Greetings!

I hope the first week of school was a smooth transition.

 

One thing we discussed at the meeting, ordering PTO Volunteer T-shirts. We will have a bulk order of shirts available for special events. The intention will be to ask volunteers to wear the shirts, and then return them after the event. 

 

However, some members are interested in ordering their own shirt. If you would like your own Pine Dragons PTO shirt, that says VOLUNTEER on the back, would you please hit reply with your size and get a check to the PTO for $8. We will add your personal order to our group order.

 

Venue night is back! Pine City businesses have partnered with the PTO to have a special night of the month where a portion of sales are donated directly to the PTO. Our September business is Cabin Coffee. Please mark your calendar for September 22^nd. Cabin Coffee will donate 10% of total sales to the Pine Dragons PTO.

 

Cabin Coffee is located across from PC Elementary school. They are open very early and have great coffees, specialty drinks, bakery, and deli menu items to choose from. If you have any questions please contact Kristen at cabin_coffee@yahoo.com.

 

Parents: We received a request from 5th grade teachers. Are you available to help at the school from 12:30- 1:30 to help check math facts? The teachers could use your help. If this sounds like something you can do would you contact Diane at dianelombard@q.com.  And thank you! When we help each other our children benefit.

 

Upcoming Events that we need your help on.

 

The first is October 8th. There is a Nationwide  movement to rally 1 million people to read Eric Carle's book the Hungry Caterpillar for "Read A Thon", this is being promoted in our school by Jerry Lotz from Ameri-Corp.  We would like to be a part of this!

 

K-2 Teachers: Will you be able to do this on that day? If so what time would work best?

 

Parents: We need 17 volunteers who could be available this day to read the story in classrooms.

 

Please hit reply or contact jlotz@pinecity.k12.mn.us, who will be organizing this. And thank you!

 

Also, not even one month away is our Fall Carnival, Saturday, October 10th from noon-3 (rain or shine). We need help!

 

    *We need parents who would be able to volunteer to help run gaming booths, concessions, and money for the day. (Go-to-person is Jeanna O'Donovan jeannatravis@hotmail.com).

    *Do you have any farm animals that could be part of the petting zoo? We have lamb and goats right now. (Go-to-person is Buffy Johanson: bajohans@co.pine.mn.us ).

    *We need items/baskets donated for the Silent Auction. Do you have candy, toys, clothes, gifts that would make a great basket? We could use your donations. Please hit reply if you can help.

 

Upcoming Events:

 

09/22/09 Cabin Coffee

10/08/09 Read A Thon

10/10/09 Fall Carnival: If you are available to help with the Fall Carnival, please send a message to Carri Sampson at 629-6633 or pine.city@hotmail.com. The Carnival is Saturday, October 10th.

1/23/10 K-3 Sock Hop 

3/12/10 4-6 Spring Swing 

5/14/10 Field Day. 

 

Open positions for the PTO:

 

Filled: Phone Tree Liaison 

Filled: PBIS (Positive Behavior In School) Liaison

Filled: Inventory(or) to organize our storage area and gather records on our assets 

Filled: Tracker: person who would keep track of how many hours people are volunteering (for prizes/recognition at the end of the year)

Website Coordinator

Lunch Assistant Monthly Helper Food Distributor Director

 

Do any of these areas sound like you? We would appreciate your skills/help.

 

    *Child care is provided

 

Thanks for all that you do.