To help offset some of the burden, each of our schools have been thinking of different types of fundraisers. During the month of May, our school participated in a Jog-a-Thon, Penny Wars, and a Community Concert and Festival. The concert/festival was held last Sunday afternoon from noon to 5:00 p.m. Nearly every staff member from our school participated by running a booth, helping to set-up or donating goods for the event. It was a HUGE success!
The event was quite an undertaking. We had a number of booths with carnival type games, activities, food, music, drama and drill team performances and a silent auction. After just four short weeks of planning the festival - something we've never had before - we raised $15,000.00!!
Kevin and I ran the 'Decorate - a - Cupcake' booth. Our Home Economics class baked the cupcakes and made the frosting, while Kevin and I provided colored sugars, sprinkles and candies in every color and form you could possibly imagine. Never having done this before, we brought a TON of supplies with us - about 20 pounds in all. To say that we over estimated would be a bit of an understatement; though it seemed like we used a lot, we still came home with about 13 pounds of candies and sugar!! However, the booth was a huge success. At the end of the day, we sold all but 5 cupcakes - not too bad at all!
We had some amazing items in the auction - including a handmade guitar from our guitar making class, a gorgeous watercolor created by a former student, a Tony Hawk signed skateboard deck and boxing gloves signed by Manny Pacquiao:
Our custodian, German, had the great idea of going up on the roof of the school to take a few ariel shots. So cool! 
With all three fundraisers that we held during the month of May, our school raised $78,800.00. We're all pretty blown away by that amount - especially in such a short amount of time. While it won't save everyone's job, it definitely will help.
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