Community Fundraiser 2012
The Charles Armstrong School
@ the
San Francisco Exploratorium
March 17, 2012
7:00 - 10:00 pm
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
About the CAS Community Fundraiser
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General Information
1. What is the Community Event?
The Community Fundraiser is a chance for CAS families and friends (adults and children) to get together and recognize, celebrate, and embrace the differences that make CAS strong. This year is our 6th annual event. Everyone always has a great time at the Exploratorium, so we’re doing it there again this year! The Exploratorium is a great place to hold our event – it’s fun, educational, and provides a great backdrop for all of the activities we have during the event.
2. When is it?
The Community Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm.
3. Where is it?
The San Francisco Exploratorium is located at:
The Palace of Fine Arts
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
4. Driving Directions/Parking
Please note: The “regular” parking lot adjacent to Palace Drive is closed. Limited parking is available on Palace Drive, or you may head directly to the St. Francis Yacht Club parking lot across the street. You can find directions directly to the yacht club parking lot at: http://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/location_directions/
5. What does it cost? Do I need a ticket?
Admission for the evening is $12 per person. There are no tickets, but please RSVP and submit money to Gail Jackson in Room 1 so we can keep track of our numbers for catering purposes. We’ll have a name tags for you at check-in.
6. What if I forgot to RSVP? Can I still come?
If you forgot to RSVP you can still come. You will be asked to complete a name tag when you arrive and pay the $12 per person admission fee.
7. What kind of food and drink will there be?
Union Street Catering will provide light dinner fare, desserts and drinks. Foods from “Neighborhoods in the City” will be featured. Keep an eye out for quesadillas from the Mission, North Beach pasta, China Town chow mein, and of course, desserts from Ghiradelli Square. There will be a free bar with wine, water and soft drinks. This will not be a seated dinner; we’ll have some seating and cocktail tables available. Please note: Nut allergies - The caterer does not guarantee that there are not traces of nuts, though no food ordered has nuts
8. What should I wear?
The event is informal, so casual dress is fine.
9. Should I bring money?
The Community Fundraiser is an opportunity to support CAS in a variety of ways. You may use credit cards, checks, or cash for:
- Raffle tickets
- CAS Corner Store
- Fund-A-Van / Fund-A-Need Giving Tree
- Bid on “CAS Unique Items” Silent Auction (like Head of School for a day)
- Prize-Wheel (cash only)
10. Will you take credit cards?
Yes. You may use credit cards. Here’s how: At check-in, you may register a credit card with us for the evening. We’ll write down your credit card number and give you a card with a “Purchase ID # ” on it. Then, instead of using your credit card every time you want to purchase something, you will simply give us your “Purchase ID #". You can even use your "Purchase ID #" to bid on things in the CAS Unique Items Auction.
11. Is there a coat check?
Yes. There will be a self-service coat check area.
12. Are teachers invited?
Yes. All faculty and staff are invited, and will attend.
Exploratorium Questions
1. What is there to do at the Exploratorium?
The San Francisco Exploratorium is famous for encouraging the exploration of science, art, and human perception. It has over 400 exhibits on display and most of them are hands on! There will be docents there to explain how things work. Exhibits are always changing; so much of it will be new since last year.
2. Is the Tactile Dome open?
The Tactile Dome is closed for the evening.
3. Are the Exploratorium’s Store and Café Open during our event?
No. But, we will have plenty of food and plenty of things you can purchase throughout the evening.
4. Are pets allowed in the Exploratorium?
No. Please leave your pets at home for the evening.
Raffle
1. What is the Raffle? What are the prizes?
As you know, this year we don’t have an online auction, so our raffle isour major fundraising effort of this event! If each CAS student sells at least 12 ticket books, we will meet our fundraising goals!
Raffle books are $30/5 tickets or $10/ticket. The raffle started on January26 and will continue until March 15. You may buy raffle tickets the night of our event at the Exploratorium, too! Tickets sold that night WILL count towards student totals this year!
2. What are the raffle prizes?
Here are the 7 amazing prizes for the raffle drawing at the all school assembly on Tuesday, March 15, 2011*:
- Maui trip for 4: airfare included
- Resort Vacation in Mexico #1
- Resort Vacation in Mexico #2
- Beautiful Napa House Vacation
- iPAD
- $1000.00 Gift Card
- Electric Scooter
*you do not need be present to win!
3. Do the students win anything for selling the most tickets?
There are some great student incentives this year!
- The top student seller will get iPAD!!!!
- The 2nd and 3rd place student seller will get an iPOD touch!
- The top 15 student sellers will go in a stretch hummer for lunch at Benihana’s on Friday, April 1, 2011.
- The middle school class that sells the most will get a movie and pizza party.
- The lower school class that sells the most will get an ice-cream party.
In addition, if you sell at least one ticket a week, you are eligible for a weekly random prize drawing. You may win a gift card for a bunch of different things, including: movies, bowling, gourmet burgers, cupcakes, or nano bugs.
Event Activities
1. Will there be a live band?
Yes! The Band “Along for the Ride” will be performing.
2. What is a “Fund-A-
Van”? Fund-A-Need Giving Tree?
CAS is in great need of a new school van. Our current one is “on its last legs” So; we’ll have a special place where you can donate to help purchase a new van.
We use the school van for many things:
- Sports Events
- Field trips
- Outdoor education adventures
- Drama and Musical productions
- Counseling Programs
The Fund-A-Need Giving Tree allows you to donate to a specific area of your choosing; including:
- Financial Aid
- Faculty
- Science
- Library
- Sports
- Gifts & Talents
3. What is the “CAS Unique Items” Silent Auction?
There’s no online auction this year. We will, however, have a silent auction at the Exploratorium which will include only items that are unique to our school. Item examples include:
- Head of School for a Day
- Benzinger Winery Tour With Jason & Jayme
- CAS Premier Parking Spot
- Teacher for A Day
- And many, many more!
4. What else can I do?
You can visit the CAS Corner Store and purchase NEW items with the CAS logo, including: cinchpak, long sleeved t-shirts, USB Flash Drive wrist bands, lanyards, and more. Click here to see more!
The Prize-Wheel is back! For a small fee (cash only), you can take the Prize Wheel for a spin, and win a prize.
5. Where does all the money go?
All monies raised this year through the raffle, “CAS Unique Items” Silent Auction, Prize Wheel and CAS Marketplace go to support the schools’ programs, teacher recruitment and retention and Financial Aid.
How to Help
1. How can I help?
- Sell raffle tickets to family and friends.
- Sign up to volunteer to help at the Exploratorium: http://www.mysignup.com/exploratorium
- Read the information in the Weekly Bulletins, on the website and anything that comes home with the children.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about the Community Fundraiser, please contact Gail Jackson, gjackson@charlesarmstrong.org or Jennifer Munsey, jmunsey@charlesarmstrong.org
See you at the Exploratorium on March 17th!