We are always in need of volunteers!
Volunteering is a great way to connect with other parents and to help our school and students. Some of the activities we need help in are:
- Hot Lunch
- Snack Shop Concessions
- Spring Carnival
- Gift Card Fundraiser
- Strings Concerts
- Teacher and Staff Appreciation Day
Examples of you can help:
- Hot Lunch Coordinator
- Communicate with vendor with lunch@jamiesonpac.com email
- Make up calendar of vendor rotation (done at end of Aug). The Principal will confirm which week days for next year Hot lunch can happen by June
- Menu needs to be entered into Munchalunch by week 2 of Sept. Need 1 week for parents to order and 1 week for vendor to lock down orders so lunch will start last week of Sept or 1st week Oct (work backwards and count weeks)
- Price menu items since vendor change costs and items (last year detail reports will help)
- Sign vendor cheques with PAC Chair to pay Hot lunch
- Coordinate Hot lunch leads
- Handle hot lunch help requests (order troubles, cancellations, charge hot lunch for ppl who didn’t order but given extra lunch, credits to family from helping hands fund)
- Volunteer Coordinator
- Oversee Volunteers WhatsApp chat
- Create signup genius volunteer sheets for each term after calendar given by hot lunch coordinator
- Check signup couple times a week to make sure we have enough Volunteers and canvas if we don’t
- Christmas appreciation for Volunteers who volunteer during last 2 weeks of Dec hot lunch
- Year end appreciation for frequent volunteers
- Coordinate with Principal to pick day in June for student volunteers pizza
- Year end appreciation for hot lunch leads
- Snack Shop Coordinator
- Order/Re-fill TCBY when inventory is low
- Organize re-stock of Snack Shop Costco runs
- Coordinate with hot lunch leads for snack shop
- Hot lunch Report admin
- Send hot lunch order reports to vendors 7 days before their hot lunch date
- Send school Admin the reports to print for Volunteers
- Hot Lunch Program
- Receive, sort and organize lunches for students mid-mornings on Hot Lunch days
- Fundraising
- Lead volunteers to manage fundraising efforts, could include, but not limited to:
- Apple Fundraiser
- Meat Fundraiser
- Additional volunteers to distribute fundraising items (i.e. 2:30pm – 3:30pm on a designated day)
- If you have ideas or contacts for new fundraising ideas please contact volunteer@jamiesonpac.com
- Lead volunteers to manage fundraising efforts, could include, but not limited to:
- Special Events
- Volunteers for special events, usually evening of the designated day
- Event set-up and take-down
- Food and/or ticket sales
- Organizing vendors
- Volunteers for special events, usually evening of the designated day
- Marketing/Communications subcommittee:
- Photographers – to capture school activities and candid moments for the website, yearbook and PAC newsletters.
- Content writers – seeking experienced writers for PAC newsletters, blog updates, etc.
- Graphic designers – put your graphic skills to work and help design posters, school notices and other communications
- Content Translators
- Yearbook
- Coordinating photo collecting
- Graphic layout, content development