Staying Connected

Did you get any good travel gifts? Post your great gifts and gift ideas in the comment section connected to this post.

Have you started fundraising? One of our travelers has raised over $400.00 already! Bake sales at Greenfield Banking the first Friday of each month is a great way to get on board.

Do you know someone interested in going on the trip? The $200.00 discount has been extended to January 4th.

Our next group meeting will focus on Italy's art and architecture on February 24th.

Best Price Deadline

Tuesday December 15th is the best price deadline for the trip to Spain, France, and Italy. EF Tours is offering 200 dollars off the cost of our trip, but the offer expires on Tuesday the 15th.

We currently have 68 people going on the trip!

Fundraising is in the works, and monthly informational meetings will begin in February.

Go to http://www.eftours.com/ to register for the trip in the summer of 2011.

Our trip number is

992645

First Fundraiser

Our first fundraising event will be at Greenfield Banking. We are slotted for bake sales on the first Friday of each month, from 9 am-5 pm, or until we run out of goodies. You can either bring baked goods to me the evening before (715 N. East Street), or drop them off at the bank in the morning or during your lunch hour. Please email me back and let me know that you can donate baked goods for our first one on January 8th, 2010. They should be packaged individually (ziplocs are good), or if you want to sell a whole pie or something, that is fine, too. I can price items once they arrive. If a few of you could volunteer to man the sale for a few hours, that would be great, too. Just let me know what times you would be available!

Thanks!
Kari Oxford 985-7665
karlynox@hotmail.com

Mark Your Calendars

The fundraising committee will meet tonight at 6pm at the high school.

Here is our group meeting schedule for second semester:

February 24th Art and Architecture of Rome—Jill Jenkins
March 24th Spanish Culture
April 21st French Culture
May 12th Italian Culture

Fundraising Update

We all came up with some great ideas! Please email me back to let me know if you are interested in helping with fund-raising, if you have personal contacts who can assist us in this endeavor, or if you have thought of other ideas since we met. You do not need to respond if you do not plan to participate. Only those participating in the fundraising events will be able to benefit from the monies raised.

Our next meeting will be at the GCHS Cougar Meeting Room at 6:00 pm on December 3, 2009. Please join us if interested, and were not able to stay after the meeting last night. The sooner we get started, the more money we can make! Thanks to everyone for their assistance!

Kari Oxford
karlynox@hotmail.com
828-9920

In Case You Missed It

Here is the agenda from last night's meeting:


· Itinerary and Trip Overview and Updates
o $ 200.00 Discount
o $ 65.00 Flamenco Evening Added
o Begin Thinking Passport

· Making the experience more than a 12 day trip
o Videos
o Books
o Music
o Language
o Meetings
February 24th Art and Architecture of Rome—Jill Jenkins
March 24th Spanish Culture—Spanish Honors Society
April 21st French Culture—Mrs. Foelber’s Sub
May 12th Italian Culture

· Fundraising Ideas
o Product Sales
Calendars
Gift Cards
Cookie Dough
o Meals
Restaurants
Spaghetti
Cookouts
o Individual Ideas
Sell Stock
Odd Jobs
Internet Fundraising
o Other Ideas
T-Shirts
Auto Cards
Others?

· Creating a Fundraising Committee
o Parent Leadership
o Student Involvement

· Communication
o http://www.gceurope2011.blogspot.com/
o Phil Leswing
pleswing@gcsc.k12.in.us
317-840-3377


· Questions/Answers

Meeting Reminder

Just a reminder that there will be a meeting Wednesday evening at 7pm in the Greenfield-Central library. We will be discussing trip details for anyone who missed the October meeting, we will begin to organize fundraising efforts, and we will overview future monthly meetings.

Meeting, Money, and Madrid

Meeting: There will be a meeting on November 18th at 7pm in the school library for anyone who is traveling on the trip, or anyone who is interested in traveling on the trip.



Items on the meeting agenda include

• Trip Details


• Future Meeting Schedule


• Fundraising

Money: EF Tours is offering a $200.00 discount to anyone who is enrolled on the trip by December 15th. If you are already enrolled you get $200.00 off!!!!

We have 54 people enrolled on the tour! Thank you to everyone who has already signed up.

Madrid video

Many Enrolled Already...Deadline Approaching

We already have 25 people registered for the trip.

I am excited about this great opportunity and wanted to remind you of the deadline for registration for the best price offered by EF Tours is October 31st.

The quickest way to register is online:
· www.eftours.com/students

Meeting Mania

What a great night last night! We had over 80 students in attendance, and close to 200 people overall. Thank you for your interest in the trip.

The EF paperwork will be sent FEDEX and arrive at the school on Monday. If you didn't get the enrollment booklet, or the color itinerary you can stop by room 3205 to pick it up before Fall Break.

Here is an online copy of our itinerary:

https://www.eftours.com/eLiterature/DBD/G/SFI.pdf

Here is the EF Tours Twitter link:

http://twitter.com/EFtours

Kickoff Meeting Tonight

We have our kickoff meeting tonight in the library. Anyone who registers at the meeting tonight is eligible for the raffle drawing for 50 dollars off the cost of the trip!

The quoted price for the trip is in effect until October 31st.

Be sure to register at:

www.eftours.com/enroll
or
1-800-665-5364
or
Mail or Fax your Enrollment Form

Our trip number is

992645