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Sunday, April 26, 2015
Cyclones @ the Art Festival
Casady, as in previous years, had two day chairs at the Arts Festival. Casady students volunteered at the Children Activity Field and the Face Painting Venues
Food for thought
Saturday, April 25, 2015
FEDEX TIME AND LABYRINTH EXPERIENCES
FEDEX TIME / STRATEGIC PLANNING EXPERIENCE
What:? FEDEX Time, Strategic planning time for 2015-2016
DANIEL PINK'S FEDEX TIME How to deliver innovation overnight (or few hours)
STRATEGIC PLANNING: It is a formal road map that spells out where an organization is going over a period of time and how it’s going to get there
Why? Create a road map with a calendar with a plan to how to get there
Where? Casady MD Community room, McClendon Building Campus Map http://www.casady.org/document.doc?id=115
When? Saturday, May 2, 2015, 1:30-4:30
Who? Casady YAC and any interested club, STUCO, youth group or board. Facilitated by Casady's Development Director Evan Walter
How Much? No cost, just bring a snack or drink to share with the participants. Casady Service Learning Program will provide cups, plates and napkins.
Contact Carmen Clay @ clayc@casady.org , 405-520-1325 if interested
Labyrinth Experience @ UCO Outdoor Labyrinth
What: Why a labyrinth at UCO from its creator and professor of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Daine Rudebock. Labyrinth Walk and Reflection guided by Cannon Susan Joplin, certified labyrinth facilitator
Why? Reflection of 2014-2015, Casady YAC, YLOKC Senior Send off
Where? Gather at the UCO Labyrinth next to the UCO Chapel
Parking: Since it is a Sunday afternoon, plenty of on street parking should be available on University by the Ratcliff’s book store as well as on the south side of the HPE building. To access the parking lot,
N on Broadway Extension
Rt (east) on 2nd Street
Left (north) on University
Right on Main st (At the stop light and by the Baptist Student Center)
Take the sidewalk north of the parking lot between the HPE building and Wantland Hall and you will see the labyrinth.
When? Sunday May 3, 1:30-3:30
Who? Casady YAC, YLOKC, interested Casady Seniors and any interested youth and adult from Casady or the OKC community. Facilitated by Cannon Susan Joplin
How Much? No cost
How?
1. Gather at the labyrinth. Greeter: Ms. Diane Rudebock
2. Orientation talk in the chapel adjacent to the labyrinth by Cannon Susan Joplin
3. Labyrinth Walk
4. Reflection time after the labyrinth Walk. Reflection can take place at the labyrinth or chapel for a more private reflection
Check the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt8SIoCxuI4
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Today I learned that the Japanese believe that when something has been damaged and has a history, it becomes more beautiful. That is why they repair the objects filling the damaged parts with gold or silver (Kintsukuroi). Instead of trying to high the defects and cracks, they highlight and celebrate them. They have become a testament of imperfection and fragility, but also of resilience; the capacity to recuperate and become stronger.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Final Days of Earth Week
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Connect as many circles as you wish. Make sure to connect them all back to you at the center. What you have here is a map of how you and nature relate to each other on different levels of your experience. Such a map can show you how you receive sustenance and blessing from nature, how nature enriches your life. It can also suggest where and how you can return the favor. 
Next, pick up your penny and go out into nature where you can find some soil. Dig a small hole and put the penny into it. As you do, remember that you were able to enjoy all these pleasant moments because nature gives you life and nourishes you. So now you are saying thank you. By burying your penny, you are symbolically sharing your happy memories with nature and taking a moment to be grateful and aware of the earth that sustains you.
Today, please let your Double O Wonder license inspire you to perform a compassionate act for something in the natural world that gives you this opportunity for wonderment.
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Beginning today, do this for each of the last three days of "Love This Place! Serve the Earth Week." At first you may forget, but when you feel the penny in your pocket, you'll remember. In time, it will become a habit. This will be your "joyous penny."
To be an effective secret agent, you have to be good at finding and decoding secret messages. The question above is a secret message. Your genuine and thoughtful answer is how the message is decoded. It will also serve as your guide to today's mission.
