Do you have a pile of Box Tops sitting in your house? Or maybe some in your fridge on that package of Green Giant mushrooms and the Gogurt box? During morning announcements on Friday, January 31st, we will have a drawing to win one of four $2.00 coupons to the school spirit store! Simply place as many BT’s as you have in a baggie, write your child’s first and last name and teacher’s name on the outside of the baggie and return it to school before 8am on 1/31 They can be handed in to the front office or given to a teacher. (due to the new teeny-tiny box tops and difficult-to-write-on material there is no need to write your name on the back ef every BT)  Thanks for supporting Box Tops For Education and Irving PTO!

Thanks so much to all who participated in the 2013 Cookie Crumble. You helped raise $1100, and the 1^st graders won the contest for donating the most cookies! Thanks again for supporting this event.

Joyel Hall

We hope you can join us for the January PTO meeting, which is this week on Thursday, January 9 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
January 9, 2014
6:30PM
Irving Media Center Library

1. Welcome
2. Update from District 97 board member Amy Felton (10 minutes)
3. Principal’s Report (30 minutes)
4. Treasurer’s Report (5 minutes)
5. Committee Reports: (30 minutes)
   1. Silent Auction & Fun Fair: February 22
   2. Event Evaluation: Craft Fair/Cookie Crumble
   3. Other committee reports
6. Eagle Extras Update (5 minutes)
7. Approve minutes from 12/5/13
8. All other business

On Saturday, February 22nd 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 

–Services (i.e. interior design, housecleaning, painting, landscaping, contracting) 

–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 2014 Fun Fair and Silent Auction a huge success!!

Best Regards,

Hannah O’Connor

773-368-4184

hanoconnor@gmail.com

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