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Wednesday, March 01, 2006
March 11th - fundraising auction
The annual "spring" auction will be held early this year, on March 11th, to raise funds for the D.C. trip. The event will be held at West Valley High School beginning at 5 pm.
In addition to the auction, dinner is available. Dinner tickets are $5 for lasagna, salad and bread. Those under 5 eat free.
Set up for the auction will take place beginning Friday evening and continue on Saturday. Your help is needed! If you can help make signs to direct visitors to parking and the auction location, that too would be helpful. Contact Kaye, Judy or Nancy Klein. (Due to the high school remodel project, be sure to park only in the approved locations such as the large lot on the north side. Do not park on the road in the "congested area" immediately in front of the cafeteria or "temporary school office entrance" on the west side.)
If you have new items or know of merchants who can donate items (valued $15 or more), please let us know!
Students should have received 3x5 cards with names of businesses they should visit/call to seek donations for the auction. However, the remainder of this week (Wednesday on), members of the Pep Band are in Tacoma, WA for the state basketball finals and will not be able to do much until they return. Parents can help here!!!!! (Congrats to the WVHS Boys Basketball team for winning the #1 seed position.)
D.C. Trip update
Leave Spokane April 4th - return April 9th. Parade is in the nation's capitol on April 8th.
Students and most parents will travel by bus from WVHS to SeaTac Airport, Seattle and then fly non-stop overnight to D.C.
As of Monday night, approval was given to authorize the purchase of airline tickets. There has been a slight increase in the total trip price due to a variety of issues including airfare/fuel charges, hotel changes, changes in the number of travelers, bus sizes required in D.C., and our inability to deliver all of our funds to EDT in a timely manner.
Some questions I have heard from students and parents are:
1. How many students are going? The unofficial word I received is that ten students were confirmed as not going (for any of various reasons).
2. How much money have we raised? From the poster on the wall, apparently about $60,000. Business donations have totaled around $2,000 to $3,000 combined, less than we had hoped for. We still have a major raffle ticket sales event underway, plus the upcoming auction.
3. How many total are going? I do not know but one parent had called EDT about adding on additional adult travelers and was told that there were just 2 available slots left. The total number of "slots" are pretty much determined by seats on the tour buses in D.C.
Corporate and Business Donations
It is not too late for us to continue seeking sponsorships. If you know of possible business contacts, please contact Director of Bands, Jim Loucks urgently.
Sponsoring businesses, depending of level of support, may have their names listed as a sponsor on the new Eagle Marching Band equipment bus, as well as other benefits.
The equipment bus is undergoing renovation, and work will really ramp up as materials are acquired. The bus will be all set to go by Fall Field Show competition season, and will likely be ready before then.
I will try to get the sponsorship letter and other information here on the web site sometime next week. I injured my back in January when I had intended to get this information online and it has since sort of slid right on by.
In addition to the auction, dinner is available. Dinner tickets are $5 for lasagna, salad and bread. Those under 5 eat free.
Set up for the auction will take place beginning Friday evening and continue on Saturday. Your help is needed! If you can help make signs to direct visitors to parking and the auction location, that too would be helpful. Contact Kaye, Judy or Nancy Klein. (Due to the high school remodel project, be sure to park only in the approved locations such as the large lot on the north side. Do not park on the road in the "congested area" immediately in front of the cafeteria or "temporary school office entrance" on the west side.)
If you have new items or know of merchants who can donate items (valued $15 or more), please let us know!
Students should have received 3x5 cards with names of businesses they should visit/call to seek donations for the auction. However, the remainder of this week (Wednesday on), members of the Pep Band are in Tacoma, WA for the state basketball finals and will not be able to do much until they return. Parents can help here!!!!! (Congrats to the WVHS Boys Basketball team for winning the #1 seed position.)
D.C. Trip update
Leave Spokane April 4th - return April 9th. Parade is in the nation's capitol on April 8th.
Students and most parents will travel by bus from WVHS to SeaTac Airport, Seattle and then fly non-stop overnight to D.C.
As of Monday night, approval was given to authorize the purchase of airline tickets. There has been a slight increase in the total trip price due to a variety of issues including airfare/fuel charges, hotel changes, changes in the number of travelers, bus sizes required in D.C., and our inability to deliver all of our funds to EDT in a timely manner.
Some questions I have heard from students and parents are:
1. How many students are going? The unofficial word I received is that ten students were confirmed as not going (for any of various reasons).
2. How much money have we raised? From the poster on the wall, apparently about $60,000. Business donations have totaled around $2,000 to $3,000 combined, less than we had hoped for. We still have a major raffle ticket sales event underway, plus the upcoming auction.
3. How many total are going? I do not know but one parent had called EDT about adding on additional adult travelers and was told that there were just 2 available slots left. The total number of "slots" are pretty much determined by seats on the tour buses in D.C.
Corporate and Business Donations
It is not too late for us to continue seeking sponsorships. If you know of possible business contacts, please contact Director of Bands, Jim Loucks urgently.
Sponsoring businesses, depending of level of support, may have their names listed as a sponsor on the new Eagle Marching Band equipment bus, as well as other benefits.
The equipment bus is undergoing renovation, and work will really ramp up as materials are acquired. The bus will be all set to go by Fall Field Show competition season, and will likely be ready before then.
I will try to get the sponsorship letter and other information here on the web site sometime next week. I injured my back in January when I had intended to get this information online and it has since sort of slid right on by.
