Ben Franklin PTA

PRESIDENTS: Christine Muenz and Brenda Jensen

HEALTH AND WELFARE VP’S: Lisa Vincent and Petra Lamon

	Beautification – help needed for school improvement projects	Pam Wilhelm
	Emergency Preparedness – help to organize and implement school emergency program	Orchid Magd
	Families Helping Families – organize help for Franklin families in critical need	Janet Irving
	Field Day – help organize parents and make necessary purchases for the all- school field day in June 2008	Diana Shaw
	Food Drive – help advertise, organize and deliver food collected by Franklin families to benefit local food banks	Lile Ellefsen
	Parent Education Classes – help schedule speakers and parent education events for the school community	Kathy Sanchez
	Health Screening – one day commitment (in the Fall) to help organize students for vision, hearing and scoliosis testing	Lile Ellefsen
	Health Room Volunteers – Provide TLC for lunchtime bumps and bruises. Training provided.	Andrew Stackhouse
	Popcorn – volunteers needed to pop and sell popcorn on Friday mornings	Heidi O’Connor
	Safe Arrival – volunteers needed to telephone families of absent students who have not called in the absence	Chairperson needed
	Safety Patrol/Playground – help organize parents to do walkabouts during recess to monitor games and activities	April Gabbert
	T-Shirt Sales – help organize purchase and sale of school shirts	Tamara Hill
	Walk to School Week – organize volunteers to greet walkers and schedule with police and fire department	Julia Ednie & Gilda Parida
	Links – help in district volunteer program for schools that don’t have strong parent help--can be as little as half-an-hour per week or once a month	Kristi Zikas

SPECIAL EVENTS VP’S: Julie Peterson and Karen Larsen

	Welcome Back Tea – help organize a tea on the first day of school	Julie Peterson
	Fall Back-to-School Night – help organize a pizza or BBQ event	Julie Peterson
	Winter Family Night/Bingo – help organize the Franklin family night in Jan.	Heidi O’Connor
	Spring Family Night/International Night – help organize the April Franklin family night	Susanne McDermott & (co-chair needed)
	Pancake Breakfast – help with the pancake breakfast held in May/June which is organized and worked by Franklin Dads	Jason Foshee
	Staff Appreciation – help organize activities and food for Staff Appreciation Week in May	Julie Peterson
	Volunteer Recognition – obtain nominations and organize awards ceremony and gifts for volunteer appreciation at the volunteer tea	Chairperson needed

FUNDRAISING VP’S: Christy Hentges and Elly Budidjaja

	Jog-a-thon – volunteers needed to help organize students for this fall fundraiser	Christy Hentges and Elly Budidjaja
	Box Tops for Education™ – collect and submit box tops and labels for educational material and/or equipment	Anita Axe

COMMUNICATIONS VP’S: Donna Blinn and Valerie Horvath

	Display Case – help brainstorm ideas and arrange display case in front hallway	Tracy Harsvik
	Reader Board – update reader board in front of school	Chris Williamson, Collette Ulloa, and Amanda Maggiora
	Membership – help recruit PTA members and process memberships to state PTA	Tamara Hill
	Memory Books – help organize, assemble and sell Memory Books in the late winter/early spring	Suzanne Copitsky (w/ Jeanette Simecek)
	Newsletter – help needed with monthly newsletter	Mary Rumpf
	Website Committee – help create and update Franklin PTA website.	Chairperson needed
	Room Parent Coordinator – organize room parents and keep them updated as needed for planned events	Sally Norred
	School Pictures – help needed to organize students on picture day in the fall	Chris Brandenfels
	Student Directory – help assemble student information, input and distribute the student directory	Tamara Hill
	Weekly Student Mail Packets (formerly Thursday Packets) – help needed to collate and distribute weekly student mail packets	Linda Ruskell
	Volunteer Coordinator – help recruit and organize volunteers for various committees and activities	Sally Norred
	New Family Welcome – prepare packets and information for families new to school	Christine Muenz
	Legislation - help keep families informed on important issues and gather information on concerns to our community	Cindy Burt
	Legislative Action Network – respond to email action alerts from Jan-April, approx 5 minutes a week	Cindy Burt
	Special Needs Representative – act as liaison to the district Special Needs Committee	Sally Vilardi
	Rose Hill Jr. High Representative – act as liaison to Rose Hill Jr. High PTA	Linda Ruskell

EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT VP’S: Kathleen Shipman and Tamara Hill

	After-school Classes – help with organization of the after-school enrichment classes offered through out the school year. You do NOT have to stay after school. You would help identify, approve and schedule enriching after school classes. Classes offered in the past have included: three different language classes, Mad Science, and art.	Chairperson needed
	Art Docent – work with the your child’s teacher to present art prints and projects monthly to the classes	Sharon Morrison
	Chess Club – help needed to supervise and organize our chess program	Chairperson needed
	School Savings – help students make deposits. You can volunteer one time, monthly or weekly . . . all help is appreciated.	Tamara Hill
	Reflections – help needed to organize, encourage students and judge entries in our cultural arts competition	Maura Roberts
	Professional Science Program – provide classroom science enrichment with teachers	Diana Shaw
	Professional Arts Program – coordinate/schedule all the teachers for one art class with the “Artist in Residence” (taught by a professional artist, already contracted)	Emily Dietric

There is always room more for volunteers at Ben Franklin! Contact Sally if you are interested in filling or helping with any of these areas.

Welcome Back Tea – help organize a tea on the first day of school

Julie Peterson

Tamara Hill

Chairperson needed

Chris Brandenfels