(2/00) Here is the information from the Foundation's 1999 Silent Auction Fundraiser.

Shake, Rattle and Roll (donor form below)

(2/99)) Get ready to Shake, Rattle and Roll at Monte Vista Foundation's 50's Rock 'N Roll Spring Fling, which will follow PTA's International Day in early June. This end-of-the-year splash will host activities for the entire family, including a Sock Hop with live rock n' roll music, hamburgers, a 50's car show, and a Silent Auction. The Silent Auction is a great fund-raising event where items are bid on silently. At the end of the auction, the item goes to the person with the highest written bid!

Our goal is to raise $15,000 from this auction. The funds raised go towards enriching the educational experience for our children and our teachers. Last year, Foundation raised over $50,000 and funded buses for field trips, over $17,000 worth of new computers, funding for our Library and Computer Aides, and Techer Appreciation certificates. This year alone, we have approved grants to fund $3300 so 13 of our K-3rd Grade Teachers will be trained in Zoo Phonics, $1,000 for upper and lower grade chorus plus many mini-grants to buy new basketball nets, imporve the literacy center, and provide delineators for the Monty Store and other school functions. Without your support, our children and teachers will not continue to enjoy these expanded educational experiences and opportunities.

We can use your help

We need your generous donations for the silent auction and we need volunteers for many different tasks. We will be having a Basket Drive so please save your baskets which we can use for the Silent Auction items.

Your generous donation of items and services will help Monte Vista achieve our goal of $15,000. Please see the attached list of suggestions for items and services that can be donated. If you have items or services to be donated, please complete the attached donor sheet and turn it into the Foundation Box as soon as possible. Please let us know if you can help with any of the following items by leaving a note in the Foundation box with your name, phone number, teacher, and what you'd like to help with. Thanks!

• Maintain a database for Solicitations
• Maintain a database for Donation
• Basket Drive
• Event Set-Up
• Event (Categorize / Theme>
• Room Monitors for Day of Silent Auction
• Publicity
• Pre-event sale of meal ticket
• Silent Auction Rules
• Decoration Planning
• Food Planning
• Compile Basket/Display Presentation
• Clean-up after event
• Desigining a Silent Auction Brochure
• Check-Out (Payment) / Item Distribution
• Ticket Sales day of event
• Thank You Letters/ Acknowledgement

Silent Auction Donation Ideas

• Tickets...(movies, concerts, sporting events, theme parks,plays, TV show tapings)
• Getaways...(airline tickets, hotel accommodations, golf packages, vacation homes, rv use, limousine services)
• Merchandise...(toys, books, sporting goods, memorabilia, handmade items, music, videos, software, restaurants
• Lessons...(golf, swimming, karate, computer, horseback riding
• Services...(massage, facials, manicures, hair cutting,personal trainers)

Please join us in making this event a success. If you have questions or suggestions please contact Silent Auction Chairman, Dave Drucker or Foundation President, Lynn Miyamoto, Foundation President.

Adult Contact: Dave Drucker

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What is Art Docent?

Art docent is an art enrichment program that is part of the curriculum for grades 4-6. Parent volunteers act as docents. Each classroom has a docent(s) that visits once a month. Using a curriculum workbook, docents do a presentation on great works of art and lead the class in a project. Art reproductions are displayed with a discussion and project.

If you would like to volunteer to be an Art Docent, please contact Candi Davis.

Adult Contact: Candi Davis