A note to Builders Club Members
What a fantastic year for the Builders Club! Thank you! You have really made a difference on the campus. We really got the club rolling this year and I know it will continue to be a shaping force. Rising 7th and 8th graders: please remember to come back next year and help make Builders Club become even greater! Rising High School Freshmen: Definitely check out the Key Club! You are such wonderful young leaders. Rising 6th graders and other potential new club members: Remember to check out the club in the fall!
You are wonderful young people and I wish you great success in the future.
Mrs. Poole
Family Fun Day
Family Fun Day was a huge success. Everyone enjoyed the chicken biscuits and, even with the light turnout, the Brookland Blitz 1K Race may well turn into a Fun Day tradition that grows each year! Club members had a blast as well!
Fall 2006 Food Drive netted over 1500 items!This food will be distributed to 20 families, enhancing the holiday tables and filling the pantries as well. Thanks to the students and staff of BMS for the generous donations and to the Builders Club members who provided a combined total of 40 hours collecting and sorting food on Friday afternoon!
Builders Club - Service to Home, School, and Community
Many young people believe in the idea of service. They welcome the chance to make a personal contribution to their school, community, and peers.
Builders Club Objectives
The objective of the Builders Club is:
To provide opportunities for working together in service to school and community.
To develop leadership potential.
To foster the development of strong moral character.
2006-2007 Meetings
Brookland's 2006 - 2007 Builders Club Leadership
Builders Club is a student led organization. This year's leaders are:
President - Frannie B.
Vice President - Chris C.
Secretaries - ChaVante’ C.
Treasurer - Brianna C.
Kiwanis Advisor - Kristie Durand
THANK YOU HEATHER & HOPE!! YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!
A special "Thank you!" to Heather and Hope for their efforts in building the current Builders Club at Brookland! The club is off to a great start for the year and both these leaders have had a lot to do with our current success. We wish them well in their transfer to a new school.
September & October President - Hope H.
September & October Treasurer - Heather H.
Project Leadership:
Red Ribbon Week - Chris C.
September 21st Meeting Agenda
Brookland’s Builders Club held the first meeting for the 2006-2007 school year on September 21, 2006. The club elected the 2006-2007 officers. We discussed:
Club Goals
Rules and Guidelines
Recruiting
Membership Forms and Permission Slips
Taking Advantage: Contests and opportunities beyond Brookland
Project ideas
Meeting ideas: Outside speakers, offsite activities
Meeting dates
October 5th Meeting Agenda
At this meeting, we started working on the Thanksgiving food drive and Thanksgiving Assembly.
We are really excited that Mr. Dance has already asked the club to host this assembly. We also worked on ideas for Red Ribbon Week. We will be holding our next meeting on October 19th, 2006 in room A-7 from 3:30-4:30 pm. Please see Mrs. Poole for an application or get one in the school office and join us for a fun and exciting year.
October 19th Meeting Agenda
Information from North Richmond Kiwanis Club
Please bring $3.50 for dues and $5.00 for Club T-Shirts.
Installation of Officers by Mr. Bill Cooper (North Richmond Kiwanis Club)
Food Drive
Thanksgiving Assembly
Red Ribbon Week
Week of October 23rd- October 28thMonday: Origin of Red Ribbon announcement
Written expression announcement.
Tuesday: Pledge to be drug free
Wednesday: Commit"mint" to be drug free.
BUILDERS CLUB Bricklaying in the office!
Thursday: Wear Red Day
Face Painting at game
BUILDERS CLUB Half Time announcement
Friday: Written expression Winners
Congratulations to BUILDERS CLUB Member Heather H.!
October 26th Meeting Agenda
Food Drive Preparations
Face Painting at football game
Red Ribbon Week Announcement during halftime
We're having fun, getting projects done, and making a huge difference on campus! Great job this week on Red Ribbon Week: building the "wall" in the office, the halftime announcement at the game, supporting the Red activities each day, creating entries for the Red written expression contest, and dressing Red! It was really terrific to hear Heather H. read her entry in the written expressions contest. 23 members stayed for the game and the halftime announcement was super. Let's get a head count of how many members wore red, entered the written expressions contest, and participated in any way. Great job prepping for the food drive. This project gears up full swing very soon...
