November 28, 2012 Minutes

November 28, 2012

Meeting called to order at 2:40 pm

Agenda:
Blowout – Saturday, February 9, 2013
– the business cards are finally in!
– we now have a completed registration form and information form
– Runlet Middle School (Nov 17, 2012) – scouted
– Louden Elementary School (Dec 1, 2012) – plan to be scouted
– there will be three different fairs in Tilton this weekend!
– there are a lot of church fairs this time of year!
– one vender has contacted us so far, SR Custom Jewelry. We REALLY need to contact her back
with the information and registration sheets. However, they are still not on our gmail. This needs to be fixed ASAP.

Bell-Ringing – Saturday, December 22, 2012
– for the Salvation Army, outside the Wal-Mart in Concord
– 1-hour slots are open from 10:00am to 8:00pm
– email Ms. Phillips with your name and your slot (maphil7@aol.com)
– it’s really fun, so make sure you sign up before all the good slots are gone! (Bundle up, do
it with a friend, coordinate your ringing into a Christmas carol, wear a Santa hat, and/or
bring a thermos of hot chocolate for extra fun )

Namibia – Wednesday-Friday, January 16-18, 2013
– bakesales during break and possibly a drive-by bakesale immediately after school on

Wednesday the 16th
– we will need to get this new bakesale method approved
– we will need informative posters and bulletin board
– also, we will have to send a message around to the homerooms on the 16th
– of course, we will also have announcements throughout of the week of

Homeroom – Wednesday, December 5, 2012
– Erica had volunteered to buy construction paper from the dollar store
– there are about 70 homerooms
– we will put the paper and a short introductory note of instructions in the teacher’s
mailboxes the Tuesday before
– Erica has also offered to go around during 4th block and collect any cards which are not
brought to Ms. Bouchard’s room

Turkey Teacher – We need to make thank-you cards for Louden Elementary School, Mr. Proulx, and
Ms. Halverson

Eliminate – Project Eliminate has reached the one-million dollar mark! We were a part of that 

Senior Santa – we will raise money and buy gifts for 4 senior citizens by holding two bakesales
– Thursday-Friday, December 6-7, 2012 we will sell
– Wednesday, December 12, 2012 we will walk down the street together and buy gifts
– Erica has written an announcement to air on December 3rd-7th
      Sara             Sugar cookies and Eggnog
      Erica           Oreo pops
      Elizabeth    Choco-chip cookies
      Abby          Brownies
      Bekah        Gingerbread

     Thursday    Friday
      Abby          Abby
      Sara            Sara
      Mariah       Mariah
      Bekah        Bekah
      Dilan   

Scratch Tickets – still iffy as to whether we want to make the commitment. Research needs to be done
to find other possible programs to raise money for DCON and to see if the scratch ticket
thing has been productive in the past

General – we now have a form to help us manage/delegate duties for projects and publicity
– several contacts (including possible Blowout contacts) have been added to our gmail
account, and members should be adding their own to the list (mvkeyclub0@gmail.com)
– Also, this is a reminder that the second and fourth meetings of the month are mandatory.

This means December 12th is our next mandatory meeting

The Next Meeting:
December 5, 2012
Dilan has volunteered to bring the snack

Turkey Challange Penny War

The results from our Turkey Challenge Penny War!

The chase was truly Hilarious!!

Thank you to everyone who helped out!

November 17, 2012 Minutes

Hello everyone, sorry the minutes are going up so late...


Minutes:
November 17, 2012

Meeting called to order at 2:43 pm

Agenda:
Mathmeet - we earned $30
Turkey Teacher - two more days left!
        - the money will go to the soup kitchen
Namibia - the bake sale has been postponed until the chaos of November has passed
Blowout - still don’t know date?
     - paperwork will be on gmail (mvkeyclub0@gmail.com)
     - the business cards will be available next week
     - Big craft fair at Rumford School will be this Saturday. It is very important that someone attends
        the fair to recruit some of these venders 
Homeroom -need colored paper
       - will have the homerooms make cards for the troops
       - December 5th
Scratch Tickets - still need to order them?

The Next Meeting:
November 28th
Discuss scratch tickets for Convention more
Plan when we will have the Namibia fundraiser

REMINDER!! REMINDER!!!

Please remember that we have the MATH MEET fund raiser tomorrow!!!! Bake/Make your goodies!!!

We really need your help!

Miss Bouchard

October 31, 2012 Minutes

KC Minutes:
October 31, 2012

Meeting called to order at 2:48 pm

Agenda:

Halloween Bake Sale   
-     Continue it tomorrow, Thursday November 1st
-     So far we’ve made $33.75
-     Tomorrow at break: Mariah, Sara, Dillan, and Bekah

Turkey Teacher     -      Start next Monday, November 5th
Teachers:

         Sure: Ciarametaro, Howland, Proulx, Proctor, Jackson, Bergeron
         Iffy: Anderson, Glvin
         No Thanks: Radel
         ???: Kennedy, York, Pelletier, Halverson, Wood, Moge Tremblay, Hill, Smith

-      Sam may be able to donate a big turkey cut out to go by our table
-      We have buckets but someone needs to redecorate them by Monday
-      Someone needs to decorate the bulletin board in a Thanksgiving theme in order to promote our month-long fundraiser
-      Everyone should try to make flyers and post them around school in order to promote it
-      We also need one really good, big poster to go above the table

Tabling Schedule:
      November 5h
          A Lunch - Dillan, Sara, Mariah
          B Lunch - (Alex?)
          C Lunch - Jocelynn, Bekah, (Hannah?)
          D Lunch - Jordyn


