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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact John Villavicencio
<a href="mailto:johnvillavicencio@berkeley.net">johnvillavicencio@berkeley.net</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you to everyone who participated in canned food drive, toiletry drive, fundraising campaign and the Holiday Meal itself. It is a beautiful thing that we open the doors of our public school
to any and all community members, no matter their situation, and provide them with a spirited event. I hope that this huge display of empathy doesn't stop with this event, but rather encourages many more acts of kindness.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Zoey Horowitz, Chief of Service, did an outstanding effort to make the meal a heartwarming experience for the guests that attended and for the people that volunteered. Her parents are to be
appreciated for their shopping trips and work in the kitchen. Zoey brought in a new element this year by requesting that a City of Berkeley employee set up a table to discuss city services with guests. Mayor Arreguin even made an appearance to check out the
happenings at the Holiday Meal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For video and photos of the event,
<a href="http://berkeleyschools.net/leadership/?p=764" target="_blank">please click here to visit our leadership website.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://berkeleyschools.net/leadership" target="_blank">berkeleyschools.net/leadership</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">GRATITUDE for:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We have over 290 volunteers who gave over 700 hours of services​.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We raised over $3,000 to cover expenses and collected at least 12,000 pounds of food.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Any leftover food was brought to the Harrison House by long time volunteer, Tom Watts.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Our menu was artfully crafted by Sydney Kennedy.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you to the BHS Band & Orchestra who provided cheerful holiday music before and during the meal.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Also, major shout out to Milton and the Innovators who brought in their positive vibes entertainment to the cafeteria, getting a line of dancers.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you to Starbuck's on Solano for their coffee contribution to the meal.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you to all of our faithful donors who help to make this event a joy to carry out.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Appreciation for the Berkeley Times for sharing the aspect of the meal with their readers.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Also, shout out to Mark Coplan, who stopped by to take photos, even though we thought he had retired.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you to the CAS student film crew who captured video of the event and helped to produce a short film about the event.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tashi, BHS School Chef, who logged an extra 12 hours in the kitchen this weekend to make sure the food prep was smooth.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Genis Family with a special shoutout to Eli Genis who collected over 70 coats for the donation station as part of a bar mitvah project.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Custodial staff was so helpful throughout the entire by solving any facility issue that arose.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks to our safety staff for ensuring a secure event and interacting so well with the guests...<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Travis Dennis, Mark Griffin, Eric Riley,Steve Saunders, and Chris Ewing.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Felicia Phillips for helping with issues that popped up and managing the crowds
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">And our final shout out goes to the guests who provide wisdom during conversations that cause deep reflection upon our own situations at the close of the calendar year. There is definitely
a lot to be grateful for these days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"<i>When I saw her dancing, it brought tears to my eyes. You know, she was once a teenager. And when she was dancing, she was real happy like she was she a kid again with no problems.</i>"
- guest making an observation about another guest who was dancing along to the singing group, the Innovators<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Her comment was a great reminder about seeing through the exterior appearance to look for and find the real spirit of a person inside each one of us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">U-N-I-T-Y, WE FLY HIGHER AS A TEAM!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">John Villavicencio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Director of Student Activities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:johnvillavicencio@berkeley.net" target="_blank">johnvillavicencio@berkeley.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://twitter.com/jacket__pride" target="_blank">@Jacket__Pride</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://berkeleyschools.net/leadership/" target="_blank">berkeleyschools.net/leadership/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">_____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Marguerite Fa-Kaji, Catherine Ference and Dylan Kaufman are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; please direct any questions about the Etree to them at
</span><a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">BHS etree archives:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">BHS website:
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