Bake Sale and More Photos

Check out the new photos I put in the album (Thank you Judy and Dave) that have pictures from regionals, states and the tag sale!!  They are awesome

Our next big event will be this saturday for the Smiarowski Farmstand And Creamery - 320 River Road (Route 47) Sunderland.  11am - 1pm.  Great cookies, cakes, pies and .99 cent hot dogs and Ice cream. Bring your friends come hungry and buy a raffle ticket!!

Can You Say "Mighty Sweet Tag Sale"?

Disaster Masters teamed up with D.I. families, friends, and let's face it... the Hepburn Drive neighborhood, for one amazing tag sale! Not a square inch of grass could be seen in the beginning, as tons of treasures, ripe and ready for buying lie in waiting! By the end of the day...stuff was GONE, grass was green, and The Disaster Masters cleaned up! What a successful effort on behalf of our D.I. families and friends! So grateful are we to all who donated items, bought items, purchased raffle tickets, drank lemonade, and enjoyed this beautiful day with us! Hard work! Amazing day! Huge success! Well done!

Fundraising... and "Sweetness on a Stick!!"

The Disaster Masters were out in full force, selling raffle tickets and sharing their project with the public Friday! Folks couldn't escape without at least asking... "So, what IS D.I.?" Our team was quick to explain their creative problem solving challenges and solutions, and impressed the most unlikely people into donating toward our cause! Afterall, representing Massachusetts in the Global Final Tournament, in the company of 30 other countries is quite an achievement!
The team had fun cleverly crafting quick slogans to draw in the public...
"Donate to D.I....IPad raffle tickets... a dollar gets you a lolipop...sweetness on a stick!" What to say and how to say it well was our own "on the spot" instant challenge for the afternoon! The team had a blast, and we chipped away... little by little, at raising some money, and sharing the D.I. organization with the public! Well done Disaster Masters!

Tennessee Here We Come

Plane Tickets have been purchased!! Scary and fun all at the same time.  We are getting into true fundraising mode.  Some important fun dates to keep in mind.

April 19th - Raffle and donations at Walmart in Hadley
April 24th - mulit-family tag sale  - Hepburn Road, Sunderland 9 - ??   Lots of furniture, kids stuff, clothes and lemonade.

Don't forget to pick up your raffle ticket for the Apple Ipad.

May 2nd - weather permitting - bake sale at Smiarowski Farmstand And Creamery - 320 River Road (Route 47) Sunderland.  10 - 1pm.

Don't forget to pick up your raffle ticket for the Apple Ipad.

May 22nd - DI Extravaganza - more to come on this event - great music, food, and fun.

I will be finding out more about getting new shirts for the team - check out Saul's awesome signature.

Top of the fold

Great press for the Disaster Masters.  TOP OF THE FOLD from our local paper. It helps to get the word out.  Olivia and Abigail did  a little door to door yesterday and it helped that some of the folks had seen the article in the paper.  They were amazingly poised when giving their scphiel to the neighbors.  I am so proud of them.

Also, last night we were having dinner with friends and they hadn't seen the performance.  So Olivia did a one person version of the show.  Very amusing and fun! 

Raffle tickets are available if anyone needs them!!  
The picture in the paper was so funny because of the perspective. 

Love This Team!

Can't believe... Knoxville, Tennessee!!!! Can't wait... Knoxville, Tennessee! Lotta love with this team! Great kids, great families, great coaches, great time to be a Disaster Master!! Atlantis is ready to represent!! Globals...Booyah!

Monday Morning- DI excitement still in the air!

What a weekend! Last night I was thrilled to get a green light from the families of all 6 of our team members. We are going to Knoxville and there is no turning back now:-) I am moving fast to get a press release written up so we can get the good news about the team's success and the urgency of our fund raising challenge out into the community. I am also just about confirmed on our tax deductible EIN numbers for donations. Once I get a few items in place over the next day I'll confirm a team meeting and we will be out of the gate working toward our goal.

I feel swept up by a force bigger than all of us. We have great families and amazing kids. The kindness, generosity, and spirit of this team makes the work of this effort a joy. Thank you to every family member that has supported us until now. You have my full commitment to see this adventure through to Globals. Kids never forget adventures like this and I feel privileged to be with them on this journey.

Congratulations Sunderland Destination Imagination going to Globals

April 3, 2010 - The Disaster Masters - Sunderland Destination Imagination team came in 2nd overall in the state competition for DI Bot and qualified to make it to Globals in Tennessee in late May.  The team is starting a fund raising campaign to get them to Tennessee, come back to this blog to learn about their journey.