Help out at Hillcrest
Please find time in your busy schedule to volunteer at Hillcrest. If every family put in only 16 hours of volunteer time over the course of the whole school year, the results would be phenomenal! Just think, that’s only 2 hours per month – and it makes such a big difference.
Helping out can be as simple as typing something up, making a few calls, or using your creativity to move a project along. When you help at Hillcrest, you get to know other parents at the school, you often make new connections and friendships, and most importantly, you are part of creating the very best educational environment for your child.
Here are a few groups who can use your help. We suggest you select one or two committees that you might enjoy working on, and give the committee chair a call.
Volunteer now! For more information, contact Room Parent and Volunteer coordinator Deb Kaplan.
Committees
After School Enrichment
Music, science, art classes. Sign-ups, oversee program, liaison between teachers and students.
Contact: Tamara Henderson
Benefit
The big fund-raising event of the year! Decorations, ticket sales, solicit donations from local merchants and businesses. Also, we hope every family will donate an item, their services, something to be auctioned. Examples: camping trip, bike trip, group dinners or parties, weekend or vacation home, computer help, homemade gifts, anything.
Contact: benefit@hillcrestpta.org
Communications
Help write and publish Yellow Pages, design posters and flyers for events, help post notices of events, design information web site and Yellow Pages via e-mail, establish contacts with local press/write press releases for school events and fundraisers. A great way to learn about all that’s going on at Hillcrest!
Contact: Communications@HillcrestPTA.org.
Community Relations
Organize and promote public service projects. A special way to give something back to the community. Become involved, and also help our kids be part of programs like Learn to Read, Feed the Hungry, clothes drives, visit the sick or elderly, etc.
Contact: TBA
Fine Arts
Organize and plan art and music programming, including the annual art show and music concert.
Contact: Tamara Henderson
Middle School Community Services
Goals & Expectations: Every Middle School student will have the opportunity to connect and feel ownership of their school through their service to the younger students, and the Hillcrest community as a whole, by completing a minimum of 4 hours of service per marking period, or 12 hours per semester. For more info see the Middle School Community Service section.
Contact: Stacey Grace and Andrea Tannenbaum
Programming
Organize events and help seek out exciting speakers for school assemblies and PTA meetings.
Contact: Ellie Judy and Sarah Watson
Scrip Sales
By simply using scrip or eScrip to buy the food and things you already buy at your supermarket, you will be giving a percentage of your purchase to support Hillcrest. Help sign up parents for eScrip and sell scrip at events and PTA meetings; help organize and promote scrip.
Contact: scrip@hillcrestpta.org
Walkathon
Help organize one of the major events for Hillcrest School. The Walkathon not only raises funds to support PTA programs, but is also a great community get-together featuring carnival games for the kids, music and food.
Contact: walkathon@hillcrestpta.org
Website
Help create and develop Hillcrest’s online community. Help post content and create new online services.
Contact: website@hillcrestpta.org
Middle School Volunteer Opportunities
It takes MANY volunteers to provide all the opportunities we offer our middle schoolers. Below is a list of positions and volunteers for the 2014-2015 year. For more details on any of these positions, please see the Volunteering section in the MS Handbook (pdf). To find out more about volunteer opportunities, contact MS PTA representatives Sarah Weld and Cindy Pierson.
Instant Wine Cellar Captain & Benefit Wine Basket Coordinator
2013-2014 Volunteers: Leigh Kjeldsen, Barbara Murrer and Per Ljung
MS PTA Board Representatives
2013-2014 Volunteers: Katrina Saba and Lisa Chavez
Field Trip Coordinator
2013-2014 Volunteer: Sarah Holliman
Athletic Director
2013-2014 Volunteer: Monica Marcone
Middle School Treasurer
2013-2014 Volunteer: Melissa Zaharias
8th Grade Night of Benefit Supervisors (one position)
2013-2014 Volunteer: Cathy Ward & Elizabeth Goldman
Benefit Coordinators for Middle School donations
2013-2014 Volunteers: Lori Fogarty and Aviva Black
Walkathon Coordinator
2013-2014 Volunteer: AnnaMae Wilson and Donna Hanson
Social Activities Coordinator (One or two positions)
2013-2014 Volunteer: Sarah Campbell and Sara Bedford
Community Service Representative (One Volunteer Per Grade)
2013-2014 Volunteers: Jill Berrick (Lead/6th Grade), Cathy Ward (7th Grade), Julie Fleming (8th Grade)
Graduation Committee Coordinator
2013-2014 Volunteer: Diane Diamond
Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser Coordinator
2013-2014 Volunteer: Lisa Chavez & 6th Grade parent TBD
Parents’ Night Out Coordinator
2013-2014 Volunteers: Gina Hunt and Suzie Inadomi
Snack Bar Coordinator
2013-2014 Volunteer: Andrea Booth
Pizza Friday
2013-2014 Volunteers: Amanda Noguera and Shawn Wong (Coordinators)
Childcare Coordinator for PTA Board Meetings (Two positions)
2013-2014 Volunteers: Dominique Croteau & Elizabeth Rynecki
