December 11th, 2018 - ACMS PTO Meeting Summary

ACMS PTO Meeting Summary
December 11, 2018, 7:45 .m.  (Next meeting Jan 8 at 7:45 a.m.)
 
Introductions
Present were Raughley Koehler, Coral Cavanagh, Stacy Russell, Susie Overall, Lisa Laliotis, Birgitta Depaoli, and Kari Chalstrom.
Movie Night Disneyland Ticket Giveaway

• We made $1,385/sold 277 Disney raffle tickets.
  • 234 online, 43 were purchased at Movie Night
• We received a gift card from Safeway that paid for the pizzas. To accomplish this, Raughley asked for a meeting with the manager. Safeway required a Tax I.D. letters, which Raughley prepared.
• We received some other donations.
• We handed out 100 cookies.
• We probably lost a little money on Movie Night; however, this was not intended to be a fundraiser.
• Let’s look at whether the online ticket sales were effective. What other strategies might be effective?
  • Send tickets home with a certain number of kids and encourage them to send them?
  • Have a set of tickets in each home room.
  • Provide materials in both English and Spanish.
• Maybe add a “Boost” post on Facebook.

 
Future Fundraisers and Community Support

• We will send thank you letters to business who donated last year to the silent auction.
• Maybe we can use the list for identifying donors for next year.
• Maybe post the donors names on the website and Facebook as an additional “thank you.”
• Do a TOUCHDOWN Tamales fundraiser again this year. Delay until after January 1.
  • Ask whether Hien can coordinate this again.
  • Announce in Cougar News.
• How can we best say “Thank you” to the person who helps us by making the tamales?
• Provide regular updates on what the PTO spends money on.
• Include a brief list of what we spent money on in the thank you letter.
• The group approved donating our leftover Cougar Bags and school supplies to those affected by the Camp Fire.
• Silent auction this spring – get emails for merchants who donated and send thank yous.

 
 
UPCOMING DATES

• Our meetings will generally be on the 2nd Tuesdays of the month at 7:45, in the ACMS staff room.
• Next meeting January 8 at 7:45 a.m.