Way to go La Glace! You have won the Milk It For Mully competition!!!
Monday December 7th at 1:30 the LaGlace school will get a chance to meet the kids they worked so hard to support!
Everyone did such a great job and it really did take "everyone" to make this possible! It is amazing that over $43,000.00 came in to support Milk It For Mully! THANK YOU Grande Prairie and area!
Make sure to get your tickets to the shows, don't miss out! Call the Crystal Centre Box Office today!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Bottle Blitz Results In!!
Thank You Grande Prairie!
The bottle collection blitz on November 7th was a huge success!
$4,045.00 came in on that day alone because of your generous support!
Thank you as well to all our sponsors for making this event possible!
*Bank of Montreal, Aquatera, Hertx Equipment Rental, McDonalds, Centre 2000, Logo Tech*
*Bank of Montreal, Aquatera, Hertx Equipment Rental, McDonalds, Centre 2000, Logo Tech*
Here are a couple of pictures of the event!
Cheque donation of $3,500.00 given by Aquatera to support Milk It For Mully!
Thank you to Marc & Katie Neufeld's family that drove all day around town to collect recycling from their neighbors to bring to the bottle blitz!!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Milk It Bulletin Week 8
WEEK 8
YOU KNOW YOU’VE MILKED IT FOR MULLY WHEN…
1. Your school produces a music video "I Gotta Feeling" – Milk it for Mully style!!! (woohoo).
2. High school kids charge their classmates a fee to take a swing at a „milk-it-mobile‟ clunker from the auto wreckers to raise money for the cause (there have got to be pictures out there!)
3. Seniors in a care home "clean", "fold" (not crush) and "give" boxes of neatly folded 2L cartons to the campaign.
4. Community members, families, businesses and kids donate $16,604 in CASH (not recycling) with still a week left to go!!!!
5. Volunteers have picked up about 350 BAGS of milk jugs from Starbucks.
6. A student has designed and sold hand-made jewelry to parents and staff during parent-teacher interviews to raise money for the campaign.
7. The community of Grande Prairie is thanked by our MP in the House of Commons in Ottawa for its efforts in the Milk it for Mully campaign.
8. The bottle blitz collects a mountain of recycling so large that it takes the depot more than a week to count it (we still don‟t know how much $...).
9. Radio stations in Grande Prairie have advertised and covered Milk it for Mully events around town for FREE!
10. A country school "lets the cows out" during the campaign to have a cow mascot guarding its collection box 24/7!
THANK YOU STUDENTS AND STAFF FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK!!!!.
YOU KNOW YOU’VE MILKED IT FOR MULLY WHEN…
1. Your school produces a music video "I Gotta Feeling" – Milk it for Mully style!!! (woohoo).
2. High school kids charge their classmates a fee to take a swing at a „milk-it-mobile‟ clunker from the auto wreckers to raise money for the cause (there have got to be pictures out there!)
3. Seniors in a care home "clean", "fold" (not crush) and "give" boxes of neatly folded 2L cartons to the campaign.
4. Community members, families, businesses and kids donate $16,604 in CASH (not recycling) with still a week left to go!!!!
5. Volunteers have picked up about 350 BAGS of milk jugs from Starbucks.
6. A student has designed and sold hand-made jewelry to parents and staff during parent-teacher interviews to raise money for the campaign.
7. The community of Grande Prairie is thanked by our MP in the House of Commons in Ottawa for its efforts in the Milk it for Mully campaign.
8. The bottle blitz collects a mountain of recycling so large that it takes the depot more than a week to count it (we still don‟t know how much $...).
9. Radio stations in Grande Prairie have advertised and covered Milk it for Mully events around town for FREE!
10. A country school "lets the cows out" during the campaign to have a cow mascot guarding its collection box 24/7!
THANK YOU STUDENTS AND STAFF FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK!!!!.
St. Joe's Milk It Mobile
Kudos to St. Joseph's High School for their creative way in which they raised funds for the "Milk It For Mully" campaign.
Harrys Auto Wrecking brought an old car to St. Joseph's High School, students could then pay money to take a hit at the car to raise funds for Milk it for Mully.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Milk It Bulletin Week 7
WEEK 7
MCF NORTH AMERICAN SAFARI FACTS AND TRIVIA…
1. The Mully Family team (27 in all) left Kenya Africa on Sept 28/09 while we still had almost summer conditions and they leave on Dec 19/09 while we are in the heart of winter.
2. Jim Biggs, a former Grande Prairie school teacher is driving the MCF team across Canada in a 47 passenger coach (apparently room for the 28 MCF team and 19 of God’s biggest baddest angels).
