Hey folks!
Here's a little more of an updated schedule for the week of caring. There are some things that I will be adding, but please start putting these on your calendars!
MONDAY 5/14
Bake Sale at APA Draper during lunch and after school.
Fun Run at 6:00 (Location TBA) Cost - $5 individual, $20 family
NYPD Pizza in Draper will be doing a profit share with us that night - after your run, go grab some pizza and part of the proceeds will go to the Stones and the Hartungs!
TUESDAY 5/15
Bake Sale at APA Draper during lunch and after school.
Chili's (South Towne and Riverton locations) Give Back Night. More details to come!
WEDNESDAY 5/16
Bake Sale at APA Draper during lunch and after school.
Rumbi Island Grill Profit Share, Draper location. You MUST have a flier for the proceeds to go to the Hartungs and Stones.
THURSDAY 5/17
Bake Sale at APA Draper during lunch and after school.
Sweet Tomatoes FunRaiser (South Towne location). 5 - 8 pm. You MUST purchase a drink with your meal for the thing to work. Fliers will be available soon.
FRIDAY 5/18
Bake Sale at APA Draper during lunch and after school.
SATURDAY 5/19
Bake Sale at Bingham High School before and after benefit concert.
Silent Auction and Wrist Band Sales at Bingham High School before and after benefit concert.
Benefit Concert - Starring APA Music Department, Bingham High School Wind Ensemble, and Calee Reed! 7:00 pm Bingham High School Auditorium.
WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP!
We are still looking for businesses who would be willing to sponsor these events or donate things for our silent auction! Please let me know if you know of anyone who would be willing to help!
Monday, April 30, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Coming Together for Caring Updates
We have had such great responses from APA families and friends. It's been inspiring to see so many people come together to help care for these people who have had such great influences on so many lives.
We will be having a committee planning meeting on Friday April 27 in our band room. So much more will be done and we will have a better idea of everything we need. Here are some things that HAVE been decided...
- The benefit concert will be held on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Bingham High School Auditorium.
- The performers there will include Calee Reed, The APA Music Department, and the Bingham High School Band. More may
be joining us, but we aren't positive of all of those details just yet.
- We will not be holding a raffle, per se. We will be selling wristbands, and those wristbands will give you the
opportunity to be entered into a drawing.
- The discussion had happened once upon a time that there might be a fun run, but this may or may not still be
happening.
- We will be looking for restaurants to partner with us. What we mean by that is at certain times, restaurants will
donate a certain percentage of their proceeds to our cause. More details on that one to come.
We will definitely need more help with publicity and other things. Again, if you are at all interested in helping, please let me know!
We will be having a committee planning meeting on Friday April 27 in our band room. So much more will be done and we will have a better idea of everything we need. Here are some things that HAVE been decided...
- The benefit concert will be held on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Bingham High School Auditorium.
- The performers there will include Calee Reed, The APA Music Department, and the Bingham High School Band. More may
be joining us, but we aren't positive of all of those details just yet.
- We will not be holding a raffle, per se. We will be selling wristbands, and those wristbands will give you the
opportunity to be entered into a drawing.
- The discussion had happened once upon a time that there might be a fun run, but this may or may not still be
happening.
- We will be looking for restaurants to partner with us. What we mean by that is at certain times, restaurants will
donate a certain percentage of their proceeds to our cause. More details on that one to come.
We will definitely need more help with publicity and other things. Again, if you are at all interested in helping, please let me know!
Try a little somethin' new!
I'm trying a recipe I found on allrecipes.com. I added a little extra spice, as per usual.
4 (4 ounce) fillets tilapia
1/2 cup sesame oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
kosher salt to taste
fresh ground black pepper to taste
It smells great so far! I'll let you know how it goes!
(Few Hours Later...)
So, it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Turns out I'm not in love with tilapia. Oh well.
I AM trying something else that is SURE to be delicious..."Perfect Chocolate Brownies".
This recipe I stole from my new magical possession, "Chocolate Never Faileth". Basically it's brownies made with hot cocoa mix. Genius, right?!?!?
