Santa's Workshop Volunteers Needed

Santa’s Workshop will be taking place this week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We need helpers to assist the children shopping and checking out:
Tuesday, December 1: 11am to 1pm
Wednesday, December 2: 11am to 1pm
Thursday, December 3: 11am to 1pm

If you can help on either of these days, for one or two hours, please contact Missy Kostner at 568-3308 or pkostner@bloomer.net. We appreciate your help in making this a success for the children.

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season!
Missy Kostner, Santa’s Workshop Chair and the P.I.E. Board

What is Santa’s Workshop? Santa’s Workshop will be filled with great items for the children at Bloomer Elementary to come and do some of their Christmas shopping. Whether it be for a classmate, friend or relative, we have something for everyone. The children will be allowed to come and shop during their lunch recesses.

Most items are between $1.25 and $5.00. Some items will be over $5. If your child is allowed to shop, please send your child’s money in a sealed envelope with the name on it and who they are shopping for. This event is sponsored by P.I.E.

Recycle Your Cell Phones at Bloomer Elementary

Watch to learn more about why recycling our cell phones benefits the environment and our school.


The Secret Life of Cell Phones

What Can We Recycle?

Recycling Fundraiser

Scavenger Hunt List

__Used Inkjet and Laser Ink

Cartridges No toner bottles please.

___Cell Phones Any brand, include

accessories and batteries if you have them.

___Laptop computers*

*We cannot accept any desktop computers

___Digital Cameras

Digital only. Include any cords or accessories.

___Digital Camcorders

Digital only. Include any cords or accessories.

___mp3 Players (iPods)

Include any cords or accessories.

___DVDs & Video Games

Only in original case with artwork.

___Video Game Consoles &

Handhelds (Game Boys)

Include any cords or accessories.

___GPS Devices

Include original packaging.

_______How many things did you

find to recycle? Hooray!!! Thanks

for making a difference!

My name is

___________________________________

I pledge to keep hunting for these

recyclables all school year long!

My teacher is___________________________

Parent's Name__________________________

Email us at pie@bloomer.k12.wi.us

with any questions or call Jennifer Schultz @933-0254.

That's a Whole Lotta Cell Phones

-The average U.S. consumer only uses their current cell phone for 12 to 18 months.

-The average American cell phone user owns three (3) or more expired cell phones.

-In a recent survey, only 2.3% of Americans recycled their old cell phones.

-Number of Americans that don't know that they can recycle their cell phones=over 70%.

What does this mean for Bloomer Elementary?

How many of your friends and family have those three or more expired cell phones sitting at their house? Set a goal this week to ask two friends or family if they have any cell phones that can be recycled and raise money for our school. Does your work provide cell phones to its employees? Can you ask what the company does with the phones when they're replaced?

This fall isn't about asking friends and family to buy products to help our school, it's about recycling what we already have into funds we need to continue P.I.E.'s programs. All we have to do is ask.

What did you do with your old cell phone?

What does this company do with its old cell phones?

Do you know someone that has an old cell phone that might want it to be recycled and raise funds for our school?

Please email us with any questions at pie@bloomer.k12.wi.us. Thank you for supporting P.I.E.

Chocolate-Covered Questions

Remember to have your child bring in their Recycling Scavenger Hunt bag with their name on it by this Friday to be entered into a drawing for a Dairy Queen gift certificate!

Here are some common questions parents have been asking about the recycling program.

My child already brought in their bag, but we forgot to put their name on it. Does this mean they can’t be entered into the drawing?

They can still be entered into the drawing if you write a note listing the item they brought in and their name and teacher’s name. Put it in the green recycling bin and we’ll enter them into the drawing.

We lost the scavenger hunt bag that was sent home. Can we still send in an item on the list and be entered into the drawing?

Absolutely :) Send your item in any bag you can find and make sure your child’s name and teacher’s name is on the bag. A scavenger hunt list is to the right to remind you what we’re collecting to raise funds for P.I.E.’s programs. Remember, more recycling money raised=less fundraising needed.

