Odyssey of the Mind: March 3, 2012

Odyssey of the Mind is a problem-solving competition open to students from kindergarten through the university level. Mountain Alliance was able to help provide the snacks to the particpants competing at Watagua High School. With an emphasis on creative solutions, participants attempt to answer a variety of questions in subjects as diverse as mechanical engineering and literary interpretation. Questions are timed, and students must come up with their best answers in just eight minutes.
 

 Team members work together at length to solve a predefined problem and present their solution to the problem at a competition. They must also generate spontaneous solutions to a problem they have not seen before.

Mountain Alliance members also learn how great it is to have a servant's heart by helping clean up after the competition. 

Mountain Alliance worked together as a team and provided snacks in the concession area such as, popcorn, drinks, pizza, sandwiches, and most importantly support for all the teams who were in the competition.This awesome experience will brighten the memories for all who participated!

Stickboy: March 13, 2012

 Mountain Alliance members visited a local bakery in Boone and was given an awesome opportunity to bake shamrock cookies for St Patrick's day!

 Their is nothing like getting your hands covered in flour and feeling the sense of pride in creating their very own, unique cookies. Plus, it is always great to be able to enjoy something delicious that you personally created from scratch!

 What??? Mountain Alliance members begin a flour fight!

 My idea of heaven is a handful of cookies and a smiling face covered in flour!!! What a great day packed with memories and laughter...

 Our members show off their creative side when creating these colorful creations!

Only Mountain Alliance members get the experience of baking some of the finest cookies ever created in a local business that bakes some of the best baked goods around!!!

Overnight Caving Part 2!

 Mountain Alliance members spend an exciting weekend full of surprise and adventure on an incredible caving trip into the unknown! The members prepared for a beautiful weekend packed with the unexpected and lots of fun in the underground world. Such a suspenseful caving trip is just what the students needed to build memories.

 Our members were exposed to unique and strange phenomena including a night sleeping in the can and a once and a lifetime sunrise at the cave!

 Only Mountain Alliance members come together to embark on awesome journeys like these!

After a long weekend full of great sight seeing and exploring the underground world, Mountain Alliance members take a moment for a group shot before they head home full of great memories and a new mud-filled wardrobe, sure to please every parent at home!

F.A.R.M Cafe: February 16, 2012

 Mountain Alliance members join together with a new coming restaurant in our town of Boone called the F.A.R.M Cafe to help out cleaning for their grand opening in April.

Their name stands for Feed All Regardless of Means!

 F.A.R.M. Cafe is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a healthy, inclusive community by providing high quality, delicious meals produced from local sources served in a restaurant where everybody eats regardless of means.

At F.A.R.M. Cafe, customers will pay what they can. Those who can pay more than the daily suggested price will be encouraged to do so, so that others who cannot afford a meal can simply eat. Those who cannot pay are asked to volunteer at the restaurant for an hour in exchange for a meal. F.A.R.M. Cafe can assist those in need because it operates almost exclusively with volunteers.

Mountain Alliance and F.A.R.M Cafe hopes you will take the time to come check out this great restaurant and the new experience that they hope other towns will adopt!