August 5, 2018

August Meeting Spruce Grove GSA Youth Action Committee
 
-Names/Pronouns
 
-Honour First Nation’s Metis and Inuit
 
-Stacie volunteer helper for the evening to explain the super fun and EXCITING Bottle drive!!!
 
-We are mixing things up with some fun and silliness
 
-Wristbands $2.00 each 
-Buttons $1.00 each
-Handmade Bracelets $3 each or 2 for $5
 
-Fundraisers! 
Bottle Drive! Saturday August 25 9 am-4pm
We will meet at Spruce Grove Composite High School - If you are a part of this GSA I would appreciate your attendance. Spruce Grove GSA will be served a pizza lunch at noon!!!
 
-Sock Drive for the Homeless!  Please bring in new socks, ask your family and friends! We will be collecting socks and gently used boots and shoes, hoodies, sweatshirts, sweatpants, jackets, and blankets for the homeless. WINTER IS COMING! It’s going to get cold. Parkland County has a homeless population that we don’t see. They are here and they need our help. Lets give Homeless Link Alberta a helping hand.
 
-Perseids Meteor Shower 2018 
Every year, on August 12, for as long as I can remember my family and I have watched the Perseids Meteor shower. We take blankets, sleeping bags, and pillows and lay out under the stars. No matter which province we are in I know that my siblings and my parents are doing the exact same thing every year around the same time. What special things do you do with your families each year?
 
-KDays 
Free Admission with PRIDE SOCKS!!! Special PRIDE CELEBRATION!!!
Who went? Was it easy to get in? All funds raised benefit rural GSAs
 
Topics –as suggested by GSA kids and Youth action committee
 
Self Care Ideas!
Listen to that one song on repeat
Talk to a friend
Talk to a pet
Eat some comfort food
Write or draw
Play with kid stuff: bubbles, silly putty, play doh, legos, colouring, cartoons, 
Drink hot chocolate WITH marshmallows!
Look up funny memes
Compliment someone (watch their face light up)
Compliment yourself
Take a shower, soak in the tub, with candles!
Read a book, bonus points if it has pictures
Make something without caring if it is good
Have a good cry, keep it short, use expensive tissues!
Buy yourself a smallish gift, just because!
Forgive yourself for what you couldn’t do today, and resolve to try again tomorrow.
 
Important Phone Numbers!!!
 
RCMP
911
780-962-2222 Spruce Grove 24 hours
780-968-7267 Stony Plain 24 hours
 
Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868
Kidshelpphone.ca
24 hour, anonymous phone counseling for children and youth, 100% confidential
they do not trace calls, they do not have call display, you do not have to tell them your name. You can connect by phone or mobile app, or through the website.