MDA Muscle Team

I am team manager for VMI's muscle team this year. As team manager, I will be raising tons of

funds for Muscular Dystrophy Association's Phoenix Chapter. My dad, Doug Eaton is the CEO and president of Vantage Mobility International. I ask for your support in fundraising for MDA.

Muscular Dystrophy effects many families. Whether its Duchenne's or any other type of Muscular Dystrophy, you might not even know you know some who has Muscular Dystrophy.

Arizona Cardinals players, Ben Graham and Jay Feely and muscle team athletes. And at this event, each athlete gets paired with a MDA participant.

At school (during Best Buddies and Lookout Club), I know a lot more severe students and I just see them for who they are; and not fact that they might have Muscular Dystrophy. I just greet them normally by saying "Hi _____!"

Thank you

Lindsey Eaton

PS More information to come on Fundraising!

Week in Review

Accomplishments

Speaking engagement at SEPAC Meeting

Top classes

1. Yearbook

2. Photo 1

3. Computers

4. World Geography (LSC)

Top Friends

1. Ryan Bond

2. Elaine Helton

3. Emma Kath

4. Dana Hartenstine

5. Melissa Chavez

6. Shari Hilton

7. Blake Sykes/Alex Shewmaker

8. Taylor Taft

and more

Other

We started planning for my birthday party at Grimaldi's on January 28. We sent out invitations to some of my close friends. RSVP to me!

Photography 101

As several of you know, I am taking a hard photography class at Chaparral, but here are some tips or facts I have learned from the teacher of the class, Mrs. Lineberger!!!!!

1. The composition of the rule of thirds is used frequently to divide pictures into thirds by using lines. See picture above entry.

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3. Work with angled photography to make your photographs more interesting.

4. Panning action means to follow your subject until you take a complete picture.

5. Stop motion means to take a picture of your subject while stopping your camera.

6- an underexposed picture is too dark. Use the right shutter speed

Here are 2 fun assignments you should do that my friends and I did or have done during photography that you should try!

1. Daguerrotype mint tin. Burn the tin in the barbecue or over a fire. Take a picture of yourself and place it in the tin.

2. A scribble self portrait. draw yourself and write words and phrases that describe you. Then get out shaving cream and colored dyes and one or more bins.

As have to say is, "photography rocks even though its hard sometimes!"

Thank you for reading and I hope you learned from me.

Thank you Mrs. Lineberger for teaching me these tips and assignments. You rock!

Birthday Wishes

All I want for my birthday is to see my friends, peer assistants, cousins, family and teachers...everyone in the Chaparral Community. I still want to receive tons of Birthday calls. I want to have the Chaparral Lookout Club members and sponsors sing to me on February 2...anyone else can also. I also want to go see Keith Urban in concert this year. He is coming in October 2011.

I will be turning 17 on February 3, 2011! I will SO exciting to no longer be 16.

2011 Resolutions

1. Take the first available speaking engagement at Chaparral or another Best Buddies chapter in Arizona (Coronado etc)

2. Stay healthy and stay away from the hospital for a year

3. Enter a piece of my photography into the Arizona State Fair or a photography competition and win first place (or top honors!)

4. Enrich Best Buddies Arizona friendships with officers, ambassadors and members I know.

5. Speak up during Best Buddies and Lookout Club meetings

6. Take a leadership role during Ambassador trainings and go to LC 2011 as an ambassador.

7. Increase friendships with Ryan Bond/Elaine Helton

8. Turn in homework on time and get better and English and Photography

9. Go to YL Capernaum Club with a buddy.

Finally- Make things happen in 2011- I will try to keep you posted on my progress.