Thanks to everyone who was able to attend the PTC Meeting last Thursday. I apologize it has taken me so long to update this post. Sometimes life just gets in the way of my plans!
A huge thanks to all who helped during Open House...WOW, have we ever seen an evening like that? The numbers are still being calculated with Scholastic, however, it will most likely be one of our largest ever!I can not express my gratitude to those who gave up time in your child's classroom to support the PTC and this bookfair. In addition, a HUGE thanks to Stephanie McElman who worked tirelessly on making the evening a success! Thanks again!Items discussed at meeting:
1) Great American Catalog Fundraiser will begin on Oct 27 for two weeks. The catalogs will arrive at the beginning of Oct 20th week. Volunteers are needed to distribute catalogs to classrooms on Thursday, Oct 23rd. We want to really "talk this fundraiser up" as it is the largest one of the year.
2) T-shirt/Sweatshirt sales at the Open House were outstanding this year! We sold $297 that evening, which is well above our normal sales on that evening.
3)Bookfairs - This year we are adding an additional bookfair during the month of November. So, we will have upcoming bookfairs in Nov, Feb and Apr. We discussed/approved making up "Bookfair Bucks" to give to teaching staff to use to "purchase" their $25 gift from PTC. The list currently being used has a large problem with control and this will help in solving that issue.
4) Shop Til You Drop - Discussed that we have already got vendors calling to be involved. This was a very successful evening fo the PTC last year and hopefully will continue to grow each year. This year we will coordinate with our Nov bookfair and parents/customers can shop at both the event and bookfair that evening. We are also going to offer to the Cheer leading team an opportunity to "babysit" during event and give them those funds to go towards their fundraising goal for the Orange Bowl trip.
5) We discussed/approved paying for the Share Center. This was submitted by Laura Devin and we had supported last year. She is going to try to "talk it up" with other staff with the hopes that they will utilize this benefit as well.
6)We are going to host a family costume dance on Saturday, Nov 1st. In an effort to give back to our community, we will be charging a nominal admission fee and all food sales will benefit "Fuel For Friends" which benefits local families struggling to pay for heating fuel. Many of these families may be RSU 1 families.
7) We discussed/approved purchasing a used cash register from Betsy Lane for $25. This will replace the cash box and provide more control over the bookfair money.
Once again, a huge thanks for all your help and support!