3. Up to this week, the choir has done 33 performances in Ontario. According to the bus driver, the only place they did not receive a standing ovation was at a local bookstore.
4. Each MCF tour child has their own winter clothing that people in Ontario donated - in fact so much was donated they have 2 winter coats each (they'll likely wear both of them as they try to adjust to our climate)
5. Monica, age 11, is the youngest member of their touring team and is in grade 6
6. Paul, age 17 is the Karate Champion in East and Central Africa including South Africa in the under 14 category.
7. Cheese, pizza, and lasagna do not agree with the Kenyan’s digestive systems!
8. When served beef stew, the kids were expecting only beef, no veggies.
9. The MCF family does not snack in between meals - but they eat LARGE portions
10. The MCF tour team will be arriving in Grande Prairie on December 3, 2009, and coming to a school near you!!!!!
Thank you to Kateri Mission school for sending us their Milk It for Mully music video!!! Check it out on our blog at http://milkit4mully.blogspot.com/
NEXT WEEKS BULLETIN….
"YOU KNOW you’ve Milked it for Mully when….."
E-mail your highlights to us at milkit4mully@gmail.com and check our last Milk It Bulletin for your answer in next week’s Top 10!!!!
MCF NORTH AMERICAN SAFARI FACTS AND TRIVIA…
1. The Mully Family team (27 in all) left Kenya Africa on Sept 28/09 while we still had almost summer conditions and they leave on Dec 19/09 while we are in the heart of winter.
2. Jim Biggs, a former Grande Prairie school teacher is driving the MCF team across Canada in a 47 passenger coach (apparently room for the 28 MCF team and 19 of God’s biggest baddest angels).
3. Up to this week, the choir has done 33 performances in Ontario. According to the bus driver, the only place they did not receive a standing ovation was at a local bookstore.
4. Each MCF tour child has their own winter clothing that people in Ontario donated - in fact so much was donated they have 2 winter coats each (they'll likely wear both of them as they try to adjust to our climate)
5. Monica, age 11, is the youngest member of their touring team and is in grade 6
6. Paul, age 17 is the Karate Champion in East and Central Africa including South Africa in the under 14 category.
7. Cheese, pizza, and lasagna do not agree with the Kenyan’s digestive systems!
8. When served beef stew, the kids were expecting only beef, no veggies.
9. The MCF family does not snack in between meals - but they eat LARGE portions
10. The MCF tour team will be arriving in Grande Prairie on December 3, 2009, and coming to a school near you!!!!!
Thank you to Kateri Mission school for sending us their Milk It for Mully music video!!! Check it out on our blog at http://milkit4mully.blogspot.com/
NEXT WEEKS BULLETIN….
"YOU KNOW you’ve Milked it for Mully when….."
E-mail your highlights to us at milkit4mully@gmail.com and check our last Milk It Bulletin for your answer in next week’s Top 10!!!!
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Kateri Grade 6 Music Video
Check out our Milk It For Mully
Music Video done by Kateri's Grade 6 class.
Way to go Kateri!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Kateri's Collection Box
What an awesome cow box!
Thank you Kateri for sending us a picture of your box.
Way to "Milk It For Mully"
Monday, November 2, 2009
Pictures from around town.
Exceleration Taekwondo invited "Milk It For Mully" to come to their dojang to present to their students. Thanks you so much for support and joining us in bringing water and life to kids in Kenya!
St. Patrick's school milk container collection box.
Nancy, the principal of Aspen Grove shows off the bags their students have been bringing in.
Way to go Aspen Grove!
Milk It Bulletin Week 6
Week 6
TOP 10 "GRAZY" COW FACTS…
1. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime
2. Cows do not have upper front teeth. Instead they have a thick pad on the top jaw
3. Cows have four-chambered stomachs
4. Cows can detect odors up to five miles away
5. Dairy cows can produce 20 to 30 gallons of saliva a day
6. A cow spends 6 hours eating and 8 hours chewing cud per day
7. The average cow with 2 milkings a day produces about 10 gallons of milk a day
8. 10 gallons of milk weigh about 60 pounds (no wonder cows get frisky after milking)
9. Cows can sleep standing up
10. Old cows in India have their own nursing home!!!!
Send us some pictures of your school’s decorated boxes or "COOL" Milk-It activities to post on our blog – check it out at http://milkit4mully.blogspot.com/
You can also access our blog from the MCF website at www.mcfcf.ca
remember!!!
