How YOU Can Help!

The fundraising for the Fun Walk is under way and we have both immediate and future needs to share with you.

Contacting Sponsors- We have an immediate need for people to help call on - either by phone or in person - local businesses to ask for donations of goods or money for the event. We also have a list of corporations with a presence in our area that we would also need contacted to ask for sponsorship. We are offering both groups promotion of their organization on our blog, on T-shirts worn by the kids and with a table/booth on Walk Day. The list of the corporations is at left. If you can help with these contacts in any way, please notify co-chair Tina Erazmus 612-929-9079 or mrsraz1999@yahoo.com, as soon as possible.

Challenge Board Monitor - T o help generate enthusiasm for the event and to build team spirit, we would like to create a Challenge Board where teachers, classes and grades can challenge each other to meet goals related to health and the to the event. Need one or two people to create the physical board, set it up in a visible location, notify the teachers and classes of this opportunity, record and monitor the challenges issued. Also, provide small write-ups for Kanga News and or blog on these challenges. Unless there is a designated person for this board, it will not be undertaken.

School Spirit Week - We have designated Oct 1-5 as School Sprint week to help increase excitement about the walk event and the school itself . Monday will be Team Outfit Day, where kids can wear jerseys or clothes with a team focus whether it be major league sports or their own local teams or health/sports related groups. Anything goes as long as it does not cause distraction in class. Wednesday will be Work-Out clothes Day and Friday will be Armatage School Colors Day ( blue and gold/yellow, in case you weren't sure). We need one or two people to help make signs and develop write-ups and/or flyers for the special days.

All School Rally - We are planning to have a rally sometime the week of Oct 15th to update the kids on our progress towards reaching the goal of $16,000 and encourage them to make a final push to collect as much as possible. We plan to distribute actual prizes won by students in the raffle drawings up to that point, lead the kids in some exercises and/or cheers to get them moving and grooving and have some other fun activity. Our hope was to have a health related public figure attend but so far, we haven't been able to identify anyone who will do it without being paid. Need 2-3 people to plan the rally outline, create write-ups and flyers to announce it and possibly MC the rally. There are some ideas floating around about activities to do during the rally so you would have something to build on.

Pre-Walk Dinner - Pam McCarthy- Kern has been tirelessly getting donors for the spaghetti dinner we will be having in the evening of October 26th in the Armatage Park building. She has a lot pulled together for the meal but another planner and/or helper to get paper supplies, servers (we're thinking of Armatage Alumni) would be great. We also need a Raffle/Door Prize Coordinator as we hope to have giveaways for people coming to the dinner as well as presenting awards to major fundraiser winners such the top class fundraiser and the top student fundraiser. Something else related to the dinner is decorations, set-up and take down and this will be headed by Ellie Feldman. Another 1-2 people would be a big help to her in this.

Walk Day Event - The end product of all our efforts! We have set-up volunteers already lined up with John Mattby, Sarah Murray and Susie Fry. At least two more people will be needed to help organize the sponsor/display tables, brainstorm and develop other activities in addition to the walk, creating signs or decorating sidewalks with health tips and facts, etc.

Please let me or Tina Erzamus know as soon as possible which of these areas you can help with. Some, like the Challenge Board and School Spirit week could be done, in large part, at home with some help n school or during the day from your co-chairs and other committee members and volunteers. We'd also love to see you at our planning meetings which are held on Tuesdays at 6:30 PM in the Armatage Park and Rec building. Our next one is on September 25th. Thanks so much for your interest and support - you are the embodiment of the creativity, talent and dedication that makes this a wonderful school!

Dawn Lemke
612-926-2466
dawnjosephsarah@comcast.net

Tina Erazmus
612-929-9079
mrsraz1999@yahoo.com No message is selected