2013 CARNIVAL NEWS

Sept. 25, 2013 Plumb Elementary PTA Carnival Issue No. 1, Pg. 1 Pg. 1 Pg. 1 Pg. 2 Pg. 2 Pg. 2 Pg. 2 Pg. 3 Pg. 3 Pg. 4 Pg. 5 Pg. 5 Pg. 5 Pg. 6

FRI., OCT. 25th 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. AND SAT., OCT. 26th 9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
WELCOME to the 2013 Plumb Elementary PTA Carnival News! We are very excited about this years 40th Anniversary Carnival, and we hope you are too! We have lots of great activities planned to help us celebrate this Anniversary. Instead of decorating the pumpkins at the Carnival this year, please bring your pre-decorated pumpkin to our NEW Jack O Lantern Contest on Friday evening. Come and hear family friendly Spooky Stories and Songs full of goose bumps on Friday night in the Library! The Silent Auction is always a big hit! Shop on Friday and Saturday for birthday, Anniversary, and Christmas presents. Then, dont forget to get your Prize Drawing Tickets and stick around Friday night to see who wins what at the drawing! You can scream as loud as you want in the Haunted House on both Friday and Saturday! Create your very best costume, and meet us in the Cafeteria, for our Costume Contest on Saturday morning from 9 to 10 a.m. We have lots of creative people at Plumb, so dont be late! Judging begins at 9:30 a.m. The General Store, where you can purchase everything from soup to nuts, is open all day on Saturday. Our Snack Shack offers a quick boost of energy on Saturday. For a more filling meal, be sure to check out our NEW Food Trucks! Mom, Dad, kids, come listen and dance to your favorite music in the Entertainment area on Saturday! Have your face painted, get your hair streaked, or sport your choice of temporary tattoos all day Saturday. Moms and Dads get read to cheer while your children bounce in the Bouncy Houses! I hear we may have some even bigger ones this year! Play games to win Pelican Bucks, and then cash them in at the Prize Room on Saturday. And last, but not least, dont forget to stop by and take a shot at Mrs. Kemp, and others, in the Dunk Tank! Be sure to 1) visit the Plumb PTA website at www.plumbelementarypta. org,; 2) read each issue of the Carnival News and the October Pelican Post; 3) and Contact the Carnival Team at plumbcarnival@gmail.com if you have any questions. Family engagement is part of our PTA mission and purpose! Come, join us, and lets have some FUN at the 40th Anniversary Carnival!

Welcome Sneak Preview New Stuff Prince & Princess Jack OLantern Contest Baby Derby Volunteers Haunted House Silent Auction Pre-Order Tickets Costume Contest Carnival T-Shirts Donations

In This Issue

PTA Carnival Committee

Chair Tracy Joyce Co Chair Angie Fuller Co Chair Amy Sohoski Co Chair Chrissy Wear Advertising Judi Hurst Bouncy Houses Chrissy Wear Costume Contest Kim Hazlett Entertainment Kim Hazlett Face Painting Chaepn Hurst Food Vendors Lyndsay Riddle Games Tracy Joyce Kim Hazlett General Store Cheryl Shambaugh Debbie Edwaaard Caroline Palma Haunted House Andrew Keber Bob Joyce Jack O Lantern Thomas Jamo Prize Room Kayle Barkley Procurement Chrissy Wear Tracy Joyce Silent Auction Amy Sohoski Snack Shack Thomas Jamo Spooky Stories & Songs Mrs. Lance Tickets Amy Sohoski Volunteers Angie Fuller Mary Patton

40th Anniversary Plumb PTA CARNIVAL 2013!

Sept. 25, 2013

Plumb Elementary PTA Carnival News

Issue No. 1, Pg. 2

40th Anniversary Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Carnival Prince and Princess Crowned! 10:00 a.m. Sat., Oct. 26th Costume Contest will serve as the past principal or teacher at Plumb
In honor of our 40th Anniversary, the Carnival will be officially opened on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony! The two 5th Grade winners of our annual Carnival Prince and Princess, and will have the honor of cutting the ribbon to open Carnival Day 2013! Local dignitaries, as well as past principals and teachers are receiving personal invitations to this ceremony, and we do hope they will attend! If you are reading this and you are a

Elementary School, please join us as we celebrate 40 years of Plumb PTA Carnival tradition. This ceremony is reminiscent of the opening ceremonies at the very first Carnival, forty years ago! Come, bring your cameras, and join us on this special occasion!

