Cheetos Club

09/28/2022

𝗜𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀 - 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯

Every year the Cheetos Club honors the legacy of Spencer Tibbits on September 28th which was his birthday and also the day he died in a car accident eight years ago.

We are honoring his legacy in two manners this year. First, we are encouraging acts of kindness within our group and community. Second, we are sharing the exciting news that Cheetos Club is partnering with Northmen Den Youth Services to spread kindness further into our schools and community.

The mission of Northmen Den Youth Services is to nourish our neediest students by providing food, tutoring, and mentoring in a manner that respects dignity and individuality, while sustaining dreams.

https://northmendens.org/

We feel like the collaboration of the Cheetos Club and Northmen Den Youth Services will spread true acts of kindness in a deeper and broader manner while touching even more lives for good. Details will follow on this collaboration, but we welcome your support in this endeavor.

Take time today to plan for kindness and remember a compassionate young man whose small acts of kindness have truly changed the world. 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙙! 🌼

05/07/2022

Here’s what PHS teachers had to say about the kindness delivered their way during Teacher Appreciation Week May 2-6, 2022, in a weeklong effort spearheaded by the Cheetos Club members! Pictured is the newly redesigned kindness wall in the PHS Pit, undertaken by the Cheetos Club to unveil in time for Teacher Appreciation Week.

💙 THANK YOU for everything. I am proud to work with all of you and am amazed at everything you do as teachers, as coaches, as advisors, as mentors, as role models, as chaperones, as subs, and SO MUCH MORE!

🤍 Thank you Cheetos Club, NHS, Petoskey Community Businesses, PHS Admin and STUDENTS, Culinary staff and students (and anyone else I missed)!

💙 Thank you never seems to be quite adequate when something as big as this "operation" comes together. But, I THANK YOU ALL.

🤍 All of us love our kids (students)! We love working with them and watching them grow and make relationships. Sometimes, it's all the "other stuff" that can make teaching really difficult. Sometimes, this "other stuff" derails me from my focus of simply loving kids and helping others.

💙 It is through reminders such as "Teacher Appreciation Week," that I am able to regain my focus, positive attitude and energy for this last stretch of the school year. Everyone who made this appreciate week possible - please know how very much appreciated I feel.

🤍 Thank you especially for thanking us! Thank you for taking (even more) time out of your busy schedules to appreciate your colleagues. I am very honored to work here and am very touched by your generous giving of time and resources. 💙

05/07/2022

Last week, the Cheetos Club went into high gear to show teachers at PHS their appreciation for them, during Teacher Appreciation Week! Following is an email sent to teachers to kick off the week, and some photos of the club members in action making it a memorable week of kindness at PHS!

𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑾𝒆𝒆𝒌!
The PHS Community, Cheetos Club, NHS, PHS Administration and your PHS students have come together to put on a special week to truly appreciate you! We have come up with the idea for a "five course meal" in which we choose a theme for each of the five days of the week.
✔️ Monday - Bread (Crooked Tree Breadworks)
✔️ Tuesday - Appetizers (National Honor Society and PHS Administration)
✔️ Wednesday - Soup and Salad Lunch (PHS Community - Common Angle )
✔️ Thursday - Pesto Chicken Bruschetta (PHS Community - Common Angle)
✔️ Friday - Dessert (Kilwins)
Additionally, you won't need to make lunch on both Wednesday and Thursday as a local business - Common Angle - has worked with the culinary arts students to provide lunch both days in the culinary arts room. Please enjoy all the hard work the students are doing for this lunch.

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝑨 𝑳𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏!

Special thanks to Crooked Tree Breadworks, Common Angle and Kilwin's for supporting the Cheetos Club in our appreciation efforts!

11/01/2021

𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗡𝗼𝘃. 𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭!

Petoskey students and staff in all district buildings will be participating in A Day of Kindness on Nov. 5, 2021! They will be choosing projects and carrying them out in the afternoon from 1-2:45 p.m.

The Public Schools of Petoskey hopes this effort will brighten our community and reinforce to our students the importance of caring for one-another in this special place we all call home! For more information, visit www.petoskeyschools.org.

