AUCTION 2014 – Help needed!

It’s hard to believe, but it's recruiting season for team Auction 2014. In the next few months, you will see a lot of information about the leadership opportunities open for Auction 2014.
We realize that there is an auction “lingo” that many may not be familiar with, so we thought an overview of the Auction process would be helpful. There are 6 phases to the Lincoln Auction: Coordination, Getting items donated, Grouping items, Describing items for the catalog, Creating the catalog/tags/labels AND Auction weekend. There are important positions open in every phase for Auction 2014. In order to continue with this incredible fundraiser we need your help!

Currently we need to fill the Coordination role. We are in need of 2 people for Auction co-chairs.
Job description: The Auction Co-Chair(s) serves as the “project manager” for the Auction as a whole. They plan and lead Auction committee meetings; give regular reports to the PPT, complete the Auction budget, determine Auction day schedule of events, are the point of contact for all Auction coordinators and managers (IE: live/platinum, solicitation, poofing, etc) and are responsible for ensuring that all areas are on schedule and completing tasks on time.
Skills Needed: Great organization and communication skills, ability to work with and track many different people, ability to troubleshoot issues as they arise.
Timeframe: March thru November (Emphasis July-October)

This role has training, materials, and experienced individuals available to answer questions and provide guidance. If we are unable to find people to step into these positions before February, we will need to look at other fundraising and PPT budgeting alternatives. This could mean selling gift wrap, magazines, cookie dough etc. We would love to keep the uniqueness of our Lincoln Auction so please consider helping in some capacity… Additionally there will be no special projects meeting until we have chairs for next years auction or an alternate fundraising plan is in place.

Please contact us with any questions you have regarding this volunteer opportunity, or any other auction area you may be interested in.

PPT Co-Presidents Donna Layton (calldgl@aol.com) Jodi Kruse (jmkruse22@gmail.com)

Help with A Donation for Staff Appreciation - December 16 and in January

On December 16 we would like to provide staff with holiday cookies, candies or other yummy treats to thank them for all they do and wish them a great winter break.
Donations should be brought (cut and ready to serve) to the staff lounge on Monday, December 16 at 8:45am. (If you need to bring them latter, just add them to the table as soon as you can.) If you need to make other delivery arrangements please let us know.

We will also be having Melted Snowmen in the staff lounge in January to help warm the staff up in this cold month!! Please consider dropping off any of the following items in December (labeled for staff appreciation committee) so that we are ready to serve right away after break:
Hot Chocolate mix
Mini Marshmallows
Peppermint Candy Canes
Hershey Kisses
Cups for hot drinks

We will also need a larger hot beverage server/maker to keep the hot water ready to go throughout the day. (This would be borrowed for January and returned after we are done - we will keep doing this for a few weeks until supplies run out).

Please e-mail dani.nikolai@gmail.com or call Dani at 254-3594 if you are able to help in one of these areas.
Thank you all in advance for your generosity and supporting our staff!
Lincoln Staff Appreciation Committee

Community Awareness Sessions - School Safety and Security - December 4 and 5

Dear RPS Families,
Over the course of the last several months we have been working to continually evolve our practices with respect to safety and security. We are enhancing the ways in which we respond to certain events that may occur within our schools. We have been working with The Educator's School Safety Network to provide training to all of our RPS staff.

We would like to invite you to a presentation by The Educator's School Safety Network to learn more about our evolving practices with respect to emergency response. We are offering the community awareness sessions this week on December 4th and December 5th. This is a mature discussion about safety and is suitable for adults only.

December 4 - John Marshall High School Auditorium - 5-7pm
December 5 - Mayo High School Auditorium - 6-8pm

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND THE EVENT FLYER