WHAT: BOTTLE COLLECTION BLITZ
WHEN: Saturday, November 7, 2009
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
WHERE: CENTRE 2000 parking lot
Get your friends and neighbors to bring their recycling and designate it to go toward your school. Come meet the Milk It for Mully committee and enjoy a cup of HOT chocolate!
TOP 10 "GRAZY" COW FACTS…
1. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime
2. Cows do not have upper front teeth. Instead they have a thick pad on the top jaw
3. Cows have four-chambered stomachs
4. Cows can detect odors up to five miles away
5. Dairy cows can produce 20 to 30 gallons of saliva a day
6. A cow spends 6 hours eating and 8 hours chewing cud per day
7. The average cow with 2 milkings a day produces about 10 gallons of milk a day
8. 10 gallons of milk weigh about 60 pounds (no wonder cows get frisky after milking)
9. Cows can sleep standing up
10. Old cows in India have their own nursing home!!!!
Send us some pictures of your school’s decorated boxes or "COOL" Milk-It activities to post on our blog – check it out at http://milkit4mully.blogspot.com/
You can also access our blog from the MCF website at www.mcfcf.ca
remember!!!
WHAT: BOTTLE COLLECTION BLITZ
WHEN: Saturday, November 7, 2009
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
WHERE: CENTRE 2000 parking lot
Get your friends and neighbors to bring their recycling and designate it to go toward your school. Come meet the Milk It for Mully committee and enjoy a cup of HOT chocolate!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Maude Clifford's Milk It Group!
MP Chris Warkentin Thanks Community Of Grande Prairie
On October 19th, 2009 our Member of Parliament, Chris Warkentin stood up in the house and thanked our community of Grande Prairie for supporting the "Milk It For Mully" campaign.
Milk It Bulletin Week 5
WEEK 5
10 WORST WAYS TO MILK IT FOR MULLY…
1. Set up road blocks and force people to hand over all marked dairy containers
2. Break into the land fill site at night and look for "cleaned", "crushed" containers
3. Switch to an all dairy diet – even though you are lactose intolerant
4. Steal milk from your neighbors’ fridges
5. Break up with your boyfriend because he refuses to drink milk instead Red Bull
6. Write "AB Deposit" on non-refundable containers with a red sharpie in your best handwriting
7. Have a "Milk It" theme for your birthday party and give milk containers to your friends as party favours
8. Start having "milk baths" in order to use more milk
9. "Trick" anyone who doesn’t give milk containers when you’re trick or treating on Halloween
10. Pour milk into your trick or treaters’ bags instead of giving candy ( it’s also better for kids teeth than candy)
Send us some pictures of your school’s decorated boxes or "COOL" Milk-It activities to post on our blog
"Who let the cows out?" Thank you Teepee Creek school for the picture of your box and mascot!!
10 WORST WAYS TO MILK IT FOR MULLY…
1. Set up road blocks and force people to hand over all marked dairy containers
2. Break into the land fill site at night and look for "cleaned", "crushed" containers
3. Switch to an all dairy diet – even though you are lactose intolerant
4. Steal milk from your neighbors’ fridges
5. Break up with your boyfriend because he refuses to drink milk instead Red Bull
6. Write "AB Deposit" on non-refundable containers with a red sharpie in your best handwriting
7. Have a "Milk It" theme for your birthday party and give milk containers to your friends as party favours
8. Start having "milk baths" in order to use more milk
9. "Trick" anyone who doesn’t give milk containers when you’re trick or treating on Halloween
10. Pour milk into your trick or treaters’ bags instead of giving candy ( it’s also better for kids teeth than candy)
Send us some pictures of your school’s decorated boxes or "COOL" Milk-It activities to post on our blog
"Who let the cows out?" Thank you Teepee Creek school for the picture of your box and mascot!!
Thank You To Our Volunteers!
Kathy and Jake dropping off Starbucks Recycling.
Thank you Jake & Kathy!!
Thank you Jake & Kathy!!
Everyday we have wonderful people in our town that are going around collecting "milk containers" and bringing them to the depot! This campaign could not be run without our many supporters and volunteers! Our committee appreciates the sacrifice that each one is making to help make campaign this a huge success! We have over 40 volunteers alone who pick up at our different locations / just as many teachers who organize sorting and keeping track of the collection / plus hundreds of children who each day are faithful to bring in their milk containers from home! 
Thank you to Everyone!
Thank you to Starbucks for faithfully giving their milk containers to this wonderful cause everyday!!
Remember to get your fill of "calf-ine" and support Milk It For Mully!!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Milk It Bulletin Week 4
Week 4
"Top 10 BEST ways to Milk It For Mully"
1. Have a smoothie or a milk shake for an after school snack everyday in order to consume
more milk!
more milk!
