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SSFS Needs You!
Become a Volunteer and "Let Your Lives Speak"

Each year, many SSFS family members become actively involved in the life of the school through volunteering. SSFS relies on its volunteers to enrich the school environment, for the benefit of our children and the entire school community.

There are a myriad of volunteer opportunities at the school, spanning a wide array of needs and encompassing all areas of the school. If you have an interest in volunteering, and have even just one hour of time to spare, SSFS needs you!

To indicate your interest in volunteering, please complete the questionnaire below and return it to SSFS in the enclosed envelope by September 10, 2007.

For additional information on the volunteer opportunities listed below, please refer to the PA brochure, sent out in our summer mailing, or available here. Questions may be addressed to the individuals listed below (see the SSFS directory for their contact information), or to pavolunteers@ssfs.org.

Thank you very much for your support!
SSFS Parents Association

PARENT 1:
First Name: Last Name:
Phone (Home): Phone (Work):
Phone (Cell): E-mail:

PARENT 2:
First Name: Last Name:
Phone (Home): Phone (Work):
Phone (Cell): E-mail:

SSFS STUDENTS, '07-'08:
Full Name: Grade:
Full Name: Grade:
Full Name: Grade:
Is this your first year at SSFS? Yes    No
Please describe any talents, skills or other areas of interest that you may have and are willing to share with SSFS PA:

Note that this questionnaire is not a substitute for the sign up sheets at Back-to-School night soliciting volunteers for the very specific activities in your class or grade. You will be contacted as the dates for your selected event(s) approach.

*** Please note some coordinator positions may already be filled at this time. However, we are always seeking new volunteers to be co-coordinators or future coordinators.

Please indicate all activities in which you would be interested in helping. When marking preferences below, please check P1 for Parent 1, P2 for Parent 2, or check both if both parents would like to help.

MAIN PARENTS ASSOCIATION EVENTS

WINTERFEST (Dec 1, 2007)
Coordinator(s) needed - please contact pavolunteers@ssfs.org
A festive, all-day Saturday event in early December, Winterfest provides fun for the entire family. It features music, food, holiday greens, breakfast with Frosty and fabulous local crafters selling their creations. This event is eagerly awaited and well attended by the entire community.
Are you better at cooking or accounting? Delegating or decorating? How about doling out delectable dishes at the Dads' Diner? There is a job for everyone at Winterfest and we will happily find the right fit for you. So join us and celebrate the season SSFS style.
P1    P2     Interested in helping

CELEBRATION OF SCIENCE (March 6-8, 2008)
Contact: Dana Connell
Celebration of science is just that -- a school-wide celebration, (not a competition). This exciting event allows groups, families and individuals to explore scientific topics that interest them. During this exciting three-day event in early spring, the gym bursts with creative projects and demonstrations.
The main volunteer opportunities include mentoring, publicity, project review, planning and event organization.
So stimulate your neurons and volunteer for this electrifying event -- it is guaranteed to give you a rocketing good time.
P1    P2     Interested in helping

SPRING AUCTION (April 2008)
Contact: Michelle Higgins & Maureen Beabout
"Can I get one hour? Do I hear 10? Who can give me a Committee Chair?"
This not-to-be-missed spring event is a fun-filled gala that involves an elegant dinner, live entertainment and incredible auctions, both live and silent. This entertaining evening is our largest fundraising event of the year and we need you, even if you only have a few hours to spare.
Auction committee members are needed to create decorations and displays, collect donations, organize class projects, assist in set-up and generate publicity. Great deals await the highest bidder and a great time awaits all who work on this wonderful and worthwhile event.
P1    P2     Interested in helping

OTHER PA EVENTS

All School Fall Sports/Spirit Day (September 28, 2007)
P1    P2     Interested in Helping

Community Day (October 10, 2007)
P1    P2     Interested in Helping

Plant Sale (Fall 2007 and Spring 2008)
Coordinators: Frankie Lydon (fall and spring) and Susan Taylor (spring)
P1    P2     Interested in helping

Ice Skating Party (February 9, 2008)
Coordinators: Kristen & Ted Steel
P1    P2     Interested in Helping

Earth Stewardship Day (April 17, 2008)
P1    P2     Interested in Helping

Book Fair (April 2008)
Coordinators: Nanette Radue, Kim Sargent, and Bonnie O'Donohue
P1    P2     Interested in Helping

