Flower Sale Update

The volunteer schedule is now listed on our wiki. You can check it out at http://exit52.pbworks.com/ Feel free to add your name or call me and I will add it for you. We still need people for Sunday and Monday and also need help repotting flowers. Remember, the money earned goes directly toward your dues for next year. It's easier than selling pizzas and it's 100% profit!

The last area that would help our sale is the donation of perennials. If you have a surplus of any kind of perrenial that you could donate please consider it. The more flowers and plants we have the better the sale will be. Hostas and any kind of day lillies are great and they love to be split. I don't recommned potting them up until jsut before the sale though. They will look better if they are freshly dug. I will post the address of the sale and the drop off spot with the next update.

The last note about fundraising is that we are in need of a fundraising coordinator for the upcoming season. Organizing the various fundraisers has gotten to be took much for the staff to do while keeping the guard going throughout the fall and winter seasons. Please consider if this is something you would like to take on and call me. We will also be taking parent volunteers soon to be the show host coordinator, the volunteer coordinator, a PR coordinator and many other exciting positions. If you have any interest in taking a leadership role within our parent group please let me know.

Memorial Day Flower Sale

The Winter Guard has been offered the opportunity to man the yearly perennial sale on Memorial Day weekend this year. All proceeds would go directly to the winter guard.
The sale will run Saturday - Monday of Memorial Day weekend. Hours would be approximately 8-5 on Saturday 5/23, 10-4 on Sunday5/24 and 9-2 on Monday 5/25 with all sales suspended during the parade.

I am going to try to fill shifts as follows:
*We can use more people but are looking for the numbers below as a minimim.*
4-5 People on Saturday 8am-12:30pm
4-5 People on Saturday 12:30pm-5pm

2-3 People on Sunday 10am-1pm
2-3 People on Sunday 1pm-4pm

2-3 People on Monday 9am-2pm


We would also need people to start helping to repot the donated plants as they come in and to tag them with colored coded price tags. A few people would need to be almost "on call" the week of the sale in case large amounts of plants get dropped off all at once and need to be repotted.
If you are interested please call me 292.4802 or email me exit-52@hotmail.com asap so I can sign you up.

A middle school parent is in charge of this event and she told me that last year the International Club made over $2000 over the course of the weekend. This would be an excellent way for kids and parents alike to pay next years dues now and also to help cushion the gerenal fund for next season.

Money will be applied to member dues according to the amount of time worked at the sale. Both guard members and parents can volunteer at the sale.

End of Season Celebration

For: Exit 52 & Almost Home
Date: Friday, April 17, 2009
Time: 6:30 for Dinner
Place: First Congregational Church. 865 Lincoln Lake
RSVP: Stacey (Skittle's Mom) 634-7501

Final Season Score Board

Saturday, March 28 @ S.V.S.U.
MCGC Championships
Exit 52 - 11th Place (69.40)
Almost Home - 4th Place (79.70)

Saturday, March 21 @ Chippewa Valley High School
Exit 52 - 5th Place (68.20)
Almost Home - 3rd Place (76.70)

Saturday, March 7 @ Lakeland High School
Exit 52 - 6th Place (64.20)
Almost Home - 1st Place (69.20)

Saturday, February 28 @ Ferndale High School
WGI Regional
Exit 52 - 15th Place (60.30)

Saturday, February 21 @ Lowell High School
Exit 52 - 3rd Place (68.80)
Almost Home - 1st Place (71.60)

Saturday, January 24 @ Northview High School
Exit 52 - 3rd Place (51.30)
Almost Home - 1st Place (66.00)

Fundraiser Opportunity for our Guard Program

I got a call today from the person in charge of the volunteer crew for Championships. He let me know that there are about 10 spots that still need to be filled with volunteers. The shifts are about 4 hours long and some are available for Saturday and some for Sunday. Both Exit 52 and Almost Home already have 2 volunteers lined up as part of our requirement for Championships. Any additional volunteers that we provide would get free admission as well as earn $50 for the general fund of Exit 52 and Almost Home. Anyone interested in helping out should give me a call on my cell phone 292.4802 as soon as possible.
Thanks for considering this option. Your help is greatly appreciated. :)

Championships Update

Performance and Awards Times. . .

Almost Home
10:10 am Performance
4:16 pm Awards

Exit 52
5:39 pm Performance
8:46 pm Awards

Season Scoreboard Update #5

Saturday, March 21 @ Chippewa Valley High School
Exit 52 - 5th Place (68.20)
Almost Home - 3rd Place (76.70)

Saturday, March 7 @ Lakeland High School
Exit 52 - 6th Place (64.20)
Almost Home - 1st Place (69.20)

Saturday, February 28
WGI Regional @ Ferndale High School
Exit 52 - 15th Place (60.30)

Saturday, February 21 @ Lowell High School
Exit 52 - 3rd Place (68.80)
Almost Home - 1st Place (71.60)

Saturday, January 24 @ Northview High School
Exit 52 - 3rd Place (51.30)
Almost Home - 1st Place (66.00)