Popcorn:
As of March 18th we have brought in $819.00 in popcorn sales.  We spent $223.64 on supplies giving us a profit of $595.36.  Thank you to our popcorn eaters.

Spring Pictures:
Pictures were not sent home with the students, parents must pre-pay for pictures, then the packets will be sent home.  This procedure seemed to work much better for everyone, se we will do it this way again next spring.

End of Quarter Incentive
We will be sending students who are eligible to Opera Iowa.  PTO fully paid for this event.  $545.00.  Thank you PTO!

Yearbook:
The book has been sent off to production.  Students did not help put the book together this year, Judy Anthony and Mary Ray did the work on the yearbook.
There are extra yearbooks to be sold on a first come, first serve basis.

Fun Night:
The time is approaching quickly so we need to get this organized soon.  Things we do know;
Date & Time:  Friday, June 6th from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Food:  Hot dogs, chips, pop.  Cash this year instead of tickets.
Donations:  Mary and Theresa will round up volunteers to make calls for raffle donations.
Games:  Reviewed-Mary will update sign up list and post as date gets closer.  More information about Fun Night will be forthcoming as the date draws nearer.

SCRA Grant for Security Cameras:
We did not receive the grant for the security cameras.  The grant has been submitted three times now and turned down all three times.  We can either submit it again in the spring or we can move on to the next step and work on funding this project on our own.  

Popcorn:
As of 11/27/07 we have brought in $398.50 and popped 1594 bags of popcorn.  Our expenses have been $160.91 for popcorn supplies.  A big thank you to our volunteers who make this possible!

Fall Pictures:
We received a check in the amount of $249.50 from Life Touch.  This is our profit from the picture packets that we ordered this year.
Spring picture day is set for February 21, 2008.  Again this year students will get to take the pictures home then the parents pay for what they keep.  We have kept a list of students we had problems with last year on collecting the money and or pictures, these students will get to take home 1 small picture for their parents to view.  If they choose to purchase the packet, they will have to pay in advance.  This has been okayed with Life Touch.
We will be asking for volunteers to assist once the time gets closer.

End of Quarter Incentive
Our Santa Clause will appear on December 18th.  He is willing to do this again, we just need to give him a time, he works another job so he would need to know exactly when we would need him.
We will schedule Santa for 10:00 to noon and candy canes will be given out.  A $25.00 gift certificate will be given to Dan from a local restaurant (Village Inn)?

Staff Luncheon
Last year we had Grinders brought in for the staff luncheon.  What would we like to do this year?  What date do we want to have this on?  We need to stick to around $150.00 or less.  December 13th will be the staff luncheon.

Requests:

Other:
Jump Rose for Heart was a success!!  Mr. Knight will be sending home a winter letter and will have information regarding the event in the newsletter.

Looking ahead:  
February - Family Math Night and ITBS testing for 3-5th grades.
March - Spring Chorus Concert and a possible Art show.

SCRA Grant for Security Cameras:
This has been submitted and we should hear the results in November.

Fall Fund Raiser:
The orders are being mailed off this week.  We did not have as good of turn out compared to last year.  We still have a few orders coming in so we don't know our exact sales or profits as of yet.

Popcorn
After the 2nd week of sales we have brought in $102.00 and sold 408 bags of popcorn, we have spent $106.17 for supplies.  We should not need to buy supplies until at least November.  Michelle Sime, Sara Shelb and Betty Rupe have been helping with popcorn at this time.  Volunteers have been consistent and Sara reports Popcorn Tuesdays have been going well.

Fall Pictures
Picture packages have come in and have been distributed to students.   Retake day will be Tuesday, October 30th.  They will start around 8:00 A.M.  Students may return whole packets and get a retake if they are not happy with the first one.  Also,  students and staff who were absent that day will have their pictures taken at this time.

