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2020 NHS After Prom Fundraiser - Valentines Day

Looking for a fun way to surprise your Nevada student on Valentine’s Day?

Help support our 2020 Nevada High School After Prom Activities by sending your student a surprise Valentine gift!

Free Delivery to all Nevada School District Buildings. Deliveries will be made on the next school day if school is canceled for inclement weather.

Click on the links below to order!

Profits from every Valentine PuraVida Purple/Gold Bracelet Gift purchased will benefit the event. The bracelet(s) will be wrapped festively in an adorable heart clasp envelope and include a valentine message from you!

Candy Land will be donating $3 for every Valentine Special 3-Bar gift purchased. Many options available!

If you order items from both links, your student will be surprised with 2 packages, they will not be wrapped together.

The deadline for ordering is February 11th and this special is open to all 3 buildings!

Please share this email with grandparents, extended family, and friends so they can surprise your student as well!

Be sure to include all student information on the payment screen in the fields provided or in the “notes” section, along with how you’d like your gift signed. (From/Love: Mom & Dad, Grandma Betty, etc.)

Limited quantities available for the bracelets, so be sure to get your orders in!

Your support is much appreciated!

The 2020 NHS After Prom Committee

PTA Snowflake Dance

Lego League

We are in the last stretch before our event and are still in need of a few volunteers! Engineering Outreach Programs at Iowa State University is hosting the Iowa FIRST® LEGO® League Championships on Saturday, January 18 and Sunday, January 19.

This is a fun robotics and research challenge competition for youth aged 9-14. Making events successful and safe takes a lot of people, and we're looking to recruit some volunteers. We think you would be great and would love to have you support Iowa kids with us!

Do you want to inspire Iowa kids in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math? Celebrate 60 Plus teams’ amazing, learning experiences? Want to enjoy your Saturday and Sunday with some awesome kids?

We hope you will join us for all day, part of a day or even both days! You can sign up by emailing fll@iastate.edu.

Please spread the word. I have attached a flyer to this email if it would be easier to share with others you may know who would be interested!

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Link: www.isek.iastate.edu/fll/volunteers/

More information about FIRST LEGO League can be found at www.isek.iastate.edu/fll

Please forward this message to coworkers, friends, and others that would make great volunteers.

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Thank you for supporting Iowa’s youth,

Kennedy Cook

Student Program Assistant | Engineering Outreach Programs Office

Industrial Engineering | Sophomore

Iowa State University | Ames, IA 50011

From: Cook, Kennedy R [ENGOP]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 5:31 PM
To: hbentley@nevadacubs.org
Cc: fll@iastate.edu
Subject: Iowa FIRST LEGO League Volunteer Opportunity- January 18/19, 2020

Good afternoon,

My name is Kennedy Cook, and I'm a part of the Engineering Outreach Programs Office at Iowa State University. FIRST LEGO League is a robotics and research challenge competition for youth aged 9-14. As student leaders, we help organize, work, and volunteer at the events all across the state, as well as the state championship held on the ISU campus.

Making events successful and safe takes a lot of people, and we're looking to recruit some volunteers. We would appreciate it if you would be willing to send the following information to the students on your floor/in your hall. Thank you in advance!

As a member of the community surrounding Ames and a faculty member at Nevada Middle School, this would be a great opportunity to show support to students you may have currently/ have in the future, and other students from around Iowa. The kids love to see that there are people who care about what they are passionate about.

*ALSO- I have attached a flyer to this email if it would be easier to share with people you may know, but you are more than welcome to forward this email to them too!

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Do you want to inspire Iowa kids in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math? Celebrate 60 Plus teams’ amazing, learning experiences? Want to enjoy your Saturday and Sunday with some awesome kids?

FIRST LEGO League is a worldwide program in its 19th year of getting children eager to learn science, technology, engineering, and math. FLL helps children develop skills in problem-solving, teamwork, strategizing, and creative thinking.

3! 2! 1! BUILD! This year’s challenge is called CITY SHAPER and focuses on a city’s new, innovative solutions to help shape a better future. In the 2019 FIRST LEGO League Challenge, teams will become experts on creating practices for improving cities and making them more sustainable. Teams will identify an issue cities and communities face and design a solution, or improve upon an existing one, in order to share their solution with others.

You can help! Volunteers are what makes these FLL events succeed. You can help inspire kids to be interested in science, technology, and learning while having a blast yourself seeing what they have come up with their team.

Signing up now! FIRST has a system for volunteer registration that will allow you to see all events in Iowa. To apply for one or both State Championship events held on Saturday, January 18 & Sunday, January 19, 2020, click the link below and login or create an account with FIRST. Look for “Iowa FLL State Championship - Event 1” and “Iowa FLL State Championship – Event 2” under “Apply for an Event”.

Link: www.isek.iastate.edu/fll/volunteers/

For a more detailed notes on how to sign up and apply, please go to http://www.isek.iastate.edu/fll/volunteers/registering-to-be-a-volunteer/ .

Please let fll@iastate.edu know if you have questions.

More information about FIRST LEGO League can be found at www.isek.iastate.edu/fll

Please forward this message to coworkers, friends, and others that would make great volunteers.

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Thank you for supporting Iowa’s youth,

Kennedy Cook

Student Program Assistant | Engineering Outreach Programs Office

Iowa State University | Ames, IA 50011

Camp Kesem

Our names are Cole and Graham and we are a part of an amazing organization called Camp Kesem. Camp Kesem is a student-run organization that provides support for children who have been affected by a parent's cancer. One of our services is a free week-long summer camp where these kiddos can just be kids and leave their adult responsibilities behind. To be a part of Kesem, the child must be between the ages of 6-18. It is our mission to reach every corner of Iowa, and this is made possible by members of the community, such as you, who can help us by helping spread the news of this amazing organization.

We have attached an interest indicator form to this email for you to send out to families who might be interested in attending camp. Our camp this year is in Boone, IA from June 7-13. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, or to forward our email to any family or staff member you think would be interested. If your schedule allows and you would like more information, we would be more than happy to meet with you in person or via phone. We look forward to hearing from you in the near future. Thank you for your help in spreading the word!

Interest Form: https://forms.gle/chZkxmfmYzUbzZnYA

Contact: iowa.outreach@campkesem.org

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylyf5UucDIU

Website: https://www.campkesem.org/