Dear Parents and Guardians,

It’s that time of year again. The School Parent Council/Friends of BLA is planning our annual Teacher Appreciation Lunch for Friday, June 26, 2009 at 11:15 AM in Latin Academy’s upper cafeteria. We are expecting from 75-100 guests, including teachers, administrators and support staff. We need volunteers to plan for or help with the following:

Decorations - 15 round table cloths and center pieces.

Sandwiches - finger sandwiches, wrap sandwiches, small sandwiches (any kind). We need 3 small sandwiches per person; that’s about 300 sandwiches. (Of course, we expect several people to volunteer for this one. If you can get a donation from your local supermarket, that would be great. If you need a letter form the SPC, let me know.)

Salads & dips - macaroni salad, green salad, potato salad, fruit salad, tabouli, hummus, veggies & dip, etc. (Please provide serving utensils, if necessary, or let us know if we need to get them.)

Snacks - individual bags of chips, pretzels, etc. - 100 or so

Water - 100 bottles of water

Beverages - We received so many cans of soda for the spring lunch we will be using them.

Desserts - cookies, brownies, bars

Hot coffee and milk/cream - for about 25 people

Paper plates - 100 lunch size paper plates (We already have plenty of dessert size plates.)

Plastic Utensils & Napkins & Paper cups – We already have plenty of these items.

Setup and serving - Let me know if you can commit to come on the 26th. We’ll start setting up about 9:45 or 10 but you can come any time.

Goody bags for 100 - Sue Low has volunteered for this.

Items for a Free Raffle - Last year people donated gift certificates (from Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, Blockbuster, Dunkin Donuts, etc.) beach gift sets (chair, towel & personal cooler), a Red Sox chair, a baby rocker, etc. which we raffled off. They were a bit hit.

Other - Did I forget anything? Is there something you would like to make/do that isn’t on the list? Let me know.

Please help in any way that you can. If you can donate part of an item, we’re happy to accept. Anything you can do is valuable. Please call or e-mail me as soon as possible to let me know how you can help. Thank you so much.

Connie Manzi
SPC co-chair

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