Daily Archives: October 21, 2017

After sorting through and organizing mountains of “stuff” Friday afternoon and evening (the donations were truly overwhelming, thank you so much!!), we kicked off our sale at 9am Saturday and enjoyed a steady stream of customers throughout the day.  In all we made over $3,100 in profit (and the special band & orchestra memories, of course, were priceless…)  None of this would have been possible without your help and support; many thanks to all who donated items, refreshments, or your valuable time to help make this endeavor a success!

Also, many special thanks to band parents Kelly Bard, Adriana Beaudreault, MariaElaina Cirone, Lisa Kyer, Laura Lee Milhaven, Anne McKeown, Theresa Ryan-Onatzevitch, Lisa Statler, Stacey Warren, Jennifer Weitman and Deborah Woodard for their tireless organizational, logistical, and advertising expertise!!

SPECIAL THANKS to band parent Theresa Ryan-Onatzevitch and orchestra parent Melissa Montaruli for their amazing work organizing all of the parent volunteers and working out so many of our logistical and planning details behind the scenes.  In addition, SPECIAL THANKS to Adriana Beaudreault and MariaElaina Cirone for securing bountiful food donations for our volunteers, and Lisa Kyer and Stacey Warren for securing the local charity Green Drop, to whom we donated all our remaining items.

Attached are some photos of our Tag Sale (and Pep Band) experience for you to enjoy :

Some reminders as we head into our last 2 weeks of this, our largest fundraiser:

1. YOUR CUSTOMERS CAN ORDER ON LINE

Go to: www.fruitorder.com

Click on “Order Now”

Enter your preferred Organization ID # (Wind Ensemble = 498649   Concert Band = 837673)

During checkout you will be able to select a specific student to receive the credit, or you can select the Band Scholarship Fund.  Boxes are $30 (for 20 lbs) and $40 (for 40 lbs).  These sized boxes will be sent to YHS for delivery on Monday 12/18.

Online, you can also choose the mail order option to send a fruit gift anywhere in the continental US.  These orders will be delivered via USPS in time for Christmas.

2. CITRUS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We are looking for parent volunteers to help us tally our orders during the school day on Wednesday 11/1, Thursday 11/2 and Friday 11/3 from 7:15-9:00am and from 12:30 – 2:15pm.  If you are interested/able to be a part of these monumental counting sessions, please e-mail Ms. Kluga.

3. PLEASE SAVE THESE CITRUS DATES! 

* The citrus sale ENDS on Tuesday 10/31. 

* Our TONS of citrus will be delivered Monday 12/18.  Your student is responsible for picking up their entire order between 2:30 and 7:00pm at YHS.

A reminder regarding our spring festival trip dates (which were outlined in the YHS Band Handbook back in September). Please make sure they are included on your family calendar.

CB parents and students: our festival trip will be SATURDAY 5/12/18.  5am-10pm. Chaperones needed. Details to follow.

WE parents and students: our festival trip will be SATURDAY 4/21-MONDAY 4/23. Details to follow

Is a local professional Wind Ensemble.  They perform high quality band literature and offer free concert tickets to students.  Their upcoming concert is on Sunday 11/5 @ 3pm. Ms. Kluga can get free student tickets if you are interested. Visit their website here :https://westchestersymphonicwinds.org