Fundraising

IRVING FUN FAIR! Volunteers Needed – SIGN UP NOW!!!

IRVING FUN FAIR!

Saturday February 22, 2014. 11 – 3!

Games, Prizes, Food, Crafts, Contests and much more

Many of you have volunteered in the past and will hopefully continue the tradition. If this is your first Fun Fair experience come join us for a great day. Please fill out the sign up sheet and return it to school with your child.

Thank you, and if you would like more information feel free to contact me!

David Jordan, irvingfunfair@gmail.com

SIGN UP SHEET

Instructions and Link for Online Silent Auction

Thank you for supporting the Irving PTO through this silent auction! We’re thrilled to offer these amazing items online this year. Here is the link to access the online auction: http://irvingsilentauction.wordpress.com

Bidding opens: Tuesday, February 19, 6:00 p.m. Bidding closes: Thursday, February 21, 10:00 p.m. Note to teachers & staff: Please use an email address other than your @op97.org one. These may get marked as Spam and they are slow to show up.

Download Instructions

To place a bid, click to view the item you’re interested in, then click on “Leave a Comment” or “Leave a Reply” and enter the dollar amount you wish to bid. The first time you do this you will be asked for your name and email address. This is how you will be contacted if you win (emails are hidden from public view). You do not need to leave any other information in the Comment, just your bid amount, for example “$200.” You need to keep posting comments to increase your bid; it doesn’t happen automatically.

If you are the winner of an item, you will be contacted to arrange payment and receipt of your new prize. Please make payments by cash or check only. Local pick-up or delivery only; items cannot be shipped.

If you have any problems or questions, please call Hannah O’Connor 773-368-4184 or email hanoconnor@gmail.com

Please join us at Irving School for additional items at the in-person silent auction on Saturday, February 22 from 11 am to 2 pm. The items posted online will only be available at the in-person silent auction if the starting bid is not met.

Here is a sneak peak at what will be on the online auction:

Blackhawks – 2 Tickets for March 4 vs Colorado

Blackhawks – 2 Tickets for March 4 vs Colorado

Bears 4 tickets to preseason game or 2 tickets for regular season game. (See link for available games) Section 124 Row 4. Value $206

Bulls vs Miami Heat – 4 seats Sunday March 3 at 12:00pm 300 level seats. Bulls will be having a hat giveaway. Value $325.

Bulls vs. Philadelphia – March 22 at 7pm Benny the Bobblehead giveaway.

Empty Bottle / Bite Café – Dinner and a show package for 2 based on availability. Value $100

Duseks Board and Beer – dinner for two with beer pairing.  Value $125

Magical Minds – 10 pass punch card.  Value $90

Second City and Sen Sushi -Two passes for a Second City show Tues/Thur or Sunday and gift certificate to Sen Sushi. Value $142.

Let’em Bounce House Rental – I day standard moon bounce house. Value $220

ABC Tour– Behind the scenes tour of the ABC Newsroom with Jill Jordan for 5 people. Friday April 11, 4:30. Value: Priceless

Lemondmade Style and Snips Birthday Party – includes 2 hour access to party room and party supplies for 10 kids. $250

Amanda Miller Design Studios – 3 hours of interior design consultation by designer, Amanda Miller. Value $405

Steve and Kate’s Camp – Five days of camp to be used at the River Forest site or any Steve and Kate Camps. Value $345.

Cubs – Several tickets will be available for auction

Sox – Several tickets will be for auction.

Eberts Photography – $500 gift certificates for Ebert photography. Set at a $99 buy it now price and will sell up to 5.

Parties for the Silent Auction

Are you ready to Party Irving? 

New to the auction this year we are selling tickets to parties hosted by teachers and parents.  Here is a sneak peak, as of 2/7/14, of some of the fun parties that Irving students can participate in!  We anticipate having parent-hosted parties as well. 

Tickets to these parties will be available when the online auction opens at 6pm on Tuesday February 18th.  The online auction closes at 9pm on Thursday February 20th, and spots are first come / first served.  The price listed below is a flat fee per ticket – no bidding on these items.

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February PTO Meeting This Thursday, 2/6, 6:30pm

We hope you can join us for the February PTO meeting, which is this week on Thursday, February 6 at 6:30pm in the Library/Media Center on the second floor. As always, free child care is provided.

We hope to see you there. If you are unable to attend and would like to discuss anything on the agenda, please contact Laura Crawford at lauracrawford47@gmail.com, Jodie Ackerman at jodiepto@yahoo.com, or any of the other PTO board members (click here for contact info).

Irving School PTO
Agenda for Monthly Meeting
February 6, 2014
6:30PM
Irving Media Center Library

  1. Welcome
  2. Principal’s Report (30 minutes)
  3. Treasurer’s Report (5 minutes)
  4. Appoint Nominating Committee to recruit for open positions (5 minutes)
  5. Committee Reports: (30 minutes)
    1. Silent Auction & Fun Fair: February 22
    2. Event Evaluation: Craft Fair
    3. Other committee reports
  6. Eagle Extras Update (5 minutes)
  7. Vote to approve scholarship funds for 5th Grade Outdoor Education trip. (5 minutes)
  8. Possible presentations for upcoming PTO meetings (5 minutes)
  9. Vote to add additional PTO meeting on May 22, 2014 (5 minutes)
  10. Approve minutes from 1/9/13
  11. All other business

Silent Auction – DONATIONS NEEDED

HELP!

IRVING FUN FAIR & SILENT AUCTION , February 22,2014

WE NEED YOUR HELP, TIME IS RUNNING OUT. PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO THE AUCTION OR HELPING OUT THE DAY OF.

The silent auction is our biggest PTO fundraiser. To make this event a success we need help with donations. Feel free to contact us if you have anything to donate. We need all donations by February 13, 2014. To sign up to help the day of, you can use this signup genius http://www.SignUpGenius.com/go/5080D45ADAF2CAA8-silent1/3842880

Thanks for your support.

Hannah O’Connor hanoconnor@gmail.com

Kim Vander Griend kavander@gmail.com

Gloria Quinones-Garcia gogoq73@yahoo.com

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