We assume we are seeing things because we can name them with familiar names. "Oh, that's my tree, that's my bush, that's my lawn." But these names can make us unconscious of what is happening around us. What, for instance, are the leaves on that tree like? What are they doing for the tree? How is the bush shaped? What kind of flowers are growing in my yard, not by name but by how they look, their colors, their aroma, and so on? What insects are attracted?Wednesday, April 22, 2015
HAPPY EARTH WEEK
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The OKC Peace House had an Earth Day Walk at UCO at 6:00 PM @ OCU. More information www.earthday.org.
ON EARTH WEEK
Play the Love this Place Save the Earth Games
Be a Secret Agent of Green Compassion
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As you've been doing each day, choose one of these circles and conceptualize a way for you to complete a compassionate act in acknowledgement of it. As an example, if you are inspired by the strawberries your garden produces, choose an action for today that supports gardening.
You are doing great work this week, better understanding our conspiracy with nature and performing actions that nurture it in positive ways. Our guide this week,
As introduced yesterday, we are part of a conspiracy with nature, literally breathing together with every living thing on earth. 
Secret Agent of Green Compassion
Mission 001 - April 18, 2015
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Take a sheet of paper and draw a small circle in the center, just big enough to write your name inside. This is you. Next, draw a vertical line up and down from this circle, and a horizontal line right and left from it, dividing the paper into four parts. Label these four parts Body, Mind, Heart, Spirit. Over the next four days, you are going to draw more circles in each of these quadrants, and by the end of the week have lines connecting these circles with each other and with the central circle that is you.
Choose one of these circles and conceptualize a way for you to complete a compassionate act in acknowledgement of it. As an example, if one of your circles is "Breath," you could plant a tree today, knowing that trees help clean the air.Monday, April 20, 2015
President Volunteer Service Awards 2015
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Kids (5-10)
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26 – 49
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50 – 74
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75 +
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Teens (11–15)
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50 – 74
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75 – 99
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100 +
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Young Adults (16-25)
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100 – 174
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175 – 249
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250 +
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Adults (26 and older)
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100 – 249
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250 – 499
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500+
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Families and Groups*
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200 – 499
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500 – 999
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1,000+
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President’s Lifetime Achievement Award: Individuals who have completed 4,000 or more hours in their lifetime
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* Two or more people, with each member contributing at least 25 hours toward the total
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The Service-Learning Office ordered awards the week of March 9, 2015. Volunteers created a file at the award website and linked it to Casady as Certifying Organization using the record of service key: SCW-0931. Awards are ordered directly from the Casady link in the PVSA website.
Mr. Gene Rainbolt, Inspirational Speaker 4/21/15
"Mr. Rainbolt spoke in a calm and direct manner that magnified the weight and challenge that we consider carefully how we live our daily lives in terms of our interaction and impact on other lives. " Stephanie Crossno, UD English Teacher
About Mr. Rainbolt's life and his focus on helping children through education
H.E. "Gene" Rainbolt spent a lifetime building banks in Oklahoma, until the day he stepped away and focused his energy on helping children.
Rainbolt devotes himself and his philanthropy to many activities, but his greatest interest is in children, said his friend, Judge Robert Henry, OCU President.
Perhaps Rainbolt helps now because adults helped him as a child during the Depression.
Perhaps he helps because the faces of orphans he saw during the Korean War haunt him still.
Perhaps it is all of this and more.
"Gene turned his incredible mind and heart to bettering the soul of Oklahoma on more than a 40-hour a week basis," Henry said in paying tribute last month to Rainbolt when he received the Jasmine Award for his support of children's causes and the Jasmine Moran Children's Museum in Seminole.
Rainbolt, 74, is chairman of the board of BancFirst, which has 41 banks in Oklahoma.
He still goes to work at the BancFirst office in downtown Oklahoma City every day, but says that except for participating in some of the management committees, "I am not a factor in our operation."
Banking on the future Rainbolt has a track record of success in banking, working first at a bank in Noble as a young man, then in Purcell, later running Federal National Bank in Shawnee for more than 20 years before becoming chairman of BancFirst, now run by his son, David.
