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I am very excited to announce that we will be participating in Good Neighbor Week again this year.
It will begin November 22nd and end on the 28th (the week of Thanksgiving Break).
It is a wonderful opportunity for students to work in the community and to make a difference in the lives of others.
Some suggested activities include sending letters to the elderly, collecting lose change for a local charity,
donating books for less fortunate children, creating posters to raise awareness for a specific cause,
working to improve school grounds, or any other activity that will benefit others!

SGA has already offered to hold their annual food drive...
last year we broke a school record for the most items ever collected!

Care Packages for Soldiers:
The collection of items for our 'Care Packages for Soldiers' campaign
begins on Monday, November 16th, and runs through November 23rd.
Please encourage your students to participate.
Our soldiers give up so much to protect our freedom,
the least we can do is show our appreciation for all that they do!
Drop off locations will be the main office AND room 106.

A few suggestions that you may want to take into consideration:
1. Letters should be addressed Dear Friend...
2. If possible, toiletry items should be scent free to avoid attracting bugs.

Karen Springston- Office contact for donations/drop-offs

Front Office- Center for donated items

Ellen Mullen- A4 and B4 to help package items

Dave Iampieri- (CIP) classes writing letters

Abigail Sawyer- (FALS) students writing letters/making posters

Wayne McClam- (ROTC) writing letters/packaging items

Some activities that groups/teams/classes have sugguested are:

Creating posters advertising the collection of items for troops.

The creation of a video-gram.

Donation trees (small items that would work would be heat-resistant candy, socks, gloves, scarves, beanie babies (the soldiers give them to local children to build community relationships), chewing gum

The collection of toiletry items- shaving cream, shampoo, soap, sunscreen, baby wipes, lotion, deodorant, bug repellant etc

Donated items like old DVD's, books, crosswords/Sudoku/word searches.

Classes/students/groups to help box up collections during Good Neighbor Week.

Letters/postcards to soldiers.

If your team, club, class, or group would like to participate please e-mail me your community activity!
We plan to make Good Neighbor Week even bigger and better then last year!

Contacts:


Goodwill Ambassador Community Liasion	Stuff a Truck with Food CONTEST!	"Overlea Goes Green" tee shirt sales to beautify OHS
Contact Mr. Nelson	Contact Mr. Willis	Contact Ms.Bell

Goodwill Ambassador Publicist	Goodwill Ambassadors BCPS Liasion	Seniors teach freshman the importance of HSA testing
Contact Ms.Sherwood	Contact Mr. Henry	Contact Ms. Corona

Jessica Land Loose Change Collection	Graphics students help Life Skill students create digital resumes	Goodwill Ambassador Publicist
Contact Ms.Barberry	Contact Mr. Callas	Contact Ms. DeFeo