Are you an elementary or high school student or teacher interested in doing A Dare to Remember? There are lots of great ways to get your school involved.
Here are some easy Dare ideas:
- Get everyone at your school to sign up for a Wake-a-thon – collect pledges to stay up all night at school!
- Organize a school talent contest – and dare your Principal and teachers to perform. (Consider opening it up to the community and charging admission!)
- Dare yourself and your classmates to read 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa and Race Against Time, and then organize a presentation on World AIDS Day to your school
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Some school Dares from 2009...
The Carson Graham Secondary School ScrabblersVancouver, BC
Raised: $3,852.50
DETERMINATION Two teachers and their students from Carson Graham banded together to form the Carson Graham Scrabblers, kicking off the Dare week by playing scrabble in English or French for three hours. Their initial goal was $1,500 but they raised over twice that amount – and raised their school spirit as well!
Gateway Public SchoolToronto, ON
Raised: $533.00
INGENUITY Forty-five grade 4 and grade 5 students in the Gateway Public School Drum Club marched to the beat of a different drummer, busking with their beautiful Djembe drums for an entire afternoon – and doubled their fundraising goal!
Harry Ainlay High SchoolEdmonton, AB
Raised: $3,418.52
INGENUITY Teachers, staff, and students at Harry Ainlay High School wore the jersey of their rival sports teams, sang the national anthem in front of the student body, got their legs waxed in public, and let students style the staff’s hair – making their Dare to Remember a huge success.
Marshall McLuhan High School Toronto, ON
Raised: $300.00
INGENUITY The Marshall McLuhan High School staged a Seventies ‘stache Campaign letting it all g(r)o(w) in an amusing Dare. Staff grew seventies style mustaches – or pasted them on! – during the month of October. During the Dare to Remember Week, students and staff raised money and sported their new looks for the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
Montague Regional High School Montague, PEI
Raised: $1,300.00
INGENUITY The Grade 12 Global Issues class was breaking it down old skool in class, in the halls, the library and the cafeteria, raising awareness about HIV/AIDS in Africa with cool break dance moves. And they have the video to prove it, posting it on their very own student-made website!
Sinclair Secondary School Whitby, ON
Raised: $500.00
INGENUITY Two students organized a school-wide Karaoke Sing off, including teachers and staff. “So You Think You Can Sing?” was a three-day event, held during lunch period.
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