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October 2013
Dear
Crocker Farm Families,
We hope you are all enjoying this beautiful fall season and your children are
having a great school year. Crocker Farm
has some wonderful events so far this year, including the Back to School Picnic,
School Picture Day, and last week’s Open House.
The
PGO is planning more events soon, including:
·
Sat, Oct 19th. Crocker Farm Reads, a fundraiser at the
Hadley Barnes & Noble. There will be
story readings in the morning by Principal Tesauro, Art Teacher Diane Travis,
Amilcar Shabazz, and Becca Greene Van-Horn, and all day, if patrons mention
Crocker Farm when checking out at the register, a percentage of their purchase
will go to support art and science programs at Crocker Farm.
·
Friday, Oct 25th, 4:30-6 pm. The 2nd Annual Crocker Farm Fall
Harvest Fest. Come celebrate the fall
season and our wonderful Crocker Farm garden. We’ll have live music, yummy
food, and craft projects for kids. Please
join us!
·
Friday, Oct 25th, 8:45 am. Coffee with the Principal.
·
Monday, Oct 28th. Order forms due in the Crocker Farm office
for the pie fundraiser through Small Ones Farm.
Order pies for the upcoming holidays and a portion of the proceeds will
go to Crocker Farm. Pies can be picked
up Nov 8th and 9th at Small Ones Farm (416 Bay Road).
·
Friday, Nov 15th, 8:45 am. Coffee with the Principal.
·
Nov 12th-19th. Collection for our winter coat and clothing
drive. Look for collection boxes in the school
lobby. Last year we gave away more than
100 winter coats, plus boots, mittens, and more.
·
Nov 20th-21st. Distribution of collected winter coats and
clothing.
The
Crocker Farm PGO maintains a blog at www.crockerfarmpgo.blogspot.com, to post all the
latest news on PGO and school events, and community events of interest. If you subscribe to the blog, you’ll get a daily
email containing the newest posts. The
PGO is also on Facebook (Crocker Farm PGO).
All Crocker Farm families are automatically
part of the Crocker Farm PGO. Many of
the PGO’s events and activities would not be possible without family
volunteers. Thank you to everyone who has
volunteered already for this year. If
you would still like to volunteer but have not yet signed up, you can access
the signup form here (tinyurl.com/luxbugc) or email us at CrockerFarmPGO@gmail.com. Volunteering even an hour or two can make a
big difference.
Throughout each year, one of the PGO’s main
activities is to raise funds for school equipment, and special events and
projects. We have active fundraisers,
such as at Barnes & Noble this Saturday, and passive fundraisers, such as the
Stop & Shop A+ Rewards (www.stopandshop.com/aplus; Crocker Farm ID: 05194)
and Target’s Take Charge of Education (https://www-secure.target.com/redcard/tcoe/home, Crocker ID: ) programs.
With all passive fundraisers, participating customers earn money for our
school with each purchase. If you shop
at these stores, please consider signing up.
Please consider too our other passive fundraisers, such as Big Y
Education Express (Crocker ID: 5946), sending in Box
Tops, and buying Crocker Java from Dean’s Beans (order forms in the office/on
our blog (link)). Every little bit helps!
Thank you.
We are looking forward to a great year together.
2013-14 PGO Executive Board
Justyne Ogdahl, president; Tracy Zafian;
Erica Boerman
