EVENTS!

Привет, Русский клуб!

Above, you see the poster for our first ever movie night! We'll add the exact room number monday, under "at the Towers" and these 11 x 17 brightly colored posters will go out all over campus!

Ok, bear with me, I'm gonna go fast now:

Here is all we talked about today and what we're going to be doing this semester!

• We're collecting donations to send to Дети Марии (Maria's Children) in Moscow. We'll have a box for collecting art supplies, clothing, and diapers in the CSI and the Earl Center starting next week and going on until the end of April.

• We'll be setting up jars (I'm thinking in the CSI, the library, anywhere that will take them) to take monetary donations to help offset the cost of shipping (Which will be alot, so lets aim high!) Also with this goal in mind, we'll set up a table at the Memorial Union to accept both donations and cash. This will be in mid April through the beginning of May. Another way we will raise money will be with a BAKE SALE! Yummy Russian sweets (Guys - the recipes I have are очень вкусный (delicious) and Abby has offered to bake them! The bake sale will take place during dead week before finals, and we'll set up in front of Plumb Hall and the Library.

• The CSI grand-opening extravaganza will be Apr 25, and all RSOs are being called upon to provide a gift basket to be raffled off to any student in attendance at the grand opening (which has a wizard of Oz theme btw) Abby and I will make the basket, as we're going to Tulsa on the 15th, and can go to our old favorite source for Russian treats: EuroMart. Come by the CSI Apr 25 for some fun!

• There will be a time capsule going in at the new CSI. All RSOs are invited to put something in it! The stipulations are that it must be on an 8x11 paper, as there are so many RSOs on campus. We'll be typing up a little something about why we started the club, and add a photo of the WHOLE GROUP :) as well as all our signatures as founding members. Круто, да? (cool, yeah?) This will need to be turned in no later than May 4. I'll draft something up and we can all look it over, as well as figure out a good time after the movie night to get together and take a photo!

• Wednesday April 11, 5:30 pm, ASG will officially take a vote on our club. Abby and Tyler as well as myself will be representing. 

Ok, thats all for this semester! We're really getting started with a bang I think! Before the end of this semester we'll look at scheduling movie nights for the fall as well as planning a lecture on cultural signifiance and seeing what all we can do in the various annual campus events taking place in the fall semester (Particularly recruitment at Hornet Connection!)

Next week, we'll have a little bit of planning, but mostly conversational practice! УРА!! (hurrah!!) watch for your email and tag on facebook, as I'll post up some handy conversational phrases here by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.

See you then! 

До связи!

-Клара