Hey everyone!
I want to start off by thanking you all for a GREAT DAY at the Pancake breakfast! I was so thankful for each one of you and how you served! I am please to announce that between the money raised from the pancake breakfast as well as a donation raised by one of our students from an outside group, we are able to contribute $200 on each of your behalf from the pancake breakfast alone (that's $300 total from the 2 dinners!)
In hindsight, there are a number of things that we will plan to do differently to make better use of your time and effort. For instance, next time we will plan to work in shifts (i.e. 15 people sign up for 2nd service, 15 for 3rd, etc.) I really appreciate you all hanging in there through some times when you may not have had a ton to do!
Again, thank you for serving - it was a great success!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION!
Don't forget that there is an ALL TEAM meeting this Saturday, June 28th! I announced this to you via the parent's letter back in FEBRUARY so I expect that you have made plans to attend this day! Instead of planning an all day event (like the letter said), we are going to abbreviate the meeting to be only 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM! During this time we will be doing some very important things that will have significant impact on the trip (as well as how you prepare for it in packing, planning, etc)
Bring money for pizza - we will together first! PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO BRING MONEY!!!
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU PLAN TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS DAY. IT IS VITAL THAT WE HAVE THE ENTIRE TEAM TOGETHER! I WILL SUPPLY PENS AND NOTEBOOKS FOR YOU TO WRITE DOWN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT YOU WILL NEED TO NOTE DURING THE DAY.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT YOUR BALANCE AND PAYMENTS ON SATURDAY AS WELL - MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE UP TO DATE AND BRING AS MUCH INFO AS YOU HAVE WITH YOU WHEN YOU COME ON SATURDAY!
FUTURE DATES:
Just in case you don't have the remaining dates handy, here are the other 2 meetings that were on the original parent's letter: (make sure you make plans and bring money for pizza!!!!)
July 10th 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM - All team to assemble VBS supplies.
July 17th 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM - All team to assemble VBS supplies.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
HELP!!!! (Pancake Breakfast)
Hey Everyone!
It has been a big week for out trip this week...
On Wednesday, we had most of our team together for a little work project/team builder. It was a great time! We set up the tables and chairs for the pancake breakfast, stained the children's play set at the South Campus and cleaned up some landscaping! Thanks for all of the hard work, you guys!!!
Today, I prayed with a group of five of our students and one leader as they embarked on a 50 mile bike-a-thon to raise money for the trip - did you catch that??? 50 miles!!!! I met them in Pioneer for some pizza about 1 PM before they finished the last 15 miles back to the church! One of them even rode the last couple of miles on a completely flat front tire! WAY TO GO TEAM!!
Saturday, a few of our girls are having a garage sale to raise funds... they have already had one sale and have moved to another location to unload some more things. I think that you guys are doing a GREAT JOB!
Ok... now for a few VERY IMPORTANT things related to this weekend!
Strawberries!
We have a few people who signed up to cut (and I think it is called "crush") strawberries on Saturday morning. If you are AT ALL available after 10:30 AM and would like to help, please meet Tari Davis in the North Campus Kitchen. They will be working hard and could REALLY use some more help... any time that you have would be greatly appreciated!
Sunday Morning
This Pancake Breakfast is an ALL HANDS ON DECK event! Unless you have already communicated something contrary, we expect to have everyone serve from beginning to end (that means complete clean up). ANY AND ALL PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, CAPABLE SIBLINGS AND USEFUL PETS ARE GLADLY APPRECIATED TO HELP... PLEASE HELP US - THIS IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING!
Here is the plan: EVERYONE SHOULD ATTEND THE FIRST SERVICE ON SUNDAY MORNING and then plan to head to the North Campus to help out wherever you are needed.
There are two primary areas of need: 1.) KITCHEN (cooking, serving, dishes) 2.) GYMNASIUM (cleaning up, seating people, toppings table, drinks, etc).
We are very excited about how all of this is shaping up and are anxious to see how this will prove to help each of these kids and the families in Honduras!!!!!
Thanks everyone - SEE YOU FIRST SERVICE ON SUNDAY!!!!!!!
It has been a big week for out trip this week...
On Wednesday, we had most of our team together for a little work project/team builder. It was a great time! We set up the tables and chairs for the pancake breakfast, stained the children's play set at the South Campus and cleaned up some landscaping! Thanks for all of the hard work, you guys!!!
Today, I prayed with a group of five of our students and one leader as they embarked on a 50 mile bike-a-thon to raise money for the trip - did you catch that??? 50 miles!!!! I met them in Pioneer for some pizza about 1 PM before they finished the last 15 miles back to the church! One of them even rode the last couple of miles on a completely flat front tire! WAY TO GO TEAM!!
Saturday, a few of our girls are having a garage sale to raise funds... they have already had one sale and have moved to another location to unload some more things. I think that you guys are doing a GREAT JOB!
Ok... now for a few VERY IMPORTANT things related to this weekend!
Strawberries!
We have a few people who signed up to cut (and I think it is called "crush") strawberries on Saturday morning. If you are AT ALL available after 10:30 AM and would like to help, please meet Tari Davis in the North Campus Kitchen. They will be working hard and could REALLY use some more help... any time that you have would be greatly appreciated!
