Southlands Elementary School 2013-2014 Volunteer Programs & Committees The following descriptions provide information on the current

activities proposed for the upcoming school year. What we can do depends on our collective volunteer power. Volunteers leave the school each year as their children graduate so new volunteers are always welcome and appreciated (as are continuing volunteers!). Please feel free to contact the names below if you are interested in helping out, or fill out the form below and return it to the school. Class Parents Contact: TBA Class parents are one or more parents from a class who act as coordinators and communicators for the Teacher and parents. They might help the classroom teacher organize and communicate information about class events such as field trips. They often organize coffee mornings for parents to get to know each other. Cross Country Contact: Paula Heal, 604-649-3322 pheal@axion.net Volunteers needed ASAP. The Cross Country season is short (mid-Sept to end of Oct) and the team usually has two early morning practice runs per week. The program cannot run unless there a least 6 committed adults to supervise the kids on their runs through the trails. Fruit & Vegetable Snack Program Contact: Katja DeBock 604-565-2271 kdebock@gmx.de Volunteers help deliver fruit or vegetable snacks to classrooms aproximately 12 times per year. See enclosure for more information. Fundraising Committee Contact: Heidi Maclean 604-733-1819 hpmaclean@shaw.ca The committee organizes and facilitates sales and events that raise funds for valuable educational programs and resources for the school. Many events are designed to give Southlands families a chance to connect and celebrate the Southlands community. New ideas and energy are always welcome. Staff Appreciation Contact: TBA This group organizes the annual staff appreciation lunch in June and recognizes staff milestones (maternity leaves and retirements) on behalf of the PAC. Grade 7 Parent Committee Contact: TBA

Grade 7 parents are needed to organize fundraising activities and special events related to the Grade 7 year-end leaving ceremony and celebration. This committee is usually formed after an initial information meeting with all Grade 7 parents. In the past parents from other grades have generously helped out so the parents of kids leaving the school can attend the ceremonies. Greening Committee Contact: Jodie Dorrington 604-612-9179 jdorrington@telus.net The Southlands Greening Committee looks after the flowerbeds and planters on the school grounds. Volunteers meet roughly three times per year to weed, prune and plant. If possible they help out with watering the gardens during the summer. If you like to get dirty and want to volunteer without having to go to meetings or do paperwork, this is the committee for you! No experience necessary. Grocery Vouchers Contacts: Heather Atherton atherton@shaw.ca If you need groceries and gas, participating in this program allows you to raise money for the school without any cost to you. In this program, you purchase grocery gift cards that can be used at select local merchants. The participating retailers then give back 5-10% for every $100 spent on gift cards. The blue sign up forms are enclosed with this Start Up Package. Forms must be returned the office on or before September 28 to receive your first set of gift cards in October. Hot Dog & Pizza Fridays Contact: Gayle McLeod 604-569-1107 bruceandgayle@shaw.ca This fundraising program generates a significant amount of money for the school while providing a service to both students and their parents. Volunteers are needed to help with the preparation (hot dogs) and distribution (hot dogs and pizza) each Friday. The more people involved, the less work any one person has to do and we all get a break from making lunches on Fridays. The volunteer sign up and order forms are enclosed with this Start Up Package. Hot Lunch Wednesdays Contact: Mio Kiyooka, mio@shootribe.com Lunches will be available for online ordering from Mava foods or an alternative, and will be delivered to the school on Wednesdays only, starting in October. Southlands School earns a portion of the sales for our fundraising programs. Volunteers are needed to help collate the orders and hand out the lunches on Wednesdays. Information on ordering will be available within the next few weeks. Library Committee Contact: Cheryl Cameron 604-220-5743 cherylcamer0n@me.com Past activities have included updating library furnishings and bulletin board materials. The main event organized by this Committee will be the 7th Annual Read-a-thon which is a popular event

at the school, historically held in February. Other activities include identifying needed resources and sourcing ways to augment the library collection. Traffic & Safety Patrol Contact: Coordinator needed to schedule parent patrollers. Camosun Street was newly paved last summer and more than ever we are concerned about the speed at which parents and neighbourhood traffic drive in front of the school. Parent patrollers supervise for approximately 20 minutes before and/or after school to ensure safe driving, parking and walking practices within the school zone and help the student crossing guards as necessary. This program is strongly supported by the Vancouver City Police Department and is critical to our childrens safety. Southlands School Directory Contact: Cheryl Ho cherylho@shaw.ca Parents on this Committee help collect class list data for the schools telephone directory. Once the data is complied and printed, there is usually no further work for this committee for the remainder of the school year. Yearbook Committee Contact: Joanne Gardner 604-266-8857 jgardner@telus.net Parent volunteers work with the students to create this wonderful memento of the school year in conjunction with the current yearbook company. Responsibilities include: organizing photo taking of school events, collecting student art work and creating the overall layout of the publication. Bonus: front row seats at concerts and events for yearbook photographers. Blog Coordinator Contact: TBA The Southlands PAC Blog coordinator updates the blog calendar and keeps the blog up to date by reposting PAC communications and forms, links to the school newsletter, and the PAC monthly minutes (provided by the PAC secretary). This volunteer typically helps out with the class email lists. The blog is at http://southlands-pac.blogspot.ca/ and is currently sadly out of date... Volunteer Coordinator Contact: TBA Please contact Averill Groeneveld-Meijer averills@telus.net if you can help out with compiling the lists of volunteers and connecting them with their contacts.