STANDFast Day One!

TUESDAY 11/30 – STANDFAST DAY ONE

AM ANNOUNCEMENT

Welcome to STANDFast. This week we will be focusing on the situation in Southern Sudan. On January 9, 2011, there will be a referendum on Southern Sudan independence. If the election is free and fair, then it is widely expected that the vote will be yes for independence. But Sudan is run by the same dictator, Omar al-Bashir, who killed 400,000 people in Darfur, and 2 million in Southern Sudan. So without international attention and pressure, there is concern that the vote will be rigged or suppressed, and that more war and genocide may result from this.

We are raising money this week for school children in Southern Sudan. Please give something up and donate money at lunch to help the cause, and please sign the poster in the building 3 hallway.

Also, you will be able vote at lunch for the best full beard. Donate money in the bin for the beard you think is the best - the bin with the most money wins.

We will also have a trivia question each day – to enter, fill out a slip in the main office with your answer before last period – today’s question: What is the capital of Southern Sudan?


Beard Contest of the Day: Full Beards. The Contestants:

Anthony:


Michael:


Spencer:


Tyler:

STANDFast This Week!

We will be hosting STANDFast this week at HHS. Members of STAND will be fasting with sponsors contributing to the cause of Sudan relief and education. We will be challenging all students at school to give something up this week to support the cause. On Wednesday we will be hosting Gabriel Bol Deng, one of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan, for a visit to classes during the day, and a special screening that night of Rebuilding Hope (12/1, 7 PM, HHS Auditorium), a film about his return to Sudan to build schools. Also this week, we will have daily trivia contests, and daily beard contests as the culmination to No Shave November. See preview below:

We will post more every morning this week starting Tuesday.