MCL Teens

Pokemon Tournament=Success

Mathbox: Market to Market                                                                                                Wednesday April 14th, 4pm-5pm (Volunteers come at 3:30pm)

The Princeton Review Assessment                                                                                        Saturday Febuary 13, 1pm-5:50                                                                                           Saturday Febuary 27, 1pm-2:30pm                                                                           Registration Required, call 503-988-5388

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

Wii Supervision                                                                                                                            Two Saturdays in March and April                                                                                            3:30pm-5pm

RFID Scanning                                                                                                                             Sundays, 10am-12pm                                                                                                                       Mid-Febuary-March

Next Teen Council Meeting:                                                                                                  Wednesday Febuary 10th, 4pm-5:30pm

Teen Choice Awards:

2 Surveys and Dates for voting

Guidelines:

Put surveys in library-write fav. book, age, and dates for voting                                       Each genre has an award-take top 3 from each genre                                                          little pieces of paper-bright colors                                                                                       booklist

Pokemon Tournament

Wednesday December 30th

2:30pm-4:30pm

Wii Pokemon Battle Revolution Testing (should we use it at the tournament or not?)

Making posters for Pokemon tournament

I’m looking down on the earth

The grounds cracked,

Cracked with emotion, cracked

with sole, cracked to core

Life is hard, I can see that

and death is easy, just the

guts to jump,

One week maybe two and you’re

their and your ready,

Just one push, one moment can

change your life

Just the willpower to slit

the blue wire that controls

you,

 And it’s over… your gone,

can you see me yet?

Why is it that nearly 60% of

the world’s population is in

poverty?

And why is it that they

choose to live?

Day in and day out surviving

on things that most people

take for granted

Here’s why.

Life…

Life maybe hard, its no

picnic but its real

Going to bed without food,

that’s real,

It is!

Children being raped so they

survive another day on the

streets

That’s real

But can’t you see life is all

they have; they might not

have a home to go to

Security or even love

But I can tell you this they

have me,

I may not at times be able to

do the things you want me to

do

But I promise I’m their,

always

If I had one wish just one

wish my sole would turn into

a physical feature and my

heart would be air

I would help, help you out of

this

Be strong my love, be strong

I can see you now, don’t

worry, don’t cry, I am here

And always will be

Because I am your friend,

your family, your love

Because sweetheart

I am your God! And poverty

will never separate you from

me

Never

Make a difference, give a

chance, give hope and most of

all let love conker all!!!!

Make poverty history and let

the sun rise once more

You watch from your window,

People passing by,

Hoping that someone notices,

Your silent cry.

That familiar pain,

That invades you at night,

Slowly killing you inside,

And you can never lose its

sight.

People just can’t see,

That you’re falling apart,

They enjoy the staging,

Where you keep smiling.

You try to scream,

But you can’t ask for help,

They don’t understand,

And story’s end.

Teen Council Meeting: October 7, 2009

·       Molly could not make it.

·       Began meeting with getting to know each other

·       Oren likes to eat Oreos, he is a junior

·       Henry was late but we forgive him

·       He also left early

·       Fish Pen is the talking pen for this meeting

Code of Conduct for meetings:

·       “Talking Pen”

o      To be able to speak during discussions, you must be holding The Pen.

·       No physical violence in meetings

·       Listen and be respectful  

·       Be productive

·       Be a mensch

Things to do:

1.     Make teen council posters

2.    Teen Council T-shirts

3.    Library decorations

4.    Teen Council book awards?

5.    Duct tape wallets (publicize)

6.    Movie night (teen council bonding)

7.     Pen contest

8.    Rainbow font………….

Programs:

·       Teen Council members tutoring kids?

                                                             i.      Members would specify their specific subject knowledge

                                                          ii.      Also how committed they are

·       Pokémon tournament? 

                                                             i.      Sponsored and organized by the teen council members

                                                          ii.      December 30, 2009

                                                        iii.      Hillsdale Library

                                                        iv.      2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

                                                          v.      Pokémon cards

                                                        vi.      Wii

                                                     vii.      Kids prizes

                                                   viii.      Teen Council Members Judges/Advisors

                                                       ix.      Ulysses: judge/coordinator/most interested/pokémon master

 Hillsdale Library!

 Author Lecture: M.T. Anderson-tickets already on sale, volunteers get free tickets! 7pm, Monday October 12, hang up posters for volunteer hours

To get volunteer hours, contact Volunteer Services

Best and Worst things about Summer/School

Make posters for Teen Council Publicity

Tuesday October 6, 4-5:30: Inside Scoop on College Applications and Scholarships

Tutoring at Libraries, anyone interested? You get volunteer hours!

December 30th 2:30 to 4:30-POKEMON TOURNAMENT! 

