JYJ Character Ed Night

Just a reminder that our JYJ Character Ed Night will be on Thursday, January 19th from 5:30-8:00 pm.  This is an evening that we will give back to the community and the JYJ Hatti project.  Multiple stations will be around the school where students will do small service projects.

Charities that we will help include:
The Raleigh Rescue Mission
The Tammy Lynn Center
Back Pack Buddies
Ronald McDonald House
The Mayview Center
Wake County SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

Donations Needed:
Please contribute one or more of the items below.  There will Character Ed donation bins in the front lobby and near each grade's classrooms.  We'll be accepting donations until January 19th.

Everyone:
Old t-shirts, material scraps, cardboard tubes (toilet paper, paper towel, wrapping paper rolls, etc).

Kindergarten:
Chewing gum, "main dish" items (tuna pouches, vienna sausages, ramen noodles, pork & beans, microwavable pasta meals).

1st Grade:
Candy, healthy snacks (raisins, crackers, granola bars)

2nd Grade:
Canned Fruit, brown bags, gallon size ziploc bags

3rd Grade:
Juice Boxes, bottled water, bags of rice (no Minute rice please), bags of beans (all varieties)

4th Grade:
Canned vegetables, healthy snacks (raisins, crackers, granola bars) 


5th Grade:

"Main dish" items (tuna pouches, vienna sausages, ramen noodles, pork & beans, microwavable pasta meals).

Volunteers are still needed in the following areas:
-Set up (3:00-5:00) 4 volunteers
-Dinner Serve (4:00-5:15) 3 volunteers
-Dinner Clean-Up (5:15-6:30) 3 volunteers
-Project Stations (6:30-8:00) 12 volunteers
-Photographer (5:30-8:00) 1 volunteer
-Greeter in front of school (5:30-6:30) 1 volunteer
-Direction Givers (6:30-8:00) 3 volunteers
-Advance Preparation (1 week prior) 2 volunteers


If you have questions please feel to contact Erin Duffy (dduffy@nc.rr.com) Jan Pender (jan@ctnc.org) or myself (aburston@wcpss.net)

Click here to view a preview of what character ed night is like.  Hope to see you there!

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