Date Set for Quilt Raffle

As discussed at our last meeting, our next major fundraising initiative will be the sale of raffle tickets for a quilt raffle.

The raffle drawing will be held February 20, 2010 during intermission at the All-School Musical. At our next Lunch & Learn Meeting, I will be looking for volunteers to sign up to sell tickets at school events (basketball games, for example). This is an easy way to help earn money for your trip! For each ticket you sell, 50% of the profit will go toward your trip account, and the remaining 50% will go toward your obligation for tips/busing (general fund).

Also, be aware that this is a joint fundraiser with the Athena Honors Society. Athena members (junior and senior girls) will be selling tickets to benefit a Cambodian school-building project.

I ordered the tickets today, so they should be here on either Monday or Tuesday next week. If I have them available at our next Lunch & Learn meeting on (Monday) January 4th, I will distribute them at that time.

December 7 - Lunch & Learn Meeting

Our next scheduled lunch & learn meeting will be TOMORROW. On the agenda: setting a date for a quilt raffle and our Butterbraid sale. Essentially, we need to map out our spring fundraising timeline and goals.

Candy bars are still available for purchase at $28 a box. You can pick up a new box at the meeting, if you need.

Lunch & Learn Meeting Postponed to Wednesday, Sept. 23!

Italy Travelers,

I apologize for the late notice and the inconvenience this will cause, but I'm ill and will be staying home from school tomorrow. Unfortunately, this means our already-delayed meeting will have to be delayed once more!

Since I don't want to push it back until our next scheduled meeting (1st Monday of October), can we plan to meet WEDNESDAY instead? Same place (rm 136) and I'll be there either Lunch (A or B) to present the same information. I'll have forms for our first fundraiser available as well as updated information about the trip!

Sorry once again. Hopefully I'll see you all on Wednesday.

Reminder: Magazine Fundraiser

Greetings, Travelers! As the school year gets underway and we begin the fundraising frenzy (candle sale to begin this week), don't forget about the easy fundraising option at your fingertips: our online magazine sales.

Direct family and friends to our group fundraising site, where they can buy new magazine subscriptions OR renew old ones. New to the site this year, visitors can also order cookie dough or books online to benefit our group. 40% of the cost of any purchased items goes directly to your trip account - and all you have to do is send emails! (For a hard copy of the magazine titles offered through the site, click here)

You can visit the site directly and, from there, send emails to family and friends inviting them to participate. Otherwise, I can also set up an account for you (if you would like) by sending me the email address you would use to send email invitations to your supporters.

Our next scheduled meeting (for students) is Monday, Sept. 21st during Lunch & Learn. Don't miss it if you plan to take advantage of all the fundraising programs we are launching!

Lunch & Learn Meetings for Italy Travelers

Last week Lunch & Learn advisors met and hashed out a schedule for some of our club activities. Given my responsibilities and other scheduled meetings, we decided to pencil in Italy Trip meetings for the First and Third Mondays of each month.

Meetings will take place during Lunch A and B (come to whichever fits your schedule) in rm 136 (Mrs. Welle's room). This is your chance to get involved in fundraising and to learn more about our fabulous destination: Italy!

Because of the Labor Day holiday, we will not be in school on the 1st Monday in September. Thus, our first Lunch & Learn meeting will be September 21st (the third Monday of the month). Since I may have information that needs to get to you BEFORE that date, be sure to watch for blog posts regarding fundraising and/or trip information.

Totals for Car Wash Fundraiser

I apologize for the delay in passing along this information, but the total income from our car wash on August 1 was $418.50. Great job!

When you divide that among the 64 hours worked by our 13 travelers, it comes out to about $6.53 an hour. So you can figure out how much you made according to how many hours you worked. Those who worked all day made about $40 ($39.18 to be exact). Not too shabby!

We'll be kicking off the school year with a catalog order sale of some sort. I haven't nailed down what type, as I'm still attempting to make contact(s) with a couple of vendors. We'll certainly discuss this at our first Lunch & Learn meeting with students (also to be scheduled yet - our scheduling meeting is at 11:30 today).

May 20th Lunch & Learn Meeting (for Italy Travelers) Cancelled

Italy Travelers:

I'm attending a conference on Tuesday and Wednesday this week (May 19-20), and will be unable to meet with you during lunch on Wednesday. Seeing as how we just met as a group last night, I'm assuming not too many questions will have come up by Wednesday anyhow.

If you need to see me, feel free to stop in during lunch on Thursday or Friday. Otherwise, I will post any new information about summer fundraising here on the blog.

Mrs. Welle