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IRVING FUN FAIR and SILENT AUCTION

February 23,2013

WE NEED YOUR HELP FOR OUR SILENT AUCTION!

On Saturday, February 23th mark your calendars, as we will once again be having our annual Fun Fair and Silent Auction! It will be a day filled with fun and excitement!

Last year the Silent Auction was huge success because of your direct support in soliciting items and donating items for this event. Once again we need your support for this year’s Silent Auction. Please think about talents, items or services you or your employer could donate. Items that are always popular include:

–Sporting—Cubs, Sox, Bears, Blackhawks and Bulls or theatre tickets

–Museum memberships

–Restaurant certificates/gift cards

–Jewelry

–Use of a vacation home or time share

–Craft items

–And those holiday gifts you may have received 2 of!!

Anything you like—chances are someone else will want it too!!

HELP!!! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: If you would like to help in soliciting local businesses for donations or can volunteer the day of the event your help would be GREATLY appreciated. Please call or e-mail me!!

The money from the Silent Auction goes directly to the Irving PTO, which continues to fund various programs to enhance the quality of education for our students and teachers. This is why we need your donations.

Donations and/or certificates can be dropped off at the school office or you can contact me directly. Please fill out the information on the back of this letter and include it with your donation. If you have any questions about your donation please call or e-mail me.

Thank you for helping in making the 2013 Fun Fair and Silent Auction a huge success!!

Best Regards,

Hannah O’Connor

773-368-4184

hanoconnor@gmail.com

LETTER FOR BUSINESSES

Student Council is sponsoring a school wide “penny competition”.  The object of the game is for your child’s homeroom to collect the most points.  Each penny your child brings is worth one point towards their class total.  Your child can choose to put silver coins and paper money into another homeroom’s jar to take a point away from their total.  Each silver coin or paper bill will deduct one point from that classroom’s total. Money will be counted and totaled at the end of the week.  The top class will earn a special prize.

The money earned will be donated to schools that were affected by Hurricane Sandy through the “Literacy Lifeboats” initiative.  Here is a website with more information.  http://readingandwritingproject.com/literacy-lifeboats

What: School-wide Penny Competition

When: December 3^rd – 7^th

Where: Irving School

Why: To help schools that were affected by Hurricane Sandy

FLYER

IRVING SCHOOL PRESENTS THE 13^TH ANNUAL COOKIE CRUMBLE

JOIN THE IRVING SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN OUR SWEET TRADITION ON

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 9AM – 12PM

IN THE MINI-GYM

FILL UP A BOX OF DELICIOUS HOMEMADE COOKIES

FOR JUST $10 A BOX!!

**BAKERS** Each participating family is asked to prepare 5 dozen of their favorite holiday cookies or confections and deliver them to the office on Friday, December 7th during school hours, or to the mini-gym on Saturday, December 8th between 7:30 & 9am (No chocolate chip, please). **Please include an ingredients list to place next to your cookies**. We are offering a free pizza party to the grade that brings in the most cookies!

For more information or to volunteer contact Joyel Hall at joyel_hall@yahoo.com

Thanks for your support!

FLYER/Return Slip

Yes, this means you!!

Consider selling your art/crafts at Irving’s Handmade Holiday Craft Fair, Saturday, December 8, 9:00am to 1:00pm.

Held in conjunction with the Cookie Crumble, this is a great family event with wonderful handmade items for sale by students, parents, local artists, and more.

Cost is $25 per table.  (Irving students pay only $10!)  Table and chairs are provided.

Think stocking stuffers, holiday treats, ornaments, fine art, greeting cards, jewelry, home goods, t-shirts, toys, aprons, scarves, hair accessories, and much more!

Please email Amy at CraftFair@IrvingPTO.com for an application, more information, or to volunteer.  Or pick up an application in the hallway, just outside of the school office.