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Committee Name
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Description
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Time Commitment
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Committee Chair
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Breakfast with St. Nick
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Breakfast with St. Nick is a fun-filled family event that occurs on a Saturday in early December. Volunteers are needed to help decorate, prepare food, set-up serving area and tables, serve food, assist with crowd management and clean up. Event includes breakfast, stories about St. Nick, and a great opportunity to socialize with the TFS community.
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12/5/09
4-6 hours one time per year
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Amy Holloway
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Cafeteria Support
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Volunteers are needed to assist with milk distribution.
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One volunteer per day for the lunch period (11:00 – 1:30)
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Martina Coates
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Catholic School’s Week (CSW)
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Catholic School’s Week is a nationally scheduled annual celebration. Volunteers needed to execute the many activities planned during the week long event. Activities are planned in collaboration with School Administration and implemented by the Chair and volunteers.
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1/31 – 2/6/10
Multiple opportunities during CSW; 1-4 hours each
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Kathy Lavin
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CHILD
(Children Helping in Loving Deeds)
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Volunteers needed to assist with organized service projects that enable TFS students to give generously of their time, talent, and treasure through community need-based projects. Plan projects, purchase materials and provide supervision and guidance of CHILD service projects.
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Ongoing throughout the year
Programs for all grade levels
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Becky Premock
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Classroom Support
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Our classrooms depend on us to provide chair pockets to store their books and school supplies. Help is needed to organize, purchase fabric and sew new chair pockets. Other support provided upon request and approval.
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Ongoing throughout the year and can be done at home!
3-4 hours per month
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Rose Rapp
Donna Zogby
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Cultural Arts
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Volunteers needed to assist and select, schedule and host live performances, that supplement TFS students’ exposure to music, drama, writing and art. Committee members include parents and several TFS faculty. Planning begins in the summer and requires attending several meetings.
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Meetings held in summer and early fall. Performances held periodically throughout the year – approx. 1 ½ to 2 hours per performance.
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Theresa Baumgartner
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Earth Week
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Earth Week is a national event focused on the earth and our environment. Volunteers needed to assist with projects designed to involve students and families, to better our knowledge of protecting our environment.
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4/19 – 4/23/09
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Mary Margaret Wyman
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Eighth Grade Commencement Reception
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7th grade parents host this annual reception for 8th grade graduates and their families. Duties include food preparation, set-up, serving and clean-up after the reception.
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3-4 hours one time per year
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Carolyn Watson
Dawn Shumoski
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Fall Fund Raiser
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Many hands are needed to orchestrate our fundraising events of the year. Volunteers are needed to assist in many ways: planning, computer skills and publicity.
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Numerous jobs with varying time commitments.
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Field Day
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Many hands needed to host this annual day full of fun for TFS students. Volunteers needed to secure supplies, staff assigned stations, and help with a wide variety of activities.
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Field Day 5/7/09
Approximately 4-6 hours one time per year
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Rachel Cook
Cara Bennett
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First Communion Reception
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First grade parents host a small reception following mass in celebration of 2nd grader students who have received the sacrament of First Communion.
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5/19/07
Approximately 2-3 hours one time per year
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Nancy Williams
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Gospel Share
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Volunteers needed to share the upcoming Sunday Gospel with TFS students in the classroom. Scheduled classroom time determined by the teacher. Volunteers prepare ahead of time, then read the Gospel, and initiate a discussion to help the students reflect on what they hear God saying to them through the Gospel. Instruction and training provided.
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1 ½ hours per week (1 hour for preparation, 20-30 minutes in the classroom) twice a month.
Must attend a yearly Training Meeting.
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Pam Kistner
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Hospitality
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Volunteers needed to organize and provide refreshments and hospitality at various school and HSA sponsored functions throughout the year. Typically, there are ~9-10 functions where refreshments are needed. The primary responsibilities are to set-up, provide refreshments, and clean up after the event.
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Ongoing throughout the year.
1-2 hours monthly.
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Lisa Sroka
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Landscaping
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Interested gardeners needed to plant and water annuals at designated locations on the TFS campus in the fall and spring. The committee is also responsible for upkeep of the plantings surrounding the statue of the Blessed Virgin. And Butterfly Garden
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Ongoing throughout the year.
6-10 hours for each Spring and Fall planting.
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Mike Watson
Mary Margaret Wyman
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Lost and Found
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A flexible but important task. Help return lost and found articles to the proper student.
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Ongoing throughout the year, approximately ½ hour per week or as needed
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Mary Hall
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Milk Recycling
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Volunteers needed to Recycle Milk Cartons at each lunch. Volunteers arrive in Jacoba at the first lunch 11:00 to collect milk cartons once the children had finished their milk. The cartons are lightly rinsed and added to a recycle bin. The last lunch is served at 1pm.
