 FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM SCHOOLS (FOMS)The Friends of the Museum School Foundation is a volunteer fundraising organization dedicated to supporting the Museum School's facilities and innovative curriculum by encouraging 100% participation of Museum School families, creating partnerships with the San Diego's business and philanthropic communities and promoting the Museum School in the San Diego community. The Friends of the Museum School is a non-profit 501c3 organization. To date, the Friends of the Museum School has raised over $130,000 for the Museum School. For more information on how you can become involved join the FOMS Team at our next meeting
January 27, 2010 Dear Museum School Families,
In our last FOMS update, the date that we gave you for our next meeting was the President’s Day holiday. Oops! There is no school on Friday, Feb. 12 or Monday, Feb 15th.
The FOMS meeting will take place on Friday, February 5th at 9:00 at the Museum School.
In other news:
Ross Porter of Ross Porter Walking Tours donated $250 in cash and gift cards to the Museum School! He did four free tours in December and requested that instead of paying, attendees bring gift cards valid at the business of their choice to be donated to the Museum School.
No parking? No phones? NO PROBLEM! This week is a testament to the can-do spirit that characterizes the Museum School. What a valuable lesson our children are learning about resilience and adaptability! But does anyone know what Phil is writing on that legal pad every morning? As long as he keeps smiling, so should we!
Have you reserved your table for Spanish Night?
Have a great week! ----------------------------------- January 20, 2010 Welcome back, everyone! As we all get back into the swing of our school day routines, please take a moment to review these reminders: Spanish Night, Sunday February 28 at the Prado *The date is quickly approaching! Now is the time to purchase your tickets and take advantage of the amazing opportunity drawings! *There is still time to secure donations for auction items - all of the information you need can be easily found through our FOMS page on the school website. All donations need to be submitted by the end of next week so that the hardworking Spanish Night team can put together fabulous packages for bidding! *If you or someone you know would like to take advantage of a great way to advertise a business in the beautiful event program, or if you'd like to publish a personal note, please submit your ad space request form by January 31st. The cost is just $50 for a 1/4 page and $75 for a full page! *There are several fun ways to participate during, before, or after the event - check out the volunteer sign up poster inside the front gate at school! Fundraising Efforts In December, FOMS proudly wrote a check in the amount of $35,000 in direct support of the special programs at The Museum School! This puts us well on our way to reaching the goal of $100,000 that we pledged to raise for our children's remarkable school this year. A huge thank you goes out to Luna's grandmother Ofelia Alvarado, who has been a tremendous help in training our grant writing team in grants research! We are currently waiting for good news about a $3000 grant from the Lion's Club to support our Gamelan program. Thanks to Johanna Appel-Turner for her hard work writing that grant! Writing grants is an ongoing need that will potentially bring in a great deal of money for the school, if you are interested in helping with grant writing or research, please reply to this email with your name, your ideas, and your contact information. --------------------------------- December 14, 2009 |
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