We not only raised $25,500 (and counting, the money is still trickling in) but we joined together as a community with hundreds of families and friends gathered for dinner friday night and for walking on saturday. 199 children checked in to walk and so many of them did more than 2 laps around the zone that we actually ran out of prizes! Your event coordinators are working on getting those prizes to students asap! 20% of students at the walk went the whole 6 laps -- that's 5.2 miles! Way to go, kids!
Best of all, we showed what a great school Armatage is and how committed and involved our students, staff and families are. If there was ever any doubt before about which elementary school has the best people, there isn't now! It's Armatage, of course!
And Principal Franks had to hop in a Foster(ette) costume all day on Tuesday! Sweet!
Please share your fun walk stories and comments with us! We're getting ready for next year and need your feedback! Good, bad or in between, we want to hear from you. You can respond to this blog post or e-mail Nan at rabbitholearts@msn.com.
Thank you to everyone who made this event a success.
Fosterette
The World's Best Pricipal
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Help!!!
The Heat Is ON! It's GO time! The event of the season is only 3 days away and we need YOUR help!
The following positions need to be filled for both the dinner on friday and the walk on saturday. Please respond as soon as possible and let me know what you would be free to help with.
Friday, October 26th
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Set Up with Ellie Feldman and Anne Hacker
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm 3 adults (one in the kitchen with Nan and Pam McCarthy-Kern, one at the raffle table with Dawn Lemke, and one to help the "wait staff" kids)
8:00 pm to 9:00 pm 4 adults (one to sit at the will call desk, one in the kitchen with Tina Erazmus and Pam Mc-K, one to sit at the raffle table with Nan and one to help the "wait staff")
8:30 to 9:30 As many as possible for tear down and clean up
Saturday, October 27th
9:00 am to 10:00 am 3 or more adults to be "route watchers." Bring a friend and hang out in a camp chair on the walk route.
10:00 am to 11:00 am 3 or more adults to be "route watchers." Also needed: 1 adult to pass out prizes with Nan.
11:00 am to 12:00 pm 2 or more adults to be "route watchers." Also needed: 1 adult to pass out prizes with Dawn Lemke.
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm As many as possible for clean up
If you've been wanting to help with the Fun Walk but haven't been able to yet, NOW is your chance! Please join your friends at these great events -- we plan to have a blast!
Thank you very much for your time,
The following positions need to be filled for both the dinner on friday and the walk on saturday. Please respond as soon as possible and let me know what you would be free to help with.
Friday, October 26th
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Set Up with Ellie Feldman and Anne Hacker
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm 3 adults (one in the kitchen with Nan and Pam McCarthy-Kern, one at the raffle table with Dawn Lemke, and one to help the "wait staff" kids)
8:00 pm to 9:00 pm 4 adults (one to sit at the will call desk, one in the kitchen with Tina Erazmus and Pam Mc-K, one to sit at the raffle table with Nan and one to help the "wait staff")
8:30 to 9:30 As many as possible for tear down and clean up
Saturday, October 27th
9:00 am to 10:00 am 3 or more adults to be "route watchers." Bring a friend and hang out in a camp chair on the walk route.
10:00 am to 11:00 am 3 or more adults to be "route watchers." Also needed: 1 adult to pass out prizes with Nan.
11:00 am to 12:00 pm 2 or more adults to be "route watchers." Also needed: 1 adult to pass out prizes with Dawn Lemke.
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm As many as possible for clean up
If you've been wanting to help with the Fun Walk but haven't been able to yet, NOW is your chance! Please join your friends at these great events -- we plan to have a blast!
Thank you very much for your time,
Friday, October 19, 2007
More Community Support for Armatage!
Thanks to volunteer Melanie Tietz, Noodles will be providing 50 lbs of penne pasta, 20 lbs of parmesean cheese, and their delicious Balsamic Vinaigrette salad dressing! This means that all money raised through the sales of tickets for the Kick Off Dinner will go directly to Armatage as the entire menu has been donated by our business partners!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
This Week's Raffle Winners
Anne Hacker, Maja Caye and Rhys McCarthy-Kern were this week's lucky winners of the Armatage Family Fun Walk raffle. There are two more raffles to go before the Kick Off dinner (which is a raffle-palooza so don't miss it!) See you there!
Volunteer of the Day
Thank you to Melanie Tietz for arranging huge in-kind contributions from McDonald's and Bruegger's. We know she is waiting to hear from Patrick's Bakery as well. The contributions of volunteer's like Melanie make all our work possible.
See the list at left for other notable Fun Walk Event volunteers.
See the list at left for other notable Fun Walk Event volunteers.
In School Rallies -- And a Kangaroo Principal?
This Wednesday, October 17th, we held two rallies in the Theater at school to help the students get ready for the Armatage Family Fun Walk on October 27th. Armatage parent Jim Anderson served as MC at both the 12:30 pm rally for K - 2nd grades and the 1:00 rally for 3 - 5th grades.
