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Give A Goat! - or 22 of them

| 11 Feb 2016 | 01:37
    The winning team: The “Revenge of the Nerds: A New Beginning(s)” team consisted of staff members: Corforte, Delillo, Srikugan, Younghans, Dijkstra, Samuelsen, Mercer, Rutz, Tedeschi, and Quazza.
    The winning team: The “Revenge of the Nerds: A New Beginning(s)” team consisted of staff members: Corforte, Delillo, Srikugan, Younghans, Dijkstra, Samuelsen, Mercer, Rutz, Tedeschi, and Quazza.
    “Army of One” included Kreutzer as “Capt’n Crunch” Shelby as “General Tso” Dygos as “Lieutenant Dan” Rowe as “Sergeant Slaughter” Connolly as “Captain Hook” Finke as “G.I. Jane” Joecks as “Captain Obvious” Orlando as “Colonel Sanders” Accavallo as “Captain Jack Sparrow” Alexander as “Colonel Mustard” and Segal as “Sergeant Pepper”
    “Army of One” included Kreutzer as “Capt’n Crunch” Shelby as “General Tso” Dygos as “Lieutenant Dan” Rowe as “Sergeant Slaughter” Connolly as “Captain Hook” Finke as “G.I. Jane” Joecks as “Captain Obvious” Orlando as “Colonel Sanders” Accavallo as “Captain Jack Sparrow” Alexander as “Colonel Mustard” and Segal as “Sergeant Pepper”
    “The Highlanders” tribe donned their facial battle paint, “Highlanders” shirts and straightened their kilts. Staff members Andriulli, Strianse, Matthews, Czulada, Lyons, Provost, Luggy, Fear, Cavagnino, Reinhold, and Dickerson
    “The Highlanders” tribe donned their facial battle paint, “Highlanders” shirts and straightened their kilts. Staff members Andriulli, Strianse, Matthews, Czulada, Lyons, Provost, Luggy, Fear, Cavagnino, Reinhold, and Dickerson
    “The Force” team’s staff members assumed their alternate, space and goat inspired personas, with Ryerson as “AnaKen GoatWalker” Vetter as “C3P-Goat” Bozenmayer as “ChewBAHHHHca” Citro as “Goat Maul” D’Elio as “Goat Vader” Tripodi as “Goat Jawa” Borgess as “Obi ‘Goat’ Kenobi” Schaap as “Princess GoataLeia” Murphy as “R2-Goat2” and Jones as “Goata.”
    “The Force” team’s staff members assumed their alternate, space and goat inspired personas, with Ryerson as “AnaKen GoatWalker” Vetter as “C3P-Goat” Bozenmayer as “ChewBAHHHHca” Citro as “Goat Maul” D’Elio as “Goat Vader” Tripodi as “Goat Jawa” Borgess as “Obi ‘Goat’ Kenobi” Schaap as “Princess GoataLeia” Murphy as “R2-Goat2” and Jones as “Goata.”
    MACC co-advisor Joe Andriuli participated in the bubble soccer game, one of the most fun events of the Give A Goat night.
    MACC co-advisor Joe Andriuli participated in the bubble soccer game, one of the most fun events of the Give A Goat night.
    Gettina a foot on the ball isn't as easy as it looks.
    Gettina a foot on the ball isn't as easy as it looks.
    Army of 1 strategizes.
    Army of 1 strategizes.
    Victory!
    Victory!
    The Super Teams had a great night and helped the Make A Change Club raise money to benefit local and global charities.
    The Super Teams had a great night and helped the Make A Change Club raise money to benefit local and global charities.

BY PATRICIA KELLER
WEST MILFORD — Macopin Middle School’s Make a Change Club (MACC) held their sixth annual “Give a Goat Night” fundraising event on Friday, Jan. 29. This year, approximately 400 students, staff, and community members came out for the event, which features “Super Teams” comprised of staff members competing in some pretty wacky events, all to raise money for local, national and global charitable causes chosen by the MACC members.

Attendees paid $10 for an evening of amusing entertainment along with some delicious refreshments. Students that attended the event brought their enthusiasm to cheer on their teachers' teams, with some even donning their own “fan” version of super team uniforms for support. They eagerly awaited certain events with great anticipation.

“The students were well behaved and were excited to cheer on their favorite super team,” said Krista Provost, advisor to the MACC and organizer of the event.

Super Teams and super events
After welcoming the crowd and explaining the purpose of Give a Goat Night, the staff Super Teams were introduced: “Revenge of the Nerds: A New Beginning(s),” “The Force,” “The Highlanders” and “Army of One.” Each of them entered the Macopin gymnasium to their own Super Team’s theme song. The staff members showed off their creative costumes, as the names of each staff member (along with their clever nicknames- which were of course apropos with their team themes) were announced one by one.

The Super Teams then competed for team points in relay contests such as:

“Fire Suit and Shoot”- firefighter-gear laden basketball hoops contest

“Workout World/Crossfit Relay” -a fitness-overload obstacle course relay

“Chubby Goat”- members of each team fit as many marshmallows into their mouth in one minute

“Dizzy Bat” - sprint to the end of the gym, spin, jog back to the soccer ball and kick it into the goal

“Ninja Game” - make the correct Ninja-style move in slow motion to eliminate other players until only one is left standing,

“Whipped Cream and Bubble Gum Challenge” - two members of each team compete by getting a gumball located in a plate of whipped cream (no hands), and then be the first team with both members to blow bubbles with the gum

“Get-A-Goat Target Launcher” - teams use balloon launchers to launch a ball across the gym and hit a “goat” target

“Bubble Soccer Tournament” - two teams compete at a time in bubble suits to score a soccer goal

In the end, the final Give a Goat Night competition results were:

1st place - Revenge of the Nerds: A New Beginning(s),

2nd place - Army of One
3rd place - tie between The Highlanders and The Force

The real winners
The true purpose of Give A Goat Night comes into play after the amusement and fun is over for the evening, and the crowds have dispersed. Provost and MACC co-advisor Joe Andriulli tally up the fundraising totals for the evening and determine how many goats they will be able to donate, and how much money the club will have to fund donations to their other charitable causes.

Provost said for the club’s local/national cause this year is the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The club donated $1,000 to "Light the Night," a fundraising campaign benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) and their funding of research to find cures for blood borne cancers. This contribution was particularly touching for Macopin Principal Mary Reinhold. Reinhold explained that her niece was diagnosed with such a disorder, and family members provided some information about this and the charity the night of Give a Goat.

As for the MACC global action, Provost said they will donate 22 goats this year through World Vision.

Tremendous volunteer involvement

Provost said 45 staff members participated on the super teams this year. In addition to the super teams, staff members also prepared baked goods for the bake sale and volunteered their time to work the night of the event and help out. Parents from the PTA also helped out.

“It was an amazing event and a good time!” Provost said.

In addition to the staff, parent, and student volunteers, Lenny Bono of Maximum Sports Center in Ramsey donated the bubble soccer suits for the super teams and Mama's Pizza of Hewitt provided the pizza for the refreshments table.

“The MACC, Joe, and I cannot thank the staff enough for their generous help throughout the week and night to make this happen,” said Provost. “We truly have the best staff ever, and after events like this, it really makes me appreciate working here at Macopin.”