Here's what's Happenin!

I have gotten the "OK" to go ahead and move forward with the plans that I have made for doing Rice Bowls again from all of those above me so I am ready to share my plans! 

• I am going to make a larger Rice Bowl to place in each classroom and homeroom throughout the school. With it I will put pictures of children that the money is going to help and statistics about how much money feeds how many children and for how long. (These will replace the individual bowls that were passed out previously and money will be collected this way.)
• I am going to find a chapel day for either Johnny or Dodd to come and speak.
• With the 3rd-5th graders I would like to serve them rice one day so that they know what it is like to eat only rice for a meal. I want to do just those grades because they are the ones that it would greatly influence and they would understand it more so than the primary children. 

I am very excited about the plans that I have. The most difficult part of this process will be making the larger Rice Bowls to put in the class rooms but I love getting creative so hopefully it will not be too hard and I will enjoy making them! :)

Did You Know?...

Did you know that the worldwide average amount of money it takes to feed a Rice Bowls partner on a daily basis is $.75? And that a plate of food that a child will get looks a little something like this...

These are all some of the things plus more that I will be including on my Rice Bowls project this term. Things are going to be done a little bit differently but I am very excited about the things that I will get to do and hopefully things are going to work out even a few bumps in the road come up here and there! 

New Plans

I've got all kinds of thoughts running through my mind on what to do for this next Rice Bowls handout! I have several people that I need to talk to before I lay any plans down though so until I talk to everyone I'm going to keep everything a secret....shhhh! But as soon as plans get finalized and in to place I can't wait to let everyone know! Thanks for the support! :)

Creativity

I have the main concept of my timeline for this semester complete! But now what I want to work on is how to make Rice Bowls the second time around at OPS more creative. I have several people that I need to talk to in order to get permission/the "ok" to pass Rice Bowls out again. For making my project more creative though I have gotten in touch with my mentor and we are going to talk and figure out ways to make the project more appealing and creative! I hope to talk with her as soon as possible but with both of our busy schedules it may take a while to get together.