Announcements for the Week of October 26-30, 2009

All of the cartoons in the comics section of the newspaper today were about volunteering. Today must be national volunteering day or something!  

A big thank you to all in our community who volunteer! Your good will and presence in the lives of others makes the world go around.

Thank you to all of the Bret Harte volunteers who have made a difference already this year. Parents who bake something for a teacher's first friday coffee break, who organize an event, who connect with a teacher to help in a classroom or a lunch club, or sit at a table  Our kids are growing and volunteering themselves, now. Thank you to all the students who help a fellow student, do community service hours, or simply bend over and pick up a piece of trash or recycling.

So speaking of volunteering...

Community Work Day Tomorrow
This Saturday is Bret Harte's fall work day 10am - 2pm. Lunch provided.

We do this twice a year. We have lots of projects to work on and will be
cleaning up the school. We also have hundreds of bulbs from Keep Oakland
Beautiful to plant.

Every child should have received a flyer about the workday. They receive
credit for participating. Look for it in the depths of their backpacks!

We also need adults to come, to both supervise the kids and do work.

Please consider coming! It's lot's of fun.

We also have some projects requested by staff that require people with
specific handyman/carpentry skills. Do you? Know somebody? Please let us
know!

Questions? Leads? Call Jamie Fritz, workday coordinator: 305-9752  fritzoaklandfbd@aol.com 

Volunteer from Home or Work

We are still looking for a few good volunteers in the parent center this year. If anyone could take on one of these email tasks from home we could build a well-oiled communications-machine.

• A native Spanish speaker to proofread and forward internet-translated materials

• Someone to collect and post volunteer opportunities and wishlists online

• Someone to collect and compile Friday announcements

Please reply to this message if you are able to help!

Help at School Wednesday Oct. 28

• Come in to the Parent Center from 9-12 to help fold and mail newsletters. This is a great way to help and it's fun to socialize.
• Help set up and clean up snack sales for the Halloween party in the afternoon. Call Robin Ellis at 531-2500 or email robyn.ellis@sbcglobal.net.

In other news...

Eco-Metro Guides

Eco Metro Guides are wonderful coupon books for local and green businesses, and buying one will help AVID kids go to Yosemite. Ms. Warner has extended the ordering deadline through Monday, so reserve one this weekend! Email her at annekwarner@gmail.com with the number of books you'd like to purchase, and she'll set one aside for you. She will be accepting payments throughout the rest of October. They are $20 each and 1/2 of that goes to send our students to Yosemite.

Thank you for all your support!!!

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The Bret Harte Parent Center
Nurturing a vibrant home-school connection.
3700 Coolidge Avenue
Oakland, CA 94602
510-482-7249

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The Bret Harte Parent Center
Nurturing a vibrant home-school connection.
510-482-7249