GIVE DAY
I co-created a one-day online fundraising event for Spring Hill College called Spring Hill College National Give Day. On March 19, 2015 our fundraiser raised more than $66,000 and exceeded $15,000 goal. We also had 248 participants on this one day. The school intends to make this an annual event.
I co-created a one-day online fundraising event for Spring Hill College called Spring Hill College National Give Day. On March 19, 2015 our fundraiser raised more than $66,000 and exceeded $15,000 goal. We also had 248 participants on this one day. The school intends to make this an annual event.
Press Release for Give Day
Email sent to Spring Hill College Chapter Presidents
Email sent to Spring Hill students/faculty/staff/family
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Script Samples from WISN Channel 12
1. Firefighters are also battling a fire in San Romon, California. The fire charred about seven acres of dry grassland yesterday. It forced some residents to evacuate, but has not put any homes in danger. Helicopters circled the fire and dropped water from a nearby lake to help put out the flames.
2. Penny Palfrey will strive to achieve an incredible goal, to become the first woman to swim the 103 miles from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage. Palfrey, the 49-year-old mother and grandmother will make the journey with a support crew of navigators, kayakers, handlers, doctors, weather experts and observers to verify what could be a record swim.
SOT “I don’t believe that I can do it much later in life, so this is my opportunity now and I’m doing the best that I can and enjoying it and making some absolutely fabulous friends all around the world and enjoying the travel and the challenges.”
Palfrey will rely on “shark shields” to keep the predators away. The equipment generates an electrical field in the water that annoys sharks and keeps them away.
3. One brave boy decides to go toe to tail with an alligator. 11-year-old Jeffery Henry from Oklahoma used what he learned from his favorite reality T-V show “Swamp People” to do some of his own alligator hunting. Jeffery and his neighbor got in a canoe and paddled after the gator who was lurking in a nearby pond. The boys then called Henry’s grandmother who came running out of the house with a shotgun ready to assist them.
SOT “Don’t you know that’s kind of a risky thing to do? I know that, but I’ve seen plenty of those shows and I know where to grab it and what time and how.
Grandma shot and killed the reptile after he made a swipe at Jeffrey’s leg.
4. Fearing childbirth may only make labor more uncomfortable for women. According to a new study, women who fear childbirth tend to be in labor longer than women who don’t. The author of the Norwegian study says that high levels of stress may weaken contractions and cause women to be in labor for about an hour and a half longer. The study also found that between 5 to 20 percent of pregnant women fear childbirth.
5. The “Oceans of Fun” show at the Milwaukee County zoo has a brand new member. The zoo welcomed a new sea lion pup last month and today was his first time being shown to cameras. The California sea lion named Cobly will make his public debut in the shows within the next couple of months. Trainers say Colby spends his time nursing, napping, and building relationships with them. Over the next couple of weeks trainers will help his mother Makia teach him how to swim.
SOT “It’s important Makaia teaches him how to be a sea lion, but we’re building relationships and we’re shaping a positive formation, a solid foundation.
Colby is the sixth offspring of his mother. Zoo officials say Colby’s birth was significant because the captive California sea lion population is aging. You can see a slideshow of pictures of Colby on our website, WISN dot com.
2. Penny Palfrey will strive to achieve an incredible goal, to become the first woman to swim the 103 miles from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage. Palfrey, the 49-year-old mother and grandmother will make the journey with a support crew of navigators, kayakers, handlers, doctors, weather experts and observers to verify what could be a record swim.
SOT “I don’t believe that I can do it much later in life, so this is my opportunity now and I’m doing the best that I can and enjoying it and making some absolutely fabulous friends all around the world and enjoying the travel and the challenges.”
Palfrey will rely on “shark shields” to keep the predators away. The equipment generates an electrical field in the water that annoys sharks and keeps them away.
