My Final Last Blast

Door prizes including sports equipment, movies, and more

A few minutes before our end-of-the-year party began, I walked up and down the halls handing out Cracker Jacks boxes and letting people know that we were going to have entertainment, free food, and door prize drawings.

This semester’s Last Blast theme was sports, so we decorated the cafeteria with sports-related items. Many of our door prizes had to do with sports as well. People got one ticket for coming to the event and a second ticket for wearing their sports gear. To keep with the theme, we had hamburgers and brats for lunch.

Pendants to show we care

On one of the tables we set up a station to design pendants. You could make a pendant for a child in the hospital, a person in a nursing home, or for the troops. It’s a little something to give them to let them know that we are thinking about them and we care. I really liked this activity.

Our entertainment for the afternoon was a ventriloquist named James Wedgewood who pulled people from the audience up on stage to participate. Some of my friends were part of the show.

Amanda participates on stage

After the show, we had the drawing for door prizes. There was so much awesome stuff! There was sports equipment, DVD players, MP3 players, Moraine Park gear, and a large TV. I won a basketball and an MPTC t-shirt.

Bonnie taking photos

The fun wasn’t over yet. We also had our last BINGO event of the semester later that day. I actually won the last BINGO game, which was blackout! I got two Brewers tickets and a Brewers t-shirt.

Before I end this blog post I would like to take a moment to recognize Bonnie, an active West Bend Student Senate member. She is an outstanding leader who has volunteered a lot of her time to organizing and running events like this throughout the year. She does an amazing job paying attention to detail and making sure that our events are successful and fun. Thank you, Bonnie!

Implementing New Ideas

Week in Review: A Reflection of April 8 – 14

Wear your sports jersey on April 23

Last week Thursday was my opportunity to share some new ideas and give my entertainment recommendations from the 2013 NACA conference to the rest of the West Bend Student Senate.

I shared three ideas I learned from the educational sessions at the conference. One of them was a student senate recruitment suggestion. The members really liked the idea. One member took that idea and altered it so we could use it this semester. I’m so happy that we don’t have to wait until next semester to start implementing new ideas.

My suggestions of possible entertainment acts to bring to campus sparked a discussion, and another good idea from one of the members emerged. Instead of spending a lot of money on one or two events, we thought we should look for local speakers and entertainment acts. MPTC is very good about working with the community, so why wouldn’t student life do the same when it comes to planning entertainment and educational events? There are plenty of great options in Southeastern Wisconsin. Is there anybody located in our area you’d like to speak or perform on campus?

The last thing I had to share with Student Senate was the college swag I brought back from the school swap.  There were a few types of items we’d like to give away in the future including a magnet with event dates. What kind of freebees, like T-shirts, would you like Student Senate to give away?

There isn’t much time left for campus activities since we have only about a month left until the end of the semester. Our Last Blast event is Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Come down to the cafeteria at 11 a.m. for a free lunch (with student ID) and watch Comedy Ventriloquist James Wedgewood. We’ll be giving away awesome door prizes. If you’re on campus later that day, play bingo at 4:30 p.m. for a chance to win more prizes. All the events for the day will be in the MPTC West Bend Cafeteria.

Don’t forget to wear your sports jersey because this Last Blast is sports themed!