2. Buy a cow & bottle and sell the milk yourself! (Cow’s would make a "great" pet!)
3. Switch to an all dairy diet!
4. Rummage through restaurant trash cans to collect more milk containers for your school!
(Only recommended for the very dedicated Milk It Fans!)
(Only recommended for the very dedicated Milk It Fans!)
5. Make a sign for your lawn that says you’re "Milk’in it for Mully!"
6. Get grandparents and other relatives to give you their milk containers. (Kateri Mission
students started this idea!)
students started this idea!)
7. Dress as a cow for Halloween and collect milk containers instead of candy.
8. Have your parents take you to Starbucks for frappes everyday so that Starbucks has
more milk containers to give.
more milk containers to give.
9. Bring a dump truck full of milk containers and pop cans on November 7th to the Centre
2000 parking lot for the Milk it Bottle Collection Blitz! (A sure way to increase your
school’s chances of winning!)
2000 parking lot for the Milk it Bottle Collection Blitz! (A sure way to increase your
school’s chances of winning!)
10. Make up a theme song for Milk It For Mully and submit it to You Tube & our email
address!
address!
Send us some pictures of your school’s decorated boxes or "COOL" Milk-It activities to post on our blog – check it out at http://milkit4mully.blogspot.com/
You can also access our blog from the MCF website at www.mcfcf.ca
You can also access our blog from the MCF website at www.mcfcf.ca
Thanks to Ecole Nouvelle for sending us a picture of their milk collection bin!! You can check it out on our blog. Keep sending us stories of how your school is "Milk’in It For Mully!"
NEXT WEEKS BULLETIN….
"Worst ways to Milk It For Mully"
E-mail your ideas to us at milkit4mully@gmail.com and check the Milk It Bulletin for your answer in next week’s Top 10!!!!
"Worst ways to Milk It For Mully"
E-mail your ideas to us at milkit4mully@gmail.com and check the Milk It Bulletin for your answer in next week’s Top 10!!!!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Who Let The Cows Out??
Teepee Creek School sent us a fabulous picture of their collection box!!
Our committee loves the cow mascot beside the box! What a great way to get the students involved with the campaign!!
Way to go Teepee Creek!!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Grande Prairie Event Listings for the North American MCF Safari
Mully Children's Family, 2009 North American Safari Grande Prairie, AB tour stop dates (Featuring MCF Mission Choir)
We are excited to inform you that further to our September 29, 2009 press release tickets are now on sale effective today for the Douglas J. Cardinal Performing Arts Center (GPRC)! Please check out the times and locations for the upcoming MCF events in Grande Prairie!
Season of giving – "Give the Gift of Hope" Breakfast with our Canadian Member of Parliament
Date: Friday Dec 4/09
Time: 8:00am - 9:30am
Location: Centre 2000
Tickets - $50.00 - To purchase tickets call 780-518-9260.
Time: 8:00am - 9:30am
Location: Centre 2000
Tickets - $50.00 - To purchase tickets call 780-518-9260.
North American Safari featuring the MCF Mission Choir **Tickets on sale today**
********2 shows*********Please bring a non-perishable food item, food items will go to the Salvation Army Food Bank and the Grande Prairie Friendship Center
Date: Saturday Dec 5/09
Time: 1:30pm Afternoon Matinee, doors open at 1:00pm
7:00pm Evening Performance, doors open at 6:30pm
Location: Douglas J. Cardinal Performing Arts Center
Cost: $25.00/Adults, $15.00/ children (12 under)
Tickets: Call the Crystal Center Box Office for tickets!
*This is a ticketed event – Purchase your tickets online at http://www.crystalcentre.com/ or call 780-538-0387.
North American Safari in conjunction with Grande Prairie Alliance Church’s Bethlehem Live!
Date: Sunday Dec 6/09
Time: 9:00am Morning Service
11:00am Morning Service
Location: Grande Prairie Alliance Church
Milk it for Mully winning school North American Safari Performance!
Date: Monday Dec 7/09
Time: TBA
Location: Winning Milk It For Mully School!
For information please check out, www.mcfcf.ca, or call / email:
Alden Harms, Mully Children’s Family Grande Prairie Committee Chair 780-518-9260 or anharms@telus.net
Alden Harms, Mully Children’s Family Grande Prairie Committee Chair 780-518-9260 or anharms@telus.net
Committee Members:
Henry & Irene Hamm, Shawn & Chantal Dyrkach, Rick & Margaret Friesen, Chris & Michelle Warkentin, Jim & Gail Biggs, Chrisy Harms, Alden & Natasha Harms
African Jewellery will be on sale at GPRC performances!!