09/28/2021

This video, created by Cheetos Club member Anna, a Petoskey High School student, gets at the heart of the club's mission: Why kindness matters, and how it touches lives. Please take a few minutes to watch the video and see how kindness can spread and impact lives!

Spencer left a big, positive impact on everyone he met. Let's carry his message on!Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/northwestern/...

09/28/2021

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁. 𝟮𝟴, 𝗶𝘀 𝗔 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹. This date marks the birthday of Spencer Tibbits, who is the inspiration behind the Cheetos Club. Sadly, Spencer also passed away on this date in 2014. Each year, the Cheetos Club plans A Day of Kindness on Sept. 28 to uplift the students and staff at PHS. We welcome the community to join us in A Day of Kindness and help spread intentional kindness throughout our towns and neighborhoods. You can read more about Spencer and his impact on the Cheetos Club website: www.cheetosclub.com/about/

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚 ...

09/24/2021

𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!

By Carlin Smith – Petoskey Sunrise Rotary

We welcomed Petoskey High School teacher Lance Bailey and four students, Leif, Sadie, Collin, and Quinn. They came to share the message of kindness, something they do through the Cheetos Club at Petoskey High School.

The inspiration for the club came upon the tragic death of Spencer Tibbits seven years ago in a car accident. He died on his 17th birthday. At Spencer's funeral, several stories about his kindness emerged. Most notably the story of a young girl that Spencer saw was crying and sat down next to her to cheer her up. He reached into his backpack and pulled out a bag of Cheetos which he gave to her and said, "nobody can be sad when they're eating Cheetos."

From there, the Cheetos Club was born.

At the moment, around 100 students are part of the Cheetos Club at both the high school and middle school levels. Twenty-five make up the core group, and there is a support group of around 40 members available to help when needed.

Their mission is to share and to promote kindness within the schools. They do this through "confetti kindness" by giving birthday bags to students with birthdays, decorating lockers, and welcoming kids to school on special days. They also re-claimed the overgrown courtyard at the high school to create attractive, open-air spaces where kids can gather.

The next phase is to pursue a "deep kindness," the kind where you don't run from, but instead run to someone in need. Part of that is reaching out to new students in the school. A mentor program is also planned, as well as outreach to other schools. Some schools are already starting to emulate the Cheetos Club with groups of their own. Sadie talked of a bad situation at her old school, and she has now gone back there to share the Cheetos Club's concept with them. It's also going international as a former exchange student from Japan has taken the idea back to his country.

It was a powerful message from a passionate instructor and four articulate PHS students. The standing ovation was well deserved!

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒐𝒔 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒐𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏!

06/09/2021

Thank you for the support, McBride Remodeling!

McBride Remodeling recently made a donation in support of the Cheetos Club of Petoskey High School. We want to thank these students for their contributions to their school and to our community. To learn more about this initiative and to see how you can show your support to visit their website: https://www.cheetosclub.com/

06/04/2021

Thank you to our Cheetos Club seniors who have helped lead the way in planning to be kind and setting an example for future Cheetos Club members! Congratulations, class of 2021 grads!

Pictured are (top row, from left) Ainsley Hellens, Ashley Nguyen, Bea Putman, Carley Sneddon; (second row, from left) Celia Michael, Emma Daniel, Kazmira Simon, Kyla Wang; (third row, from left) Lena DiGuilio, Nathan VanNort, Paige Simard, Sarah Liederbach; (fourth row, from left) Zach Birchfield, Shadain Pink, Selena Conti.

06/01/2021

Thank you to our growing list of supporters! The Cheetos Club is so grateful for such incredible support.

05/18/2021

Petoskey High School students and staff give their best wishes to student Anders 'Ders' McCarthy as he continues to recover from a serious car accident. Gabe Donovan and Ashley Nguyen, members of the Cheetos Club, produced this video on behalf of the club, the school and the district! Ders is featured toward the end of the video during recent physical therapy at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.

Anders “Ders” McCarthy was involved in a serious car accident on Saturday, March 6th. Ders was transported to CS Mott Hospital with severe injuries. Teache...