California Creativity Association is the Destination ImagiNation Affiliate for California. Both DI & California Creativity are 501(c)3 non-profit corporations.  [see also, Start Now! Buy from DI, Register Here, Contact your RD]

Destination ImagiNation develops the creative problem-solving skills of young people.

The National Dairy Council is generously sponsoring the first 500 domestic teams that choose to participate in the DI projectOUTREACH Take Charge! Challenge. The FREE memberships are made available as a 1-Team Pak. The Take Charge! Challenge is for Middle, Secondary and University Levels. Go to http://www.idodi.org/08-09downloads/flagship/po_app_08-09.pdf for the form to claim your membership.  In California, the answer is "YES" to that third question:

California has fewer Affiliate Challenge Masters for the 2008/09 season than there are positions available. If you've got the experience and commitment to lead the state in one of the new challenges, please contact the Affiliate Director, Dick Pinney, or the Challenge Masters Representative, Mary Jane Campbell.  If you're not ready to lead, but would like to shadow, contact Mary Jane Campbell early in the season.

California teams placing at 2008 Global Finals clustered in Third Place.

• DI've Got a Secret!
  Elementary Level: Mickey Cox, Clovis, 105-25473
  Secondary Level: Bear River High School, Grass Valley, 105-88400
• Chorific!
  Elementary Level: Ocean View Elementary, Arroyo Grande, 105-51763
  Middle Level: Niguel-Dana Hills High, Laguna Niguel, 105-59758
  University Level: Chawanakee Academy, North Fork, 105-15073 Second Place!
• Switch!
  Middle Level: Pleasanton DI, Pleasanton, 105-33087 Note this team also placed fourth in Hit or Myth

For full Global Finals results, visit http://global-finals.org/results.htm

Tournament Awards and Results are posted.

Make suggestions for next year's registration system here.

Do you have someone you would like to honor or remember with a special and unique gift?

In honor of Destination Imagination Inc .'s 25th anniversary as a non profit, the Board of Trustees has launched a $25 for 25 anniversary Web Donation Campaign.
Non-profits can not exist entirely on membership fees.  It takes donations big and small to ensure that the program will survive.  Corporate sponsors look at program and participation when deciding which charities to fund.  You understand the value of Destination ImagiNation program for the youth in your area.  Now it's time to show potential sponsors the participation they understand, and tally our time and dedication with a little cash.  We hope you will join with us and make a donation this year to Destination Imagination. You can find out all about the campaign by going to www.idodi.org and click on $25 for 25 logo in the left hand margin.

The following Eulogy for Mata Plumb, former Regional Director of LA-DI-Land, was written and presented at her services Sunday, July 29, 2007 by our Affiliate Director, Dick Pinney, on behalf of all of us.

Let others know about DI.  Display this free Destination ImagiNation decal in your car window, your office window, your school room window, or whatever your window is to the rest of the world. It is 3.75” X 7.5”, printed on clear backing, and adheres to the outside of a window.  Ask for it at events or from your Regional Director.

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