These will make great Christmas gifts!!
Bottle Collection Blitz November 7th!!!
**Milk It For Mully Bottle Collection Blitz!**
Date - November 7th, 2009
Place - Centre 2000 Parking Lot
Time - 10:00am - 4:00pm
*Bring Pop Cans and Milk Containers to Centre 2000 to drop off and increase your schools chances to win the competition!*
The “Milk It For Mully” Campaign will be holding a “Bottle Collection Blitz” on November 7th, 2009 from 10:00am – 4:00pm in the Centre 2000 Parking Lot.
All refundable recycling will be accepted and can be dropped off at the Centre 2000 parking lot to go towards raising funds to drill a well for the Mully Children’s Family in Kenya.
Come out and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate on us and help make this well in Kenya a huge success!!
MCFCF is a registered Canadian charity #80333 9142 RR0001 and welcomes your donations. Donations can be made out to MCFCF (Milk It For Mully), P.O. 93014, 1111 Davis Dr. Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 8K3. Tax receipts will not be issued for any donations under $20.00.
For more information about the Mully Children’s Family and the Milk It For Mully campaign, check out our website: http://www.mcfcf.ca/ or call Natasha Harms
@ 780-532-3612 or email: milkit4mully@gmail.com.
All refundable recycling will be accepted and can be dropped off at the Centre 2000 parking lot to go towards raising funds to drill a well for the Mully Children’s Family in Kenya.
Come out and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate on us and help make this well in Kenya a huge success!!
MCFCF is a registered Canadian charity #80333 9142 RR0001 and welcomes your donations. Donations can be made out to MCFCF (Milk It For Mully), P.O. 93014, 1111 Davis Dr. Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 8K3. Tax receipts will not be issued for any donations under $20.00.
For more information about the Mully Children’s Family and the Milk It For Mully campaign, check out our website: http://www.mcfcf.ca/ or call Natasha Harms
@ 780-532-3612 or email: milkit4mully@gmail.com.
Thank You to our sponsors:
Saturday, October 17, 2009
How To Crush a Milk Container With a Vehicle
It may seem like a simple enough thing to do, "running over a milk container with your vehicle"... However the Harms family found out that "doing it" is not so easy.
We tired setting milk containers behind our vehicle's back tire and then proceeded to "back up" over the containers. To our surprise the vehicle just pushed the containers down the street it never "crushed" them like we hoped.
We tired setting milk containers behind our vehicle's back tire and then proceeded to "back up" over the containers. To our surprise the vehicle just pushed the containers down the street it never "crushed" them like we hoped.
Notice how the containers are still there after backing up!
So, here is how to CRUSH your milk containers with your vehicle:
1) Put your containers in a plastic bag. (this is how the vehicle tires will be able to "grab" onto the containers and insure that it will crush them)
2) Place plastic bag filled with milk containers behind the back tire. Make sure part of the plastic bag is very close to the back tire so it "grabs" the plastic first.
3) Proceed to "back up"
4) Check out the "damage"!!!!
"Milk It" Stories Around Town
Margaret Friesen, one of our committee members setting
up the collection box at the Comp.
up the collection box at the Comp.
I am always amazed at how often we hear from community members about what has been happening with the campaign....
I received an email from one of our schools teachers one day thanking us for the campaign and how it has impacted her students:
"It is our pleasure to be part of this initiative. As a teacher, when I have my students become involved in a service project, I want them to become involved with their hands, heads and hearts - not just mindlessly going through the motions. The students and I have been significantly touched by the MCF and want to make a positive difference. " St. Gerard teacher
I have been informed as well from a Rotary Member that high school students came by on their lunch break to "pitch" the Milk It For Mully campaign! Wow, that is humbling that the youth of our town would take it upon themselves to go out and spread the word.
I spoke with a grandmother in town and her children attend Kateri Mission. Kateri has a competition going on "in house" between the grades to see which grade can bring in the most recycling. This ladies grandchildren were even petitioning her to have her milk containers to bring to school to improve their grades chances of winning.
All the stories that come in our a huge encouragement to us and a reminder that our kids are learning some very important lessons early in life. That it is better to give than to receive. They are learning that it is better to band together for a common cause and see "big" things happen with little resources.
My husband just lost his job due to the economic downturn and yet we are being reminded that even when we as a nation are going through rougher times we can still have a thankful and generous spirit, and count our blessings.
