PTO Meeting Notes 10/7/2021

Bethesda PTO Meeting

Date: Thursday, October 7th, 2021

Location: Bethesda Elementary School

In Attendance: Kocoa Menges, Leslie Janssen, Kasi Haire, Megan Halaschak, Cindy Salus, Erin Ward, Jen Vannoy, Lindsay Wright, Erin Mitchell, Suz Wilhelm, Ashley Hull, Melissa Daniel, Jill Justus

10:04 am Meeting called to order by Lindsay Wright

·       Treasurer (Erin Mitchel)

-$11,691.71 Sponsorship

-$13,830 Direct Donations

·       Spirit Wear (Jen Vannoy)

-Twine Sales for last spirt-wear was just under $9,000 (this is the highest sales we’ve had in spirt-wear!! Go Jen)

-Next store will be in November

-Jen collected past sales from Twine to see which items have sold well and which items have not.

·       Hospitality (Kocoa Menges)

-October Teacher Luncheon is scheduled for the 21st. We are doing soup/salads

-PTO will provide the soups and ask 4th grade to donate other items. Amanda will be sending sign up to Mrs Justus to send out to 4th grade parents.

·       Chicken Tortilla-Melissa

·       Chili with Beans-Lindsay

·       Chili without Beans-Erin M

·       Zuppa Tuscana-Jen

·       Broccoli Cheese-Amanda

·       Chicken Noddle-Kocoa

              -November Luncheon will be on Thursday, the 18th. Waiting to hear back from Firehouse               Subs on what they will be donating.

·       Spirit Night (Tatiana)

       -October 26th , 4-7pm at Thompsons Station Farmers Market. 20% of proceeds will go to           PTO.

-November 11th at Grecian Pizza

·       Backyard BBQ (Kasi Haire)

-Will send out signup for volunteers

-Start setup at 2 pm

-4:30 pm PTO be there before guest

-Summit Art Students will be face painting

·       Fundraising (Lindsay Wright)

-Sat, Nov 6th Photo Fundraiser

-Shutterfly (order Christmas Cards)

·       Class Baskets (Erin Mitchell)

-Will send information to room moms in November

-Baskets to be auctioned December 6-10

-Get a list of teacher options to auction off

·       Direct Donations (Lindsay Wright)

-Pizza/Popsicle for top class in each grade

-Treats for teachers/Ice cream cups for students, donated from Andy’s

·       Gaga Pit (Tatian Liston)

-After placing and paying for the lumber/supplies from Home Depo, they decided to reimburse Tatiana and donated all the supplies to our school. What an amazing gift!!

-Store supplies in PTO shed until we get the approval

·       Teacher Donations (Erin Ward)

-Asking Jill to remind teachers that they have a $100 for PTO to reimburse them for classroom supplies.

Meeting adjourned at 11 am by Lindsay Wright