[MeriwetherMatters] October 9, 2007

[MLS Matters]

MLS MATTERS:  October 9, 2007


In this Issue....

- Help with Box Tops
- Fall Festival of Cultures
- IRC Collection
- Looking for Willing Pie Bakers!
- Wethervane Articles
- Meriwether Marketplace




Box Tops:

Box Top Coordinator Angela Sawyer is looking for a few volunteers to gather at her home to count
the Box Tops.  She will provide coffee and refreshments.  Thursday Oct. 18th 8:30 until ?  
Please call  Angela at 296-1956.  Thanks!



Fall Festival of Cultures:

Friday, October 19

6-8 p.m.

Join us for Meriwether Lewis's 4th Annual Fall Festival of Cultures, a celebration of world
cultures with food, crafts, games and performers from around the world. Play Korean chegi, flex
your international jump rope skills, and test your geography knowledge. Try Ghanian block
printing, writing your name in Viking runes, or wrapping a Jamaican rasta bracelet. Enjoy Chinese
ribbon dancers, a judo demonstration, and a lesson in traditional Indian Manipuri dance. Plus
sample authentic Romanian, Italian, Indian, Persian food and more! Save the date to enjoy these
and many other highlights!




International Rescue Committee Collection:

The Fall Festival of Cultures is sponsoring a collection of new (not used) school supplies and
children's winter gear for the International Rescue Committee. The IRC resettles families in
Charlottesville year round, and your family can help ease that transition by donating coats,
backpacks, gloves, school supplies, and hats in the large IRC boxes in the front hall. The
collection will run from October 1-19. Thank you for your support!




Looking for Pie Bakers!

The MLS Hospitality Committee is looking for help with baking pies for our teachers!  We would
like to have enough pies for all of our teachers and staff to have one pie to take home for the
Thanksgiving holidays to feed their family. This has been done at other schools and it was a big
hit with the teachers!  If you would like to bake a pie for a teacher, please contact Monica
Johnson at  monicajohnson at embarqmail.com.  Thanks!!




Wethervane Submissions:

Please send submissions for the monthly PTO newsletter Wethervane to Liz Ratcliffe at
lizratcliffe at gmail.com by October 10.



Meriwether Marketplace:

Advertise items for sale, services, and announcements 
in the MERIWETHER LEWIS MARKETPLACE, published the 
third Friday of each month with WETHERVANE. No item 
too small when it's FREE! Deadline for submission is the 
third Monday of each month.  
email rolftaylor at gmail.com 
Small ads are free to MLS families. Local businesses 
advertise for an annual donation of $200.

















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