SBCA Home & School Association Minutes
February 3, 2010
present: 10 members including the following officers:
• President: Julie Galgay
• Vice-President: Heather Tinlin
• Treasurer: Stacey Tirabassi
Meeting called to order by Julie at 6:40 pm. Minutes from previous meeting accepted.
Treasurer’s Report: given by Stacey. $18,700 in account at this time.
Principal’s Report: Mrs. Carr did not attend as there are no outstanding issues.
No-Cost Fundraising: given by Carol O’Connell. Box top earned $1090. School has registered 190 people for Stop & Shop A+ bonus bucks. We have raised $620 so far, not including January. This contest will continue through March 25th. Four families have signed up for Direct TV, raising $200 for the school. Teracycle pouches brought in $55. Coke rewards is ongoing and will continue to earn points for gym equipment. No cost fundraising information is available through website www.orgsites.com and the key word is South Boston. Continue to recycle old cell phones and ink cartridges. Use the web search engine www.goodsearch.com (click on sbcatholicacademy and verify) and donation is made to school each time you do a web search – $95.63 raised so far.
Catholic Schools Week: given by Julie. Huge thank you to Patty Donovan who volunteered her time to ensure the week’s events went smoothly. The teacher appreciation breakfast was a huge success, as was the book sale. 40% of monies raised through book sale goes back to the teachers for classroom materials.
Status Report on Fundraising: given by Julie. We may not achieve the goal of raising $60,000 this year. This money is a line item in the school’s budget. We will continue to work hard to raise as much as we can before the end of the school year.
April Fundraiser: given by Julie. Spring Fling will be held in the school’s gym on April 9th. The committee is made up of Julie, Maria Anderson, Heather Tinlin & Jennifer Jackson. We appreciate any support and assistance from others. Grey Goose will be supplying the signature drink and there will be a cash bar for wine & beer. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served (vendor not yet selected). We will look into having confirmation students act as servers. Tickets for event will be sold for $25 per person. (price still being discussed).
$20 raffle tickets will be sold through March & April and winning raffle will be picked at Spring Fling. We will ask that each family sell 5 raffle tickets. You will need to purchase Spring Fling ticket to attend drawing, but winner need not be present. Winner of raffle will have choice of free year’s tuition at SBCA or $2500 cash. We will be looking for volunteers to sell raffle tickets outside of church, bank and at various St. Patrick’s Day events.
Clothing Event: given by Julie. The event is going to be called Second Time Around and will be held on March 12th. Details will continue to be worked out and specific information will be sent home to families and advertised in the church bulletin.
Walkathon: scheduled for May 27th @ 5 pm.
Golf Tournament: scheduled for June 28th.
New Officers: present officers’ terms are up this year. Nomination forms will go out in March or April and vote will occur in May.
Meeting ended at 7:48 pm. Next meeting will be March 3, 2010.
Submitted by: Heather Tinlin