1. September 10, 2014

2. Officers Emily Hyman President Erin Yevins Vice President

3. Officers Erin Ford Secretary Kate Shaffer Treasurer

4. Officers Katie Baker THON Chair

5. THON Our THON child is Mario Ouardi He will turn 8 years old on October 27

6. Mario Ouardi Diagnosed with Stage IVNeuroblastoma at 9 weeks old He underwent several rounds ofchemotherapy and has beencancer free ever since! Yay!

7. Biography Page 1.Name 2.Favorite Color 3.Favorite Sport 4.Favorite Food 5.Favorite THON memory/What you are looking forward to for your first THON 6.A short message to Mario! We will collect them when you are finished, if you want to bring a picture in next meeting we can attach it to your bio!

8. Pen Pals Paired with a 2 nd grade classroom this year International Pen Pals England Sweden

9. VIPS Volunteers In Public Schools This program provides students in the State College School District with no-cost tutoring/mentoring. Tutors are needed in Math, Science, History, English, Literature, World Languages, ESL, Elementary Studies

10. Harmony Program Performing arts workshop for kids with and without special needs, hosted by the National Society of Collegiate Scholars Once a week volunteers lead students in acting, dancing, and vocal exercises Looking for volunteers! If you would like more information, just email us and we can forward you more details!

11. Prom Attire Event We collect gently used formal/prom dresses These dresses are sold at a discounted price They also collect jewelry, purses, etc.

12. Work in Classrooms Because a lot of us are student teaching, we will be able to do events in our classrooms. It can be as simple as coming in to observe or reading or doing a craft Elementary, Middle, High School, Special Ed

13. Social Events We like to have fun! In the past we’ve hiked Mt. Nittany, had spaghetti socials, movie nights, pizza parties, etc. If there is anything in particular you’d like to do definitely let us know!