Reading Elementary PTO Minutes January 12, 2010Meeting begins at 6:36Michele Palazzo, Crystal Millard, Rayna Bishop and Amy Harkins were presentMinutes were approved for November. There was not a meeting for December.

Treasurer Report:

Our Checking Balance after receiving a $405.00 check from the RecreationCommission

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is $4,657.11. The bake sale: $531.15 The Fall breakfast: $444.29 Believe fundraiser: $1,625.44(pure profit) and the 52” TV raffle that the recreation commission asked if wewanted to help sell tickets for earned us a $405.00 check. And $71.50 for Box Tops. The ski program was $2,131.60 and we are still looking for money from parents. A$20.00 gift to the baby Gabriel fund (a pre mature baby born in the family of a staff member) and Lebanon Opera house was paid $135.00.

General Discussion

:We have officially doubled our checking balance from last year which was a hugegoal for 2009. Now we do not feel as much pressure of getting the money to coverall of the wonderful enrichment programs we help support. A super duper Thankyou goes out to all of the parents new and veterans who really stepped up to theplate and helped whenever you could!!!! Working together for our children works!!!We received our 501c3 for our nonprofit status and we are still good to go. The skiprogram is off and running-skiing-or boarding and is so far so good. A 15 minuterecord time was set getting the kiddos on the slope last Friday, quoted by a helper.We have begun collecting details for the up and coming Saturday, February 27

2010 Town Meeting. There is a tentative time set which will be released by thetown clerk soon. The time is later than 9:30 and we will still be selling the fabulousNew England “dinner” “lunch” in the earlier side of the afternoon. We will besending home or calling parents for help with donating food items. We are scalingback on so much food as there was a lot left over last year. Babysitting will beavailable please do take advantage of this offer its fun for the kids and makes allthose town folk happy too. We are shooting to have lunch ready by 11:30 so as notto miss a crowd for lunch. The cost will still be $7 adults and $3 for kids 12 andunder. More details to come home.Small talk was on the table about the Big Talent Show that we all Love sooo much.More details to emerge in the next few weeks. Tentative date will be set for March20

, 2010 (first day of spring) I can’t wait!!!! Take care and have fun in the snow and Thank you for all of your hard work!!!Adjourned 7:30pmNext PTO meeting will be on Tuesday, February 9