Sunday Morning
This Pancake Breakfast is an ALL HANDS ON DECK event! Unless you have already communicated something contrary, we expect to have everyone serve from beginning to end (that means complete clean up). ANY AND ALL PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, CAPABLE SIBLINGS AND USEFUL PETS ARE GLADLY APPRECIATED TO HELP... PLEASE HELP US - THIS IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING!
Here is the plan: EVERYONE SHOULD ATTEND THE FIRST SERVICE ON SUNDAY MORNING and then plan to head to the North Campus to help out wherever you are needed.
There are two primary areas of need: 1.) KITCHEN (cooking, serving, dishes) 2.) GYMNASIUM (cleaning up, seating people, toppings table, drinks, etc).
We are very excited about how all of this is shaping up and are anxious to see how this will prove to help each of these kids and the families in Honduras!!!!!
Thanks everyone - SEE YOU FIRST SERVICE ON SUNDAY!!!!!!!
Monday, June 2, 2008
Updates Galore!
Hey Everyone!
I wanted to get a few updates out to you... hold on tight - this information is important and there is a LOT of it!
We sent the final check out this week for the airfare to Honduras. As many of you have asked, Delta's announcement of increased fuel service charges did (significantly) affect our cost! When we set up the trip (and advertised the cost), the service charge was projected at $179/ticket - I anticipated an increase and set the cost to students (for the service charge) at $200.
Well, we sent the check today with a fuel service charge of $359.30 (that is more than $4000 more than we had anticipated). Now, I know exactly what you are thinking... don't worry - we aren't raising the student's price for the trip.
As you already know, the church has pledged $150/student toward each student (anticipating 10-12 students... getting 28... I never anticipated this kind of interest) and will now shoulder the $4000+ involved in this service charge. we are solidly committed to providing an excellent experience for our students!
Extra Money?
I get this question allot: "What if we raise extra money. What should I do with it?" The answer is pretty simple. Please model honesty and integrity for you student and honor the desire of the people who donated toward the trip. We have an extraordinary burden given fuel costs and also have a couple of students who are struggling to raise the money. Please turn in all of the money that you raise - these funds will help to off-set other students who are struggling to raise their funds as well as the increasing difference between what students pay and what this trip will cost.
Well - there are a ton more things that are brewing, but lets get past the breakfast before we start working on those!!!
Thanks, everyone!!!
Jeremy
I wanted to get a few updates out to you... hold on tight - this information is important and there is a LOT of it!
Local Service Project
As you already know (given the dates I listed on the last parent's letter) this Wednesday is an ALL TEAM local Service project. We will meet at the church at 10 AM before we go serve locally (some of this will be team building, some will be serving a local widow and other parts will be preparing for the Pancake Breakfast).
Students will need to wear work clothes, bring money for lunch (we will order pizza) and plan to be busy until at least 2 PM.
Also, as I mentioned in the letter "students with REGULAR/FULL TIME work schedules during the day will be allowed to miss – part time workers will need to request off" If this applies to you (for example you lifeguard FULL TIME at the pool), please let me know.
Pancake Breakfast
Next Sunday (June 15) is the Pancake breakfast fundraiser! We have been working to organize all of the details to make this happen. As has been the case in the past, Randy Shirkey has generously volunteered to handle the kitchen volunteers (food preparation, serving, etc) - make sure to thank Randy - he has been very busy lately and doesn't even have a kid in youth group! Some incredibly cool parents have volunteered to handle heading up the serving area and the seating/dining room area. There are a number of needs that we will need to have handled before Sunday AM:
- ~ We will need about 15 parents to volunteer to make a large fruit salad. If you are able to do that, please email me so that I don't have to start at the top of the list and make calls until I find 15 of you who are willing... that will be a BIG help to me!
- ~ We will need a handful of students and parents to volunteer to clean and cut fresh strawberries on Saturday, June 14. Again, please email me if this could be you!
- ~ Finally, we will need about 10 (or s0) pancake griddles for us to use on the morning of the breakfast. If you have one that we can borrow, please email me (do you sense a trend?)
We sent the final check out this week for the airfare to Honduras. As many of you have asked, Delta's announcement of increased fuel service charges did (significantly) affect our cost! When we set up the trip (and advertised the cost), the service charge was projected at $179/ticket - I anticipated an increase and set the cost to students (for the service charge) at $200.
Well, we sent the check today with a fuel service charge of $359.30 (that is more than $4000 more than we had anticipated). Now, I know exactly what you are thinking... don't worry - we aren't raising the student's price for the trip.
As you already know, the church has pledged $150/student toward each student (anticipating 10-12 students... getting 28... I never anticipated this kind of interest) and will now shoulder the $4000+ involved in this service charge. we are solidly committed to providing an excellent experience for our students!
Extra Money?
I get this question allot: "What if we raise extra money. What should I do with it?" The answer is pretty simple. Please model honesty and integrity for you student and honor the desire of the people who donated toward the trip. We have an extraordinary burden given fuel costs and also have a couple of students who are struggling to raise the money. Please turn in all of the money that you raise - these funds will help to off-set other students who are struggling to raise their funds as well as the increasing difference between what students pay and what this trip will cost.
Well - there are a ton more things that are brewing, but lets get past the breakfast before we start working on those!!!
Thanks, everyone!!!
Jeremy
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