St. Stephen Women s Guild 2016/2017 General Meeting Tuesday November 15th, 2016
Meeting in Order SSWG Co-Presidents call Meeting to Order
WELCOME Hosted by 2nd Grade
Opening Prayer
Father LaTorre Few words from Father LaTorre http://www.saintstephensf.org
Mrs. Allen State of the School Address
Guest Speaker Sister Christine Ostrowski Topic: English/Writing Program ~ Grades 5-8
Co- Presidents Message Save the Date for the following: Pancake Breakfast - Sun Dec. 11th hosted by TOAST Open House - Sun. Jan 29th Grandparents/VIP Day - Tuesday, Jan 31st 3rd Annual Dodgeball Event - Sat. Feb. 25th hosted by SSWG, Men s Club & Athletics
Book Fair Update Chair ~ Shawna Stecher Co-chairs ~ Maha Danfoura & Anthi Janssens Thank you all for visiting our Book Fair!
Fall Bake Sale Update Chairs: Francesca Renteria & Lisa Andrini
Auction Chairs ~ Sylvia Flores-Komarmy & Karina Cerri 50/50 Raffle - @ $2150,00 Class Baskets - Items Due THIS WEEK!
Auction Ads Congratulate an 8th grader Family holiday greeting card Due Date: November 15th TODAY
Auction Silent & Live Auction Items Sneak Peek Live Auction Item: Dinner @ The Rectory Dinner party for 12 @ the Rectory *Thank You Father LaTorre & Mrs. Allen* Live Auction Item: iheart 101.3 Media Experience Tour for 5 people behind the scenes, visit VIP Lounge & possibly meet some on-air personalities! Live Auction Item: Winter Wonderland Kings Beach, North Shore Lake Tahoe Condo 5 nights/6 days *Thank you to the Franco Families* Live Auction Item: Voyage into Dan Delight Own a bottle from one of Napa's coveted cult Cab producers ~ the 2008 Screaming Eagle *Thank you Diane Linehan* Silent Auction Item: 4 Tickets to the 3pm show on Sunday Dec 4th. Upper Orchestra ROW CC Seats 111-114 Save the Date if you are interested in out bidding everyone to attend! *Thank you Jogi Quimbo* Live Auction Item: Original Joe s Westlake Dinner and paired wine for 16 people. *Thank you Duggan Families*
Auction What we still need: Donations to fill our baskets ~ Some examples: Sports autographed memorabilia, Sports merchandise Lessons (Tennis, Golf, Swimming, Dance, Music, Cooking) Vineyard Visits, Wine Tasting Tickets to sporting events, theme park tickets, opera, ballet or theatre, concerts, gallery/museum tickets Scrip ~ Southwest Airline!!! Trips/Time Shares/Vacation Homes Transportation Services - limo or bus ride to wine country Host a party @ your home
Auction EARLY AM SET-UP DAY OF SPOTTERS CLOSING NEXT DAY DELIVERY
Scrip Program at St. Stephen School How does it work? www.shopwithscrip.com % of purchased cards earns rebates Physical Gift Cards EC (Mon & Fri AM) Online egift Cards Print out Redeem on phone Reload gift cards MyScripWallet www.escrip.com Register credit cards, phone numbers, loyalty cards % of purchase is donated Benefit App Purchase egift cards that can ONLY be redeemed from your phone Some donation % s are lower than Shop With Scrip Delay in reporting of donations (2-3 months) $180+
How can 10 = 100 for St. Stephen? 10 = $100 when 10 St. Stephen School supporters start using Benefit Mobile! 1) Contest runs from Oct 15th to Nov 30th. 2) St. Stephen School needs 10 supporters to download the Benefit Mobile app and choose St. Stephen School as their beneficiary. 3) AND also make their first purchase in the app by Nov 30th 4) Then WE will get a $100 bonus! 5) For every 10 SIGN-UPS after that, another $100 can be earned, and so on.
Hot Lunch Program Chair: Tanya O Sullivan December Ordering Closes - Nov 20th Volunteers Needed: Tuesday - Thursday from 11:30 am to 1:15pm Searching for a few more permanent bi-weekly volunteers New food items will be implemented in January Also in January we will start offering box lunches on 1/2 day Monday s for those that are going to EC. New for January - boxed vs hot lunches
OUTREACH Chairs ~Niamh Kenny & Shauna O Donoghue With this months charity free dress (Nov 18th) we will be supporting Catholic Charities Homelessness and Housing Programs. The Student Council is also currently running a food drive through Nov 21st to help Catholic Charities. The class collecting the most canned food will be treated to a Free Dress Day
SSWG Vice Pres Update Nicole Bianchi Contact @: sswgvicepres@yahoo.com Holiday Teacher Fund
Treasurer Report Rose O Driscoll OCTOBER REPORTING Starting Balance General Account ~ $45,808.59 Ending Balance General Account ~ $47,208.21 Starting Balance Scrip Account ~ $5,573.47 Ending Balance Scrip Account ~ $10,914.34
Door Prize Raffle Thank you 2nd Grade for the wonderful evening you put together for all of us Thank you to Hospitality Chairs: Niamh Kenny & Jen Garzee for being wonderful hostesses Get your tickets out for raffle prizes
THANK YOU MEETING ADJOURNED