Requests:
    1)  Pizano benefit: will be October 4th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.  We will be having a taco supper catered from Rudy's Tacos.  We are in need of volunteers to help the night of the event and for donations for the basket raffles.  All proceeds from this benefit will go to the Pizano family fund set up at 1st Midwest Bank.   PTO will furnish ice and coolers for the pop, plates and napkins for desserts.
    2)    Becky Stender is still looking for an industrial size fan for the cafeteria.

New Officer Nominees:
Amy Follis for Secretary
Theresa Moneymaker for Vice President/Treasurer
Mary Ray for President/Treasurer
* Mary and Theresa would share treasurer's job as Theresa does a lot of running for us to purchase things that are needed.  Mary keeps the treasurer report on her computer and keeps all documents at school for anyone to look over.  
The slate of candidates was nominated, seconded, and unanimously elected.  Congratulations and thank you for serving!

Other Business:

Meeting Date:
November 27th at 3:30 p.m. in the IMC.
Agenda items may be sent to President Mary Ray at raym@davenportschools.org.

SCRA Grant for Security Cameras:
Mary will resubmit on behalf of the PTO.  We will revisit the security camera purchase after the fund raiser.

Fall Fund Raiser:
Fundraiser will be Sept. 4th - Sept. 18th.  We are going with All American again this year  We will make a 40% profit.  All American will print parent letter on outer envelope, they will also deliver all items to the seller's home.  There will be an 1-800 # in their box for the parents to call if there are ANY problems with their order.  Students will have several chances to earn prizes (all provided from All American).  Top seller from each grade level will get a $10 gift card to somewhere, everyone who sells at least 1 item will have their name put in drawing for a display item, anyone who sells 10 or more items will have name put in drawing for a 36" Shrek doll, plus the cumulative prizes from the brochure.  All teachers who have a 50% or more participation from their class will get to choose an item of their choice from the catalog.

Popcorn
We will begin popcorn Tuesday on Sept. 11th.  At this time we have 2 parents who are willing to volunteer their time.  They are Serafina Hernandez (Jose Lara) and Michelle Sime (Samantha Sime).  I do not expect them to do this every Tuesday so we will need more parents to volunteer if we want to continue with this as a fundraiser.  Last year we profited $934.75 from popcorn sales.  We need more volunteers to make this successful.

Requests:
    1)  Jennifer Sullivan and Michelle Erickson would like the PTO to provide a $200.00 Hy-Vee gift card to the 1st grade for their healthy snack program.  Hy-Vee will donate $10 per week to the program.  The money from PTO would be used to help offset the costs of the program so students can experience healthy snacks once a week.  Motion made to put into the budget.  Approved unanimously.
    2)  Deb Klemme (and everyone who goes to the cafeteria) has requested the PTO purchase fans for the cafeteria.  Becky Stender and Mary have been checking on prices.  Ceiling fans are out at this time as it would cost too much to have an electrician come in and do the wiring.  The cost of the large industrial fans (like in the gym) are about $300.00 each.  Ideally we would like to have 2 fans in the cafeteria but are willing to start with 1 fan.  Anything that can help circulate air down there will be appreciated.  Becky will be in charge of getting the fan(s).  Motion made to purchase fan not to exceed $350.00.  Approved unanimously.
    3)  Pizano benefit:  Hayes will be having a supper & basket raffle on October 4th here at Hayes to help raise funds for the Pizano family.  During the summer they lost everything in a house fire so we would like to help get them back on their feet.  Lisa Lampe, School Councilor will be heading this benefit up.  We are asking for volunteers to help the night of the event and for donations for the basket raffles.  All proceeds made from this benefit will go to the Pizano family.   More information to come.

New Officer Nominees
Any nominees for new officers for the 2007/2008 year?  We will hold the official election at the next meeting, or at this meeting if there are no nominees.

Other Business:  
Picture Day is September 6th.  We have some parent volunteer who will assist.

Meeting Dates:  
September 25th (Nomination and Election of Officers at 3:30 in the IMC).
November 27th at 3:30 in the IMC.