Judge Henry is not the only person who says Rainbolt's passion is helping children.
Nance Diamond, president of the Oklahoma Arts Institute, said that some years ago she and another supporter of the institute approached Rainbolt, a longtime family friend, about serving on the board.
"He very clearly explained that the only boards he was joining were those that served children," Nance said.
Rainbolt agreed to serve on the board of the institute, which provides a summer arts academy for students 14 to 18 years old, and workshops for teachers and educators.
"The focus really is on expanding the creative talent of young people," Diamond said. "I think Gene Rainbolt is about creating change, and what he wants to see happen is creating more opportunity for young people in Oklahoma."
Rainbolt attributes his interest in children to his own experiences in life.
"We change society by directing our attentions to children and the environment in which they develop, and thus, I decided I wanted to devote my energies to things that impacted children," he said.
He and his family have endowed a chair in child psychiatry at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
He's involved in Calm Waters, which provides support groups for children who have suffered from the death of a sibling, parent or grandparents, or who are in a family where there is a divorce.
'It takes a village ... ' Rainbolt was born in and grew up in Norman.
His father, a salesman for a wholesale grocery, moved the family there so the children could go to the University of Oklahoma.
From his earliest memories, he had some kind of a job.
"Every day of my life, including now, I had people who wanted to help me succeed and were willing to help me, which accounts for my use of the sometimes maligned term, 'that it takes a village to raise a child.' I really understand that based on my personal experience," Rainbolt said.
Besides his parents, others who influenced him were teachers and Norman business people and Jim Murphy, who was chairman of the finance department at OU when Rainbolt was in college.
He studied economics at OU because it interested him, he said.
After graduation, Rainbolt was commissioned a lieutenant in the Army artillery and went to Korea, where he was on an artillery battalion staff, serving as the adjutant and battalion S-2, intelligence officer.
Information from Google Search
YAC led awards ceremony and reception
Good afternoon. My name is Aubrey Hermen.
I‘m the YAC Vice-President. YAC is the Casady Service Club and it stands
for Youth Acting in the Community.
YAC’s mission is to help others find their passion to serve.
Good afternoon. My name is Dylan Dobson. I am a YAC Junior Chair. It is our privilege to introduce our
inspirational speaker, Casady Service-Learning Program and YAC benefactor, Mr.
H.E. (Gene) Rainbolt
Aubrey
Mr. Rainbolt graduated from Norman high
School in 1947. He received degrees in
Economics and Finance from the University of Oklahoma before graduating from
the Graduate School of Banking from the University of Wisconsin.
Dylan
Mr. Rainbolt received the Bronze Start and Army
Commendation medal during the Korean War.
He returned to Oklahoma where he became the President and CEO of the
Federal National Bank of Shawnee in 1967.
He was also President of the Oklahoma Banking Association and formed the
first multibank holding company before organizing BancFirst Corporation in
1989.
Aubrey
In 2004, Mr. Rainbolt was named Oklahoma
City/County Historical Path Maker. In
2006, he was selected as one of the 50 most powerful Oklahomans.
Dylan
Mr. Rainbolt PERSONAFIES THE OKLAHOMA
STANDARD WHEN HE STATED, “My mission in life is to create an Oklahoma
in which every child would have the opportunity to become all she or he could
become. “
Please help US welcome Mr. Gene Rainbolt,
AWARD CEREMONY
Jessica
Thank you Mr. Rainbolt for your
inspirational words. My name is Jessica
Greene and I am a YAC Co-President. I
will be facilitating the delivery of the President Volunteer Service Awards
with Aubrey, Dylan, and YAC Freshman Chairs Sara and Gabrielle. Thank you to Mrs. Clay, Father Blizzard, Miss Infantino, Dr. Jon Powell and Mr. Rainbolt for assisting with the delivery of the awards.
The President Volunteer Service Award is
an initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service and is
administered by the Points of Light Foundation. With a shared mission of inspiring more to answer the call to
service, the award celebrates the impact we can all make in bettering our
communities and our world.
Aubrey
The President’s Volunteer Service Award
recognizes United States citizens and lawfully admitted, permanent residents
who have achieved a required number of hours of service over a 12-month time period.