Faculty/Staff Appreciation Lunch (June 10, 2008)
Coordinators: Valerie Fisher
P1    P2     Interested in Helping

DIVISIONAL NEEDS

Lower School
Coordinators: Lee Lanou and Pam Gilmer
A myriad of opportunities await parents who would like to help out in the Lower School. These opportunities include room parents, lunch/recess supervision, after school club leaders, clerical support, carpentry/painting projects, gardening projects.
P1    P2     Interested in helping

Middle School Coordinator: Donna Kellogg
Volunteering in the middle school is a great way to stay in touch with your child. Opportunities include: parent guest lecturers, community service projects, assistant coaches for sports, chaperones, clerical support.
P1    P2     Interested in helping

Upper School Coordinator: Shinae Byhouwer
Opportunities include: grade reps, faculty appreciation breakfasts.
P1    P2     Interested in helping

SSFS PARENT ASSOCIATION COMMITEES

AFTER PROM COMMITTEE
Committee Led
The After Prom Committee uses the guidance and resources of the Montgomery County's Post-Prom/Graduation Committee, the SSFS PA and enthusiastic Upper School Parents to create an exciting, safe, drug and alcohol free environment for students and their dates to hang out and have fun following the Prom. Parents of underclassmen staff this event until the wee hours of the morning. Truly a night to remember!
P1    P2     Interested in serving on Committee

COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE
Coordinators: Barbara Gaffigan and Betsy Roush
If you want to "let your life speak", this is the committee for you. The Community Service Committee is one of our most active and popular committees. It gives parents, students, and faculty an opportunity to help our local and global community. Past projects include blanket, boot and coat drives, mitten trees, blood drives and "Caring with Casseroles". Join this rewarding committee and help develop and coordinate these projects. You will be glad you did.
P1    P2     Interested in serving on this Committee

DIVERSITY COMMITTEE
Coordinators: Sydney Jacobs and Sarita Winter The Diversity Committee seeks to find effective ways to increase awareness of different types of diversity such as gender, ethnicity, religion, economic levels, culture, sexual orientation, learning differences and physical attributes. The committee not only educates parents about diversity issues, but also serves as a resource for parents and students. In addition, this committee assists the school in its efforts to recruit and retain a diverse staff.
P1    P2     Interested in serving on Committee

LEARNING DIFFERENCES COMMITTEE
Contact: ldc@ssfs.org The Learning Differences Committee was created to provide further information and support to parents regarding learning differences. It sponsors workshops and speakers and newly-formed online resources links.
P1    P2     Interested in serving on Committee

NEW PARENTS COMMITTEE
This committee seeks ways to continue to welcome new families into the SSFS community and to provide extra support and communication throughout the school year.
P1    P2     Interested in serving on Committee

PARENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Coordinator: Needed
This committee coordinates parent education activities and presents an outstanding series of speakers on relevant parenting issues. The committee also sponsors the school's representative to the Parents Council of Washington and distributes Parent to Parent and a Community of Concern brochure on prevention of substance abuse.
P1    P2     Interested in serving on this Committee

ONGOING PA FUNDRAISERS

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
Coordinator: Lisa Behrens
Eat your Wheaties help the school - just cut out the "Box Tops for Education" seal on the selected boxes and you can turn cardboard into cold cash.
P1    P2     Interested in helping

GIFT WRAP SALES
Coordinators: Julie Schweber and Anne Jones
You know you want it. When the catalog comes home it's hard to resist, and now you can shop on-line all year long and have your orders sent directly to your home. Volunteers are needed to coordinate this important fundraiser.
P1    P2     Interested in helping

INK RECYCLING
Coordinators: Johanna Cowie and Aldona Joseph
Stewardship of the environment is a byword at SSFS. By recycling printer cartridges and used cell phones at the school, you can help the environment and earn $$ for SSFS at the same time. What a deal!
P1    P2     Interested in helping

SAFEWAY / GIANT BONUS BUCKS PROGRAM
Coordinator: Christy Stebbins
This one is truly a "no brainer". Just register your Giant and Safeway grocery cards each fall at our website and the school gets bonus bucks.
P1    P2     Interested in helping

   

**Please consider volunteering at least one hour of your time this year!**

Thank you for volunteering!
You will be contacted as the dates for your selected event(s) approach.