MEMBERS: Moms:
Alicia, Katelyn, Dani H., Jessica, Alyssa P., Paige, Zoe, Aubrey, Skyler, Nicole, Brittany, Danielle H., Thalia.

2008-09 Activites to date:
Tackle for the Kids
BNHS Cheer raised $1,294.50 for St. Jude Children's hospital by selling our "Tackle for the Kids" t-shirts for the Boylan game. Donations will be made in honor of Sydney Ives. We had 100% participation!
Thunderfest Decorating
Thanks to Kelsi S., Danielle W., Paige, Taylor, Rachel, Stanzie, Lexi R., "Woody", Megan, Maddie, Dani H., and Jessica for helping the Boosters set up for "Thunderfest"! 12 people working for an hour make a big difference! THANK YOU! 1 hr.
Hospice Fundraiser
Lexi R., Stanzie, Taylor and Rachel helped with Northern Illinois Hospice's golf outing by selling raffle tickets. Thank you girls for dressing in uniform and representing BNHS!
Hammertime Dunk tank for St. Judes
YMCA Health Fair
Sister Cities Pigroast @ Timber Pointe

Maplecrest Gardening
Cheerfit took on a new skill on Wednesday with gardening at Maplecrest nursing home. Arm workout included hosta digging, root pulling, flowerplanting, and dirt shoveling. Thanks to Maplecrest for the Dari-Ripple coupons :) We hope we didn't ruin any flowers!!! 2 hrs.

YMCA Camp, June 8-12th
Girls taught 13 little campers cheers, chants and stunts all week at the YMCA! It was a great trial run for Junior Camp in August! Thanks so much to: Alicia, Madison, Brooke, Ally, Aubrey, Thalia, Skyler, Brittany, Nicole, Kelsi, Danielle, & Paige 10 hrs.

BCMS Tryouts 5/18, 19 & 20
Thank you to all our girls who helped teach material and run tryouts for BCMS! Special thanks to Lexi R. and Madison for making up the cheer :) Participants were: Maddie, Jessica, Lexi R., Katelyn, Ally, Kelsey W., Abby, Amy, Brenda, Stanzie, Taylor, Sarah, & Kristin
6 hrs.
Rockford Marathon 5/17/09
Brooke, Alicia, Megan and Woody were at the Rockford YMCA at 7 AM to help the Cross Country team work the Rockford Marathon. Our 4 cheerleaders were in charge of the food (what a surprise - we love food :) Thank you girls for helping out! I believe some BNHS teachers were running in the race! 3 hrs.
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Up Next: Father/Daughter/Mother/Son dance on March 7th!
All cheerleaders are expected to participate in this event! We will be helping with setup, and you are all expected to attend to start this new Tradition at BNHS! Invite your dads/moms now and make dinner arrangements with your friends; buy a cute dress :) They have a great DJ lined up and this will be really fun if you guys start the tradition! THIS IS MANDATORY!

Brownie Troop at Lincoln School
On Wed. Feb. 18th we were invited to a Brownie Meeting at Lincoln School, and taught the Brownies motions, stunting, and jumps! We let them do thigh stands and pickup shoulder sits on the Varsity girls, as well as Simon Says and a tumbling demonstration. Thanks to Madison, Sarah, Courtney and Megan for taking time out for Community Service :)

Jack Wolf Holiday Party!
12:45 - 3 PM
JV - Sam N., Sami, Kelsi, Carianne, Jasmine B. Varsity - Alicia, Courtney, Rina, Madison, Luis, Brooke.
2:45 - 5 PM
JV - Lexi B., Abby, Kristin, Amy, Kelsey. - Parent: Kari Boling. Varsity - Red, Taylor, Stanzie, Alicia, Dani.
All Day: Courtney, Megan, Steph, "Woody"
Thanks to all our "Santa's Helpers"! Jack Wolf was so impressed with you all that they have already "reserved" you for next year! It is so important to give back to the community, and this was a great way to do it! Thanks to all who participated! :)

