The KIT consists of catalogues from Innisbrook and Yankee Candle containing gifts, candies, wrapping paper, candles and more! The Kit is sent home with students for holiday shopping and a portion of all purchases benefits St. Michael School.

Chair People: Karyn Benvenuto & Mary Ellen Agri

Kick Off date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Volunteer opportunities:

• Assemble brochures for the “Kit Kick Off “ on Monday, 9/13/10. 4‐6 volunteers needed for approximately 1 hour.
• Sort orders and deliver them to the classrooms. Delivery date ‐ to be announced. 5‐6 volunteers needed for 1 hour.

Happy Halloween!!! This event collects donations of gently used costumes and has them available in the Atrium for families to choose Halloween costumes at no cost. It’s a Boo‐tiful way to reduce, reuse and recycle! This year’s swap will have the Children’s Hospital Blood Mobile on school grounds.

Chair Person: Julie Brox

Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010

Number of volunteers need: 4

Bring your rakes, your leaf blowers, your brooms, YOURSELF! Please consider volunteering a few hours of your time to help us clean the school grounds.

Chair people: Nicole and Michael Lesofsky

Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010

Time: 8AM - Noon

Number of volunteers needed: 20 -25

Children can bring that special someone who takes them to school to the Atrium for a drink and a snack. It is a nice, informal way to start the day.

Chair People: Leah Surette & Cheri Grassi

Time: 8:30AM – 8:50AM

Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Location: The Main Street Atrium

Volunteer opportunities:

• Set up tables and snacks in the Atrium @ 8:00AM. 30 minute time commitment. 2 volunteers.
• Clean up after Breakfast Buddies. 15 minute time commitment. 2 volunteers.

Spring has finally arrived! Please consider helping out with our 8th Grade class to spruce up the school grounds. We will be putting down fresh mulch and clearing sand from the parking lot. Please bring your rakes, shovels, brooms, blowers, power sweepers, trash barrels and wheel barrels.

Chair people: Nicole and Michael Lesofsky

Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 (1/2 day of school)

Time: 9AM – 11:00AM

Number of volunteers needed: 20 -25

Friday Family Fun Nights provide a fun, family oriented activity where parents and their children can come together to make friends and have some plain old fun! Each evening will have a theme and refreshments will be served. It is a great way to help build our school community while making some great family memories.

Chair People:
Spring: Open ‐ Help Wanted Please contact The PTO if you are interested in leading this event.

Dates:   Spring ‐ 5/13/11
*Note: Volunteers do not have to participate in all events.

Times: Evening ‐ to be announced

Volunteer opportunities:

• Volunteers are needed for selecting and planning themes for each night.
• Volunteers are needed to serve drinks and snacks during the evening.
• Set up for event.
• Clean up after the event.

Participants drop their gifts off at the school and our volunteers wrap them.

Chair Person: Marie Panos and Mary Kelly

Date: Thursday, December 9 & Friday, December 10, 2010

Time: 9:00AM – 3:00PM

Volunteer opportunities:

• Easy to follow event guide available to run Gift Wrap Day.
• Set up wrapping station in the school basement the day before the event. This time commitment is an hour or two. 2 volunteers.
• Gift wrappers during the day on 12/9 & 12/10. Any amount of time available to wrap during that day is appreciated. All are welcome to help wrap.
• Clean up at the end of Gift Wrap Day. 2 volunteers. 1 – 2 hours total time commitment.

One of our most popular events! This event turns the school Atrium into a Book Store giving students, families and teachers an opportunity to purchase wonderful books! Teachers are contacted early in the year for children’s summer reading lists and those books, along with many others, are available for sale during the book fair.

There is even a Teacher’s Wish List section where anyone can purchase a book for a particular teacher’s classroom. Purchasing a book is a great way to thank a teacher or encourage your children to read more while supporting our school. A portion of the book sale proceeds benefits St. Michael School.

Chair Person: Debbie Green & Anne Marie Guggenberger

Dates:

Monday, February 14, 2011 (1/2 day of school)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011 (1/2 day of school)

*Note: If you volunteer for this event you are not committing to all four days.

Volunteer opportunities:

• Set up in the AM each day of the fair. 5 ‐ 6 volunteers needed. 1 ‐ 2 hour time commitment.
• Book Fair Helpers will help students select and purchase books. 1 or 2 hour shifts.
• Book Fair clean up. Volunteers will help breakdown display tables, bookshelves and pack up books. 5‐6 volunteers needed. 1 hour time commitment.

This is a very popular event and a wonderful night out! Boys bring their Mom, Aunt, Stepmother or Grandmother. There is pizza, delicious snacks, a DJ and lots of fun! You will even go home with a beautiful photo as a memento of your evening.

