Posted by Join us Friday, May 17, from 6-8pm, with a rain date of Monday, May 20 (same time). Each classroom has a theme for their basket, and families are asked to donate a themed item or items to include. For example, if your theme was “grilling,” we’ve had contributions ranging from cookbooks, utensils, drink bins, and thermometers to a bottle of ketchup, seasonings, and napkins. Donations do not need to be fancy! Participate in whatever way works for your family. Teachers will email with your child’s classroom theme, and themes are posted online. Proceeds from the raffle benefit Cornell PTO, which will in turn benefit the entire school. For more info about what programs we fund, check out https://cornellpto.org/pto-info.
After the items are collected, they will be dressed up in a basket, displayed outside, and raffled off! The PTO will sell raffle tickets to families who can then drop their tickets into whichever bucket looks most enticing. At the end of the night, the family holding the winning ticket from each bucket will leave with their basket. Families must be present from 7:30pm-8pm with the winning ticket to claim their prize. If you have to leave early, be sure to ask a friend for help!
You will be able to purchase raffle tickets at Family Fun Night with cash and with card. You can also pre-purchase raffle tickets (only in quantities of 25). The price is 25 tickets for $20 (or 50t for $40, 100t for $80, etc.), and you can pick them up Friday in the will-call/Venmo line. Find us on Venmo @cornellpto or click here on your phone.
Donated items should be brought to your child’s classroom teacher and will be collected from May 6-16. Find donation ideas and themes for each classroom at the bottom of this post, and thank you for your generosity! If you can help us wrap the raffle baskets on Thursday, May 16, from 10am-2pm, please sign up here.
Kids running Mileage Club will be happy to hear they have 2 extra hours to run and earn toe tokens and their special 20 mile token! Tokens earned on 5/17 during FFN will be passed out at school the following week to avoid long lines and confusion. Parents who have been helping scan this past month – THANK YOU!! Please sign up to help scan Mileage Club cards at Family Fun Night here!
This year we’ve had a generous sponsorship for our Mileage Club program, and we want to give a huge shout out to the Klug Law Firm for not only covering the cost of running Mileage Club, but putting the extra funds towards our obstacle course at Family Fun Night this year! Be sure to thank Jeff Klug and remember them when you need representation!
Global Village has so generously donate their time and talent to us from 6:30-7:30 during Family Fun Night, so be sure to thank them and ask them when and where you can see them again! When they stop playing, you’ll know it’s time to pull raffle winners!
This year, the popcorn at FFN will be offered for free as well as water bottles. We sent home a coupon at the bottom of a yellow flier on Friday, May 10, that offers a $3 discount towards any of the available food trucks. We’re trying something new to hopefully avoid the really long lines!
Can’t wait to see all our Cornell families have some fun! Email [email protected] with any further questions!
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