News Announcement: MSLA has made a humanitarian donation of $2.00 per member to the Japan Disaster Relief Effort through the Red Cross, and challenges all other Manitoba Teacher Society Special Area Groups to do the same. See http://www.mbteach.org/

Here are a few activities that Manitoba School Library Staff are involved in to fundraise at their schools:

We are taking donations by way of a french March Madness contest, (Folie de Mars pour Japon!) We are asking 1 dollar per entry, where students pick the winners in the college basketball championships and all proceeeds go to the Red Cross.
- Ecole Churchill - Winnipeg School Division

Pizza Party & Concert, April 13 - Technical Vocational School - Winnipeg School Division

Bake Sale, bag of book worms (i.e. gummy worms) for every donor at the Used Book Sale - Wayoata School - River East Transcona School Division

Challenge to everyone at the Prince Charles Educational Resource Centre to donate $2.00 each - Winnipeg School Division

Soup and bannock fundraising lunch and silent auction, April 14 - Winnipeg Adult Education Centre $575.00 - Winnipeg School Division

IOTO (It Only Takes One) Grade 6 Global Citizenship group raised $150.00 selling bracelets from the Philippines at the Family Fun Night March 17 - Chancellor School - Pembina Trails School Division

Silent auction - David Livingston School - Winnipeg School Division

Silver collection in March & Bake Sale in April - Lord Nelson School - Winnipeg School Division

Bake Sales & Custom T-Shirt Sales - Ecole Kelvin High School - Winnipeg School Division

Students are making and selling 1000 paper cranes and jewelry for Canadian Red Cross Japanese Relief - Acadia Junior High School - Pembina Trails School Division