Chair People: Angela Mandalinci & Christine Garcia

Date: Friday, January 14, 2011

Location: St. Michael Gymnasium

Time: Evening ‐ to be announced

Volunteer opportunities:

• Greeters. 2 volunteers will be stationed at the door. You will be greeting/welcoming people as they arrive, collect tickets, check people in and collect door prize raffle tickets. The door prize is drawn at the end of the evening. 1 hour commitment per person.
• Decorators. 4 - 5 volunteers to help decorate for the dance. Decorations will be provided. 1 hour commitment per person.
• Refreshment Servers. Volunteers to help serve pizza, popcorn, soda and baked goods. Volunteers will rotate on ½ hour increments. 1 hour commitment per person.
• Photographer assistant. 2‐ 4 volunteers to help the photographer manage the picture line, take names and help organize people to have their pictures taken. 1 hour per person.
• Restroom Monitors. Volunteers will position themselves just outside the restroom located inside the gymnasium. Volunteers will rotate on ½ hour increments. 1 hour would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
• Clean up. 4 ‐ 5 volunteers who will stay after the dance to help clean up the atrium and the gymnasium. 1 hour time commitment.

Thank heaven for little girls! This is a very popular event each year. Girls bring their Dad, Uncle, Stepfather or Grandfather. There’s lots of dancing, games, a DJ, pizza, delicious snacks and lots of fun! You will even go home with a beautiful photo as a memento of your evening.

Chair People: Cheri Grassi & Karyn Benvenuto

Date: Friday, February 11, 2011

Location: St. Michael Gymnasium

Time: Evening ‐ to be announced

Volunteer opportunities:

• Greeters. 2 ‐ 4 volunteers will be stationed at the door. You will greet/welcome people as they arrive, collect tickets, check people in and collect door prize raffle tickets. The door prize is drawn at the end of the evening. 1 hour commitment per person.
• Decorators. 4 ‐ 5 volunteers to help decorate and set up refreshment tables for the dance. Decorations will be provided. 1 hour commitment per person.
• Refreshment Servers. Volunteers to help serve pizza, popcorn, soda and baked goods. Volunteers will rotate on ½ hour increments. 1 hour commitment per person.
• Photographer assistant. 2‐ 4 volunteers to help the photographer manage the picture line, take names and help organize people to have their pictures taken. 1 hour per person.
• Restroom Monitors. Volunteers will position themselves just outside the restroom located inside the gymnasium. Volunteers will rotate on ½ hour increments. 1 hour would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
• Clean up. 4‐5 volunteers who will stay after the dance to help clean up the atrium and gymnasium. 1 hour time commitment.

This is a FUN social event for families. It is not a contest. Families choose a “school appropriate” song to lip sync approved by our principal complete with costumes and dance moves! A great DJ mixes up the performances creating opportunities for families to just dance. So everyone gets to join in the fun! Pizza and soda/juice will be served. This is a fun, economical way to spend a night together as a family.

Chair Person: Kristi Lane

Date: Friday, March 25, 2011

Time: Evening ‐ to be announced

Location: St. Michael Gymnasium & Atrium

Volunteer opportunities:

• Set up. 5 volunteers are needed to help set up tables, chairs, refreshment tables & decorate the gym/atrium the afternoon of the event. Decorations will be provided. 1 – 2 hour time commitment.
• Greeters. 2 ‐ 4 volunteers will be stationed at the door. You will greet/welcome people as they arrive, collect tickets and collect door prize raffle tickets. The door prize is drawn at the end of the evening. 1 hour commitment per person.
• Refreshment Servers. 12 volunteers are needed to help serve pizza, popcorn, soda, and baked goods. 1 hour commitment per person.
• Clean up. 5 volunteers who will stay after the event to help clean up the atrium and the gymnasium. 1 hour time commitment.

I touch the future. I teach. ~ Christa McAuliffe

Let’s say THANK YOU to our wonderful faculty! We appreciate ALL you do! The PTO hosts thank you breakfasts and luncheons in the teacher’s lounge as our way of saying thank you for all they do. The PTO sponsors/caters these events.

Chair People: Karen McInnis & Karen Samenuk

Dates:

10/06/10 – luncheon (1/2 day of school)
01/27/11 – breakfast (before school begins)
05/11/11 – luncheon (1/2 day of school)

Volunteer opportunities:

• Set up prior to each event. 2 - 4 volunteers for 2 hours.
• Clean up after Teacher Appreciation event. 3 - 5 volunteers for one hour.
• A Menu Contributor to coordinate varied menu themes throughout the year.