Natasha Harms
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Milk It Bulletin Week 3
WEEK 3
TOP 10 Cool (or not-so-cool) ways to take your milk containers to school…
1. Tie a string to the milk jug and then tie it around your neck like a necklace (definitely cool and highly fashionable!)
2. Tie a string to the jug and then tie it to the bumper of your car (cool-ish)
3. Cut out the jug handles and wear them like slippers (not-so-cool and definitely dangerous on ice)
4. Stuff several behind your jacket (not cool! If you’re going to Milk It for Mully – be BOLD)
5. Get Mom to bring them after everyone has gone to class (Cool!)
6. Fill up the inside of your friend’s car and see how many jugs and friends you can squeeze in and still see out the windshield. (Cool and Crazy!!!)
7. Make your Halloween costume out of milk cartons and wear it to school (you’ll be one cool dairy queen!)
8. Make your little sister carry them - they’re light, she can handle it (not cool – at least pay her!!)
9. Fill up your hockey bag with milk jugs and take them on the bus (Cool as always – except now your bag will smell better!!!)
10. And of course, you could …Tie your bags to the side of your cow and walk her down the street to your school (A police escort would be the Coolest EVER!!!!!)
Send us some pictures of your school’s decorated boxes or "COOL" Milk-It activities to post on our blog – check it out at http://milkit4mully.blogspot.com/
You can also access our blog from the MCF website at www.mcfcf.ca
NEXT WEEKS BULLETIN….
"BEST ways to Milk It For Mully"
E-mail your ideas to us at milkit4mully@gmail.com and check the Milk It Bulletin for your answer in next week’s Top 10!!!!
TOP 10 Cool (or not-so-cool) ways to take your milk containers to school…
1. Tie a string to the milk jug and then tie it around your neck like a necklace (definitely cool and highly fashionable!)
2. Tie a string to the jug and then tie it to the bumper of your car (cool-ish)
3. Cut out the jug handles and wear them like slippers (not-so-cool and definitely dangerous on ice)
4. Stuff several behind your jacket (not cool! If you’re going to Milk It for Mully – be BOLD)
5. Get Mom to bring them after everyone has gone to class (Cool!)
6. Fill up the inside of your friend’s car and see how many jugs and friends you can squeeze in and still see out the windshield. (Cool and Crazy!!!)
7. Make your Halloween costume out of milk cartons and wear it to school (you’ll be one cool dairy queen!)
8. Make your little sister carry them - they’re light, she can handle it (not cool – at least pay her!!)
9. Fill up your hockey bag with milk jugs and take them on the bus (Cool as always – except now your bag will smell better!!!)
10. And of course, you could …Tie your bags to the side of your cow and walk her down the street to your school (A police escort would be the Coolest EVER!!!!!)
Send us some pictures of your school’s decorated boxes or "COOL" Milk-It activities to post on our blog – check it out at http://milkit4mully.blogspot.com/
You can also access our blog from the MCF website at www.mcfcf.ca
NEXT WEEKS BULLETIN….
"BEST ways to Milk It For Mully"
E-mail your ideas to us at milkit4mully@gmail.com and check the Milk It Bulletin for your answer in next week’s Top 10!!!!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
Our committee would like to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving Weekend!
There is a song by Nicole Nordeman called "Gratitude" that was brought to my attention that I thought was very fitting to our campaign and the need in Kenya and I wanted to share with you the blessing that I received from this song.
In want or in plenty we will give thanks...
I'm not sure if anyone reads these blogs but I wanted to share what I has been on my heart.
Peace Wapiti Academy Kick-Off!
P.W.A. Milk It For Mully Kick-Off!
Our committee had the awesome privileged this last Tuesday to be apart of Peace Wapiti Academy's kick-off for the Milk It For Mully campaign at their school.The interact group at P.W.A. did a great job of "pitching" the campaign to their fellow students and we were also pleased with the support from the media to come out and see what we have been presenting in the schools.
It was under the leadership of P.W.A. and Louis Chabot that our committee first heard about the Mully Children's Family last April at the Crystal Centre Fundraising Gala. We felt called to support Charles and his work with the orphans at that event.
Now it was our turn to thank the students at Peace Wapiti Academy for their work last year and to inform them how their influence started our group. We petitioned them again to use their influence as the youth of our city to impact the world for good. To band with us and support the Mully Children's Family one more time to save their youth's lives by providing water.
A lot of people want to write off our youth and say that they are self absorbed and unwilling to get involved, but our committee has found that nothing could be farther from the truth. Each school that we have been in has overwhelmed us with how much the kids of our town want to reach out to a hurting world and make a difference.