Julie Railsback got everyone warmed up with some chair exercise and taught us how to feel for our increased heart rates. Jim modeled snow shoes, which the children told him NOT to wear to the fun walk! He also explained to the audience what the fun walk was and what would happen with the money they had raised. Fundraising updates were given (see Leader Board at upper left) and children were instructed on how to dress for the event given various weather possibilities this time of year.
Three special guests appeared on stage to try to answer some health and fitness questions. Katherine, Queen of England (the last wife of Henry the 8th) was joined by McGruff the Crime Dog and Albert Einstein. Sadly, our guests were woefully unknowledgeable and inept! The students had all the right answers, of course, thanks to our excellent gym teacher Renae Kirby!
Past raffle winners received their prizes, weekly top fundraisers were awarded special certificates signed by Foster, and the ultimate prizes were announced: the class that brings in the most money for our school will get an extra prep period with Mrs. Kirby to do the fun fitness activity of their choice; the top fundraising student will receive a Hollywood Video fun bucket, plus a Papa Murphy's pizza AND a $100 gift card to Target!
Finally, Mrs. Franks wore an unusual head piece for the revelation of a very special challenge: if we reach our goal of raising $16,000 -- and we are sooo close! -- Mrs. Franks will wear a BLUE KANGAROO COSTUME for the entire day the Monday after event day!! Mrs. Franks surprised even the rally planners when she announced that if we hit $20,000 she'll spend that day HOPPING!
With only $5,300 left to go, I'm sure we can get Mrs. Franks in that kangaroo suit --we already know she looks great in the hat!!!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the rallies, including the teachers who let us have their time and Mrs. Webster who kindly shared the stage.
Julie Railsback got everyone warmed up with some chair exercise and taught us how to feel for our increased heart rates. Jim modeled snow shoes, which the children told him NOT to wear to the fun walk! He also explained to the audience what the fun walk was and what would happen with the money they had raised. Fundraising updates were given (see Leader Board at upper left) and children were instructed on how to dress for the event given various weather possibilities this time of year.
Three special guests appeared on stage to try to answer some health and fitness questions. Katherine, Queen of England (the last wife of Henry the 8th) was joined by McGruff the Crime Dog and Albert Einstein. Sadly, our guests were woefully unknowledgeable and inept! The students had all the right answers, of course, thanks to our excellent gym teacher Renae Kirby!
Past raffle winners received their prizes, weekly top fundraisers were awarded special certificates signed by Foster, and the ultimate prizes were announced: the class that brings in the most money for our school will get an extra prep period with Mrs. Kirby to do the fun fitness activity of their choice; the top fundraising student will receive a Hollywood Video fun bucket, plus a Papa Murphy's pizza AND a $100 gift card to Target!
Finally, Mrs. Franks wore an unusual head piece for the revelation of a very special challenge: if we reach our goal of raising $16,000 -- and we are sooo close! -- Mrs. Franks will wear a BLUE KANGAROO COSTUME for the entire day the Monday after event day!! Mrs. Franks surprised even the rally planners when she announced that if we hit $20,000 she'll spend that day HOPPING!
With only $5,300 left to go, I'm sure we can get Mrs. Franks in that kangaroo suit --we already know she looks great in the hat!!!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the rallies, including the teachers who let us have their time and Mrs. Webster who kindly shared the stage.
Kick Off Dinner News
The principle organizers of the kick off dinner, Pam McCarthy Kern, Michelle Loomans, and Ellie Feldman, as well as event chairs Tina Erazmus and Dawn Lemke, met on Monday to finalize details for the dinner. Pam, who works as a florist and events planner when she is not volunteering her time at Armatage, has generously offered to provide autumnal floral arrangements for the tables. Look for the link to Fleurissima at left to see some of Pam's work. If you were at the Mardi Gras dance last February, you might have noticed her unusual and extravagant designs.
Earlier the plans for the dinner had included table service by Armatage fifth graders and alumni. That plan was changed in favor of a 2 or 3 table buffet system in the Lower Gym. There's still a need for older students to help out at the dinner, however, so if you have any junior high or high school students who'd like to give something back to their alma mater, contact Judy Kralewski.
The presale notice did not get out as early as hoped so the deadline has been extended until next week. Orders received by the 25th will be held at "will call" at the Park at 6 pm on the night of the event.
The presales orders have been pouring in. It looks like this will be another well attended Armatage party! Thank you to all the volunteers and and neighborhood partners who are making it happen for our school!
Earlier the plans for the dinner had included table service by Armatage fifth graders and alumni. That plan was changed in favor of a 2 or 3 table buffet system in the Lower Gym. There's still a need for older students to help out at the dinner, however, so if you have any junior high or high school students who'd like to give something back to their alma mater, contact Judy Kralewski.
The presale notice did not get out as early as hoped so the deadline has been extended until next week. Orders received by the 25th will be held at "will call" at the Park at 6 pm on the night of the event.
The presales orders have been pouring in. It looks like this will be another well attended Armatage party! Thank you to all the volunteers and and neighborhood partners who are making it happen for our school!
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