November Competition - Bonus Trip

Check out the official video on The Schools for Schools Blog or Youtube

Here’s the deal:

· We want to set a goal for all of you to get 500 dollars to us before December 1.

This is insanely doable. Schools have done simply done bake sales and

Change for Change and collected more than this. There are 1,207

schools signed up for S4S right now. If each of you reach this goal we

could have 603,500 dollars for the partner schools.

· Schools who get over 1,000 dollars will receive an Invisible Children Mystery Package as a thank you.

(Jason Russell loves mysteries, and is sort of excited to make this package.)

If each of you get 1,000 dollars we would have 1,207,000 dollars to

rebuild the schools. Guys, one event could get you well over 1,000

dollars. Put together a benefit concert, a dance party, or collect change

at your football game. If you have a bake sale every week

and put out Change for Change jars in local stores and collect 500 dollars.

Then host an event and raise 500 dollars. Done. 1,000 dollars.

· The school who sends in the most money between now and December 1^st will be able to send a representative on the trip to Uganda.

Everyone is starting in the same place for November. This opportunity

starts the moment you read this e-mail and checks must be post-marked by

December 1. The school that gets the most money over 5,000 dollars within this time

can send someone to Uganda on the S4S trip..If winning the entire competition

daunted you, know that this is up completely up for grabs by anyone. You have a month

to charge this and get as much money as possible for your partner school.

I won’t even dare to allow myself to dream of how much money we would

get if even half of you raised over 5,000 dollars. Actually, let us think about it.

How does 3,017,500 sound to you? Sounds like new schools to me.

Alright y’all. Now is the time. It’s time to do this. It’s time to take a stroll down the path of the unconventional. It’s time to live for something so much larger than yourself. It’s time to unify with thousands around the world to fight to end this war. (Dramatic music enters now).

Trick or Treat for Change may be a good place to kick this off.... Just saying.

We would like to challenge of you. We are calling out to all of the Schools for Schools clubs who dare to compete with us and over 1,000 schools around the world.

The challenge will commence the infamous night of October 31^st. Dawn your costumes. Grab your pumpkin buckets. Prepare to divide and conquer the doorsteps of your community.

We would like for you to Trick or Treat a little differently this year. Go to every possible door in your community that time allots. However when offered candy, deny it. Tell them who you are, what school you are with, and about the Schools for Schools program. Tell them about how you are providing students in northern Uganda hope for the future by supporting the rebuilding of their school. Then instead of candy, ask for their spare change. (After that take their candy )

The interns are going to do the same thing here in San Diego. The school that collects the most money and postmarks it to us before November 6^th will get what we collected. You have a week after Halloween to count your change and get a check to us.

Just a tip: I would consider putting some money in your bucket before heading out. It will make you look more legit if it looks like others have already given to you.

Let's do this

Hello everyone!!

I have had a blast getting to know all of you and hearing all that you are doing. If you don't realize how massive this movement you have joined is, let me enlighten you:

• Through the efforts of youth all around the world, 4 million dollars has been raised specifically for the Schools for Schools program in the past 3 years.
  
• Over 2,000 schools worldwide have been involved.
  
• Last year we ran the biggest book drive in history, collecting almost 2 million books.
  
• 1,800 people came out to Washington D.C. over the summer to lobby -- the largest lobby day for any African conflict
• 80,000 participants came out to the Global Night Commute in 2006
• 68,000 participants came out to Displace Me in 2007
• 85,000 participants came to The Rescue in 2009.
  
• We've been on Oprah, NBC Nightly News, CNN, MTV News, Extra, etc...

Don't miss out on ending a war.

I was thinking this weekend about this opportunity to be a part of Schools for Schools. I was president of the club when I was a senior in high school. I know at first I was full of drive and ready to do this! But I lost site of what I was doing. I got distracted for living for myself. Senior year. It was time to slack off. Honestly, it's one of my biggest regrets. I do not want you guys to miss out on having a huge impact on the lives of these students in Uganda. They need you. You have the potential and the ability to give them hope for the future.

You can get thousands of dollars. You WILL get thousands of dollars. Just don't hesitate to make it happen. Let these tips run around in your noggins, come up with the brilliant world shaking ideas, and then do them. Make this happen.

1. Think about your resources and connections.
   
2. Don't hesitate to ask for businesses in your area to support you.
   
3. Never have a fundraiser without asking a business or organization to match what you get.
   
4. Don't try to stay within the normal fundraising constraints. Be young. Be crazy. Be funny. Use your talents!
   
5. Don't be afraid of failure. Ok, so you only get 10 dollars. Don't let it discourage you. Have ten more fundraisers that get 10 dollars and voila you have 100 dollars.

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WE WANT OBAMA
We are knocking on doors and making calls to get Obama to make a statement on the war in northern Uganda. Add your name to the list and be one of the many rallying to hear from Obama