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One volunteer per day for the lunch period (11:00 – 1:30)
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Mara Bleimann
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No Fuss Fundraisers
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Volunteers needed to collect, trim, and send in box tops. Publicity needed throughout the year to promote our ongoing no-fuss fundraisers.
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Ongoing throughout the year
2-3 hours/month
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Connie Eastmann
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Open House
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Volunteers needed to welcome families and give campus tours. Adults and Middle School student volunteers needed.
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Three times a year – approximately 3 hours per event
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Ana Palacios
Cesar Palacios (student)
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Passage Home
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Advent Passage Home food collection supports underprivileged families in Raleigh over the Winter Break. Each TFS classroom plans meals and provides food for their adopted family's lunch and dinner for a week over Winter Break. A Christmas dinner is also provided. Volunteers are responsible to plan the meals with students in the classroom- assign food to students, and collect food donations from students. The food is boxed. labeled, loaded onto trucks and delivered. Two volunteers are needed per classroom.
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12/2 – 12/18/09
4-6 hours
Additional help needed 12/18/09
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Tammy Kozacko
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Pizza Bingo
(Fall Social)
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Volunteers needed to organize and host Pizza Bingo. Primary duties: help with publicity, decorations, food, planned activities, and clean-up. Assistance needed to recruit and schedule volunteers for shifts during the event.
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Per event - 4-6 hours
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Dawn Shumoski
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PTOManager
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Volunteers needed to update and maintain online volunteer management program. Promote use of this program and communicate how to use PTOManager. Troubleshoot/solve problems.
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Ongoing throughout the year, especially at the start of the school year.
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Paula Anker
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Room Parents
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Volunteers needed to assist with a variety of classroom activities. Liaison with teachers parents, and H.S.A. Board members and chairs
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Ongoing throughout the school year.
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Cathy Boney
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School Pictures
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Volunteers needed to help with room set-up, crowd management, and hair combing. Assist photographers as needed. School pictures taken 3 times: Fall, Spring, and class pictures. Assistance may be needed for pictures of sports teams and extracurricular activity groups.
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9/10/09; 3/10/10;4/14/10
Fall, Spring, and Class Picture Days - approximately 5-6 hours on each day
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Michele Walker
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SCRIP
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Volunteers are needed to coordinate order placement and distribution for each SCRIP order. Visit: http://www.scrip.com for more information.
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Ongoing throughout the year
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Lori Lacassagne
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Spirit Week
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Celebrate the start of school and the fall sports season. Volunteers needed to plan this fun filled week!
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10/19 – 10/23/09
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Dana Strickland
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Spring Social
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Many hands needed to coordinate adult social event. Volunteers needed to: plan, provide entertainment, computer skills, publicity, set-up, help during the event, and clean-up. There is an opportunity to participate for everyone!
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5/8/09
Numerous jobs with varying time commitments.
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Staff Appreciation
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Provide a “treat” to TFS staff members once a month in appreciation of their care and dedication to TFS students.
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1-2 hours per month
Volunteer for one or more months
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Margaret Monteleone
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Sunshine
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Volunteers needed to send cards and/or small gifts or provide a sweet treat or meal to TFS school families in celebration of the birth of a child or in times of need, such as serious illness or death.
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Ongoing throughout the year, as needed
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Janice Mareno
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Supply Coordinator
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Volunteer need to maintain inventory of supplies for H.S.A. activities. Track use and re-order supplies as needed, communicate supply resources to H.S.A. Committee chairs, especially tablecloths.
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Ongoing throughout the year
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Teacher Picture Wall
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Assemble photographic display of faculty and staff. Take pictures of new staff. Display Picture Wall at Meet & Greet and other start of school events.
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One time at the start of the year, 4-6 hours.
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Julie Pribyl
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Uniform Swap
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Volunteers needed to organize annual uniform swap; families sell or purchase gently used TFS uniforms. Collect and sort uniforms, set-up, customer service and check-out, take down and distribute money to sellers.
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6/3/10
3-5 hours one time per year
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Karyn Jones
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Welcome Back Picnic
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Volunteers needed to organize, set-up, serve and clean-up at the Welcome Back Picnic, held annually in the fall.
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9/11/09
4-6 hours one time per year
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Jeanne & Pete Brzezinski
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Welcoming (formerly Newcomers)
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Work together to help new TFS families feel welcome. Volunteers answer questions, make connections with TFS families and provide ongoing support to ensure new families feel connected to our community. Committee members help during Parent Information Night and during TFS Open Houses.
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Ongoing throughout the year, although more involvement in the Fall - approximately 6-8 hours.
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Kelly Margraf
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