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Your officers are getting ready to begin work on planning the fall semester. We will be meeting to plan for the first WLHS club: 4th Breakout/2nd hour = D2. We’ll meet in the auditorium. In order to come to our first meeting, read over the information you receive on your invitation, come pay your dues on the designated mornings in room 111, and consider ordering a tshirt.

FRI SEPT 28 – Film (free) at Court Square
SAT SEPT 29 – International Festival 12p – 6p at Hillandale Park
WED OCT 10 – New Member Induction – 7p – 8p at BHS small commons. Families invited.

THE INTERNATIONAL DINNER 2011 for HEIFER INTERNATIONAL – Thank You for your help and donations!

WLHS (World Lanugages Honor Society) raises $850.00 for Heifer International! We hosted our 10th annual International Dinner for the Community on December 3rd and served international foods prepared by BHS students.

Tickets were $5.00 apiece for an all you can eat buffet, and additional donations are still being accepted.

We support Heifer International because it is an agrarian program that donates livestock and provides training to promote self-sustainability in local and international communities.

Heifer International is special because monetary gifts to the organization provide a gift of a live animal that provides income to a family through milk, eggs, honey, labor, wool etc.

Then the recipient of a Heifer International donation “passes on the gift.” The first offspring from that animal is donated to another family in the community. This continues the giving and promotes sustainability.

Please see heifer.org for more information. Donations will be accepted through January 5.

the latino film festival is this weekend at court square. click on the link on the right.

Induction was held 10/3 and we had a great turn out. Thanks to the brass quintet of Matt Robbins, Phillip Stone, Christian Hahn, Evan Hylton, and James Smith. You got us started off just right.
Thanks to many folks who shared about their trip to Costa Rica last summer: Caleb Leininger, Calah Mortensen, Celia Turner, Lydia King, Suzy Truong. You told some great stories. I loved the pictures.

Many new members were inducted, recited the oath, and received their certificate and pin. CONGRATULATIONS!

Calah closed with a beautiful rendition of an Argentinian folk song.

We’ve been having a great time dancing salsa, merengue and bachata, making tortillas, and attending the International Festival.

These photos below of tortilla making taken by Desirée Martin.

Induction is coming up. Don’t forget about a short practice on Friday, Sept. 30 and the Induction of new members on Oct. 3.

Start looking for some international recipes (you’ll need 2 from any countries) as we prepare for the International Dinner on DECEMBER 3. SAVE THE DATE!

First Club for 2011 is WED Sept. 14. See you 6th period in the auditorium!

Dates to remember:
SEPT 19 MON. – Community Night at BHS – making tortillas/quesadillas
SEPT 30 FRI. – Induction Practice in room 111 at BHS. 20 min
OCT 3 MON. – Induction 7-8pm (new members)
SEPT 24 SAT. – International Festival 12-6pm – come anytime
SEPT 21 WED. – Latino Culture Film at EMU
SEPT 23 FRI. – Salsa dancing lessons at EMU
OCT 13 THURS. – Potluck dinner at EMU
NOV 7 FRI. – Venezuelan Choir Concert at Bridgewater College
DEC 3 SAT. – INTERNATIONAL DINNER setup at 2pm, dinner 5-7pm, cleanup til 9pm

I have personally worked with this organization for many years, and truly believe in the positive impact of one on one mentoring. Their Bowl For Kid’s sake is an opportunity for the local chapter to raise a large percentage of their funding for the year. You would get a team together, collect sponsorship money, and go and bowl a FREE game on March 19. Who’s in? Who wants to bowl? 1 point for WLHS or 1 hour of community service. Get info here.

See that great picture on the far left? That’s Anna, a BHS GRAD!!! Makes my heart happy.

We’ll be ready to celebrate the success of the International Dinner. We are also fortunate to welcome Linda Lefel, who worked in Haiti and brings updates from her service project and the community in which she worked. She will also bring thread bracelets made by children. Student’s option to purchase. We’ll see you in club on the 17th!

The BHS International Dinner was a great success for 2010! Club members publicized the event, sold tickets, found international recipes, prepared food, served the meal in a transformed BHS commons to raise money to fight hunger. This year WLHS raised $1550.00, and the money was donated to Heifer International. Heifer International makes “living donations” of live animals to communities in need. The organization is successful, because along with the donation the community is supported by those who work with the recipients so that they will understand “best practices.” The gift grows as the first born from that animal will be donated to another family in the community. Each recipient is committed to passing along the first born.

We had a great time decorating the large commons, serving drinks and a buffet meal to the community, and working overtime in the kitchen. The dinner music provided by talented students added great atmosphere.

If you were there, feel free to post and share your experience!!

To Do:
1. ask a parent to volunteer for the International Dinner, fill out form and turn in to Ms. Martin
2. make announcement at church, place info in bulletin
3. invite people to the dinner and sell 4 tickets
(first person to turn in $20.00 from ticket sales gets a prize!!!)
4. get info for a Cambodian child to purchase gift or food for the family
5. find an international recipes
6. email to ms. martin: subject – recipe
7. make a beautiful label for your food which includes: country, food, vegetarian, allergens
8. browse the heifer.org site. educate yourself about the organization.
9. stop by room 111 to sign up the name of your foods
10. stop by room 111 to sign up to help at the international dinner
11. DEC. 11 – INTERNATIONAL DINNER 2:30 – 9:00 pm – help at least 2 hours
12. DEC. 13 – wrapped gifts for Cambodian family delivered to room 111
13. DEC. 17 – deliver gifts (small group)

WLHS members set up a cultural literacy table to support literacy and funding for BHS English classes. We learned about two regions of Kenya and Sierra Leone. We read l books from other cultures with children and made bead projects. Thanks to all who came to learn and teach about kangas, shukas, kikoys, the Maasai, rungus, gourds for carrying milk, sandals made from tires, a kiswahili phrase or two and life as a student in Kakamega and Kajiado. If you were there, post your comments.