NEW!
Jack o Lantern Contest
NEW this year will be a Jack O Lantern Contest! Participants will bring already decorated pumpkins to Plumb Elementary on Friday, the night of October 25th. Please bring your pumpkin to the Butterfly Garden by 8:00 PM. When darkness falls, all of the pumpkins will be lit for your viewing pleasure! The contest will be conducted throughout the evening, with everyone attending the Carnival having the opportunity to vote for their favorite Jack O Lantern. The winner will be announced, and the prize will be awarded, during the Prize Drawing in the Auction Room! The winner will receive a $25.00 cash prize! Choose your pumpkin carefully, use only the sharpest knives and your other secret tools, and show all of us an example of your pumpkin decorating talent! Make us want to vote for YOUR Jack O Lantern!

The Baby Derby

keep specific children in view, so a family can cheer for their favorite! The races begin at High Noon, so The First Running of the Annual dont be late! Plumb BABY DERBY will take First and Second place winners place on Saturday, October 26th, at the 40th Anniversary Plumb Elemen- from both races will receive gift cards from Babies R Us. First Place tary PTA Carnival! We will have is a $20 gift card, and Second Place two races, The BABY CRAWL and is a $10 gift card! the TODDLER TROT. Moms and Dads, bring your The BABY CRAWL is for babies favorite baby, your cameras, your age 6-11 months starting to crawl, pom poms and your family cheering and our TODDLER TROT is for squad (not required, but FUN), and those aged 12-18 months who are join us in the air conditioned Multitaking their first steps. Purpose Room where the babies will Free Registration will take place race on the stage. Come, and help at 11:30 a.m., where the babies will us make history at the first Annual each receive their race gear. Boldly Plumb Baby Derby! numbered T-Shirts will help you

Sept. 25, 2013

Plumb Elementary PTA Carnival News

Issue No. 1, Pg. 3

Haunted House
The theme for our Haunted House is the HAUNTED CARNIVal, reminiscent of the original Carnival 40 years ago! The Build Day is on Saturday, October 5th at Plumb Elementary, from 8:30 a.m. until. We need all the man power we can find! If you are a registered volunteer, please come to help us on that day! The more sweat equity we can apply, the better the Haunted Carnival will be for our attendees! If you have any scrap lumber, scrap PVC pipe, newspapers, extra screws and nails, power saws or power drills, hand screwdrivers and hammers, long power cords, carnival colored paints and paint brushes, please bring them with you to use on October 5th. The hours for this years Haunted House are from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday night Oct. 25th, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 26th. If you can volunteer as an actor during these times, please fill out the Carnival Volunteer form and we will contact you to get you set up an ready to go! If you have any questions, ideas about what may be included to help create the Haunted Carnival environment, or need information of any kind, please contact Bob Joyce by phone at (727) 422-1152, or email at to_joyce@msn.com. You may also contact any of the Plumb Elementary PTA Carnival Team at plumbcarnival@gmail.com.

Volunteers have always been the heart and soul of our Carnivals, and this year is no different! It regularly takes over 200 enthusiastic, dependable, Pelican supporters to staff all of the venues at the Carnival. If you are willing and available on Friday, October 25th and / or Saturday, October 26th, please make sure your registered volunteer status is up to date (you can find the information to either get reinstated or make a new application on our PTA website at www.plumbelementarypta.org), AND fill out the Carnival Volunteer form so you can let us know where you prefer to help out on Carnival Day. If you notice, on the bottom of the Carnival Volunteer form there is a list of set-up times for three different venues. These set-ups will happen BEFORE the Carnival begins, but are just as important as volunteering on Carnival Day! Without the set-ups, none of the venues would be all that they can be, so please consider donating your time in these areas as well. All three set ups need muscle power, as well as design savvy, organizational skills,

and an eye for detail, so there is a place for all registered volunteers! Registered Volunteers also play a huge part in the Haunted House build day! Volunteers will be under the covered PE court, hammering, nailing, cutting, and drilling away on October 5th starting at 8:30 a.m. Parents, please note that older children are welcome to accompany you, but they must be supervised at all times. There will be power tools and other potentially dangerous items around, and we do not want anyone to get hurt. Volunteering is a privilege offered to family and community members who see a need, and just cant help but fill it! We appreciate your time, your effort, and perhaps even the sacrifices you may make in order to help our school events be exceptional! So, will we see YOU around school at, or before, the Carnival? We hope so! If you have any questions about volunteering on either day, please contact Angie Fuller or Mary Patton.

