Fun Fest Volunteers Still Needed!

Fun Fest is coming up next Friday, February 5. It's a fun event that the kids love. It's also an event that WPPA hosts solely as a community builder. It's not an event that that raises money, but one that the students have lots of fun at, and the staff and families all pitch in to help!

Many volunteers are still needed for almost all the time slots. Can you give give just an hour of your time to help? Sign up to volunteer from 5-6 p.m., 6-7 p.m. or 7-8 p.m.

Contact Nancy to sign up!

Coffee with the School Principal

Mark your calendars. A great opportunity to meet and talk with Principal Kari Page. Come for Coffee With the Principal, Monday, February 1 at 6 p.m. in the school multi-purpose room. WPPA meeting to immediately follow.

December Meeting Minutes

Sorry for the delay! Here they are.

Fund Request

We just received this fund request. As with all requests, the group will vote on it. The upcoming meeting is Monday, February 1 at 7 p.m. in the multi-purpose room. Hope to see you there!

Order Yearbooks On-line

Tomorrow (January 23) is the last day to order yearbooks and receive the early-bird discount. Send your form into school, or order on-line!

Volunteers Needed

WPPA is looking for parents willing to volunteer for two projects:

1) We need someone to take over preparing our taxes. We've had a parent kindly volunteer for many years, but they will no longer have a child at Wilshire Park.

2) Looking for someone who can design (and do minimal maintaining) of our WPPA web site.

Can you help? Email president@wilshireparents.org for more information.

Reminders

Reminders for this week: Yearbook orders are due on Friday! Plus, items are now being collected for the classroom baskets for Silent Auction.

Words From Wilshire :: January 22, 2010

Here is the WPPA News from this week's Words From Wilshire.

Food Drive Was an Over-the-Top Success!

Second Harvest Food Drive was a huge success! Our goal was to collect 500 pounds of food in less than two weeks. We blew that out of the water and raised 2,228 POUNDS OF FOOD! The driver said he had not seen a pick-up that big in his three years of driving.

In addition to the 2,228 pounds of food, the WP community also gave $360 in donations. Second Harvest can stretch each dollar donated to purchase about $9 worth of food. That means we were able to give an additional $3,249 worth of food.

Congrats to Mrs. Wyatt's 3rd grade class. They brought in the most items -- over 200 pieces!They had the honor of helping load up the truck on Monday. The kids had a great time and (in their words) said that being the top classroom was ...

• Winning the Superbowl
• Winning American Idol
• Getting a new puppy
• Winning the lottery
• Getting a new baby brother or sister
• Meeting Adrien Peterson
• Having a snow day!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU to everyone who participated! Our WPPA Vice-President, Julie Pierce headed up this project and did a fantastic job making it come together. Board members Teri Anderson and Sheila Grand, as well as WP staffers including Kari Page, Anna Nelson, Cindy Ridge and the always-wonderful custodial staff all pitched in to help. And of course, each and every one of the fabulous WP students who collected food and donated money! Because of these efforts, so many people will benefit this holiday season!