Boxtops

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TASKER FAMILY FOR WINNING OUR SUMMER BOXTOPS CHALLENGE. THEY COLLECTED 194 BOXTOPS.


CHESS collects boxtops. Below is a link to boxtops where you can create an account that is connected to our group.

http://www.boxtops4education.com/default.aspx


I want to suggest before you shop online, sign into your boxtops account and go to market place on their site. There are many stores that if you shop online there, you earn boxtops for CHESS. I was shooked at the store that are listed including Walmart.

http://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/marketplace/BrowseStores.aspx?WT.ac=Mktplce_HC_SeeAllStores



For every Boxtop that you hand in will now place 5 cents into your PPA account. The other 5 cents will go toward CHESS needs.



Kelly Sanders

Gift Card

We will be placing a gift card order that will be in in time for Christmas. All orders will be due on Thursday, December 15.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Patti

Enchanted Learning membership

Right now, we have 17 families who have expressed an interest in the Enchanted Learning membership. That will bring the cost to $7.50 per family. The dues for this membership will be due on Friday, Dec 2, 2011.
Once I have all the dues, I will be able to go forward with the membership.

Dues may be sent to:
Patti Hunt
375 Geen Ridge Rd
New Oxford, Pa 17350


Also, if you have not contacted me to tell me you are interested, you are still welcome to do so. That would make each family's membership a little less and I can refund other members who have already paid.

Here are the families who have expressed an interest. Please contact me if you are no longer interested so I may adjust pricing accordingly.

Coghill
Anderson
Yourshin
Sanders
Donaldson
Sauers
Yelton
Hartley
Abell
Myers, S
Smelser
Nunn
Woerner
Moores
Stremmel

Christmas Party

Christian Home Educator Support Services is holding their annual Christmas Party.

Date: Thursday, Dec 8, 2011
Time : 1-3pm
Location: First Baptist Church of Hanover, 217 Fulton Street

There will be music, crafts, games, door prizes.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, December 6 so we are sure to have enough supplies on hand for everyone.

Theme: Christmas market - All over Europe, they have Christmas markets that are like street fairs with vendors of handicrafts, food and entertainment. If you would like to learn a little more about Christmas markets, go to Youtube.com and do a quick search for European Christmas Markets. You will find videos of markets from all over Europe and can find some of the history behind them. The tradition is over 500 years old!

This is a family event for CHESS members. Siblings and friends are also invited.

If you would like to bring a snack to share, that would be great, but it is not required. There is also a wish list of supplies needed for the party.

Wish list for supplies:
Card stock paper (8.5 X 11 cut in half to make Christmas cards)
Markers
Glue
Sequins or other little embelishments for cards

Gingerbread man cookies (not decorated)
Icing to decorate cookies
"sprinkles" or other small candies for cookie decoration

This promises to be a very nice Christmas party for our group and I look forward to seeing it all come together.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, don't hesitate to get in touch with me.

Blessings,
Patti

Turkey Hill Moo Money Fundraiser

Collect those plastic milk caps!

Chess participates in this fundraiser. We earned $75.00 with our last mailing of caps

Save your milk caps and hand them into Kelly Sanders.



For each cap you collect, 5 cents will be deposited into Chess members PPA account.
We have a special coupon again. Normally each cap would put 2 cents into your account.



Eligible Products
Turkey Hill Dairy offers a tasty selection of healthy milk
products. And for Moo Money, you can choose any of these in any size.


Whole milk
Chocolate milk
2% reduced fat milk
Strawberry milk
1% lowfat milk
Orange cream milk
Fat free milk
Only Turkey Hill Dairy products sold at Turkey Hill Minit Markets apply.
The lids must be specially marked with a Turkey Hill Moo Money sticker.

Turkey Hill Moo Money program participants will receive 5¢ for each milk lid they redeem from specially marked milk purchased from any Turkey Hill Minit Market. We will be receiving 10 cents per cap with our coupon.

Only specially marked milk lids that feature the Moo Money symbol will be accepted and eligible for redemption.



Thanks,

Kelly Sanders

Living History Event

Hello all,
If you are planning to come to the Living History Event slated for November 11 in Hanover, please let me know. We need CHESS members to bring breakfast items such as muffins, fruit, etc.

Even if you can't bring something, I want to get a general head count of who may be coming. I would really hate to set this up and have our Veteran talking to an empty auditorium.

It may not seem like a "big deal" event, but it will be a big deal if you can come and bring your family. This is such an awesome opportunity for our kids to learn what Veteran's Day is about and to learn history first-hand from a living, breathing person who was there. All homeschoolers are welcome as well as the general public. So invite extended family.

The church will be charging us for facility usage (this was a shock to me. I am a member there and they have never charged us in the past.) So I will be collecting a free-will offering to help offset those costs.

I hope to see many of you there.
Blessings,
Patti

Here is the information I posted on HSBulletinBoard:

Veteran's Day Living History Event
sponsored by Christian Home Educator Support Services

Friday, November 11, 2011 (Veteran’s Day)
9:30am
First Baptist Church of Hanover
217 Fulton St, Hanover, Pa
Cost: Free (A free-will offering will be collected to offset costs of facility usage)

Join us for donuts and coffee (or milk) as we gather round and listen to the stories of a veteran of the US Navy. He will share stories with us about his experiences while in the military as well as stories from his growing up before the internet.
This promises to be a delightful and educational event for the whole family.

A card will also be circulated for those who wish to sign. The card will be given to Mr. Willard at the end of the event. Any other notes/pictures children may wish to bring to thank Mr. Willard for his service to our country would also be welcome.

Scrip gift cards

Target, Olive Garden and Little Caesars are new to the Hanover area and we have gift cards for them! You may order your gift card through our Scrip fundraiser. This is a very easy fundraiser for our group and when you purchase gift cards, you automatically get 1% back in your PPA.

Specials this month:
If you order any of the following gift cards, you will get 5% (instead of the usual 1%) back to your PPA
Jiffy Lube ($30)
Red Robin ($25)
Panera ($10 or $25)
Regal Entertainment Group - regal Cinemas, United Artist Theaters ($25)
Bath & Body Works ($10 or $25)

If you order any of the following gift cards, you will get 2% (instead of the usual 1%) back to your PPA
Hallmark ($25)
Little Caesar's ($20)


The next Scrip order will be due on October 31.

If you have any questions regarding this fundraiser, feel free to contact me.
Blessings,
Patti