Hi there! I'm Jack Peplinski, and I'm the supervisor for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) Club at Aloha High School. Children of the 80's and fans of Stranger Things might know a bit about this wonderful dice-based roleplaying game, but for those of you who don't–it's basically improv with math. 

I work in the social communications center at Aloha, where we work on developing communication skills with our students. In this increasingly virtual world, there is no better game for learning real-life communication skills than D&D, where players listen to a story narrated by a "dungeon master" and roleplay a fantasy character through trials and tribulations of the ilk of Sam & Frodo. Teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving, probability, statistics, math, creativity, imagination, acting, improvisation... the list goes on. You won't find a game more suitable to developing these skills. 

We have a diverse group of around 20 students in our club, which meets once a week after school. We need funds for story books, rule books (there's many, many rules...), dice, and snacks of course! Your donations would help us immensely. We hope to reach a fundraising goal of $500. 

Here's how it would break down:

Two campaign books (story books) - $70

Two rule books - $60

Two bags of community dice - $70

Snacks (for the year) - $300

Thank you so much!

- Jack Peplinski