You may view the photos from this event at http://www.chriskelleyphotography.com/ under events and password is jackwolf.
Thank you again!
Seth Whitman Book Fair and Barnes and Noble
Our Red Varsity Squad did and AWESOME job at Barnes and Noble Friday, Dec. 5th demonstrating stunting and reading stories for Seth Whitman's Bookfair! We had quite a crowd looking on as we performed both group and coed stunting, and the kids even got a chance to come do thigh stands on the cheerleaders after the demonstration. Bubbles and Rachel read several stories, as did our BNHS Football players. Big thanks to: Bubbles, Dani, Alicia, Stanzie,Taylor, Steph, Luis, Lexi R., Rina, Rachel and Red!

BCMS Tryouts!


Tackle for the Cure!
The BNHS and Harlem cheerleaders/fans raised style="BORDER-RIGHT: 2px inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; BORDER-TOP: 2px inset; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; MARGIN: -3px; BORDER-LEFT: 2px inset; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 3px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 2px inset; POSITION: relative; HEIGHT: 100%; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff1e5",380 for the American Cancer Society, and id=50 for St. Anthony Hospital's Breast Wellness center for a grand total of style="BORDER-RIGHT: 2px inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; BORDER-TOP: 2px inset; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; MARGIN: -3px; BORDER-LEFT: 2px inset; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 3px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 2px inset; POSITION: relative; HEIGHT: 100%; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff1e5",630! Our Honoree's were Amy Brechon of BNHS, and Sandi Johnson, Harlem School Board president. Both donations were made in honor of these brave cancer survivors! Thank you to all who purchased "Tackle for the Cure" shirts and supported this cause!


YMCA Childrens Health Fair!
Great job ladies helping out at the YMCA on August 16th! Getting up early on a Saturday morning, volunteering for 4 hours in the hot sun! Everyone at the "Y" was so appreciative of your help, and we received so many compliments on your behavior and willingness to help! Thank you so much to: Natasha, Megan, Kalenna, Carianne, Danielle, Hayley, Brooke, Stanzie, Taylor, Lexi, Allyssa, Ally, Madison, Kelsi, Sami, & Samantha N.

Dunk Tank Strikes Again - but this time for St. Jude!
Just when you thought it was safe....the DUNK TANK was back for one more go-round! 12 girls helped out at Hammertime Sports to raise money for St. Jude Children's Hospital Exact numbers aren't in yet, but Spencer Hammer believes you helped raise over style="BORDER-RIGHT: 2px inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; BORDER-TOP: 2px inset; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; MARGIN: -3px; BORDER-LEFT: 2px inset; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 3px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 2px inset; POSITION: relative; HEIGHT: 100%; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff1e5"5,000! The water was a LITTLE warmer this time, and so was the air temperature! Thank you to: Abby, Alyssa P., Kelsey, Amy, KK, Catherine, Lexi P., Alex, Kaitlin B., Lexi B., Kristin, and Jess.


Treats for Band Campers
After a slight mix-up on Thursday, cheerleaders sucessfully provided treats for the band on Friday after a hot day of camp! Band students enjoyed some fresh bottled water and freezer pops! Girls who helped were: Megan, Gabby, Kelsey White, Amy Johnson, Abby Lepianka, Sami Williams-Lacy, Lexi Boling.

Varsity Girls Run "UPWARD BOUND" cheer camp at Westminster Pres. Church!
6 Varsity girls helped run a 5-day cheer camp for young girls at Westminster Presbyterian church last week, and did an outstanding job! Camp was similar to our "Junior Camp", and the girls were able to send home flyers with the campers promoting our camp in the fall. Earning Community Service hours were: Megan (12 hrs.), Stephanie (12 hrs.), Gabby (9 hrs.), Kalenna (9 hrs.), Lexi W. (3 hrs.), & Kristin K. (3 hrs.).

