The EagleOakland Eagle Booster Newsletter November 2019

Please join us! Monthly Booster’s Meetings

First Mondays Oakland Library

November 4, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

December 2, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

January 6, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

February 3, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

March 9, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

2020-2021 Boosters Board Nominations on

April 6, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Boosters Board Election on May 4, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

2019-2020 Oakland Eagles Booster Activities

Food Drive November 11-15

Book Fair November 18-22

Feed My Starving Children November 5, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Feed My Starving Children November 9, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Holiday Craft & Vendor Fair December 7, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

For a complete listing of all Oakland Eagle Booster activities, go to our

Calendar on www.oaklandeagleboosters.com

Book Fair

The Boosters are organizing the Book Fair this year, and we need your help!! The Fair will be open during the school day November 18th-22nd for kids to browse the books, make their wish lists, and make purchases, as well as during conferences on Monday the 18th and Wednesday the 22nd from 3-8. We will need volunteers during these hours to help the kids make their wish lists, staff the cash register(s), restock, etc. We will also need set-up help on Friday Nov. 15th. Check out the Book Fair tab on our website and watch for the Sign-Up Genius!

Feed My Starving Children

We will be hosting two volunteering activities at Feed My Starving Children. One will be on Tuesday, November 5 and the other on Saturday, November 9. We still have spots available for both time slots. Please sign up by Friday, November 1 as any open spots will then be released back to the organization.

To sign up for one or both of these activities, go to the Giving Back tab on our webpage and click on the date you would like to sign up for.

Please note, the minimum age is 5 to participate and no jewelry should be worn. This includes earrings, watches, rings, necklaces, and pins. While there are a few lockers available, it might be best to leave jewelry at home.

Open Arms Mission Food Drive

We would like to support our neighbors in need by hosting a food drive. We will be collecting non-perishable food items the week of November 11-15, 2019. There will a collection box in each classroom. At the end of the week, we will be donating the collected good to the Open Arms Mission in Antioch, a 501c charity. Open Arms Mission serves our neighbors in need with 89 cents of each dollar donated going to local families in need. This includes neighbors in our communities including Antioch, Lake Villa, and Lindenhurst. Suggested food drive items: Canned soup, cereal, Mac-n cheese, canned vegetables, canned fruit, fruit cups, applesauce cups, peanut butter, granola bars.

Oakland Eagle Boosters is a 501(C)-organization operated for the charitable and educational purposes of supporting student, staff, and teachers at Oakland Elementary School. One of the ways we seek to promote kindness and caring is by partnering with charitable organizations that provide our students with an opportunity to Give Back to those in need in our surrounding communities.

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Did you know? One of the ways we support our

teachers as well as our little Eagles is by

providing dinner for teacher during the parent

– teacher conferences!

Halloween Trunk or Treat Festivities We had a fabulous turnout for our October Trunk or Treat! Prizes were awarded for a costume contest for each grade. We had some amazingly decorated trunks and it was neck and neck in the ballot box between a few until the very last ballot was counted. Our parents and kids alike really got into the Halloween spirit. And we had some awesome volunteers helping with every aspect of the night. Thank you to all who participated! Trunk or Treat will definitely be back next October! And don’t forget to check out pictures of the festivities on the Gallery on our web site.

Status of the One and Done Fundraising This was planned to be our main fundraiser for the 2019-2020 school year, and we were SO excited to offer this super-easy way to support our students, staff, and school at Oakland without having to buy or sell ANYTHING! In one week, we raised $3,475! And we are now at $5,793! Unfortunately, with only 77 families representing 108 students making donations for the over 600 little Eagles at Oakland, we have fallen well short of our goal. Don’t fret! We won’t automatically launch all the other fundraisers. Not yet. We are going to accept the donations through the end of the year in hopes we get more parents engaged in supporting our little Eagles. Come on folks! It’s for our kids! Click here to view the donation tracker.

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