The 90's...      AS RECORDED IN THE MINUTES AND APPROVED BY LALOR PTA

In the form of cash the PTA�(charitable endeavors included)

-Bought additional gift certificates for 7 high sellers (fundraiser) and 100% participation parties
-paid for film and developing
-10/89 purchased a new camera
-10/89 donated $50 to RIF, �94- $175
-winter concert , grandparents day, Back to School Night, DARE graduation, Family Day Kindergarten Orientation, field day (ribbons in addition)refreshments


-made donation to HHWest for their Vietnam Veterans Memorial
-purchased refreshments for the library for Youth Art Month 91,93
-purchased meat for Red Cross basket ' 91, $100 toward the same in�93
-sponsored play book at Crockett Middle School several times
-paid for various pizza party�s
-purchased an answering machine for the Safe Arrival Program
-budgeted money each year for assembly programs
-contributed toward toner and developer of copy machine
-purchased a button machine and supplies
-forwarded foodtown rec't proceeds to trips(generally in excess of $1,000 each year) * until Foodtown closed in Fall 1998

-purchased homework assignment journals for 4th and 5th grade
-gave a gift of cash to classroom teachers for purchase of something for their classroom (yearly) �91 purchased a TV/VCR cart in lieu
-took out ad in MCCFounders Day program three times
-donated $100 through Officer Valyo for needy
-set aside $3,000 for purchase of Ellison Letter Machine and 3 sets of risers,also some to go toward fans
-spring '92 purchased a Kodak camera
-Founders Day 1993 hosted a ceremony (candle lighting, presented certificates and gifts to past presidents)
-donated $100 to HHWest safe graduation night
-$12 to �Operation Dreamlift Read-a-thon (Mrs.Graziano�s class raised $500 which paid for 2 plane tickets to Disney World for children
-$500 of Troll books

-purchased and initiated a PTA bulletin board
-$25 Earlene Czmyr Memorial
-$1,000�s from book fair proceeds to library
- $400 to nurses office for supplies
-$25 to St.Lawrence Rehab in memory of a teachers parent
-purchased visitor passes for main office
-$150 to Family Art Night
-$150 5th grade trip to Princeton Art Museum
-$90 for eyeglasses for a child

-sympathy flowers, get wells etc.
-purchased a file cabinet
-$500 to get �Peace Program� underway for guidance dept.
-$200 for Family Study Skills Program
-$100 sponsorship to Mrs.Flores for an educational trip to Australia
-used clothing drive
*$150 advanced to Mrs.Oliver�s class to start a school store (which was repaid)
-purchased  gift certificate(s) to Learning Partners for Mrs.Sanger and Mrs.Grushow
-certificates of appreciation to children who performed at Founder's Day Dinner

-purchased a fax machine
-donated $250 toward the 5th grade dance
-purchased a digital camera
-purchased "graduation gift" of t-shirts for 5th grade ( yearly )
-'98 sale of Humani-tees and stickees, proceeds to go to air conditioner for nurse's office
-9/98 presented Mrs.Dickson, Mrs.Goliszewski, Mrs.Graziano and Mrs.Szilvasi with corsage and plaque for having been chosen Best Practice School, also presented each student from those classes with a certificate to the school store
-9/98 purchased a token gift of a stick on calendar for  PTA membership
-purchased a calculator

-purchased a tape recorder
-have budgeted $ for school  grounds beautification for Fall and Spring projects (flowers,bulbs,shrubs and mulch )
-fall'98 gave Mrs.Sanger 25 Geoffrey $ for baby gift
-Thanksgiving food drive for needy, 5 turkey's donated by DiPaola Turkey Farm
-sponsored Ice Skating party '98,'99
-arranged with Carlson Tree Farm to doanate a % of tree sales to PTA ($30)
-12/99 purchased a PA system $1,267.75 for school
-1/99 flowers for National School Nurses Day

-purchased Rider to insurance policy to cover ice skating parties $35
-2/99 flowers for National Schools Guidance Counselor Week
-2/99 proceeds from G.Hawke spring sale to library, $3,082 in new books
-4/99 flowers for Secretary's Day
-spring '99 Book Fair proceeds to library $1,400 in books
-$500 cork stripping for classrooms
-no more than $850 for student school planners for 99/2000 school year
-no more than $300 for 2 walkie talkies ( $59.99 each )

-no more than $400 for 3 VCR's
-2 sets of risers at the cost of $1,777 ( 1999 ) *This purchase was not made at this time because there was not enough money left for the purchase. These risers were purchased in the summer of 2000.
-paid an additional $352 to increase insurance coverage to $100,000
-6/99 School Picnic, additional purchase of Lalor frisbees
future 50/50 proceeds to buy a new TV for first floor as the money allows



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