      November 6th - 14th
          A Lunch - Dillan, David (except the 7th), Sara, Mariah
          B Lunch - David, (Alex?), (Sam?)
          C Lunch - David, Jocelynn, Bekah
          D Lunch - David, Jordyn

-      We will use a rolling-cart to transport the buckets which will be stored in Ms. Bouchard’s room before and after lunches
-      We got a chef suit!
-      The first three (M, T, W) days will be an elimination round to get it down to four contesting teams

Namibia       
-     We will fundraise via a 3-day bake sale November 14th-16th
-      As a club, we will make Muddy Buddies during the 14th’s meeting
-      We will ask Ms. Matteucci to write up an informative message about Namibia that we can use for the morning, afternoon, TV, and break announcements
-      Some of us will need to make poster in order to promote it (a big map?)
-      Our goal is $200
-      We need to get administrative permission for this event


Holiday-Troops        
-      Blank Card Drive
-      Care Packages
-      Holiday Handmade Cards
-      Via Ms. Woodard or Mr. Kenney?
-      Ideas for care package supplies: Beef jerky, hot sauce, salt and pepper, deodorant, etc

Math Meet        
-     Provide a meal for the many mathletes coming to MVHS next Wednesday,
November 7th

Food Chart:
Mac n' Cheese - Bekah, Sara, Erica
Lemondade - David
Brownies - Bekah, Sara, Jocelynn
Pasta Salad - Ms. Bouchard
Ants on a Log - Dillan



-      Dillan will pass it with Ms. Lewis
-      We still need to get administrative permission for this event

Winter Blowout   
-      We have it scheduled for March 9th, but we need it earlier than that in order to submit the payment for convention
-      We have business cards coming soon!

Convention        
-      We will use the scratch ticket fundraiser in order to pay for it
-      That will begin December 1st
-      It will cost $200 for all of the scratch ticket forms. However, if fully completed, the profit will pay off the cost plus the required contributions to go to Convention

Ambar           
-      Idea for another Pray for Ambar fundraiser
-      Is it possible for her to join us in person?
-      Use this fundraiser as our Convention trifold again?

Important Notices: Unicef boxes are due next week! and The 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month is going to be mandatory! and We need to have all of our Turkey Teachers nominees asked by this Friday at the latest!


The Next Meeting:
November 7th
Host a meal for the mathletes
(Before that) Talk more about Pray for Ambar, about drives for our troops, about Namibia, about the Winter Blowout, and about raising money for Convention
Mariah is scheduled to bring a snack

October 24, 2012 Minutes

October 24, 2012

Meeting called to order at 2:46 pm.

Agenda:

Thanksgiving Penny War - November 5th-19th
 - Dress up the 20th
 - We got costumes!
 - Possible teams:
       Halverson & Proulx
       Tremblay & Hill
       Howland & Radel
       York & Anderson
       Galvin & Bergeron
       Wood & Moge
       Kennedy & Ciarametaro
       Jackson & Pelletier

Halloween Bake Sale - October 31st 
                  - Paige – sugar cookies
                  - Bekah – chocolate-covered pretzels
                  - Rosie – pumpkin cupcakes
                  - Mariah – pumpkin cookies
                  - Erica – Oreo pops
                  - Sara – witch’s broom cookies
                  - Alex – apple cider

Unicef - All boxes should be turned in by November 7th

Winter Blowout - business cards from Vistaprint ($5)

Halloween Photographers - take pictures of people at school on the 31st
    - give them the printed photos during 4th block the next day ($1)
    - upload to Facebook ($0.25)                                                                                    -  
    - turn our bulletin board into a scary backdrop (Jocelynn, Rosie, and Mariah are in charge of that)
    - when picture is taken we will need to record the person’s name, their 4th block, and picture #
    - Alex or Mariah will donate a camera
    - Jocelyn will drop the pictures off the next day

The Next Meeting:
October 31st
No one is scheduled to bring the snack, so someone should volunteer

October 17, 2012 Minutes

October 17, 2012

Meeting called to order at 2:58 pm. 

Agenda:

10/11 Bakesale - we raised $65.86

Turkey Teacher - November 5^th-19^th 

                                   - costumes?  

                                   - containers?

Halloween Bake Sale - October 31st             

Unicef - All boxes should be turned in by November 7th

Winter Blowout - start collecting ideas for possible contacts any time

                  - revise our old flyer, info-sheet, and registration form. (Will be ready by next meeting)

                  - visit local fairs/events:

                              - Big Holiday Fair (Boscawen Old Home Day Committee) 

                              - Fair at Boscawen Town Hall 

                              - Webster Holiday Fair

                              - Salisbury Holiday Fair

                              - Loudon Fine Arts Show (Nov 2, 3, 4)

                              - Craft Fair at Everett Arena

                              - Hopkinton Craft Fair

                              - Covered Bridge Group Farmstand

General Bake Sales - try to do 3rd Thursday of every month 

                                - so that means the next one will be November 15th

Halloween Photographers - take pictures of people at school on the 31st

                                          - give them the printed photos during 4th block the next day, or upload to Facebook

                                          - turn our bulletin board into a scary backdrop (Jocelynn, Rosie, and Mariah are in charge of that)

Boscawen Big Holiday Fair - we need to see when this is and if we want to try to participate

The Next Meeting:

October 24th

Hannah is scheduled to bring the snack.

The last of the dues will be collected. 

Distribute paperwork for the Winter Blowout.