3. One brave boy decides to go toe to tail with an alligator. 11-year-old Jeffery Henry from Oklahoma used what he learned from his favorite reality T-V show “Swamp People” to do some of his own alligator hunting. Jeffery and his neighbor got in a canoe and paddled after the gator who was lurking in a nearby pond. The boys then called Henry’s grandmother who came running out of the house with a shotgun ready to assist them.
SOT “Don’t you know that’s kind of a risky thing to do? I know that, but I’ve seen plenty of those shows and I know where to grab it and what time and how.
Grandma shot and killed the reptile after he made a swipe at Jeffrey’s leg.
4. Fearing childbirth may only make labor more uncomfortable for women. According to a new study, women who fear childbirth tend to be in labor longer than women who don’t. The author of the Norwegian study says that high levels of stress may weaken contractions and cause women to be in labor for about an hour and a half longer. The study also found that between 5 to 20 percent of pregnant women fear childbirth.
5. The “Oceans of Fun” show at the Milwaukee County zoo has a brand new member. The zoo welcomed a new sea lion pup last month and today was his first time being shown to cameras. The California sea lion named Cobly will make his public debut in the shows within the next couple of months. Trainers say Colby spends his time nursing, napping, and building relationships with them. Over the next couple of weeks trainers will help his mother Makia teach him how to swim.
SOT “It’s important Makaia teaches him how to be a sea lion, but we’re building relationships and we’re shaping a positive formation, a solid foundation.
Colby is the sixth offspring of his mother. Zoo officials say Colby’s birth was significant because the captive California sea lion population is aging. You can see a slideshow of pictures of Colby on our website, WISN dot com.
Web Story for WISN Channel 12
MILWAUKEE -
The mother of a boy hit and killed while leaving school plans to turn her family's tragedy into stronger safety for others.
Israel Brown, 11, was struck by a pickup truck and killed as he left Hope Christian School: Fortis on Port Washington Road on Wednesday afternoon.
Diane Brown, Israel's mother, struggles to talk about the incident.
"It's like I'm blank, I'm numb, Brown said. "One minute I'm talking to him, the next he's gone."
Officers said Brown entered the street from between two school buses and was struck by the passing pickup truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
"It's one of those things where he was in a hurry to come home and he darted out," Brown said.
She says her daughter, who witnessed the tragedy, is taking the loss extremely hard. But in the face of tragedy, Brown said there is no one to blame.
"There's a lot of ifs, a lot of variables, so at this time, I don't blame anybody," Brown said.
Brown said they were just 30 days from moving to Georgia in search of a better life. But before she moves away, she hopes her son’s death can help to save the lives of others.
"If anything positive could come out of this, I would like to think that perhaps the city could put speed bumps or something at the school," said Brown.
School officials canceled class Thursday as family and friends cope with the loss. Grief counselors are being made available to students parents and staff at the school.
The mother of a boy hit and killed while leaving school plans to turn her family's tragedy into stronger safety for others.
Israel Brown, 11, was struck by a pickup truck and killed as he left Hope Christian School: Fortis on Port Washington Road on Wednesday afternoon.
Diane Brown, Israel's mother, struggles to talk about the incident.
"It's like I'm blank, I'm numb, Brown said. "One minute I'm talking to him, the next he's gone."
Officers said Brown entered the street from between two school buses and was struck by the passing pickup truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
"It's one of those things where he was in a hurry to come home and he darted out," Brown said.
She says her daughter, who witnessed the tragedy, is taking the loss extremely hard. But in the face of tragedy, Brown said there is no one to blame.
"There's a lot of ifs, a lot of variables, so at this time, I don't blame anybody," Brown said.
Brown said they were just 30 days from moving to Georgia in search of a better life. But before she moves away, she hopes her son’s death can help to save the lives of others.
"If anything positive could come out of this, I would like to think that perhaps the city could put speed bumps or something at the school," said Brown.
School officials canceled class Thursday as family and friends cope with the loss. Grief counselors are being made available to students parents and staff at the school.