December 2018

2018/19 RBE PAC Executive Members: President – Kerry Campbell Vice-President – Joanne MacNeil Treasurer – Kara Eastgate Secretary – Jo Abshire Member at Large/Events Coordinator – Nicole Cripps Member at Large/Volunteer Coordinator – Lina Morisset Member at Large/Fundraiser Coordinator – Brennan Keightley DPAC Rep – Jeff Thompson Committee Members: Newsletter – Anne Chabot Volunteer Committee – Christina Ive Hot Lunch Committee – Kristine Lake Grants Writer – Sarah Pederson Please contact: bulpittpac@outlook.com to express interest in volunteering or to ask any questions! Committee Contacts: Fun Lunch Coordinator: hotlunchbulpitt@outlook.com Volunteer Coordinator: rbevolunteers@gmail.com Events Coordinator: bulpittevents@gmail.com Fundraising Coordinator: rbefundraising@gmail.com

We would like to invite you to join our PAC Facebook group. It is a great resource to stay connected and informed about what is going on in our school and around our community. Find us by searching: Richard Bulpitt Elementary Parent Group.

A message from your PAC president:

The holiday season is upon us and at our school, and in our community, we have families celebrating all different types of traditions. At the heart of all traditions, religions, cultures and customs is an overwhelming spirit to spread love and

joy. During the holiday season we see all people of all backgrounds coming together to bless each other through

acts of services and through gifts of food and need - all in an effort to ease the burdens of our fellow neighbour. During

the holidays, and all year round, if feels good to give. Maybe you have a challenging morning getting the kids off to school and getting to work - you make use of the Tim Hortons drive through and find out the person in front of you has paid your bill. A bit of the stress wears off and in turn, your spirits lift

and sometime throughout the day you pay it forward. Kindness is contagious. At Richard Bulpitt we work hard all year round to put the money we earn from fundraisers back into the classrooms to benefit your children, back into your

homes to benefit your families, and back into the community to benefit our neighbours and newcomers to the area. We hope that however you spend the holiday season that you are surrounded by friends and family and share a lot of joy!

"To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with" Mark Twain.

With the money raised from the Entertainment book

fundraiser the PAC is preparing sports bins for each

division. This includes footballs, baseballs & bats, soccer

balls, basketballs, skipping ropes, frisbees.

While attending the Christmas Concert we invite you to purchase raffle tickets. Tickets are $1 each with 100% of proceeds going toward our Angel Tree providing hampers to families in our community! Prizes: Christmas Glow Family Tickets – value $69.99. Donated by Glow Langley Playmobile Wild Life set – value $78. Donated by Toy Traders Sports Fun Set – value $50. Donated by Mastermind Toys Langley Draw will be held December 14th

Thank you to all the families who attended Family Movie Night on November 30. In order to continue offering movie nights here are some etiquette reminders for future events: -please supervise your children at all times. -please treat the event the same as if you were at the theatre. -movie nights are not the place for ring around the rosy and relay races. -children attending should be able to sit still & use quiet voices. -please clean up your area when the movie is over.

For PAC organized events to be a success, we need families to volunteer! Ways to sign up to volunteer:

1. Write your name on the PAC NEWS board by the gym kitchen 2. Contact our event coordinator at rbevolunteers@gmail.com 3. Respond to a call for volunteers on the Facebook page 4. Sign up through our sign-up genius event postings

This month we will be looking for volunteers to assist with: Pancake Breakfast – Dec 18

If you are not receiving the call out for volunteers on your Facebook but would like to volunteer please contact rbevolunteers@gmail.com to be added to our email for volunteers list! Remember – the more you volunteer the more chances you have to win in our volunteer draw! Previous winners:

- October Winner – Aviva Kaminski - $15 Mattu’s Gift Card - Craft Fair Volunteer Draw Winner – Marlene Ferreira - $20 Purdy’s Gift Card - November Winner – Tonia Strilchuk - $20 Purdy’s Gift Card