MINUTES

Bath PTA

Meeting Minutes

10/14/2014

Wendy Jung called meeting to order at 6:30PM.

Secretary’s Report

The minutes of the September 2014 meeting were circulated and reviewed on the blog.

Motion to approve minutes, Jill.

Second and Vote to approve amended minutes.

Treasurer’s Report

At this point in the year, the only expenditure is the 1^st grade trip to the Maine Wildlife Park.

New Business

Backpack Program-Sally Brown

Sally welcomed representatives from Bath United Methodist Church (UMC), Good Shepard Food Bank and the Bath Food Bank; Kathy, Brenda, Laurie, and Darryl.

There will be an upcoming press release for the backpack program at DNS.

Good Shepard runs two in school food programs for students with chronic or situational hunger which operate in addition to traditional school and SNAP programs.

The backpack program is a nationwide campaign providing weekly bags with shelf stable meals and snacks. Each bag includes; 1 family meal, a breakfast, fruit and vegetable snacks, and a healthy newsletter including, games, recipes and nutritional information.

Bath UMC will need assistance to pack the bags and bring to DNS for 40-50 students weekly and on school vacations.

The programs goal is to reduce hunger and increase nutrition for children in Bath.

Bath UMC got involved upon learning that two of four children in Bath face food insecurity, raising $10,000 to start the program in December.

The cost to Good Shepard is $225 per student for the year, currently 42 students are funded.

We are looking for volunteers to pack bags. A one month supply will be delivered to the UMC and needs to be sorted into weekly bags.

There will be no identifying information for students.

The first delivery to UMC will be late Tuesday November 11th. Ross Berkowitz mentioned JMG and the Interact Club may be interested in volunteering.

All donations should be made at Bath Savings. Checks should be made payable to Bath Savings for the Back Pack Program Account.

Old Business

Charleston Wraps

Ends Friday the 17^th, all orders must be in by the deadline.

Largest PTA fundraiser, often represents $500 of funding per grade level.

Halloween Dance

The K-5 Halloween dance is October 24^th to be held at FMS.

DJ Mark will be hosting.

Soggy Dog Designs photos will be available.

Popcorn and glow sticks will be for sale.

There will be four costume prizes.

Volunteers are needed for the following; set up, clean up, tables, snacks, and supervision. Set up begins at 5PM, volunteers are welcome at any time!

Rocky Ridge with donate apples.

PTA has one water cooler, will attempt to obtain a second from MHS.

Healthy snack donations are appreciated.

Box Tops

Each year the PTA funds 4 different challenges in each school.

This year PTA will fund milestone prizes for the entire school, but DNS will continue with classroom challenges to win books and iPad apps.

Milestone challenges include; extra recess, dance party, school bracelets, etc. The final goal will likely be a beach trip.

Erin will leave community cans at Brackett’s, Hair Creations, Patten Free Library and a few other locations that are agreeable.

New Business

Yankee Candle

Order forms will go home October 30^th for 2 weeks. In addition, anyone can order through the website all year with proceeds benefiting the PTA.

School Directory

A form to collect data for a school directory will go out via email and paper with a deadline for return. There will also be forms available at the conferences. The form will be posted in pdf on the blog.

Planet Green

Boxes will go into schools for recycling ink cartridges, old cell phones, etc. For every 20 items collected, we can print free shipping labels. This promotes recycling in the schools while generating some funds.

Other Business

• A Newsletter outlining planned fundraisers for the year will go out this month.
• Donations can be made through PayPal, see the link on PTA website, or send checks to Bath Elementary PTA.
• Shutterfly and Tiny prints, shop through the link on the PTA website, and a percentage of your proceeds will go to the PTA.
• We are still considering a school store in each school on Friday afternoons, with an on line store front.
• Heritage days is a great opportunity for a fundraiser, selling water, dunk tank, etc.

Requests

Ms. McCauley, physical education teacher, DNS, requested and was approved for $180 for mile club bracelets as part of her $200.00 budget.

Principal Comments

No Comments.

Upcoming Ideas for fun in the schools include; dress up days, a team of parents play for a fundraiser against Morse, etc.

Next Meeting November 18, 2014

Meeting adjourned 7:40PM

Respectfully Submitted,

Jessica Irish

Secretary, Bath Elementary PTA.