OSC Project Update!

OSC has been super busy with the latest hit project named Helping Lodi. Helping Lodi is a project that is going to support the Lodi Valley Personal Essentials and the Lodi Food Pantry with vital supplies for families in need. Below are descriptions of the groups that students from OSC are engaged in.

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One of the groups that is contributing to this vast effort is the Bake Sale group. The Bake Sale Group is going to set up a bake sale table at the Lodi High School here in Lodi, WI during an upcoming basketball game. The stand will be located right by the doors going in and out of the gymnasium. This group is hoping to raise about twenty dollars with the sale. They are planning on selling things like cookies, puppy chow, brownies, cupcakes and muffins. All of the baked goods will be put together by people from their group and their families. According to group members, they are going to be pricing the items at about 50¢ and up. All proceeds will go to the Lodi Food Pantry and Lodi Valley Personal Essentials. As a special experience, a member of this group will be attending a Lodi School District board meeting to get permission for having a fundraiser. See you at the sale!

  One of the more interesting groups in this project is the skit group. The skit group put on a performance called The Spirit of the Helping Hands on Wednesday, December 19 at 10:30 AM in the Little Theater. Because their skit was only projected to be five minutes long, they performed at 15 minute intervals lasting until noon. They had a dress rehearsal early in the morning so that they can get ready for their big day. During their stage time, they performed for the Lodi Elementary School. On Thursday the 20th, they were going to be performing for OSC to finish off their project but a huge blizzard hit and school got canceled.  

  The skit group had been working together now for 2-3 weeks. There are 11 people in this group; all of which had a part. The last thing they were focused on was working out their props and timing for things like curtains and lights. The costumes that they used were from the costume room in the Little Theater and also from their own closets.  

Two groups that travel together are the Caroling group and the Presentation group. The caroling group is a group of 7 girls that went to the Lodi Primary School and the Lodi City Hall to sing Christmas songs. The songs that they sang are shown below.

Jingle Bell Rock

Silent Night

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

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They did a very good job on their songs. A song that they performed well on was Silent Night. 

The Presentation group went to the same places as the Caroling group. They presented two iMovies to each classroom they went to talking about what the Lodi Food Pantry and the Lodi Valley Personal Essentials needed and how they could donate. First, the Presentation group showed their two movies to the kids. After the movies were done, they left to go to their next classroom to present. Next, the carolers sang two songs and then told 7 facts about the Food Pantry and the Lodi Valley Personal Essentials. After both groups were finished at the Primary School, they all went to the Lodi City Hall so that they could drop off a drop box. The carolers sang three songs to the workers there. 

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The biggest group in the whole project was the Drop Box group. The Drop Box group was mainly about building, wrapping, distributing and collecting drop boxes. There was always something going on. Their group is currently collecting the boxes from the companies that agreed to hold one at their business. Everything that went into a box will end up in either the Lodi Valley Personal Essentials or the Lodi Food Pantry based on what it is. Your donations to these drop boxes will help many families in need. Every donation counts. Here are the businesses that were involved with this drive. 

Lake Wisconsin Evangelical Free Church

Smitten

Lodi Post Office

Weber's Bakery

Karate America

Lodi Women's Club Public Library

Lodi Sausage and Meat Market

Lodi District Office

City of Lodi (City Hall)

Lodi Fire Department

On Sunday, January 27th, OSC will be holding a pancake breakfast at Willie's Bar 'n' Grill from 8-12 AM. They will be serving pancakes, eggs, bacon, and applesauce cups. The drinks that they will be serving are orange juice, white milk, coffee, and water. The prices are if you're 14 and up, $6. If you're a senior, $5. If you are in the age range of 4-14, it will cost you $3 and if you're 3 and under, you get in free. You can pay for and pick up your tickets at Lodi Elementary School, Lodi District Office, Willie's, and OSC. All proceeds will benefit the Lodi Food Pantry and the Lodi Valley Personal Essentials. 

There are several other groups that work on this grand effort to help the community. One of the groups is building permanent shelving for donations. Look for future blog updates about these projects once they are completed!

The Loft group Meeting

Another group, separate from our Helping Lodi project, that is striving to help the community around them is the Loft group. The Loft group is working on making a better classroom community by making lofts for each OSC classroom. There are five people working on these lofts. They have been working on this project since December 10th and they are hoping to finish up by the end of February. They are looking to make the lofts about 4-5 feet tall. They are currently working on quarter sized scale model of their lofts. Sometime along the line, their group is hoping to be visiting the US Forest Products Lab to learn how to identify Black Locust trees. They have met with Ron Wolfe and Bill Beers several times now for about 3 hours talking about and working on their project. their project. Here is a picture of the team meeting.

If you would like to learn more about this project, you can call Mr. Kloberdanz's room at 592-3842 ext. 2405.