The competition was fierce and three teams submitted scorecards of 60.  But, after the second handicap hole we declared a winner.

Congratulations to our Purple Trophy Winners!

Larry Benton, Neil Benton, Troy Benton and Jeff Shockley (60)

Second Place (tie)

Alexis Hartwick, Jim Priar, Pat Curran and Justin Lemana (60)

Matt Rizzio, John Bortz, Mike McGarity and Matt Zales (60)

Notables

Chris Bahnweg, John Bahnweg, Dan Stone and Mark Rouzer (61)

Shawn Baker, Tim Keptner, Jesse Bock and Chris Klein (62)

Joe Lawruk, Jimmy Lawruk and Jordan Richard (62)

Congratulations as well to Jim Priar, the winner of our closest-to-the-pin challenge sponsored by the DEN Team.

You can check out a bunch of pictures from the tournament here.

A huge thank you to all our sponsors and supporters of the event.  We had a lot of fun celebrating the fourth year of the Purple Feet Foundation and raised money to send even more students to the thinc Program this July.

Help send some awesome students to summer camp.  Register to play in the Purple Feet Foundation’s Charity Golf Tournament 2013

Saturday, May 11, 2013
1 PM ET Shotgun Start
Armitage Golf Club
800 Orrs Bridge Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

Register online at: http://tinyurl.com/PFFgolf2013

$75/person and $275/foursome

Four-man scramble.  Cart, green fees and dinner included.  Prizes and charity auction to follow.

Hole in One Challenge courtesy of the Fountain Family
2013 Vespa GTS 300

50-Foot Putting Challenge courtesy of the Novacich Family
$2,500

Winning Team
$500 Pro Shop Gift Card + individual trophies

Closest to Pin Challenge courtesy of the DEN Team
$100 Callaway Gift Card + trophy

Hole #1 – Best Shot
Go-n Donuts 

After the tournament, enjoy a great spread that includes the Caddy Shack’s famous buffalo wings.  And, win some really nice gifts in our charity auction just in time for Mother’s Day.

Thanks to these PFF BFFs who have donated some fantastic items to our Mother’s Day themed charity auction.

Pizza Grille

Galaxy Nails

Pazazzz

Cleo’s

Wegman’s

Thirty-One Gifts

Longaberger

Scentsy

Appalachian Harley Davidson

Edible Arrangements

Join us for a thinc Career Chat with Peter H. Reynolds.  Peter is a children’s book author, illustrator, bookshop owner, founder of FableVision… and an advocate for creativity and children of all ages.

Friday, April 19

1 PM ET (20-30 minutes)

Hosted in Google Hangouts.

Here’s how you can bring your students to chat with Peter.

1) Let us know you’re planning to attend. 

Register at: http://tinyurl.com/thincCCpeter 

2) Have your students submit their questions for our guest at: http://tinyurl.com/thincQA

3) Double check to make sure Google Hangouts are not blocked at your school. On the day of the event you will go to http://tinyurl.com/thincHangout to participate.

The hangout will be broadcast “On-Air” and your students can submit questions via our form, but if you would like your class to connect to the Google Hangout so they can be seen by our guest and the student interviewers make sure to let Lance (Lance@PurpleFeetFoundation.org) know in advance so you can be invited to join the hangout.

Learn more about Peter before the chat.  

Check out his site.  Explore some of his books.  Our favorite is The Dot!  We begin each year of the thinc Program reading The Dot to set the tone for the week.

Explore some of his artwork.

Then hop on over to Fablevision and explore some more.

• Simply go to the site and click Place an Order.
• You’ll see “The Purple Feet Foundation Fundraiser.”
• Click “shop now” next to our event.

Check out the April special here.  Any questions?  Just contact Denise at denisep28@hotmail.com.

Today I had the opportunity to spend some time at the Willamette Egg Farm in Oregon learning about the inner workings of an egg farm.  The first thing I learned was that there is a lot to learn.  For instance, lighting is extremely important when it comes to taking care of hens.  An interesting fact that I witnessed firsthand was that red lights actually have a calming effect on hens.  It’s always fascinating to me to learn about and from people with such interesting careers.

When students “thinc” about a career we should really encourage them to dig deep.  At the egg farm alone you have folks who care for the chicks while others primarily care for the hens.  You have specialists of all sorts who are masters of their trade whether it be in processing eggs, designing, monitoring and maintaining the hen houses, or transporting the eggs to places all over the country.  You have people in charge of the website and the graphic design.  You have marketers and sales people.  And the list goes on and on.

So for this thinc link I recommend checking out the Good Egg Project Education Station.  In addition to lesson plans, activities, recipes and archives of virtual field trips to egg farms, there is a collection of videos that give you a glimpse into the inner workings of an egg farm.  ”Thinc” about all the different careers you see as you watch the videos.

Chapter 10 of “Geography of India” by Prithvish Nag, Smita Sengupta discusses what geographical feature?

Would they even know where to start?

A Google a Day is a fun, free resource to help students practice their searching techniques and hone those much needed information literacy skills.

Each day the good folks at Google provide questions and challenge your students try to find the answers.  And as they say, “There’s no right way to solve it, but there’s only one right answer.”  It’s a great way for students to learn valuable search techniques as they have a little fun and learn a little something about the day’s questions.

March 25
thinc Program application opens

April 26
Application deadline

First two weeks of May
Applications are reviewed and lead teachers consulted.  PFF staff visit selected schools to meet with accepted students and provide them with required paperwork.

May 24
Deadline for students to return required paperwork to lead teacher

First week of July
Reminder letter sent to students

July 21
thinc Program 2013 begins!

Bring your students to chat with Cardone the Ultimate Vaudeville Magician.

Thursday, April 4

1 PM ET (~30 minutes)

Cardone has a very interesting background and your students will learn that the pathway to an interesting career isn’t purely “magic,” it’s a lot of hard work.

Here’s how you can bring your students to chat with Cardone.

1) Let us know you’re planning to attend. 

Register at: http://tinyurl.com/thincCCcardone

2) Have your students submit their questions for our guest at: http://tinyurl.com/thincQA

3) Double check to make sure Google Hangouts are not blocked at your school. On the day of the event you will go to http://tinyurl.com/thincHangout to participate.

The hangout will be broadcast “On-Air” and your students can submit questions via our form, but if you would like your class to connect to the Google Hangout so they can be seen by our guest and the student interviewers make sure to let Lance (Lance@PurpleFeetFoundation.org) know in advance so you can be invited to join the hangout.

Get to know a little bit about Cardone before we chat.  Then ask your own questions.

Cardone the Ultimate Vaudeville Magician lives in New York City.

He went to grade school in Altoona, PA and college at Carnegie Mellon.

He grew up in a family of 4 and now has 2 children of his own.

He work as a full-time Magician, Ventriloquist,  and Escape Artist.  He also plays bass guitar in a band that toured the world a few times.  For fun he plays Warhammer Fantasy Battle, goes turkey hunting and like to surf.

Some of his favorites…

• Book: Spooky Tricks by Rose Wyler
• Food: Indian
• Place: New York City
• Technology: iPhone
• Movie: Too many to list ..but lots of horror films!
• Season: Summer…Surf season
• Quote: “It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful.”

Learn more at http://Cardonethemagician.com