On-going Volunteer Contacts & Opportunities

Listed below are some of our ongoing needs and upcoming special events. Each activity has a contact person that can provide you with more information. Thank you for your time and support!”

ON-GOING NEEDS
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Card Links Link your Harris Teeter VIC card to code #5054, your Food Lion MVP card to code #212359 and your Target Red Card to ID#118421. For
Lowes Foods, click to connect your Rewards Card. Portions of your purchases will be donated to our school – free & easy!
Box Tops Collect box tops from participating products and turn them in for cash donations to the school. Each Box Top equals $.10! Join the Box Top Committee to help with collection days, cutting and counting.
Library Donate funds to help purchase books. Donate gently used books for school libraries or classroom libraries. Shelve books.
Traffic Help with morning drop-off, afternoon pick-up and special event parking.
Yearbook Purchase a yearbook for your child or child’s classroom. Photograph productions, field trips, special class events (save as high res) for use in the yearbook.
Gardening Donate plants, gardening tools, use of pick-up trucks for mulch trips. Participate in garden workdays held one Saturday each month as well as ongoing tasks that may be completed to suit any schedule.
Classrooms Donate items from your teacher’s wish list as well as ongoing needed supplies like tissue and hand sanitizer. Volunteer for various jobs in the classroom (e.g. math helper, field trips, etc.)or at home projects (e.g. cutting, pencil sharpening, etc.)
“Assistant Principal for the Day” Raffles Buy tickets for a chance for your child to be the Assistant Principal for the Day. Drawings monthly at Friday Sing. Tickets are $1 each or $5 for 6.
 

PARENT COUNCIL EVENTS
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Positive Discipline Workshop Date TBD Interactive workshop for parents led by Robin Hollis. Learn to apply ABS’ Positive Discipline practices at home. Cost of workshop is $10/family.
Family Fall Festival – Noon-3pm Games, live music, food trucks and a day of fun for the whole family! Admission is $5 per child (adults are free). Volunteer for the committee or to work during the event.
Movie Days – 12:00pm-2:30pm Held on early dismissal days, your child can attend an afternoon movie from noon-2:30pm. Admission is $5 and concession snacks are available for purchase. Donate snacks or bottled waters for sale in our concession stand. Volunteer to work during the event selling concessions, monitoring bathrooms, setting up and clean up.
January Jam – 2:30-4:30pm Two simultaneous dance parties (one for K-4 and one for 5-7)! Admission is $5 and concession snacks are available for purchase. Donate snacks or bottled waters for sale in our concession stand. Volunteer to work during the event selling concessions, monitoring bathrooms, setting up and clean up.
Field Day Donate watermelons for the refreshment tent and supplies for your classroom games. Volunteer to run classroom games or work the refreshment tent.
 

SPECIAL EVENTS
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Scholastic Book Fair Purchase books for your child, proceeds help fund book purchases for our school libraries and classrooms. Purchase books for your child’s classroom. Purchase a gift card for your teacher to assist children that otherwise may be unable to purchase a book of their own. Donate books or funds to children and/or to your teacher’s classroom (teachers create wish lists at the Book Fair). Volunteer to work the event
Community Creates! – 7-11pm Bring friends!
*Participate in the 100 for $100, silent auction or live auction.		 Donate artwork or art experiences (by yourself or someone else) for the raffle and silent auction Volunteer to help with set up, clean up or to work the event.
 

GIVING FUNDS
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Annual Giving Donate funds to support the ongoing annual needs of the school.
Capital Campaign Donate funds to support the needs of the new 5-8 building as well as new projects in the K-4 building.