Each contribution may be small (just 25 cents for one milk jug) but I believe that the Lord will provide the harvest at the end of this campaign and show us that together we are stronger and that with His help we can over come. We have faith that as we do our part He will do His part to take care of the nations.
Some committee members who were able to take part in the rally:
Shawn & Chantal Dyrkach, Natasha Harms, Margaret Friesen, Alden Harms
Monday, October 5, 2009
Milk It Bulletin Week 2
WEEK 2
TOP 10 PROVEN WAYS TO CRUSH A MILK JUG…
1. Drop a math textbook on it
2. Use a sledge hammer to smash it
3. Drop a bowling ball on it
4. Sit on it
5. Play baseball and use the milk jug as the baseball
6. Put the milk container under your mattress and jump on your bed
7. Use the milk jug as a soccer ball and kick it around
8. Use the milk jugs as a drum set and bang on them
9. Drive over it with your car
10. Tie it to the side of a cow and when the cow lies down it will crush it
(Thanks for these great suggestions from Mrs. Elliot’s grade 5 class at Aspen Grove School!!)
Send us some pictures of your school’s decorated boxes or Milk-It activities to post on our blog – check it out at http://milkit4mully.blogspot.com/
You can also access our blog from the MCF website at www.mcfcf.ca
NEXT WEEKS BULLETIN….
"Cool (or not-so-cool) ways to take your milk containers to school…"
E-mail your ideas to us at milkit4mully@gmail.com and check the Milk It Bulletin for your answer in next week’s Top 10!!!!
TOP 10 PROVEN WAYS TO CRUSH A MILK JUG…
1. Drop a math textbook on it
2. Use a sledge hammer to smash it
3. Drop a bowling ball on it
4. Sit on it
5. Play baseball and use the milk jug as the baseball
6. Put the milk container under your mattress and jump on your bed
7. Use the milk jug as a soccer ball and kick it around
8. Use the milk jugs as a drum set and bang on them
9. Drive over it with your car
10. Tie it to the side of a cow and when the cow lies down it will crush it
(Thanks for these great suggestions from Mrs. Elliot’s grade 5 class at Aspen Grove School!!)
Send us some pictures of your school’s decorated boxes or Milk-It activities to post on our blog – check it out at http://milkit4mully.blogspot.com/
You can also access our blog from the MCF website at www.mcfcf.ca
NEXT WEEKS BULLETIN….
"Cool (or not-so-cool) ways to take your milk containers to school…"
E-mail your ideas to us at milkit4mully@gmail.com and check the Milk It Bulletin for your answer in next week’s Top 10!!!!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Milk It For Mully Promo Video
Check out our Milk It For Mully Promo Video
that is being played in our schools and churches!
St. Gerard's collection box is "dressed" as a cow.
Are you Milk'in it for Mully? Send us your pictures!
(Maybe your school will be "posted" on our blog!)
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Milk It Bulletin Week 1
(Depot Drop Off)
2. Charles Mulli, once an abandoned orphan in the streets of Kenya, became a millionaire who gave all of his possessions to rescue street children from the slums of Kenya;
3. Charles drives a Mitsubishi SUV;
4. MCF has a chicken farm that provides eggs and chicken for the children;
5. MCF grows French beans, maize, tomatoes, cabbage, eggplant, kale, watermelon, papaya, mango, and a variety of crops to supply a wide nutrient base for children which provides a balanced diet.
6. MCF has 5 large fish ponds – one fish pond took 2 years to dig by hand;
8. MCF’s karate team remains the champion of the East African Karate championships and Kenya Karate Championships.
9. MCF’s Acrobatics club has performed for Kenyan Dignitaries including the President of Kenya;
10. MCF has seven choir groups and five dance clubs and a drama club;
NEXT WEEKS BULLETIN….
“Proven ways to crush a milk jug (besides stomping!)”
E-mail your ideas to us at milkit4mully@gmail.com and check the Milk It Bulletin for your answer in next week’s Top 10!!!! 
WEEK 1
10 Things you probably don’t know about Mully Children’s Family (MCF)
1. Charles Mulli, the founder of MCF, has 8 biological children as well as 2013 adopted children;
10 Things you probably don’t know about Mully Children’s Family (MCF)
1. Charles Mulli, the founder of MCF, has 8 biological children as well as 2013 adopted children;
2. Charles Mulli, once an abandoned orphan in the streets of Kenya, became a millionaire who gave all of his possessions to rescue street children from the slums of Kenya;
3. Charles drives a Mitsubishi SUV;
4. MCF has a chicken farm that provides eggs and chicken for the children;
5. MCF grows French beans, maize, tomatoes, cabbage, eggplant, kale, watermelon, papaya, mango, and a variety of crops to supply a wide nutrient base for children which provides a balanced diet.
