Box Tops Goody Bags

Dear Parents

During the month of February we celebrate Valentine's Day to show our love to others. The PSG thought we should show our LOVE to BECC by holding a special Box Tops for Education class contest and awarding the students of the winning class with FUN goody bags and extra recess!

If you are able to help by purchasing and donating items for the bags, please sign up by visiting www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0C4AA5AF2FA1FC1-boxtop. The items will need to be sent to school with your child and labeled to turn into Jennifer Newingham for the BTFE Goody Bag's by or before Feb 28th.

Students in both the AM and PM classes will get goody bags. We are asking for 50 of each item since class sizes vary. The sign up is broken out in 10's so you can sign up for as many or few as you choose. We need a total of 50 of each item.

Most of the items are found at our local Dollar Store. Since we do not know the winning class, knowing how many girls and boys there will be is not possible. Therefore, do your best to shop for gender neutral, but I will work with Jennifer once we know the winning class and create boy and girl bags if items are more specific. 

If you have other Goody Bag ideas that you think would be FUN to include, please feel free to contact me and I can add to this list. We want to make this FUN for the kids so they too become involved in gathering those Box Tops that will help BECC earn money for programs and supplies!

Thank you in advance!

Alison Moyars

BECC PSG 

Box Top Committee Chair 

Box Top Competition February 1-28

Dear Families and Friends,
BECC needs your help to reach our Box Tops for Education collection goal of $500 for the school year! As of Jan. 1, we have collected $140.
To show BECC our LOVE for the month of February, we are having a class competition.
February 1 - 28, your child can bring in Box Tops for Education to their classroom, instead of dropping off in the main office. Your child's teacher will keep all the Box Tops for both their AM and PM class together.
The winning class (AM and PM) will receive extra recess and a special goodie bag! In addition, the class will be featured on our BECC and BECC PSG Facebook pages and in the weekly e-newsletter. The winning class will be announced on Monday, March 10.
It's one of the easiest ways to give back to our school...
o Clip Box Tops from over 200 products
o Trim off excess packaging to make it easy for volunteers to prepare for submission and make sure it has not expired
o Send to school in your child's backpack in either a sandwich bag/envelope or attached to the enclosed collection sheet
Even after February, every Box Top collected will count toward our school goal. Please continue to save them and send to school with your child. In March, the collection box will be back in the main office and we will continue to collect until the last day of school.

EVERY DIME COUNTS!
TOGETHER, WE CAN DO IT!!

Meeting Minutes from January 15, 2014

Meeting called to order 6:33.
Minutes from previous meeting read and approved.
All board members present.

Executive Board Reports:
President - Janet:
* Nothing new to report at this time.

Vice President - DeVanna:
* Continuing with workroom sign ups. We would like to connect the workroom sign up genius to teacher blogs and Facebook so parents can be more aware of volunteer opportunities.

Treasurer – Tami:
* Revenue and expense sheet passed out.
* Read-a-thon money totaled $998.75. Thank you to all the families who donated.
* Money counting procedures being put in place: (1) Two people, an executive committee member and committee chair will meet to tally money from any fundraisers. (2) In order to receive reimbursement for items purchased for the PSG, receipts over $25 will require board approval. Receipts for items less than $25 can be reimbursed at the treasurer’s discretion.
* A $500 donation to our Library from Psi Iota Xi Sorority.
* Purchased a “for deposit only” stamp for depositing checks.

Secretary - Sonja:
* Nothing new to report at this time

Teacher Representative - Sarah:
* Nothing to report other then the staff loves their PSG.
Preschool Coordinator – Jennifer:
* Nothing to report

Committee Reports:
Fundraising:
* Read-a-thon was a great success. $998.75 raised. 25 students participated. Dylan Dial and Jackson Gosnell were the winners.
* Next fundraiser will be in the Spring, dine to donate or book fair around Snacks with Students program.
* Pup Strut May 1 and 2. This is our get active fundraiser similar to Fun Run at Whitelick or Red Bird Run at Cardinal, for example. A planning meeting needs to be held mid February and will most likely be at the library.
* Need to find out cost for prized and t-shirts (195)
* Any ideas for pup strut to be emailed to Janet by end of January. Janet.a.moser@gmail.com.

Relay for Life:
* Butter Braid fundraiser raised $940.42 for the Relay for Life. BECC is currently the lead contributor for BCSC.
* Launter Family is the winner of tickets to Children's Museum.
* Meeting with Relay for Life later this month with BCSC schools for team development.
Box Tops
* BECC was denied Box Top account because we do not have Kindergarten through 8th grade students on campus. Cardinal is partnering with us to help. Thank you Cardinal!
* 1400 box tops collected so far.
* February will be next Box Top collection contest.
* Prizes: possible play dough party for winning classroom.
* Deadline March 14 and postmarked by April 1
* Campbell's Labels for education is another possible option for fundraising

Snacks with Students:
* Michelle Artmeir and Jill to plan date and estimate cost for PSG

Library:
* Many books have been donated.
* Labeling and organizing books is taking place now.
* Half Price Books being contacted for possible donations
* Possible Bingo for Books fundraiser through scholastic with Brownsburg high school students assisting...ask for Clifford costume!
* Library books will not be taken home by students. The are for in school use only.

