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300K51N WALKATHON – Saturday 10/23/10

Only Four Weeks Left!

Things are moving fast here at Walkathon World Headquarters. Lots of
flurry! What's the good news? Our Family Honor Role t-shirt
sponsorships are ahead of last year. Marketplace and Auction are
running like well-oiled machines. Kids' prizes are AMAZING. We've
developed a new online tools to make data recording faster and easier. Newsletter #4 – 09/23/10

Dates. No, not the getaway dates you need with your spouse. Walkathon
dates. Our big day is just five weeks away on Saturday, October 23.
Yikes! Even sooner, we have our first October Furlough (Oct 4-8). Its
impact is a big unknown for us. Upon return, we'll need you, parents.
Volunteer
We'll need your energy, spirit, and organizational skills. Walkathon's
success starts and ends with our great community. Online Now!
In that vein, have your kids wear their favorite old Walkathon shirts on
Fridays. If you're a volunteer or teacher, be sure to wear your 2010
Walkathon shirt. Wear your colors!
We need you! Walkathon
Keep reading the news. Visit our website. If you're new to Booksin, find requires hundreds of parent
an area where you can help. Get in contact. We need 400 volunteers to and alumni volunteers to make
make this day a success. There's power in our numbers! the October 23, 2010 a huge
success. We ask that all
Thinking Booksin Has the World's Best Volunteers, families volunteer at least one
shift (but we won’t argue if you
David Keller & PH Mullen, W alkathon Volunteer Co-Chairs want to be a Super Volunteer
We welcome your thoughts ... email info@BooksinWalkathon.com and work two or more shifts)!

Check out your options at

BooksinWalkathon.com!
Walkathon Goal - Every Student: $200
Just click on the Volunteer
Spot button!

We suggest that every student set a goal of raising $200 to benefit

Booksin. In addition, we recommend asking donors for a minimum flat
pledge of $25. Of course, we invite you to raise more if you are able. T-Shirt Sponsors
Let’s show our “POWER in NUMBERS” by raising the money we need to Become a
make Booksin the best school it can be! Corporate
T-Shirt
Sponsor or
join our
Family
Furlough Fundraising? Plan to Ask! Honor
Role! More information and
Are you planning to visit Family or close friends during the SJUSD Furlough official forms are available
(Oct 4-8)? Have your student ask them for a pledge during your vacation! online or via email!

BooksinWalkathon.com/sponsors
Then, your student can add that person’s name to their pledge card Sponsors@BooksinWalkathon.com
immediately after our Kick-Off Assembly on October 11!
 BooksinWalkathon
BooksinWalkathon.com
Find answers to your Questions ... Find ways to Volunteer ...
Review our incredible Auction Items ... Donate Time & Money!
Follow along online and read more about this Powerful Party!

Powerful Donations! Mark Your Calendar

Help us reach our goal of raising more than $150,000 for Booksin 10/23: WALKATHON All Day
10/11: Kick-Off Assembly
this year by donating the following items:
10/11: Pledge Forms at Home!
09/30: T-Shirt Sponsorships
• Silent Auction: We need donations of goods and services for our
Auction! Consider a week at your vacation home, software or electronics
from the company you work for, tickets to sporting events or autographed
items from the players, a special bottle of wine, a fantastic gift that just What The Money Does
isn’t you: these are all examples of things that have brought in high bids Just a partial list of the ways your
during our silent auction. Your donations can be left with the librarian donation helps improve your child's
during school, Tuesday through Friday. Contact Michalene Edwards with education at Booksin School:
questions: michaleneedwards@yahoo.com
$20,000 Technology Lab
• Fun with Friends: Activities for a group of Booksin students and/or
$20,000 Music Program
parents. Last year we had cooking classes, tennis clinics, a hiking tour
and even a Bollywood dance class. You offer the experience and take $7500 Library Books
care of expenses, while Booksin gets money from people signing up for
your activity. A great, inexpensive way to support your school and have $5000 Science Programs
fun meeting new people at the same time! Contact Pam Whitlow or Dani
Raines: pjwhitlow@aol.com or danielaraines@yahoo.com $4500 Student Work Books

• Sports Drinks, Sodas and Water: Keep our students hydrated while $4000 One Field Trip,
they are walking! Right now we’re especially looking for Sports Drinks and with buses, tickets,
Sodas. We’ll collect your cases curbside at drop-off and pick-up every curriculum tools
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8.00-8.30 and 2.00-2.30. You don’t $4000 Enrichment Allocations
even have to leave your car: just tell the collector it’s in your trunk and he for one grade level
or she will take it from there. Drinks will be sold during Walkathon and all
proceeds go directly to great programs! $3000 Art Vistas Supplies

$3000 Science Activities

Coming Soon: 'Teacher
Teacher Fun Drawing'
Drawing Supplies & Support

The wildly popular Teacher Fun Drawing is returning this year! Buy $2000 Cornerstone Activities
drawing tickets for a chance for your child to spend priceless time with
his/her teacher while participating in a fun activity: attend a Shark’s game $1200 Garden Life Lab
with Mrs. Peters, create a masterpiece at Petroglyphs with Mrs. Yamada, Annual Programs
or dine at Elephant Bar with Mrs. Herrera -- to name just a few. Details
$1200 Fifth Grade Promotion
will be coming home on Monday 10/11.
$655 School Planners for
4th & 5th graders
Grade Level Themes -- Those new Posters! $630 Science Boards for all
Kindergarten: You Can COUNT on Kindergarten (Numbers 1-30) 4/5th grade classes
First Grade: Incredible Equations & Number Families for Science Fair
Second Grade: Second Grade Fact Finders
Third Grade: Multiplication – The ‘X’ Factor S$600 Enrichment Funds for
Fourth Grade: Primed & Ready (Prime Numbers) One Classroom
Fifth Grade: BOOKSIN5 — Booksin-to-the-Fifth Power! (Exponents)
Subject to change and approval