Even though volunteers may not seek recognition, their example can
deliver a powerful message that encourages others to take action.
Dylan
Awardees receive a medal, a letter from the President of the United
States, Barrack Obama and a certificate of achievement.
Jessica
Awardees, when your name is called, please walk to receive your medal
Remain standing until all names are called and 3 group pictures are taken.
Dylan
Dylan
After chapel, your certificates and a small token of YAC’s appreciation
for your commitment to making a difference and finding your passion to serve
await for you at the Casady Wing. We
ask the audience to kindly refrain from applause until all names are called.
Award winners your name will be
called in alphabetical order by first name.
Bronze
Hours
criteria
Teens 11-15:
years old
50-74
hours
Young Adults 16-25: years old , 100-174
hours
Jessica
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Silver
Hours
Criteria
Teens: 11-15 years old
75-99 hours
Young Adults: 16:25 years old , 175-249 hours
Aubrey
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Gold
Hours
Criteria
Teens: 11-15 years old
100+ hours
Young Adults: 16:25 years old, 250+
hours
Dylan
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1.
Camillo Haller
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1.
Ann Joullian
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1. Ananya Bhaktaram
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2.
Carl Albert
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2. Casey Denny
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2. Aubrey Hermen
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3.
Caroline Silver
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3. Chris Foster
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3. Caroline Moock
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4.
Catherine Zesiger
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4. Dylan Dobson
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4. Chloe Richards
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5.
Claire Darrow
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5. Jessica Greene
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5. Mallory Woodruff
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6.
Emory Hood
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6. Jonathan Lee
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6. Olivia Sprankle
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7.
Grace Griffin
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7. Kaitlyn Barthell
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7. Sindi Peza
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8.
Grace Patton
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8. Kate Ellis
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8. Taylor Burrow
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9.
Grace Pitman
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9. Mariam Shakir
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Shout out to Taylor, 1000 + service hours |
10. John
Lindstrom
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10. Megan Trachtenberg
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Service
hours certified.
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11. Justin
Schneider
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11. Safra Shakir
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1st
in requirement history
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12. Maren
Cottrell
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12. Shaan Patel
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13. Mary
Puls
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13. Sydney Gibson
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14. Michael
Johnson
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14. Yijing (Barry) Zhang
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15. Miranda
Tortorici
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16. Natalie
Hugos
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17. Neeley
Russell
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18. Nurmeen Jawaid
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19. Pierce
Sapper
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20. Rachel
King
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21. Sarah
Covington
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22. Sidney
Jones
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23. Sharun
Philip
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24. Turner
Waddell
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25. John George
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Group pictures taken
Mrs.
Clay
PLEASE
HELP ME CONGRATULATE THE 2015 PRESIDENT VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD WINNERS WITH A
ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
Congratulations.
AWARDEES FOR ADVOCATING THE OKLAHOMA STANDARD WITH YOUR ACTIONS.
A
reception follows this award ceremony at the Wing where your certificate and a
small token of YAC’s appreciation for your service awaits for you.
This
concludes the 2015 President Volunteer Service award ceremony, Thank you.
RECEPTION AT THE WING DURING YAC MEETING B BLOG
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| YAC and UD faculty Projects YLOKC, Walk-A-Thon-, Dig Pink, Literary Exchange, Mrs. Finley's Service-Learning Project in English Curriculum |
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| Mrs. Finley with Mr. Rainbolt |
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| Bronze Awards |
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| Casady Peace Week 2015- Project Planning begins next week with assistance from Mrs. Morgan, Peace Education teacher Labyrinth Walks will be feature at Casady in portable Labyrinth |
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| Fair Trade Chocolate Project- 3rd grade Service-Learning Project |
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| Goal and Silver Awards Shout out to Taylor Burrow, 1,000+ hours of service while in high school |
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| Bronze Awards |
-Cookies and punch by Sage courtesy of the Service Learning. Program. Thank you to the YAC members who stayed to share your projects with Mr. Rainbolt. Mr. Rainbolt took the Marolyn book by Ananya and a book from Mrs. Finley's Literary Exchange project to read with him.
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