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Last Monday, WPPA had our final meeting of the year. You can check the WPPA web site soon for the full meeting minutes, but until then here's a few of the major points:
We received a check for $2,140 for Box Tops for Education. Thanks to everyone who took the time to snip and save those box tops. Every single one helps, and as a $2,140 check demonstrates, it adds up to a significant amount of money for the school! Thanks especially to Karolyn Busacker, the Chair who coordinates this fundraiser.
- We approved the following fund requests: $2,750 for the Leveled Reading Room, $200 for the Young Author's Conference and $1,500 additional STEM funding.
- We voted to expand the Executive Board beginning Fall 2009.
- We approved a Direct Giving Program for the upcoming year.
- We discussed the budget and the Silent Auction for 2009-2010.
As we look towards the upcoming 2009-2010 year, we are looking for a few people willing and enthusiastic to step into leadership roles for WPPA. These roles include:
- Vice-President
- Secretary
- Volunteer Coordinator
- Classroom Coordinators
- Event Chairs for several new fundraising events (ask for more details).
- Fifth Grade Recognition Chairs
- Silent Auction Chairs
While we got overwhelmingly positive feedback about Silent Auction, we do not have chairs for next year. In order to keep this event going (which raised approximately $7,000 this past year -- about a third of the entire WPPA budget), we need enthusiastic, energetic and organized people who will step us as chairs before the end of this year. Without event chairs, the event will not be able to happen.
Last year's chairs did an unbelievably fabulous job. They have a wealth of resources and information to pass on to the new chairs, and will be available for any questions along the way. Please consider stepping up to chair this event. I will do everything I can to support you along the way!If you would like more information on any of the positions, or have any questions email me.
I also want to take a second to thank the parents who chair WPPA's Collect-and-Send Fundraisers. The work they do can easily go unnoticed. But it is often a lot of work (and sometimes messy, tedious work at that!) and it raises a lot of money for WPPA.
Please make sure you say thanks to these parents for their efforts:
- Karolyn Busacker (Boxtops for Education)
- Tami Felling (Ink Cartridges)
- Jodi Bradt (Milk Caps)
- Kari Tholkes (Nabisco Cookie Wrappers and Drink Pouches)
So, that's the skinny on all that! And just because WPPA is done meeting for the year, doesn't mean we'll be resting on our respective laurels. There is A LOT going on. So keep checking back for news and updates. And did I mention that you should subscribe? Well, you should.
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