This committee provides snacks for various PTO events throughout the school year.

Chair Person: Darlene Garneau

Volunteer opportunity:

• The above named snack committee chairperson contacts members via email to provide desired snacks for PTO events throughout the school year. Dates and times vary. You will be contacted via email when snacks are requested.

Number of volunteers requested: All are welcome. Thank you in advance for your contributions!

What better way to celebrate the beginning of spring (warm weather and new blooms) than with an auction! This event leads us into the last semester of school. With an on‐line auction over the course of two weeks, classroom baskets and teacher raffles all coming together with the big night full of dancing, mingling with friends, good food and live bidding. It is an event you don’t want to miss.

Chair People: Teams TBD

Date: Tentatively Saturday, April 9, 2011

Event Location: Saint Michael Parish Hall

Time: TBD ‐ Please watch for details

Volunteer Team Leader Opportunities:

• Decorating Team. This team consists of 2 people. These members will work together to design a layout in the parish hall and decorate it with decorations that we have in inventory, as well as new ones based on the theme of the event. They will organize a group of people to help with the set‐up of the event that day, as well as organize a group of people to help with the break‐down and clean‐up. This team will work with the Operations Team in deciding whereabouts of tables, food, bars, dance floor, etc.
• Food and Beverage Team. This team consists of 3 people who will organize, coordinate and handle the food and beverages. Two members will handle soliciting local restaurants to provide the food for appetizers, stations, entrees and desserts. This will include negotiating and coordinating their presence at the event for bringing their food, food prep items and set‐up. One member will handle soliciting local beverage vendors (both alcoholic and non‐alcoholic). This will include negotiating and coordinating their presence at the event bringing their beverages and set‐up. Also, hiring two bartenders to serve the beverages throughout the evening.
• Operations Team. This team consists of 3 people who will handle all of the pre‐event material. Two members will work with the dj, the food and beverage team and their vendors and the church and their janitorial team. These members will work with the Decorating Team with the room layout. They will also be in charge of coordinating the balloon selling for the night of the event. One member will be in charge of updating the current program to reflect the new volunteers, sponsors and donors, auction items and coordinate the printing of the program.
• Public Relations Team. This team consists of 2 people. This individual will be in charge of updating flyers, posters, notices, order forms and tickets. This person will work with both the graphic designer and the printer (both members of the school). Also, this person will be in charge of church bulletin blurbs, school trumpet and newsletter blurbs, newspaper advertising and coordinating a team for local flyer distribution.
• Solicitation Team. This team consists of 2 people. Members of this team will revisit past sponsors and donors to obtain their support once again, as well as to approach additional new ones. These members will also put together a team of people to help in the outside soliciting via e‐mails, US mail, visits, etc. This team will work with the Web‐Site Management Team to determine the category of items up for auction.
• Ticket Sales Team. This team consists of 1 person. This person will be the coordinator for the ticket sales for the event, the tuition raffle, the teacher raffle, the lunch raffle, etc. This person will fill all orders. WebSite
• Management Team. (Team Leader ‐ Nathalie Zannini) This person will maintain and update the auction web‐site with the solicited items that have been received .This person will also work with the Solicitation Team to determine the category of items up for auction.

Number of volunteers requested: 14
* This does not include the additional volunteers necessary for pre-event and day of event positions.

NEW! THE NORTH POLE EXPRESS

This event is our biggest fundraiser for 2010!

Take a magical train ride on the North Pole Express for the adventure of a lifetime! This is one of our school’s largest fundraisers. With 2400 passengers and approximately 200 volunteers, the train departs from the Newburyport MBTA Train Station and heads to the North Pole where Santa and his friends board for a visit. Memories of a lifetime are made for every child and adult as they eat a treat, listen to the story of Twas The Night Before Christmas, sing their favorite Christmas carols and play Christmas trivia games.

Chair People: Teams TBD

Date: Saturday, December 18, 2010

Location: Newburyport MBTA Train Station

Times: 11:35AM, 1:15PM, 3:15PM and 5:30PM

Volunteer Team Leader Opportunities:

• Food and Beverage Team. This team consists of 3 people who will organize, coordinate and handle the food (cookies) and beverage (hot chocolate) for the train rides. One member will handle the cookies. They are supplied by Titterington’s Bakery in Woburn. The 2400 cookies must be picked up on the Friday before the event and brought to the train station on the day of the event. The cookie ingredients must be printed and hung in each car of the train for food allergy reasons. Titterington’s will supply the ingredients the day of pick‐up. One member will handle the hot chocolate. Solicitation for a hot chocolate supplier is needed, preferably donated with cups (enough for the 2400 passengers throughout the day of the event). One member will be in charge of the SERVERS (volunteers) on the train rides and their supplies. Each of the six train cars has its own bin of supplies which includes napkins, mops, gloves, hand sanitizer, garbage bags, etc. This person will also need to help train the servers in their duties for the event.
• Operations Team. This team consists of 3 people who will handle all of the pre‐event material. One member will be the contact with the MBTA. This individual will also work with the audio system company, order the port‐o‐potties, coordinate the platform entertainment for the day and organize the parking lot ‘design’ including obtaining the cones. One member will be in charge of the train cars and platform decorations. This includes inventory of all current decorations and theme ideas for each car. Also, coordinating decorations made by the lower grade students. One member will be in charge of updating the current script to reflect the change in book and updating the program to reflect the new book, volunteers, sponsors and donors and coordinate the printing of the program.
• Preschool Outreach Team. (Team Leader: MaryEllen McDermott) This person will be in charge of the solicitation of the local preschools to participate in our event. This will include coordinating with the schools’ ticket sale dates and flyer distribution dates (flyers will be supplied by the Public Relations Team). These team members will also be in charge of train car assignments of the preschool families and their signage.
• Public Relations Team. This team consists of 2 people. One member will be in charge of updating flyers, notices and order forms. One member will be in charge of newspaper advertising, coordinating a team for local flyer distribution and updating our current North Andover Cable TV commercial.
• Solicitation Team. (Team Leaders: MaryEllen McDermott + one) This team consists of 2 people. Members of this team will revisit past sponsors to obtain their sponsorship once again, as well as to approach additional sponsors. These sponsors help to defray the cost of the train, supplies and additional vendors needed to run the event. These members will also be in charge of coordinating that the sponsors receive their benefits for their sponsorships; i.e., car signage, program ads, web‐site ads, tickets, etc.
• Ticket Sales Team. This team consists of 2 people. These individuals will be the coordinators for the ticket sales both in the school and to the outside public. They will work directly with LaPlume Printing to provide them with the correct event information and obtaining the tickets. Also, they will be in charge of the school’s backpack ticket sales and filling the orders; putting together the team of people needed for the public sales date and organizing it; and working with the Preschool Outreach Team member filling the preschool orders.
• Volunteer Team. This team consists of 2 people. These individuals will be in charge of coordinating all of the volunteers for the event. This includes filling all of the volunteer positions, collecting CORI forms and confirming PGC participation and organizing the training session. Volunteers for the event include ELVES, SERVERS, CONDUCTORS, MA and PA READERS, RUDOLPH, FROSTY, PARKING LOT ATTENDANTS, PLATFORM SUPERVISORS, HOT CHOCOLATE TRANSPORTERS and TRAIN DECORATORS.

Number of volunteers requested: 15

*This does not include the additional volunteers necessary for pre-event and day of the event positions.

**This event has so many opportunities for you to fulfill an hour of power at home, at school or on your own time. You can volunteer to send emails from home, be a team leader, assist a team leader, be a conductor in a train car or purchase decorations on your own time and send them to school with your kids. The possibilities are endless! Tell us your availability. We’ll find a job and time commitment that meets YOUR needs. Thank you in advance for your help!

VOLUNTEER OUTREACH TEAM

The Power Of One

The Volunteer Outreach team works throughout the school year to solicit, organize and thank volunteers for their contribution after each PTO event in a personalized manner. This team recognizes volunteers for their efforts and will work to promote a positive experience for everyone who volunteers at a PTO event. Volunteer Outreach is great opportunity for a person who would like to volunteer from home.

Chair People: Tara Kelly

Dates and Times: Various times throughout the school year.

Volunteer Opportunities:

• Email a thank you note to each, individual volunteer after a PTO event. A list of the volunteers names and emails will be provided to you after an event by the event chair people. The thank you email should be sent to each volunteer in a timely manner after a PTO event. This is a 1/2 hour – 1 hour time commitment. This format does not apply to The North Pole Express or the Spring Auction. The team leaders of those events are responsible for those correspondences.
• Create and submit to the Trumpet The PTO Power Of One Person Of The Week ‐ this is a person nominated by anyone in our school community who thinks that an individual(s) did something that made a difference to our school and should be recognized for their efforts. Examples from last year are available as a reference. The deadline to the Trumpet each week is Saturday AM.
• Create and submit to the Trumpet, PTO Did You Know? This submission provides a fun fact each week stating something the PTO has done for the school that people might not be aware of. Examples from last year are available as a reference. The PTO Co‐chairs are also a helpful reference. The deadline to the Trumpet each week is Saturday AM.

Number of volunteers requested: 4