One day, we will all realize.
That death itself.
Is a lot simpler than we all think.
It has it's ups and downs.
But when the time comes for it, it's our time.

We will all stand by, watching the darkness cover our eyes.
With the deciet and the lies forcefully shoved into our ears.
But then we think, how do they feel?

You don't think, you just stand there and watch.
Unfeeling of the horror going through someones mind as they slowly die.
The only thing that they are thinking is, How could they? How could they just stand there, watching?

And then, when they finally die.
You realize what you have done.
Thinking about what you could have done to save that mans life.

How do you really feel? How do you honestly really feel?
About someone close to you dying without your help of healing.
They could have lived, but you chose their death for them.
You have no right to choose to live or die for another person.

Am I the only one? Am I the only one who thinks this is sufferable?
The only one who believes in life?

Show me wrong.

By Adelle Bleumoon aka Samantha Moore from St. Johns Library

It's RAINING CATS at the Mulnomah County Animal Shelter!

So HSASH is helping out!

Thanks to the Gresham Library we are able to place a donation drop off bin for the cats in the foyay.

The drive helping the cats runs from Aug.15-Aug.30

During that time, lend a hand and donate something of the following:

                                                 -Friskies canned cat food

                                                 -Dry cat food(high quality preferred)

                                                -Cat toys or treats

When the drive is finished HSASH will sort and count the donations and deliver them on behalf of the program, library, and Gresham Community to the Multnomah County Animal Shelter.

Thank You!

almost no one comes anymore

and no one writes on this blog anymore

last year there were way more entries

anyways i wish more people would come to collect prizes

or coupons

When I think of you
I see your face smiling down at me
But then I realize
You're not there

Every night I dream of you
Not noticing the tears falling down my face
My eyes filled with these memories of you
And all the things we use to do

Whever I think of you
I remember the good time we had
And then I realize that you're gone
I begin feeling sad

I don't know anymore
I miss you so much
It's hard to think straight anymore
The pain still withers in my heart

And as the world still turns
My soul stands alone
For the first time
In my life

When I think of you
I see the brightness in your eyes
They don't diseave me
When under the moonlight
When I think of you

By Adelle Bleumoon aka Samantha T. Moore of St. Johns Library.

As I walk alone in this cold mist tonight
I wonder if I had left anything behind
But what's this worth to you
That I have nothing left to do

There is much more I could have done
But it's too late now
I remember when we use to have so much fun
Before I had fallen down

When I look inside myself
I see nothing but pain until
It just all went away
Though I'm not okay

Sometimes I wished I would die
But I'm glad that I'm still alive
And then I finally remembered
I was just a game to you

I was broken
But not anymore
I am me again
Forevermore

When I look into your eyes
I saw self empathy
ANd pit to me, just like last time
I have found my home

There is nothing more
That I long for
Than life

I'm alive
I'm here tonight
I will not fall again

Adelle Bleumoon aka Samantha T. Moore of the St. John's Library

My heart cannot say
What's right or wrong for me
No matter how long I've waited for this day
I can now finally see

Now that I can do
The things I've always wanted to
Since my wings have been broken
I've had to hide in a pitch black den

My life can no longer prevail
With the others of this land
I wish I could say that I failed
But I have to keep trying, over and over again

My heart's gone to sleep now
Am I ready to fall down
What will they do to me
Once they find out the truth

I'm not sure of this anymore
But I'm determined
Unlike before
I just can't stand it

THe longer I wait
The more I think
Of the many ways
 This could end

What shall I do
With only my broken wings
To guide me home

The feeling I get
Whenever I trhink
Whenever I dream
Of how this will end

I can't getthe bad pictures
Out of my head
The nightmares keep coming back
The sweet lulliby is what I long for

What will I do with these broken wings?

By Adelle Bleumoon aka Sami Moore
July 16, 2009

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Though there are disclaimers about the world around us
But the truth is...
There really is something to believe in
I just have to find it

I can't seem to sense the truth
Lying within my head
But I in return
Forget instead

The crimson red of her eyes
And the golden touch in his
Show me the real life
Beneath all that I've been hiding

Will I in return
Forget who I really am
On the inside of my being
Or will I see the truth

Hidden behind my blue eyes

By Adelle Bleumoon aka Sami Moore from the St. Johns Library....

My hearts shadow shows
The truth behind my dark blue eyes
I want to know
Do your eyes lie?

I'm trustworthy
But I have a hard time trusting
Other people
Who maybe lying capable

There are things in this world
That make us all liars
Our trust
Cannot go to any others

My faith
Does not do a thing
In what I say
Or what I truly need

The truth lies
Within my heart
That cries
As I fall apart

There's one thing I wanna know
Do your eyes lie?
Otherwise I'll just go
Hide in a corner and cry

Do your eyes... lie?

By Samantha Moore