Giving Tree: Day 5 Update ... Big News!

Big News! The band has reached their first FIVE giving incentives! As of 11:00 AM on Friday, November 11, the DGN Bands have raised:

$4,027

Our colleagues in the string section have also "orchestrated" (get it?) an amazing amount of charitable giving this year. Their current total is:

$2,039

Instrumental music families have raised - so far - a remarkable $6,066!

WOW! We are so appreciative of the giving-spirit of our DGN Band and DGN Orchestra! 

So ... 

YES! Mr. Smith will have to dye all the hair on his head purple.

YES! Mr. Teague will have to wear a Chicken Costume to school.

YES! Students will get to dress Ms. Vesco for work.

YES! Mr. Smith, Mr. Teague, Ms. Zall and Ms. Vesco will be ingesting 10 chicken wings with insanely hot sauce!!!

YES: Mr. Smith & Mr. Teague will be taking a pie to the face!

 

The giving links remain open through 11:59 PM this evening. We will share one final update on Monday.

CLICK HERE to make a donation! Feel free to share the link with family and friends, near and far, who might consider participating. The deadline for giving is TOMORROW! 

Giving Incentives:

$1,500 Mr. Smith will finally Livestream the cooking show he promised last year. Mr. Teague will release an all-new TeagueTok (with guest dancer, Ms. Vesco).

$2,000 Band members “Dress the Drum Majors” at the Dec. 13 London practice.

$3,000 Mr. Smith dyes his hair/beard purple. Mr. Teague wears a full-body Chicken costume to work. Ms. Vesco participates in “Dress the Student Teacher Day.”

$3,500 Mr. Smith, Mr. Teague, Ms. Vesco (& Ms. Zall if Orchestra reaches its giving goal) will participate in a “Hot Ones” Interview, ingesting 10 chicken-wings with increasingly hotter hot sauce. The interview will be held in the Band Room (date & time TBA); students may attend live, or watch a livestream.

$4,000 Mr. Smith & Mr. Teague will each take a “pie in the face” (date & time TBA). Any student who makes a contribution of $10+ will have their name entered into a random drawing, and two names will be drawn to deliver the pies! 

$5,000 Mr. Smith & Mr. Teague will perform a Holiday classic, in all band classes, on instruments they are not very good at. Video recording allowed.

$10,000 Mr. Smith will participate in the Chicago Arctic Plunge (March 2023). Mr. Teague will watch and laugh. 

$1,000,000 Mr. Smith & Mr. Teague skydive.