2011 Queen of Peace School Commemorative Coffee Mug
Stop by the school office to purchase yours. What a wonderful Christmas gift!!!
$8.00 a piece or 2 for $15.00
The 2011/2012 school year at Queen of Peace promises to be a wonderful experience for all our students and families. The fundraising committee is ready to hit the ground running and looks forward to working with all of you to meet our goals.
Upon enrollment, each family committed to raising a specific amount of funds and contributing volunteer hours in order to maintain the quality of our educational experience. Additionally, we have an overall fundraising obligation to the parish. The fundraising committee has a number of opportunities for you to reach these goals. These fundraising activities are not only vital to the continued success of our school, but they are also a great way to get to know the other families in the school. Many lifelong friendships have started while assembling pasties or preparing wreaths for delivery.
Some of the fundraisers provide an opportunity to earn financial credit, others simply volunteer hours. Many of the major fundraisers give you the chance to receive credit in both categories. It is important to note that you need to report any volunteer hours or financial contributions in order to receive credit. Please see the event chair or the school office to report these.
On the following pages you will find a calendar of fundraising events along with the Chair Person for each event. We have also included a brief description of each event and how you can earn credit towards your goals.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact a member of the fundraising committee or the school office.
Event: Marathon
Date: 10-08-11
Event Chair: The Zegans
Description:
Our event is held under the auspices of the Minnesota Marathon for Nonpublic Education. All money raised from this event stays with our school. The Knights of Columbus assist us with the Saturday event. This year we will be biking, walking or jogging on the Munger Trail. Our starting point is in Carlton and we travel 2.5 miles to the checkpoint/turn around and then back. Each student is asked to collect pledges for their participation. Pledge forms will be provided.
Each family will receive fundraising credit for 100% of the pledges they turn in to the school. Complete details will be provided with the pledge sheets.
Event: Farm House Dinner
Date: 10-08-11
Event Chair: The Lahs
Description:
This dinner is held the evening of our Marathon. It is a parish and community event to raise money for our school. An Old Fashioned Farm House Dinner is prepared over an open fire and served in the Parish Hall. Tickets are sold in advance and at the door. Proceeds after expenses go toward meeting our overall fundraising goals.
A number of volunteers are needed in order to make this a success. Your time will go toward your volunteer hours goal.
Event: Wreath Sales
Date: 10-10-11 to 10-28-2011
Delivery: 11-18-2011
Event Chair: Gina Ausmua
Description:
The sale of Christmas Wreaths is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year. During the month of October we take orders for a variety of wreaths from friends, families and businesses. The products are delivered to the school on Friday November 18th. This fundraiser provides an opportunity to work on both the financial and volunteer goals.
Families will be credited with the profit for all of the wreath orders under their name. We also need many volunteers on delivery day to unload the trucks, attach ribbons, sort orders and make local deliveries.
Event: Home for the Holidays Dinner
Date: 12-02-2011
Event Chair: Jen Salatel
Description:
This dinner is held in conjunction with the Cloquet Home for the Holidays Family Celebration in the Parish Hall. Tickets are sold in advance and at the door. Proceeds after expenses go toward meeting our overall fundraising goals.
A number of volunteers are needed in order to make this a success. Your time will go toward your volunteer hours goal.
Event: Cookie Dough Sales
Date: 1-6 to 1-29-2012
Delivery: TBD
Event Chair: Steve & Bonnie Monfeldt
Description:
The sale of Cookie Dough is back as one of our fundraisers this year. During the month of January we take orders for a variety of Otis Spunkmeyer cookies from friends, families and businesses. The products are delivered to the school about 3-4 weeks after we complete the sales. This fundraiser provides an opportunity to work on both the financial and volunteer goals.
Families will be credited with the profit for all cookie dough orders under their name. We also need some volunteers on delivery day to unload the trucks and sort orders.
Event: Mardi Gras
Date: 2-11-2012
Event Chair: George Lah
Description:
Mardi Gras has become our most successful fundraiser. It is held each year just prior to the start of Lent. Not only is this event important to our fundraising, but it provides a variety of opportunities to work on both the financial and volunteer goals.
Any time spent planning or working on the event counts as volunteer hours. We will be decorating and setting up beginning at 8:00 AM on Friday. There will also be some things to accomplish at the school on Saturday and we can always use help with clean up and break down.
Financial credit can be earned in a variety of ways.
1) You will receive full credit for any admission tickets you purchase or sell. ($15.00 each) All ticket stubs need to be accounted for so any non-purchased tickets need to be returned to the school.
2) Each family is asked to contribute 3 baskets for the basket sale. You will be credited for $5, $10 or $15 depending on value for each basket.
3) Items for the Silent/Live Auction. We need interesting, quality items to include in our auctions. You will receive credit for the amount of the sale. Please coordinate your solicitation the committee.
4) The food committee is asking for donations. Notices from the food committee will be on the website,
www.queenofpeaceschool.org.
Event: Pasties
Date: 3-8 to 3-10-2012
Event Chair: Beth Quaas
Description:
Our annual pasty sale is a very successful, fun and labor intensive event. We hand make over 2500 pasties between Thursday and Saturday and sell them to the community. Most of them are pre-sold. Because of the amount of labor this event requires, we have established a separate credit model.
The one way to earn fundraising credit during pasty weekend is to volunteer your time. For every hour volunteered by your family you will receive $10.00 of fundraising credit.
Example: 3 family members volunteer for 3 hours each. 9 hours volunteered=$90.00 credit.
Scrip
The Scrip program is an ongoing program throughout the whole year. Businesses allow us to buy full price gift certificates at a discount. Discounts vary by vendor. Each time you make a purchase using a scrip certificate, you help our school out. A list of the businesses participating is available in the school office or after the weekend masses. Scrip is available during the week at the school office or after mass on Saturday and Sunday.
Milk Caps
Kemps Nickels for School program is a great way to earn money for our school. Look for the symbol when purchasing Kemps products.
Printer Cartridges
Recycle your used inkjet printer cartridges the proper way. They collect the used cartridges several times during the year. We have many other miscellaneous programs that go on without a lot of effort by us. We will give you more information as the year progresses. Other programs are: Target Visa Card program, RADA Knives and Watkins Products.
Look at all of your General Mills products and clip the box top. We submit them several times during the year.
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