We don’t have any of the items on the list. Are there other items we can bring in that aren’t on the list?

Unfortunately the only items we can recycle and raise funds for P.I.E. are on the list. Share your list with family, neighbors, co-workers & friends. Ask your employer what they do with their old inkjet or laster cartridges or old cell phones when they get new ones.

We’d like to donate an old laptop, but we’re worried about all of the personal information that may still be on the hard drive.

You can remove the whole hard drive from your laptop, please leave in the hard drive “holder” it plugs into. We’ll still receive the same amount of money if the hard drive is removed. (I can remove it for you. If you’re unsure how to do it, leave a note on it.)

Thanks for all the great questions!

If you have more, please email us at PIE@bloomer.k12.wi.us

or call Jennifer Schultz @ 933-0254.

Committees That Need Volunteers

Whether you've got a little time every week, every month, or only once a year, we need your help. We are in need of volunteers for the following committees for the 2009-2010 school year:

Vision/Hearing Testing

Help administer vision/hearing tests to students. Thorough training provided, so no prior experience is needed. We need five parents for each day and you do not need to be able to be there the entire time. Even if you can only be there for part of the time, please volunteer and we'll split up shifts.

Dates to Volunteer
Hearing Tests-October 15th and 16th from Noon to 2:30 p.m.
Vision Screenings-October 16th 8:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Santa’s Secret Shop (Chair: Missy Kostner)

Help put together a secret gift shop. Students will be able to buy inexpensive gifts for their parents & loved ones.

Dates to Volunteer

Set-up will take place on December 1st

and Santa's Secret shop will be open December 2nd & 3rd.

Sunshine Committee (Chair: Jennifer Schultz)

People on this committee would work together to show appreciation for our school staff. Help with monthly surprises for teachers and staff. Pass out birthday cards weekly. Help with organizing volunteers for the Teacher Appreciation Luncheon on May 4th.


Mini Hawk Book Fair (Co-chairs: Kari Trulson and Robin Forss)

This committee will be coordinating the Book Fairs that are held 3 times throughout the school year. Volunteers will be needed to assist with setting up before and cleaning up after the book fair. Volunteers will also be needed to man the fair during the day or evening.


Mini-Hawk Reading Club (Chair: Heidi Schneider)

This is the independent monthly reading program for the children. The calendars that parents sign throughout the month have to be counted and certificates filled out. Other jobs may include copying &
distributing calendars or passing out certificates.

This committee meets monthly on the second Wednesday of the month from 8am to 11am. You can volunteer for whatever amount of time you're available that morning.

Dates to Volunteer

First meeting, November 11, 2009. December 9, 2009. January 13, 2010. February 10, 2010. March 10, 2010. April 14, 2009. May 12, 2010.

Publicity - Grab A Piece of PIE
(This committee currently needs a chairperson and volunteers.)

This committee works on putting together a monthly newsletter and placing monthly articles in the Bloomer Advance.




To sign up for a committee, please send the P.I.E. board an email to pie@bloomer.k12.wi.us. Thanks!

Recycle and Earn

Visit the Cartridges for Kids website to learn more about our recycling fundraiser this year.

How else can we raise more money without selling anything?

Refer another school to recycle with Cartridge for Kids and after they sign up, we earn a BIG BONUS check!

The school we refer to Cartridges for Kids can be anywhere in the US, and they can raise money just like our school is without selling a thing.

Refer them now and remind them to say they were referred by Bloomer Elementary.

Our Recycling Business Partners: Drop-Off Site Locations

• G.E. Bleskacek Family Memorial Library
  1519 17th Avenue, Bloomer, WI
  (Across the street from the elementary school)
  
  
• Verizon/Alltel Wireless Solutions
  2055 19th Avenue, Bloomer, WI
  
  
• Chippewa Falls River Source Family Center
  403 N High Street, Chippewa Falls, WI
  
  
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