Club Hope Members Help Children in Kenya!!

For the last 2 years, the members of Club Hope have helped the children of Kenya through our involvement with the O Ambassadors Club. O Ambassadors works with Free the Children and we recently received an update from our contact, Scott Butler. If you would like to see what our fundraising has done to help the children of Kenya, copy and paste the following link - it takes a few minutes to load, but well worth the wait. Merry Christmas to all!!

http://videos2.freethechildren.com/watch/prairievaleelementary/

Club Hope Members at OKC City Rescue Mission

Today, several Club Hope members and family members ( Aly and her dad, Katie and her mom and brother, Lexi, Ryan, Austin and his mom, Cole, and Mrs. Martin) helped take our collection of children's hats, gloves, coats, and clothing to the City Rescue Mission. We were given a wonderful tour of the facility by Rhonda and Scott Stevenson, former Deer Creek parents, who now work with the residents of the City Rescue Mission. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson explained how the facility helps people figure out how to make the most of their lives and the programs that the Mission supports. We learned that "choices", good and bad, determine the course of one's life. At Club Hope, we try to make the world better, "one day at a time", by making good choices every day. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson for a great tour!!

Club Hope Members at City Rescue Mission, more pictures

More pictures at the Rescue Mission and our group lunch at McDonalds. What happened at the kids' table, stayed at the kids' table (except the adults did learn about Cole's special trick!). Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Cards for Service Members and Veterans

When we started "Holiday Mail for Heroes", we all spent a few minutes and closed our eyes and tried to imagine being a young man or woman away from home, in harm's way in another country during the holidays. We also thought about some of our older veterans at home or in hospitals and how they must feel. We are all so grateful for the sacrifices our service members have made and are making to make sure that people all around the world have the opportunity to live in freedom. Today, 82 wonderful cards to service members and veterans were mailed out. The thoughts and wishes were from the heart and expressed gratitude and promises of prayers during the holiday season. If you are reading this, join the Club Hope members in taking a few minutes to offer good thoughts or prayers for our service members and veterans during this holiday season. Thanks!

Club Hope Christmas Project, Part 2

Holiday Mail for Heroes

We welcome Holiday Cards from any students at Prairie Vale.

DO: -- make your card colorful and joyful -- sign your first name, grade, and school name (and Edmond, Oklahoma) on all cards -- address your card "Dear Service Member" or "Dear Veteran" -- share that you appreciate the sacrifice service members are making at holiday time (they are away from home, putting themselves in harm's way) --
if you are going to include the service member in your prayers, please tell them that :) -- share what you and your family are doing this Christmas and wish him/her a peaceful and safe holiday season.

DON'T -- send letters --include information such as last name or home or email address -- use glitter --

Please have all cards to Mrs. Schwiebert by this Friday, December 4th.

THANKS!!