Sept. 25, 2013

Plumb Elementary PTA Carnival News

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Issue No. 1, Pg. 4

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Our Carnival Silent Auction is always a big hit! Amy Sohoski, our seven year veteran Auction Coordinator, always makes sure that there are plenty of items to choose from, that they are of good quality, and her volunteers help to make sure that they are displayed nicely. So our Auction is always a great place to shop for all kinds of gifts for birthdays, anniversaries, and Christmas! Part of the reason we have so many nice things to choose from at the Auction is because members of our community help us with donations! If you are a local business and would consider making any kind of donation (i.e. gift certificate(s) and/ or merchandise) to our Silent Auction, we would greatly appreciate any gifts that your business might offer! Your generosity would be recognized as a contribution to the further enhancement of our Plumb students educations! Gift Certificates may be dropped off at the Plumb front office in an envelope, marked Carnival Auction 2013. If you are dropping off merchandise, please include the value, along with the name of your company and any other information you may want to provide.

Another source of wonderful items for our auction is handmade merchandise. We know that we have many creative people in our school. If you are willing to donate your artwork or handmade items for the auction, we promise to handle them gently, and to deliver them to loving homes where they will be appreciated, like all good artwork should be, in the years to come! We applaud and appreciate your willingness to support the Plumb Elementary students in this way! Have you, or your class, started planning the Class Baskets yet? Remember, that they may be submitted by each individual class, or by a combination of classes at the same grade level, and that the baskets may have a theme, but that is not required. We know that you will want your class basket to be selected as the contest winner, because the winning class will win a special prize! Dont panic! You still have plenty of time to work on your baskets before the due date of Monday, October 21st. Class baskets must have a decorated labeled with: The theme name (if themed), the teachers name and grade level. The value of basket should be on a sticky note on the back. Each basket must be shrink

wrapped or in a Shrink Wrap Bag. Please do not use colored shrink wrap, as you can not see the items in the basket. Please make sure that the baskets are Auction Ready before you turn them in to the office! Friday nights at the Auction are special for two reasons: 1) That is when you can find delicious Coffee and Desserts in the Auction room, AND, 2) The Prize Drawing is at 8:30 p.m. Do you have a special dessert you would like to share ? Please consider making and donating your baked goodies for Coffee & Desserts. Look for the sign up sheet in the front office. Amy needs many volunteers to help with this venue. Assistance is needed in everything from set up on Friday to clean up on Saturday. Please fill out a PTA Carnival Volunteer form and send it in to the front office. Reminder: You must be a registered volunteer with Pinellas County schools in order to be able to volunteer for any Carnival venue. Join us in the air conditioned MultiPurpose Room. You will be glad that you did! Silent Auction hours are Friday, October 25th, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 26th, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Silent Auction will close at 2:00 p.m.to allow time for everyone to pick up their purchases. Your Plumb PTA Silent Auction Coordinator and the students of Plumb Elementary truly thank you for your contributions!

Sept. 25, 2013

Plumb Elementary PTA Carnival News

Issue No. 1, Pg. 5

TICKETS......? TICKETS......? GET YOUR CARNIVAL TICKETS HERE!

Carnival Tickets will go on sale about three weeks prior to the event.Volunteers will be selling tickets in the car circle(s) prior to afternoon dismissal, and you may Pre-Order by using the attached order form. Pre-Ordered Carnival Tickets will be delivered to your childs teacher and sent home with your student. (Dont forget to check their backpacks!) Tickets are cheaper if they are purchased BEFORE Carnival Day! Those people who purchase Carnival Tickets in the car circle or by Pre-Order in the weeks before the Carnival will receive five tickets for $1.00! On Carnival Day, only four tickets are exchanged for $1.00! Tickets? Tickets, Anyone? You may also Pre-Order Prize Drawing Tickets as well as Carnival Tickets. Prize Drawing Tickets are $1.00 each, and will be available until the prize drawing on Friday night, October 25th, at 8:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room.