New Business:

Staff Appreciation:
* Teacher Appreciation Day 2nd week of May
* Plan a treat for them

* Our Blog spot is being transferred to a webpage and added to the BCSC Page. Jennifer Newingham to follow up BCSC webmaster to get a link to this new page

Next meeting March 5 at 6:30
Meeting adjourned at 7:45

PSG December Update

Good evening, BECC families!

Happy holidays to everyone!  With the semester winding down and no PSG meeting this month, I thought I would send out a short update on how the PSG is doing.

It's been quite a process but our paperwork to make the PSG a full not for profit organization has been received by the IRS.  Tami, our Treasurer, and I agree this means our tax exempt status is now pending.  Yeah!!

Our Relay for Life team wrapped up their Butter Braid fundraiser today.  If you still have orders that you have not turned in, please contact Marcie Cates right away.

In speaking with Melissa Smith, the BECC Clinic nurse, she is in need of children's underwear sizes 3T-5/6 boys and girls, new or old.  She also needs gently used coats and pants.  If your child has outgrown some clothing that fits this description, please consider donating them to the clinic.

We will start planning our Pup Strut soon.  This will be our get-up-and-go fundraiser in the spring.  If any families have experience with this type of fundraiser at the elementary level, we would appreciate any and all input.  Please feel free to contact me by email at janet.a.moser@gmail.com.

Our Box Tops for Education program is on temporary hold.  Our school has been denied the privilege of this program because we do not have any students attending Kindergarten through 8th grade in the building.  We are working on partnering with Cardinal Elementary to come up with a plan to submit our box tops through their program.  Thank you Cardinal for your assistance!

The library program is steadily moving forward.  The teachers have had their orientation on how the Brownsburg Public Library's mobile library program is going to work while we work on a more permanent solution for the preschool.  We are still waiting on the promised donated book trucks from the school corporation and will follow up on this.  Once we have carts, we can organize a book donation program.  Details of the book donation plan will be sent home in the near future.  Finally, Amy has spoken with Scholastics regarding a book fair, which we would like to have in the spring semester near the time of our Snacks with Students.  Thanks for all of your hard work, Amy!!

If I've missed anything, any topic or there is something you would like to see the PSG do, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you all so very much for your participation.  You are who make the PSG successful.

Regards,

Janet Moser

Read a Thon Fundraiser

Read a Thon is going on this week. If you need to print any of the forms here is the link.

Meeting Minutes from November 7, 2013

November 7, 2013

Meeting called to order 6:35

Minutes from previous meeting read and approved
All board members present

Executive Board Reports:

President - Janet:

l  Seed money received from several BCSC PSG's and thank you notes signed by everyone present.

l  Will schedule a follow up meeting with the lawyer to review 501c(3) application.

l  Attended Presidents meeting at district office.  Their next meeting is March 17 2014.

Vice President - DeVanna:

l  Harvest party: still need a few volunteers for afternoon parties, note will be published in Preschool Post.

Treasurer - Tami: 

l  Seed money received from four elementary schools.

Secretary - Sonja:

l  Nothing to report at this time

Teacher Representative - Sarah:

l  Teachers are appreciative of PSG's work.

Preschool Coordinator – Jennifer:

l  Nothing to report at this time

Committee Reports:

Fundraising:

l  Read-A-Thon: Mary Jo has drafted letter.  Sending home forms the week of Thanksgiving.  Possibly order extra books from Scholastic for prizes for winners, contact Karen Krepps regarding bonus points for purchasing books.  Jennifer is following up on this.

l  Dine to Donate:  Must have 501c(3) before we start. Planning for spring with possible celebrity attending (Andretti family). Some companies may work with us while 501C is pending.  Considering Orange leaf or Wyliepalooza Ice Cream Emporium for first dine to donate.

Workroom:

l  Devanna will be using Signupgenius for parents to volunteer.  The preschool will allow volunteers to bring any younger siblings into the workroom with them, however the staff of the preschool is not responsible these children.

Library Development:

l  Carts need to be brought out of storage.  These are surplus supplies from the main office and the preschool is getting them for free.

l  Partnering with Brownsburg Public Library to create a mobile library while the PSG builds a library for the preschool. Teachers can pick out books to borrow for three weeks.  This program is also free and Amy Huang is going to shuttle books.

l  Karen Krepps may have duplicate books to donate to BECC Library. Possibly ask other teachers to donate their duplicate books.

l  Follow up with John Voight regarding book carts.

Box Tops:

l  Still waiting for email from BTFE to see if we qualify.

l  If we don't qualify, will use ID from Cardinal.

l  Planning another box top collection for spring.

l  Life skills from the high school can help with bagging and counting.

l  Need to bag box tops in groups of 50.

Relay for Life:

l  Set for May 17, 2014 on the town lawn in Brownsburg.

l  Team Captain meeting at Library Saturday, November 9^th.

l  Team representative from each school as this is a corporate wide participation.

l  Each team has one hour to be highlighted at the event.

Snacks with Students:

l  Michelle will contact Cafeteria Manager, Jill to find out how parents will pay for snacks.  This event most likely will occur in the spring and is similar to donuts with dads and muffins with moms.

New Business:

l  Possible Staff Appreciation day in May

l  June 2, 2014 Teacher work day, possible breakfast provided by PSG

Next meeting set for January 15, 2014 at 6:30

l  Flyer to be sent home with students that week for reminder

Meeting adjourned at 7:25pm.

Meeting Thursday!

We are very excited to announce that our first public PSG meeting will be held this Thursday November 7th at 6:30 in the gym at the BECC. We hope to see many of the preschool parents there.