BNHS Varsity Volunteers in Heritage Run!
7 BNHS Varsity members volunteered on SHORT NOTICE :) to help the basketball team at the 2008 Heritage Run on Saturday, June 28th at 7:30 AM! Thank you so much for rolling out early on a Saturday morning to: Marina, Megan, Alyssa "Fett", Bubbles, Aggie, Rachel, and Lexi R.! Great job girls!


Sister Cities Pigroast for 2008: Saturday, June 14th!
Thank you to those who helped out at the Pigroast! Amy and I received MANY COMPLIMENTS on your behavior that night, and what good helpers you were: Those awesome girls are:
Jessica Leek, Kelsi Shawd, Sam Norgard, Carianne Bicksler, Kaitlyn Brown, Kristen Hauser (and Shane :), Amy Johnson, Kelsey White, Abby Lepianka, Lexi Boling, Madison Makeever, Danielle Hammer, Bailey Snider, and Kara Lockhart! PIGROAST FOR 2009 is set for Saturday, June 13th and they would like us to help again :)

Letter from Joan Lund and Sister Cities: "Please tell Amy and all the girls how much we appreciate their help again this year. BNHS Cheer is one impressive group of hard-working young people! Everyone did her assigned job perfectly; I could not ask for a better group of helpers. Having the girls as helpers makes my life alot easier b/c I don't have to recruit from our membership, some of whom would be reluctant to volunteer.

I wish you and the girls much success in your cheerleading competitions in 2008-09. Please say "yes" to joining us at Pig Roast 2009. You are a great addition to our event and we salute you!"

Joan Lund, Pig Roast Chairman


Activities from 2007

THANK YOU to all of you who did Facepainting at Jack Wolf!
I have your name/hours and will add that to your Community Service sheet :)


"Sock-It-To-'em" Night

AWESOME job collecting socks, girls! Special thanks to our Freshlet squad, who did most of the collection and visited with our veterans! We collected over 520 pairs of socks to be distributed to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan!


BNHS Cheer - Shoes for the Homeless Drive! We will be collecting used men's athletic shoes at the Fall Parent meeting on August 5th - please SPREAD THE WORD! These shoes will be donated to Carpenter's Place in Rockford, which assists chronically homeless men, and assists them with employment needs! Tell all your guy friends to bring those shoes!


Sister Cities donates style="BORDER-RIGHT: 2px inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; BORDER-TOP: 2px inset; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; MARGIN: -3px; BORDER-LEFT: 2px inset; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 3px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 2px inset; POSITION: relative; HEIGHT: 100%; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff1e5"00 to BNHS Cheer!
Because of our wonderful helpers, Sister Cities of Belvidere donated style="BORDER-RIGHT: 2px inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; BORDER-TOP: 2px inset; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; MARGIN: -3px; BORDER-LEFT: 2px inset; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 3px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 2px inset; POSITION: relative; HEIGHT: 100%; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff1e5"00 to BNHS Cheer! They were so delighted with our help, it was voted on at their board meeting in July to give us this generous donation! Thanks, Sister Cities and Brad/Donna Peters!


Skylar, Ali, Carissa, Jessica, Bailey, "Brooksey", "Bubbles"& Gabby helped out at the Belvidere Sister Cities Pigroast on Saturday night! I received this letter from Executive Board Member, Joan Lund:

"The girls were wonderful last night at the pig roast! We put them to work right away, and they made things go very smoothly. In particular, at the dessert tables, my member volunteers did not show up as planned, so the girls took over and handled it very well. They all had dinner on us when their shift was over. Besides that, some members offered donations for the squad, and I am sure that more will be coming. It seems like a win-win situation for both of us: good publicity for the cheerleaders and needed help for Sister Cities, so maybe we can repeat it again next year?" - Joan Lund

THANK YOU girls! This is what it's all about - being exemplary ambassadors for your school. When you help others, good things come your way as well :) Jodi, Amy and I are proud of you!

PS. Does anyone have photos from this event???