6. MCF has 5 large fish ponds – one fish pond took 2 years to dig by hand;
7. The MCF School is ranked number one in the republic of Kenya among the special schools category.
8. MCF’s karate team remains the champion of the East African Karate championships and Kenya Karate Championships.
9. MCF’s Acrobatics club has performed for Kenyan Dignitaries including the President of Kenya;
10. MCF has seven choir groups and five dance clubs and a drama club;
NEXT WEEKS BULLETIN….
“Proven ways to crush a milk jug (besides stomping!)”
E-mail your ideas to us at milkit4mully@gmail.com and check the Milk It Bulletin for your answer in next week’s Top 10!!!!
A BIG thank you to Starbucks for
their support!
Week 1 Milk It For Mully Campaign
Crystal Park "presentation". Thanks for
the help "Zero"!!
On behalf of the Mully Children’s Family Grande Prairie Committee: Henry & Irene Hamm, Shawn & Chantal Dyrkach, Rick & Margaret Friesen, Chris & Michelle Warkentin, Jim & Gail Biggs, Chrisy Harms, Alden & Natasha Harms
the help "Zero"!!
Week 1 of our Milk It For Mully
Campaign!
Campaign!
Our team of five ladies are so excited to see the excitement, first hand, from our 23 schools and several churches and supporting business that are participating in this wonderful adventure we call Milk It For Mully!
A big THANK YOU to all the schools that have welcomed us in to do presentations for this campaign! We each have had a lot of fun engaging with the students.
The five ladies that make up this fabulous team are: Natasha Harms, Margaret Friesen, Chantal Dyrkach, Chrisy Harms & Michelle Warkentin. Just ordinary citizens desiring to impact our community and our world for good.
In our Grande Prairie community we are collecting milk containers to raise money for the Mully Children's Family. They are an orphanage in Kenya, Africa that is facing a severe drought and they need help to raise the funds to drill a bore hole. Our campaign that started September 28th and runs for 8 weeks to Novermber 20th, 2009 will endeavor to raise $25,500.00 to go towards drilling one bore hole.
Currently MCF is trucking in water to feed their 2,013 children as well as take care of surrounding community members who are also in need.
We hope that the process will be smooth and that the students of Grande Prairie and area will have fun.
We have added a fun interactive bulletin for the kids to discover each week to add some interest to the campaign. This week’s bulletin contains some trivia that the kids might find interesting. At the bottom of the bulletin, is “Next Week’s Bulletin…”topic. This gives students a chance to e-mail us with their answers for next week’s bulletin. Each week we will post some of the interesting answers we receive as that week’s top ten. We will put the student’s name and school behind each submission. There will be a total of 8 bulletins – one for each week of the campaign so hopefully each school’s submissions will have a chance to be posted!
We ask that each of you PRINT the bulletin and post it above your collection box. If your students go onto your school website, you may want to post it there as well. Feel free to duplicate or print as many copies as you like to give your students a chance to participate. Or you can have your students check us out at our blog.
Fill free to send your answers to next weeks bulletin queston to milkit4mully@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!!
We have added a fun interactive bulletin for the kids to discover each week to add some interest to the campaign. This week’s bulletin contains some trivia that the kids might find interesting. At the bottom of the bulletin, is “Next Week’s Bulletin…”topic. This gives students a chance to e-mail us with their answers for next week’s bulletin. Each week we will post some of the interesting answers we receive as that week’s top ten. We will put the student’s name and school behind each submission. There will be a total of 8 bulletins – one for each week of the campaign so hopefully each school’s submissions will have a chance to be posted!
We ask that each of you PRINT the bulletin and post it above your collection box. If your students go onto your school website, you may want to post it there as well. Feel free to duplicate or print as many copies as you like to give your students a chance to participate. Or you can have your students check us out at our blog.
Fill free to send your answers to next weeks bulletin queston to milkit4mully@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!!
If you would like to learn more about the Milk It For Mully Campaign go to http://www.mcfcf.ca/ and click on the "Milk It For Mully" link.
Thanks to all our supporters and volunteers!
Thanks to all our supporters and volunteers!
On behalf of the Mully Children’s Family Grande Prairie Committee: Henry & Irene Hamm, Shawn & Chantal Dyrkach, Rick & Margaret Friesen, Chris & Michelle Warkentin, Jim & Gail Biggs, Chrisy Harms, Alden & Natasha Harms
Watch for our "Milk It Mobiles"!!
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