http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/ What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/post/356285 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:53:00 EDT http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/post/356285 44.1666667 -77.3833333 44.1666667 -77.3833333 http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/post/349951 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:59:00 EDT http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/post/349951 44.1666667 -77.3833333 44.1666667 -77.3833333 http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/post/346569
I am stressed. Due to student council conflicts with other programs being launched in my school, my Spread the Net Soccer Tournament is being moved up to mid-may. Now I'm panicking. Doing this alone is hard.

I need to a) write out a plan. Where? Will it be at my school? We typically have a nice field. And the YMCA is less than 500m away from my school, and they'd surely let us use their gym. b) I need to find referees. Which shouldn't be too hard right? It's a for fun thing, schools will be made aware of that so they don't stress the urgency of professional coaches. c) I guess I sort of have to figure out the registration fee, who is involved in the tournament, and an actual date. I'm SO PANICKING RIGHT NOW!

Oh, also, in two weeks I'm launching the penny drive for CANFAR's Have a Heart Campaign. I'm so behind schedule it's kind of upsetting. But at least it's getting done. I have 3 teachers who are all set to kiss a sheep along with the vice principle, whichever happens to lose, that is. AND WE EVEN HAVE A SHEEP! It's spectacular. Anyways.

Also, science fair is in two weeks. Triple stress. It's okay though. I'll manage.

Any advice on organizing a sporting event as a fundraiser would be GREATLY appreciated.

:) If you're reading this, have a great day. I mean really have a GOOD day.]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:48:00 EDT http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/post/346569 44.1666667 -77.3833333 44.1666667 -77.3833333 http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/post/340301
I was suppose to organize Random Acts of Kindness week within my school (our city celebrates it the week before our March Break). I got a package of information from the organizers of the city-wide event, that had the ribbons and everything in it, but more importantly, it had information about nominating a representative from our school to represent our city.

When I finally noticed THAT sheet, I realized that the nomination was due in two days, and that it'd be very impossible to have a name in time. So I talked to the teacher responsible for student council, and we decided to do a school-wide celebration of kindness citizens: I had to get every homeroom class to vote on who they believed to be the kindest person in their class so that we as a school could recognize those individuals. A few days after the name for the city-wide thing was due, I start organizing the school wide-vote. The name for the city-wide thing was due the 22nd, and I got the school nominating and voting the week after that. So on friday the 29th, I went through the homeroom classes to collect the votes, but I only had a chance to collect about 90% of the nominations. Which was bad, but I figured I could get them monday, no big deal, as we aren't celebrating the people until the END of random acts of kindness week, which starts on monday.

At lunch, i hear my name called down to the office. I go, and my school's principal destroys me! It was awful, going on and on about how disapointed she was, then she told me I had until the end of the day to pull something together, because the city-wide nomination people called to inform her that WE were the only school that hadn't submited a name. So I went to the guidance office, pleaded with a guidance councellor until she finally agreed to give me a list of all of the homeroom classes (but only if I agreed to bring back the list so that she could shred it afterwards, because it's not suppose to be available to students). Then I had to find a bunch of teachers, ask them if their class had nominated someone (most hadn't), then I had to count all of the votes from the other classes.

It was just nuts. So very hectic.

LONG STORY SHORT!

We got someone nominated for the city-wide thing. I kept telling my principal that, had there been a phone number (there was only a fax number given), I would have called and tried to rectify the situation myself, but she wouldn't really have it.

Whatever, I did my best. Next week is going to be hectic though. The pig kissing for CANFAR is now going to be sheep kissing, and I've got four teachers that agreed to do it, and I'm really thankful for that. Then monday we have "Open a door for someone and carry someone's books" -day, and then tuesday is "Pay someone a compliment"-day, then Wednesday I need to go out and buy 300$ worth of sandwhich bars because for random acts of kindness our student council always does something for another school, and then we get to go around another high school and hand them out at lunch. Should be fun. Then thursday I have to organize the thing to celebrate our school Kindness nominees. Whatever. BUSY WEEK.

On top of that, Tide Modelling assignment for math for my IB Portfolio, which sucks, 'cause we aren't allowed to get help, an essay on the cold war (why the korean war is typical of cold war conflict), and a french paper about a problem faced by our school.

I might die. ]]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:39:00 EST http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/post/340301 44.1666667 -77.3833333 44.1666667 -77.3833333 http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/post/340121 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:16:00 EST http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/post/340121 44.1666667 -77.3833333 44.1666667 -77.3833333 http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/post/337783
So here's the story.

About three days before Valentine's day my Student Council supervising teacher hands over a massive box labelled Dentine Ice, and I mean MASSIVE. I open it, and it's chock-full of Vanilla flavoured gum! And Condoms! And red HIV/AIDS Awareness ribbons and panflets (and little baggies, and stickers, but those are minor details). So then she tells me that CANFAR sent it. I don't have a last period class, so I took the box of goodies down to a seminar room (minus the condoms, which were stolen and given to the Guidance Councellors because we, "can't openly promote promiscuity or any other method of protection other than abstinance"). So I open the box, and find out that it's a campaign for Valentine's Day. And I had three days.

So obviously, I never got it done on time. The idea was, that I was suppose to put a ribbon, a panflet, a pack of gum (and a condom, but that was a no-go at my school). Now listen to my magical NEW PLAN!

This is what I'm doing. During Random Acts OF Kindness Week, which is in two weeks. Bear with me, me and proper punctuation don't coexist.

There will be five massive water bottles in the front foyer of my school. Each bottle will represent a teacher. Students will be asked to add penny's or any other form of money. Every penny will be +1, and every other piece of money will be negative points (i.e.: a nickel would be -5, a 5$ bill would be -500). The teacher or principal with the least points, will have to kiss a pig. Oh, and every donation results in receiving a pack of gum and HIV/AIDS awareness info!

What fun.

I hope my school's vice principal has to kiss the pig. That'd be pretty siiiick.

Wish me luck. Man, I hope they aren't mad that I'm doing their campaign about 3 weeks late.]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:24:00 EST http://ashleylynn.tigblog.org/post/337783 44.1666667 -77.3833333 44.1666667 -77.3833333