Festival of Trees – Assumption Art Work & Service Hours

Check out Festival of Trees Saturday, November 17 through Sunday, November 25 at the River Center in Davenport.

Assumption Art Foundation, Graphics and Ceramic students have artwork exhibited as well as art from Davenport area high schools.

All money from Festival of Trees goes to support the Fine Arts in the Quad City Area.

Come support Assumption visual art students, Festival of Trees and the fine arts in the QCA.

Opportunities to volunteer are still available. One shift gets a free admission ticket as well as the opportunity to win a $100 visa gift card.

Sign up online at:

Click Here to Sign Up for the Event

 

Fight the New Drug Presentation – December 5th – Solon, IA

Put the Fight the New Drug Presentations on your Calendar:  December 5th at the Solon HS Performing Arts Center.

We’re not talking about Opiod or Heroin use – but something equally addictive and destroying far more lives: pornography.

What is the problem with porn?   Many don’t realize viewing pornography rewires the brain, forming addictions and affecting behavior. One needs increasingly violent and perverse porn to feed the addiction.  It is contributing to depression, anxiety, academic and emotional struggles on a wide scale – across all demographics of teens. It teaches them to objectify and use others. It affects their ability to have authentic relationships.  It leaves them feeling confused, helpless and alone. It is harming those caught in the industry. It is driving human trafficking and other violent acts of crime.

It is a wide-scale concern: There are 42 million porn sites – with millions of videos free for a click of the mouse. 76% of porn is assessed on mobile devices. More than 90% of those ages 12-17 have been exposed to hardcore pornography. Once they’re exposed, many keep coming back.

The porn industry will do whatever it takes to keep them coming back. It is an industry that brings in more revenue than the National Football League, Major League Baseball and National Basketball Association combined. They’ll create whatever type of porn is necessary to trap people in the darkness of their abyss.

Ok, What can we do?  Get it on your calendar & invite everyone you know to join you on December 5th. Our parents and young people deserve an opportunity to be informed: to learn about porn’s harmful effects on their brain, heart and world. To be equipped with ways to protect themselves, to be empowered to talk without shame and to get free-access to help if struggling with an addiction.

FIGHT THE NEW DRUG FLYER

 

Junior Achievement Titan Competition

Congratulations to JA Advisor Mr. Hale, Andi Marzen, Garrett Hurt, Anna Nagle and Emma VanSeveren on taking first place in the Junior Achievement Titan Competition held Thursday, November 1, 2018 at Saint Ambrose University.  The Assumption High School Marketing and Advertising team outperformed business class representatives from other MAC schools to move on to the Scholarship Round Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at Palmer Center for Business Development on the Palmer College campus.  There they will compete with other Iowa and Illinois champions for $8,000 in scholarships.

Service Hours – All Saints – November 2 & 3

Holy Family Church and All Saints Catholic School will hold their annual bazaar from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, November 3rd at the school. The bazaar is one of the big yearly fundraisers for the school. Several volunteers are needed to make this event a success. After school on Friday, November 2nd volunteers are needed to help setup and price baked goods. On Saturday, volunteers are needed for two-hour shifts from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. to work the kitchen, bake sale and checkout. Volunteers also are needed from 3-5 p.m. on Saturday for cleanup and tear down. Donations of crafts, Once Again Treasure items and bake sale items also would be appreciated and can be dropped off after school on Friday. To volunteer, contact Clare Holladay at marycholladay@gmail.com or sign up below:

 

Click Here to Sign Up to Volunteer

 

Service Hours Opportunities

Please see below for some Service Hours opportunities:

  1. Volunteer to help in the Children’s Section for Festival of Trees.  Contact Mrs. Imborek at; natalie.imborek@assumptionhigh.org  —  https://intermountainhealthcare.org/locations/primary-childrens-hospital/giving-volunteering/intermountain-foundation/news-and-events/festival-of-trees/get-involved/
  2. Dan Bush needs two strong individuals to help carry and clear out a storage space.  May get service hours or $15/hr.  You may choose which one.  Please text Mr. Dan Bush with your name and grade at 563-340-5060 and let him know you’d like to help.