Parents' Association - December News
December 7, 2016
This month's topics:
Mother-Daughter Luncheon - Fun Filled Memories
The 2016 Mother Daughter Lunch was a huge success this year! After a little boutique shopping, nearly 500 mothers and their daughters sat to lunch at the University of St Thomas Wolfe Center. In addition to honoring the senior mothers and daughters, we enjoyed a guest speaker this year as well. Dr. Deanna Thompson, a religion professor at Hamline University, shared her epiphany around using social media to reach out and care for others in what can be, literally, the virtual body of Christ.
All in all the event was filled with family, fun and memories. Thank you to all of the Mothers & Daughters who helped make this event a huge success!
Upcoming Father-Daughter Dinner Dance
The Father-Daughter Dinner Dance is a fun-filled evening held at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown St. Paul. This event is sure to be a party you won’t want to miss! Mark your calendar for Saturday, January 21, 2017. All CDH girls and their fathers/guardians are welcome and encouraged to attend. The social hour gets under way at 6:00 p.m., along with father-daughter photos, dinner at 7:00 p.m., and dancing until 11:00 p.m. The celebration at the Intercontinental costs $40 per person, which includes dinner and entertainment for the evening. Watch for the invitation in the mail and on the CDH website. We are encouraging all attendees to register and pay online. Click here to register for the Father-Daughter Dinner Dance. Reservations are due by January 10, 2017. If you have any questions, please contact either Julie Hoffman, hoffmonkeys@comcast.net, 651-470-4125, or Jenny Rosemark, djrosemark@comcast.net, 651-216-0922.
Food To Hogs
Hello CDH Parents!
We were given the opportunity to volunteer in the cafeteria from 11:05 to 12:45 to help with a new project called "Food for Hogs”. Introduced to CDH by our very own CDH teacher Mr. Rob Peick, the program has caught the attention of many of our students! Essentially, it’s managing food waste and recycling during the lunch periods and guiding the students. It was amazing to watch how educated and aware the kids are at following the rules of recycling knowing this simple act will help them care for our environment!
Sign up, come visit your kids and make the world a better place!
Molly Barrett & Kat Benick
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0449a4a92ea20-lunch
Senior Lock-In
The Senior Lock In is Wednesday, May 31, 2017. This is a fun, post-graduation event for our graduating seniors. We are organizing our committees now and are looking for committee chairs for the following groups. Please note - this invitation is open to all parents - 9th grade, sophomore, junior and senior!
Co-Chair
- assist Chair in organizational duties
Decorations Co-Chair
- assist Chair to work on party theme and organize duties for volunteers
- time commitment: most Wednesday evenings January - May
Set-Up Chair
- organize set-up of rooms and materials
- time commitment ~ 2 hours per month
Clean-Up Chair
- organize group of volunteers for clean up of event
- time commitment: Evening of the event (12 am-5 am)
If you are interested in a Chairperson position or any type of volunteer opportunity, please contact Kathleen Strombeck at kstrombeck@msn.com.
The Lock-In Food Committee is looking for volunteers to help set-up and serve food the night of May 31, 2017. Most importantly, we are looking for donations of food. If you are interested (or know a local vendor who may be) in donating food, funds or friendly faces to help, please contact Kathy Weyandt at weyandtsincomo@msn.com .
We are looking forward to a fun and safe event for all our seniors.
Parents’ Association Dues -Please help support annual PA events!
One important change this year to the Parents’ Association is that we will no longer benefit from the Target Red Card, as Target has decided to go in a different direction with their charitable giving. The PA events, which were subsidized significantly by those contributions, will need some financial backing from all of us at CDH. With that in mind, we are asking each family to pay dues to the Parents’ Association of $30 per family. This will help us to keep the cost of attendance at our events affordable for all and allow us to continue the great traditions that we have been able to enjoy for many years. To send payment please go to Parents’ Association page at www.c-dh.org. Thank you for supporting the CDH Parents’ Association!
Volunteers Needed
The Parents’ Association is already up and running, but we need your help. Most chairs and co-chairs are already in place, but we need many volunteers to make each event a success! To register to volunteer online, go to the CDH Parents’ Association Volunteer webpage.
Parents’ Association Fundraising
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