Anyway, Thanks!
4 (4 ounce) fillets tilapia
1/2 cup sesame oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
kosher salt to taste
fresh ground black pepper to taste
It smells great so far! I'll let you know how it goes!
(Few Hours Later...)
So, it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Turns out I'm not in love with tilapia. Oh well.
I AM trying something else that is SURE to be delicious..."Perfect Chocolate Brownies".
This recipe I stole from my new magical possession, "Chocolate Never Faileth". Basically it's brownies made with hot cocoa mix. Genius, right?!?!?
Anyway, Thanks!
Monday, April 23, 2012
A Time for Caring
My dear friends,
I have a lot to say and a lot to ask in this post, and I pray that the point I am trying to make will come across.
This year at American Preparatory Academy we have had our fair share of challenges. We had a flood at the beginning of the year, which was crazy enough. But then some very sad and trying times came to the lives of our faculty and friends.
In February, as you have seen from previous posts, our friend and colleague Melissa Stone was in a serious car accident and lost her little girl.
This past Friday, April 20, one of our 5th grade teachers (Emily Hartung) lost her husband to a tragic automobile accident while he was out of town on business.
Our hearts are absolutely aching for our friends and coworkers. I personally cannot even imagine what either family is going through or has gone through in the past months.
We, as students and faculty of APA, are going to be running a week of caring for these families - We will be hosting fundraising events through the whole week and will finish it off with a benefit concert starring our music students, the music students at Bingham High School, and an up and coming inspirational vocalist, Calee Reed. We are so blessed to have gotten in touch with Calee and are very excited to have her help us.
Here are some of the favors, now, that I will be asking of you.
We are in need of sponsors and donors.
At the benefit concert, we will be holding a raffle, and those attending and participating in the events will be
able to purchase raffle tickets. What we need are people or businesses willing to donate services and or products to raffle off at the event. Things we thought of were iPods and iPads, gift cards, etc.
If you are in a position to donate these types of things or know someone else who is, please put them in touch with me or get in touch with me yourself through whatever means you have to get a hold of me.
As this continues to snowball, please watch for any other posts regarding this myriad of events.
Thank you for your compassion, prayers, and whatever else you are offering for these families. They need our love and support more than anything in this world. Thank you for allowing us to help make a difference in the lives of these people and their families.
Emily
I have a lot to say and a lot to ask in this post, and I pray that the point I am trying to make will come across.
This year at American Preparatory Academy we have had our fair share of challenges. We had a flood at the beginning of the year, which was crazy enough. But then some very sad and trying times came to the lives of our faculty and friends.
In February, as you have seen from previous posts, our friend and colleague Melissa Stone was in a serious car accident and lost her little girl.
This past Friday, April 20, one of our 5th grade teachers (Emily Hartung) lost her husband to a tragic automobile accident while he was out of town on business.
Our hearts are absolutely aching for our friends and coworkers. I personally cannot even imagine what either family is going through or has gone through in the past months.
We, as students and faculty of APA, are going to be running a week of caring for these families - We will be hosting fundraising events through the whole week and will finish it off with a benefit concert starring our music students, the music students at Bingham High School, and an up and coming inspirational vocalist, Calee Reed. We are so blessed to have gotten in touch with Calee and are very excited to have her help us.
Here are some of the favors, now, that I will be asking of you.
We are in need of sponsors and donors.
At the benefit concert, we will be holding a raffle, and those attending and participating in the events will be
able to purchase raffle tickets. What we need are people or businesses willing to donate services and or products to raffle off at the event. Things we thought of were iPods and iPads, gift cards, etc.
If you are in a position to donate these types of things or know someone else who is, please put them in touch with me or get in touch with me yourself through whatever means you have to get a hold of me.
As this continues to snowball, please watch for any other posts regarding this myriad of events.
Thank you for your compassion, prayers, and whatever else you are offering for these families. They need our love and support more than anything in this world. Thank you for allowing us to help make a difference in the lives of these people and their families.
Emily
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