Blake High School PTSA

High School Challenge: Pennies for Patients!!! What you need to know:

This February, Blake HS will be participating in the Pennies for Patients High School Challenge sponsored by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This program challenges Montgomery County schools to various components, asking students to raise awareness and funds for the society through school-wide and community events.

Remember to donate to Pennies for Patients online!

Online Donations- Blake HS has an online donation page where students, staff and community members (near and far) can donate. The link is also on the Blake web page.

We will also be hosting a variety of events inside and outside of school:

1. 1st period classes- We will be collecting donations in all first period classes. The winning class will receive a donut breakfast and the teacher will receive a prize as well!! Each week we will start the donation count over, giving different classes a chance to win.

2. Departments- We will be distributing collection boxes to the school departments. We will collect these every Thursday/Friday and the winning department will receive a donut breakfast. Each week we will start the donation count over, allowing different departments to have a chance to win.

3. T-Shirts- The SGA will be selling T-Shirts that promote Pennies for Patients. The price will be $10 and orders and money must be received by: February 5th

5. Community Nights- We will be hosting different events from a Bengal Ball Tournament to nights out at local restaurants that will donate a portion of their profits to our cause. Please support these and join the school in raising awareness and funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Restaurant Night Dates:
2/16th LEDO Pizza- Colesville 4-10pm Dine In and Carry Out
2/25th Mamma Lucia Olney 5-10pm Dine In and Carry Out

Other Events:

Mr. Blake 2/10 7-9pm
Mr. Blake contestants do a “walk-through” the crowd during intermission to raise money for PFP. The contestant with the most money collected won a special prize and all of the money collected was donated to PFP.

Boys Basketball Game vs. Paint Branch 2/12
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Pennies for Patients. Chipotle Gift Cards will be raffled off at the event.

Dance for a Chance 2/13 8-11pm (All proceeds go to LLS!!)
Black & White Bash, Tickets will be $5, $10 at the door. Ticket sales will begin February 1st at lunch.

Bengal Ball Tournament- 2/23-7-9pm
We are inviting students to create 10 person teams and pay a $2 per team member registration fee (all donated). Spectators will be charged $3 to enter. Teams will compete in the single elimination tournament in the hopes of advancing to play the staff team. Teams do not have to be by class as we are encouraging students to work together across classes. We will also be raffling off gift cards at the event. (Waivers & Registration forms are attached to this email)

Thanks for your help and support!!