Clay requested a lunch meeting per trimester also.

After the first meeting, Mrs. Clay will like to have a second YAC invitational, a Saturday or Sunday afternoon or evening-most convenient time for all members- for strategic planning purposes.

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August, Executive Board Meeting, 8/6/2013

Participants : Jessica (Juniors) Aubrey (sophomores), Sidney (Juniors), Katie (Seniors). 11:00 AM-1:00 PM at Service-Learning Office. Minutes by Jessica.

Ideas:
T-shirts: We would like to make YAC t-shirts this year.

The idea was to have YAC down the front and then on the back it would be the members of YAC by grade.

Monthly charities:
We would really like YAC to expand from the food bank and boys and girls club. We were thinking that each week we could have a different organization. Like Casa one week and then WINGS the next.

I believe we had at least 9 organizations that we chose. At our first YAC meeting we would like the YAC members to vote for who they think will benefit most from F-5.

We REALLY want to make F-5 big!!
With events like
Boy bands. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETcPcJzRTGc

Cypress Ranch High School Anti-Bullying Lip Dub "Who Do U Think U R?"

Canned Food Drive (Moeller High School)

love Quest. The game we played with the couples last year.
minute to win it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWanTQhxZlM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ockBEN30XVE

Mr. Cyclone. a boys fashion show
Clash of classes. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ZvEfrVXYzL0&list=PLbM_yXR9PZUoP4k_Bg6fZWzn7eksXceHc
Teacher dance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKx_kt2FfW0

Lastly and my favorite by far is the direct service aspect!
Every 2nd Friday of the month is YAC Cares day!
Which means that instead of a YAC meeting we will meet in the student center and do activities such as...
here
Homeless packs
                Place crackers, water bottles, travel size tooth brush and tooth paste, granola bars in a gallon zip lock.
                        Consider Bible verses and pamphlets on homeless shelters. Hand them out
to the kids that can drive and when they're driving around they hand them out to the homeless.
We need to consider safety and liability issues. Maybe delivering them to the Homeless Alliance http://www.homelessalliance.org/ will be an option Address: 1724 NW 4th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73106 , Phone:(405) 415-8410, Hours:

Thursday hours 9:00 am–4:00 pm

diaper packs
ICS is BOOKED until Spring with volunteers so making diaper packs is the only option. Details forthcoming from Jessica

From the Desk of Mrs. Clay

Mr. Philipson and Mrs. Clay have reservations regarding
a. The name F-5 Fest : Sensitivity to tornado affected areas and people
b. Contend of competition and focus on fundraising

Casady YAC Youth Active in the Community

Pages

Minutes

Thank you to YAC 2014-2015

YAC Executive Board 2014-2015

Seniors

Juniors

Sophomores

Freshmen

From Aubrey, YAC CO-PRESIDENT 2015-2016

Casady YAC 2014-2015: Sponsor's Reflection

SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM 2015-2016 CALENDAR

YAC meeting , October 28, b-block, Wing

FOOD DRIVE FINAL DETAILS

FOOD DRIVE 2014

YAC FedEx Time with Cory King

2. Are you meeting curricular objectives through service-learning?

3. Are students reflecting throughout the service-learning experience?

4. Are you developing student responsibility?

5. Are you establishing community partnerships?

6. Are you planning ahead for service-learning?

7. Are you preparing students for the service experience by equipping them with knowledge and skills needed for the project?

YAC FedEx Time with Cory King

2. Are you meeting curricular objectives through service-learning?

3. Are students reflecting throughout the service-learning experience?

4. Are you developing student responsibility?

5. Are you establishing community partnerships?

6. Are you planning ahead for service-learning?

7. Are you preparing students for the service experience by equipping them with knowledge and skills needed for the project?

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