Welcome Back!
Perhaps you could use a hand in getting more members into your PTA units?
Hamden PTA Council is excited to announce your newest resource: Membership Committee. Our first job is to help you jump start your membership drive, which you can do with these three simple marketing steps.
Step #1 – Identify your target market (there will be more than one – families, extended families, students, male role models, businesses, etc.)
Step #2 – Give each of them a specific deal they can’t refuse / “What’s In It For Me” (a.k.a. WIIFM)
Step #3 – Show your gratitude (incentives, special access, freebies)
One of our largest target audiences is our teachers and administrators and our goal is to get as close to 100% of them district wide as possible.
So… we’re launching this year’s PTA Membership Drive at Convocation, Monday, August 30, 7:30 a.m. in the Hamden High School auditorium.
However, we want each unit to get credit for accomplishing this goal (BTW - Helen Street did it last year!).
In order for teachers and staff to be able to register for their own unit, we are requesting one or two representatives from each unit be present to collect the membership fee.
However, if your unit can’t make it, PTA Council treasurer, David Lane, and VP of membership, Marjorie Clark, are happy to act as your proxy.
We recommend that the teacher/staff fee is $5 – an amount of cash nearly all will carry and be willing to part with for being members of such an amazing organization.
We will have membership cards pre-printed and, as an added incentive, magnetized school calendars with the Hamden PTA logo.
Now, let’s make this interesting… The unit with the highest percentage of members by the end of Convocation will earn a special prize.
Please let me know who will be attending.
Thanks for your attention. I look forward to seeing you bright and early on the 30th!
Marjorie Clark
VP of Membership
Hamden PTA Council
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
New Leadership at Hamden PTA Council
Congratulations to Melinda Saller, former West Woods Elementary School PTA President, on her election as the new President of Hamden PTA Council!
She was unanimously chosen at our Annual Meeting on Friday, June 4, 2010. Joining her will be newly elected Cheryl Cartier (former Recording Secretary from West Woods) as Recording Secretary, Marjorie Clark (Immediate Past Council President) as VP of Membership and Kadesha Bergen Jackson (Immediate Past President from Helen Street School) as Corresponding Secretary.
VP of Ways and Means, Mary Kearney (Hamden High School), VP of Programs, Jen McGarry (Bear Path) and Treasurer, David Lane (West Woods) will be serving another year in their current positions.
We are excited about the growth of our executive committee, as well as the diversity of schools represented.
This years winner of the Meg Nowacki Hamden PTA Council Recognition Award was Shepherd Glen's Tammi Boemmels. Her list of accomplishments and contributions to the Shepherd Glen community are too numerous to list here. Suffice it to say, she is definitely worthy of our MVP prize. Congratulations Tammi!!
The Nancetta Scholarship Award winner was Teale Buono, a Hamden High School graduate who will be studying photography at Savannah College of Art and Design.
We thank the many town dignitaries and collaborative organizations that attended our dinner, including Superintendent Fran Rabinowitz, Board of Ed Chair, Michael D'Agostino, Legislative Council President, Jim Pascarella, Rep. Elizabeth Esty, Shelia Greenstein of Experience Corps and CT PTSA President, Marne Usher.
We'd especially like to thank our member units and their executive boards for all the amazing work they do year after year for the children, families and schools of Hamden.
Have a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing you in the fall!
P.S. Don't forget about summer reading:
She was unanimously chosen at our Annual Meeting on Friday, June 4, 2010. Joining her will be newly elected Cheryl Cartier (former Recording Secretary from West Woods) as Recording Secretary, Marjorie Clark (Immediate Past Council President) as VP of Membership and Kadesha Bergen Jackson (Immediate Past President from Helen Street School) as Corresponding Secretary.
VP of Ways and Means, Mary Kearney (Hamden High School), VP of Programs, Jen McGarry (Bear Path) and Treasurer, David Lane (West Woods) will be serving another year in their current positions.
We are excited about the growth of our executive committee, as well as the diversity of schools represented.
This years winner of the Meg Nowacki Hamden PTA Council Recognition Award was Shepherd Glen's Tammi Boemmels. Her list of accomplishments and contributions to the Shepherd Glen community are too numerous to list here. Suffice it to say, she is definitely worthy of our MVP prize. Congratulations Tammi!!
The Nancetta Scholarship Award winner was Teale Buono, a Hamden High School graduate who will be studying photography at Savannah College of Art and Design.
We thank the many town dignitaries and collaborative organizations that attended our dinner, including Superintendent Fran Rabinowitz, Board of Ed Chair, Michael D'Agostino, Legislative Council President, Jim Pascarella, Rep. Elizabeth Esty, Shelia Greenstein of Experience Corps and CT PTSA President, Marne Usher.
We'd especially like to thank our member units and their executive boards for all the amazing work they do year after year for the children, families and schools of Hamden.
Have a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing you in the fall!
P.S. Don't forget about summer reading:
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Hamden PTA Council Alive and Well
We were trying out the diggs at Ning for the last year, but no one took that much of an interest. So we're going to post here about events and thoughts and link this with our Facebook account. Be sure to friend us! Stay tuned...
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