From YAC's President, Jessica G.'s Computer: A Heart Warming Story

THIS MAN SELLS PIZZA FOR JUST $1…THEN I REALIZED WHY, AND IT WARMED MY HEART

January 16, 2015 / Markus Seward / Awesome, Entertainment

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This is Mason Wartman:

Mason quit his work on Wall Street to launch his pizza business in Philadelphia.

In his restaurant, Rosa’s Fresh Pizza located in Center City Philadelphia, a slice of pizza costs just $1.

His customers started paying extra money to buy slices of pizza for the next person. Every time that happened, a post-it was pinned to the wall.

Any time a hungry person comes in, they can simply grab a post-it off the wall to pay for their meal.

Mason’s restaurant feeds around 40 homeless people each day. His generosity has changed the lives of many people in need, like this man, who left this thank you note:

I think this is a great story. We need more people like Mason in this world

Battle on Penn, Casady vs HH benefiting OK Cleats-4-Kids

Cleats-4-Kids Receiving Donations at Casady/HH Boys Varsity BB Game

The Casady Faith group,Casady Cleats-4-Kids Youth Board Members, the Casady YAC (Youth Acting in the Community) and Upper Division Student Council invited families from all divisions to participate in a charity competition between Casady School and Heritage Hall, benefiting Cleats for Kids.

In the competition students were encouraged to bring to school any gently-used sports gear including cleats, basketball shoes, running and tennis shoes, shin guards, children’s size golf clubs, baseball gear, tennis rackets and balls, and other sports shoes and equipment. These items will be donated to organizations that revitalize them and give them to groups that help children with financial challenges. There were Cleats for Kids (C4K) bins in the Middle Division lobby as well as Bennett Athletic Center to receive the students' items.

For Casady Middle Division students, this is also a House Competition. Woolsey, Tabor, Martin, and Kelly, will demonstrate which House can bring the most items.

The items from each school  were on display at Heritage Hall on Tuesday evening for the JV, Varsity basketball games and wrestling competitions.  No winners were declared, it was just a collaborative effort for a great cause. 

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LETTER FROM CASADY CLEATS-4-KIDS YOUTH BOARD MEMBERS

THANK YOU TO THE MIDDLE DIVISION FOR SUCH A HUGE DONATION

Sports provides kids a way to strengthen their bodies, minds and character. Every child should be able to have access to sports shoes and safe sports equipment. Sports may be just the thing that helps to change a child’s life whether it is by improving their health, character or just giving them a fun hobby. However, too many kids cannot afford sports shoes, uniforms or equipment. In Oklahoma, one out of every four families lives in poverty. Those kids may never get to play sports without Cleats for Kids help.

Now, it is your turn to help. If you have any used sports shoes (tennis, cleats, etc), please drop them off in the Upper Division Student Center or in Bennett Athletic Center in the marked blue bins. 

Casady will be competing with Heritage Hall to see who can collect the most shoes before the Heritage Casady Basketball Game on January 27th. Bring your shoes for a great cause! 

Jack Trachtenberg
Jay Bozalis, and Ellen Payne 
OK Cleats-4-Kids Youth Board

MLK DAY 2015: 17,890 meals packed, Footloose Rehearsal

 

Casady's Community Service-Learning Group of students led the volunteer efforts at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Volunteers included 67 teens throughout the day. They packed 21,468 pounds of food, which included 82 cases of crackers, 46 cases of cereal, 86 cases of snacks, 46 cases of cookies, and 199 packaged meals for the Food-4-Kids Backpack Program. This equaled a grand total of 17,890 equivalent meals. 

Casady's Youth Acting in the Community (YAC Service Learning Group) and Youth LEADOKCasady (Leaders Engaging Across Differences) welcomed teens from Casady Upper, Middle and Lower Division, Mercy School Institute, Heritage Hall High School, US Grant High School, Edmond Santa Fe, Norman North, and Oklahoma School of Science and Math to help in the effort.  Casady YAC/Youth LEADOKCasady hosts were teens, Johnny Lee'17 and Sidney Jones'15.  Kat Reynolds'18 facilitated the pizza lunch- a generous donation from UD Principal, Dr. Jon Powell- and the delivery of the prizes for the "Disney Contest."  Kat also developed a playlist of songs which were played during working shifts, at breaks and lunch. 


 The prizes of the Disney Contest were $15 gift Sonic cards.  

The judge of the contest was the Food Bank Volunteer Coordinator, Mr. Tyler Griffin. The funding for the cards came from Casady YAC monies raised during Fall Fest provided by YAC Treasurer, Taylor Burrow'15

 Other small groups @ the Food Bank on the MLK Day of Service who served with the Cyclone teams were: an OU fraternity, an African American Sorority, a group of volunteers from UCO, a group of home school children and a group of Americorps.  Special thanks to Coach Jim Bonfiglio and Mrs. Carmen Clay for bringing friends and family to volunteer on MLK Day 2015 @ the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.

 Natalie Hugos'18 and Tara Ramakrishnan'18 facilitated the reflective component of the day. Pictures of the day taken by YAC Junior Chair and STUCO Rep, Dylan Dobson'16, Carmen Clay'74, and Shannon Presti, YLOKC CEO.

Afternoon Shift at the Food Bank on MLK Day National Day of Service 9/19/2015
Casady YAC, Youth LEADOKCasady, Mercy School Institute, YLOKCMercy, Heritag Hall High School
Americorps, not in the picture HOME SCHOOL OKC - Taking tour of Food Bank.

Photos by Shannon Presti, YLOKC CEO and Director of Teen Initiatives of the YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City

Footloose Rehearsals on MLK Day 2015 @ Casady Schoool:  Jessica Greene'15, YAC Co-President and member of the Footloose Cast reported that for  8 hours a group of 20 Cyclones rehearsed songs and dances for the upcoming performance of Footloose.  The YAC Footloose Cyclones' goal is to advocate for the arts in OKC schools.  Performers will invite viewers of all ages to the performances.  There will be a special performance for the Special Care children.  Elderly residents of nearby Independent Living facilities are also going to be invited and hosted by Casady YAC members.  Date and time TBA