Friends of Rachel
HISTORY
OF
TRUCK DAY
History:
January 2009 – decided to collect tabs to be able to "give back" to our local Shriners Hospital that has helped so many of our students in our community
February 2009 – decided we needed to have a goal to strive toward, and the idea for Truck Day was born.
March 2009 – asked our local communities to join us in our quest.
April 2009 – reached out to local Friends of Rachel clubs to collect with us.
May 30, 2009 – Collected over 1.5 million tabs through the collaborative efforts of our "local" community at Truck Day.
May 31, 2009 – Decided to reach for a higher goal of over 2 million tabs for Truck Day 2010.
Summer 2009 – featured in the Rachel’s Challenge presentation training segment.
Fall 2009 – Collection continues!
February 2010 – Rachel’s Challenge FOR Coach sends out an email asking other schools to partner with us in achieving our goal.
March 2010 – Class Spirit Competition on which grade can collect the most tabs.
April 2010 – Website launched.
May 2010 - Collected over 3.3 Million Tabs. Surpassing our original goal of 2 Million Tabs.
Read the article from the Catskill Daily Mail
June 2010 - Catskill FOR advisors invited to attend the 2010 Rachel's Challenge National Summit Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Shriners Hospital Tab Collection
Rachel Joy Scott was the first person killed at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Her acts of kindness and
compassion in combination with the contents of her diaries have become the foundation for a presentation called
Rachel's Challenge.
“I have this theory that if one person
can go out of their way to show
compassion then it will start a
chain reaction of the same.”
- Rachel Joy Scott
After seeing the Rachel's Challenge presentation, many schools across the country have set up Friends of Rachel clubs to
decimate violence and bullying.
As a member of Friends of Rachel, you are asked to accept five challenges:
Eliminate prejudice
Dare to dream
Choose your influences
Use Kind Words
Start a chain reaction
Catskill Central School District has accepted the challenge.
