The Myrtle Philip Community School Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) would like to extend our most heartfelt gratitude to the many businesses and individuals that made our Spring Fundraiser a great success. Our online auction and May Day celebration combined raised more than $15,000 for Myrtle Philip students. We will use these funds to support enrichment programs, classroom programs and supplies, school equipment, and field trips for children in our school.
Our auction relied on the generosity of local businesses donating the more than 80 amazing items to bid on. Please see the separate ad in this week’s Pique, or our Facebook page for a full list of sponsors. We also want to thank everyone who bid on items or who shared it with their family and friends to help us raise awareness.
Our May Day celebration was also a great success, and we loved hearing all the stories about how much fun the kids had! We thank everyone who attended and helped out with a few special mentions, including:
Volunteers who helped with ticket sales, food and drink preparation and serving, running games and set up and clean up; Jodi Carter for organizing the barbecue; Louise MacDougall and Jayne Touchet for organizing all the games; All the amazing cake makers for the cake walk and Jill Scott for organizing; Splitz Grill for the use of the barbecues; Nesters Market for the food donation; Mountain View Farms for bringing their adorable baby chicks for the kids to hold; Derek Foose for MCing; Kathryn Watters with Cheese Box Photo Booth; Mamquam Elementary for lending us their carnival games; Ms. Lowe for doing the face-painting; and the student band led by Kris and Kevin Dontas for the entertainment.
As the school year draws to a close, the PAC is looking forward to the many programs we are able to support this spring and into next year thanks to the generous support of so many people in our community.
