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 volunteer coordinator Amy Ahlers at 339-1764 or amy@theahlers.com.
Committees
AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT
Music, science, art classes. Sign-ups, oversee program, liaison between teachers and students. Contact: Sara Bedford, 654-1017, sbedford@oaklandnet.com.
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: Alison Townley, 812-1590, benefit2008@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: Melinda Blackorby, 428-0735 mblackorby@gmail.com
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: Donna Somerville, 594-0338 dwrightsomerville@yahoo.com
FINE ARTS
Organize, plan and fundraise for various arts programs for the students.
Contact: Leah Korican, 654-4925 lbkrobar@earthlink.net
LANGUAGE PROGRAM
Hillcrest Language School is a non-profit organization dedicated
to
educating the Hillcrest elementary and middle school community in
foreign
languages. HLS is organized as an extra curricular activity with
before and
after school programs. HLS strives to provide age appropriate curricula
and
foreign languages and engaging activities to students creating an
effective
learning environment of foreign languages and the cultures associated
with
them. Languages currently offered by popular demand are Spanish and
French.
Contact: Rosa Barbara, 530-5010 hillcrestlanguageschool_director@yahoogroups.com
PLAYGROUND SUPERVISION
Help supervise games and activities on the playground, a 45 minute commitment once a week, or once a month.
PROGRAMMING
Organize events and help seek out exciting speakers for school assemblies
and PTA meetings.
Contact: Janet Gillikin, 595-5878 bugill@sbcglobal.net
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: Caryn Kramer, 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 the Hillcrest webmaster at website@hillcrestpta.org