What a year it’s been! As the end of school draws to a close, we wanted to make sure we let Gledhill know that we are so proud to share that we have exceeded our goal of raising $15,000 to put towards the yard re-development project at the school! Here is a breakdown of some of the fundraising initiatives from this year:
- Wine Survivor – $1,259
- Holiday Concert Raffle – $860
- Marlies Game – $1,936
- Pizza Lunches – $5,504
- Movie Nights – $1,195
- Family Fest – $4,000
We released a letter campaign in February that brought in $6,560 through online donations. This campaign will remain open and can be visited by clicking here if you haven’t already made your contribution!
Gledhill’s Parent Council wants to give a huge shoutout to East Toronto Coffee (Oak Park/Danforth) who through their support of our school are contributing just over $2,400 to our school. They have been incredible partners this year and we can’t wait to continue to work with them in coming years.
Thanks to the generosity of the Gledhill community this year, the 2023-2024 Parent Council will have the opportunity to support many incredible projects in the school community. Working with Gledhill’s new principal, hopefully the school will continue to see us as a resource to help enhance the school. For all further updates to the timeline for the yard redevelopment project, please expect those from the school itself. The expectation is that the first step, the pavement work, will be completed this summer.
We are losing some incredible volunteer parents and each one of them deserve a big shout out:
Jennifer Reynolds has been our parent council treasurer since 2016! She is taking a well-deserved retirement from this role, but we appreciate the guidance and leadership she’s shown to our finances over the last 8 years!
Lesley Hunter has co-lead the pizza lunch program this school year, but has also been an active volunteer in a variety of areas for many years. With both of her kids now moving on from Gledhill, her willingness to pitch in is going to be greatly missed at Gledhill!
Tara Schmidt has led our communications portfolio for the last few years and did an outstanding job with keeping this community informed of all of the goings on both inside and outside of the school. Tara was also the brains behind this year’s very fun holiday fundraiser, Wine Survivor!
We are going to miss Jenn, Lesley and Tara immensely in their positions! Keep your eyes peeled in September for all available positions and consider participating to help continue to make Gledhill better.
Thank you to everyone who volunteered this year in whatever capacity it may have been. It is beyond appreciated by each and every one of us. A very special shoutout to those who took on specific roles this year. You all stepped WAY up this year – THANK YOU!
Save-the-date, Gledhill parents – the Legion fundraiser we all know and love will be back on Saturday, October 28th. Book those babysitters NOW.
Thanks for a great year!
The Gledhill Guardian 