Pre-Order Your T-Shirts....its the best way to go!

This is a special year for our Carnival. We are celebrating our 40th Anniversary, and the Carnival T-Shirt will help commemorate that event! Every year we have a T-Shirt design Contest in which the fifth graders may participate. The winning design, chosen by the PTA Carnival Team of Judges, will be sent to the presses and printed on the front of this years Carnival T-Shirt! The back of the T-Shirt always carries the logos of the businesses who have contributed a minimum of $200 to help sponsor the Carnival. If you know anyone or any business who would like some of this very reasonable advertising, feel free The Costume Contest will be just to encourage them to become one of the Carnival Sponsors. Sponsors get a little bit different this year. Regisa FREE T-Shirt, too! tration still starts at 9:00 a.m. on SatPlease PRE-ORDER your Carurday, Oct. 26th, and the judging still nival T-Shirts by using the Pre-Order starts at 9:30 a.m. There will still be form. There will only be a limited winners from every different grade number of T-Shirts available for purlevel, and there will still be prizes for chase on Carnival Day, and there will those winners. be no free volunteer shirts provided So, what is different? In honor of this year, so you want to get this Speour 40th Anniversary Carnival, the cial Edition T-Shirt early! All T-Shirt 5th Grade winners, one boy and one Pre-Orders are due by October 11th girl, will reign over Carnival Day as in order for you to have the shirts by Prince and Princess! They will be Carnival Day. crowned at the 40th Anniversary ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:00 a.m., then they will have the honor of cutting the ribbon to officially open Carnival Day! So, start planning now for the very best costume you can create and maybe...just maybe...YOU will be the Prince or Princess of the Carnival!

A DIFFERENT Costume Contest

Sept. 25, 2013

Plumb Elementary PTA Carnival News

Issue No. 1, Pg. 6

DONATIONS REQUESTED
HAUNTED HOUSE: Scrap Wood Newspaper Scrap PVC Pipe Nails Screws Paint: (Carnival Colors) Latex Spray Paint Brushes BABY DERBY: Duct Tape Black Marker (Large) Baby T-Shirts: White Sizes 6 mo thru Toddler Baby Iron-Ons Coachs Whistle Checkered Flag GENERAL STORE: Canned Food Other Non- Perishable and non- expired Foods Books Children Adult Paperback Hard Cover Videos DVDs Video Games SIGNAGE: Small Cardboard Boxes AUCTION: Gift Certificates Merchandise Handmade Items Art work Homemade Desserts Bottled Water (small) Cups Plates (Dessert) Plastic Forks Plastic Spoons GAMES: Nerf Footballs Exercise Bands (3) A costume beard

Lets Help The General Store!

It is time to start cleaning out your pantries and bookshelves and donate to the General Store! The General Store collection boxes will be in place outside each classroom door by Monday, Sept 30th, so you may begin bringing your special goodies in on Tuesday, October 1st. Please donate canned and other non-perishable and non-expired foods, books (children, adult, paperback and hardcover), videos, DVDs, (music and movies), and Video Games! Please do NOT donate stuffed animals, household items or appliances. Please let all of those wellloved stuffed animals stay in their forever homes! Remember, there is a CONTEST to see which classroom can collect the most items for the Store. Every grade will have one class winner for the most items collected, and that class will have a Party! The overall winning class of the entire school with the most items collected will have an even Bigger Party! GOOD LUCK to everyone!

CARNIVAL MEETINGS

Wednesdays @ 6:30p.m. in the School Library September 25 October 2 October 9 October 16 Feel Free to Join Us. Only a few left before the big day!

Plumb Elementary School Principal Mrs. Sandra Kemp V. Principal Mrs. Tammy Keiper

2013 Carnival News

Plumb Elementary PTA President Thomas Jamo Carnival Co-Chairs: Tracy Joyce Amy Sohoski Angie Fuller Chrissy Wear Editor Judi Hurst Contributors: http://clipartsall. blogspot.com/2012/12/carnivalclipart.html and flickr.com, Shirley Broback.