Elephant Sanctuary

Check out this link to the Elephant Sanctuary in Teneessee! Sissy is my favorite! I think it's great that she gets to carry her "security tire" around with her all day. Wouldn't it be funny to live next to an Elephant Sanctuary? Can you imagine being woken up by a trumpeting elephant? Maybe the Teen Advisory Board can look into sponsoring an elephant next year!

Tuesday Trivia

Did you know...
1 - It is impossible to lick your elbow.
2 - The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work is Alaska.
3 - 28% percent of Africa is wilderness. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
4 - Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
5 - The first novel ever written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer.
6 - 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
7 - In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
8 - Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
9 - More collect phone calls are made on Father's Day than any other day of the year.
10 - At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!

Have a fun day!

What Happens When you Play Too Much DDR

Thirteen teens participated in the DDR tournament on Thursday. Congrats to the winner Kyle Endl, Age 12, who won a $10 gift card to Blockbuster. Thirteen other children watched the events unfold. We're looking forward to our next Wii event on June30th...Wii Boxing!

Teen Advisory Board Meeting Canceled!

Today's Teen Advisory Board meeting has been canceled! I'll see you guys over the summer for volunteering and be sure to sign up for the teen events. Regularly scheduled meetings will start again in August.

Dance Dance Revolution

If this kid can do it so can you! Sign up for the next Wii tournament...May 29 @ 3:30!

Fall Out Boy Does Something - OMG

From the School Library Journal, 5/6/2008 1:23:00 PM
Fans of James Patterson’s New York Times bestselling Maximum Ride series will have the opportunity to share the powerful environmental message of the latest book in the series, The Final Warning (Little, Brown, 2008), by entering a contest to create the official Maximum Ride Back to School public service announcement (PSA). The winner will be chosen by SugarLoot peers and will be flown to see their PSA professionally produced and filmed by Do Something. In support of the campaign and Do Something’s mission, popular rock band Fall Out Boy will appear in the PSA which includes a cameo role for the contest winner. The winner will also receive a Do Something grant to promote good works in their own community. The final Maximum Ride Back to School PSA will be aired nationwide across Channel One, a school based news broadcast reaching over six million teens across the country. SugarLoot is Alloy Media + Marketing's contest based social network site. Do Something is an online community designed to be a place where young people learn, listen, speak, vote, volunteer, ask, and take action to make the world a better place.

Best Twilight Preview Yet

Sorry I haven't been keeping up with the blog as much as I'd like to. I've been really busy planning our Summer Reading Programs. Right now, I'm working on our Teen Brunch in June. I found this MTV video while planning activities to go with the Twilight series. We'll also be talking about the Maximum Ride series, the Extras series, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and more. Watch for more fun previews on this blog!