November 2nd Meeting Agenda
Final Preparations for Thanksgiving Food Drive
Be sure Mrs. Poole signs your agenda so you can help on Friday during 7th period!
November 3rdFood Drive Box Distribution
Club Members Distribute Food Collection Boxes during 7th period
Check in with your 7th period teacher and ask permission to come help distribute boxes at 2:00.
This should only take about 15 minutes if we have plenty of help.
November 9th Meeting Agenda
Officers and Assembly Speakers ONLY
Food Drive Update
Thanksgiving Assembly Preparations
December Project Planning
November 16th Meeting Agenda
3:15 - 4:00
MEETING CANCELLED due to flooding!
November 17th Meeting Agenda
3:15 - 5:00
Collect Boxes of Food from Thanksgiving Food Drive during 6th period
Check in with your 7th period teacher and ask permission to come help distribute boxes as soon as possible.
Sort Food from Thanksgiving Food Drive for distribution after school
November 21st Thanksgiving Assembly
Held by grade level during 5th block
Introduction and Speech by Builders Club Leadership
Great job! Chris, ChaVante’, & Frannie - You did fantastic!
And all those yellow T-Shirts looked great!
November 30th Club Picture
Wear your T-shirts!!
Meet in the Gym
At 10:35 for pictures at 10:40.
November 30th Meeting Agenda
Plan Winter Holiday Project
Start planning for after Winter break
December 14th Meeting Agenda
Winter Holiday Project - Goodie bags for Custodial Staff
January 18th Meeting Agenda
Planning for Family Fun Day - Upcoming Activities
February 8th Meeting Agenda
Planning for Family Fun Day - Upcoming Activities
February 13th Kiwanas Dinner
Several Club members attended the Spaghetti dinner, had a blast with skits and activities, and 1 even won a door prize! Neat!
March 1st Meeting Agenda
Planning for Family Fun Day - Signups for activities
Sponsorship
Builders Club is sponsored by Kiwanis International, a nonreligious, nonpolitical, worldwide organization of business professional men and women dedicated to community service. Kiwanis members recognize that young people today want to take an active role in solving problems and meeting needs of the world around them--whether that world is as small as a classroom or as large as a city.
Brookland's Builders Club is sponsored by the North Richmond Kiwanas Club.
Goal
The goal of Builders Club is to develop leadership qualities in young people through experiences in volunteer community service. Builders Club provides a way to form sound personal values based on experiences in meaningful community service activities.
Builders Club members learn by doing. They learn organization, teamwork, and leadership. Most importantly, they learn that concerned individuals working together can make a difference.
As the motto "We Build" indicates, Builders Club is for young people who want to take positive, constructive action to build a better world for themselves and others. Builders Club members experience the thrill of accomplishment and the satisfaction of knowing their efforts make a difference for those they help.
Character Counts! Members are expected to maintain an overall average of a "B" with a "C" or higher average in all core academic classes. Members are expected to behave as leaders in our school community. In-school and out-of-school suspensions will be grounds for suspension or termination of club membership.
Brookland's Builders Club 2005-2006 Projects
Brookland's Builders Club co-sponsored a Fall Food Drive with the Community Service Club to provide food for Thanksgiving for Brookland families. 700 canned and dry food products were collected through Study Skills and Academic Wheel classes. With the help of a contribution from North Richmond Kiwanas Club, the club purchased 25 turkeys enhancing holiday meals.
In December, the club assembled goodie bags for our custodial and maintenance staff as a thank you for their contribution to our school.
The club has an ongoing project to recycle cell phones. It's good for the environment and raises money for our school.
Please donate discarded Cell Phones by turning them into the school office for the Builders Club (attention Mrs. Poole).
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