THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

The Menands School PTA would like to thank everyone who helped make our annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser a great success again this year. Whether you helped set up, worked a shift on the food service tables, baked a delicious dessert, donated a raffle item, sold tickets for dinner or the raffles, directed our 7th grade volunteers, cooked, prepped or served food, cleaned up the mess afterwards, or just came for good food and conversation – we appreciate you!

A special thank you to our committee chairs, Sue Volo and Lorenz Herrmann (kitchen and 7th grade coordinators), Valecia Parker (ticket sales), Cindy Price (desserts), Lynda Long (salad table), Andrea Kostik, Al Pultz & Theresa Riley and Tarasha McCoy (raffle table), Randy Andre and Brian Rozmierski (karaoke) and Paul DeDominicis (gym clean up). Additional special thanks to Lynda Long for donating her 50/50 winnings back to the PTA!

We also thank the local businesses that so graciously donated food, supplies and the wonderful raffle prizes (Golub Corp., Bella Napoli Bakery, Hannaford, Brickman Produce, HP Hood, Morgan Linen - to name a few). And as always the Menands School custodial staff assisted with everything from start to finish, we couldn’t do it without you. Our chefs, Bob Schanz, Charlie Coppola and Aileen Nicoll, kept the line moving smoothly all evening. Thanks to Ileane O’Connell for direction of kitchen clean up.
To our teachers and staff who worked a shift in the gym, in the kitchen or where ever they found help was needed, we sincerely appreciate all your efforts. And thank you for collecting ticket orders in your classrooms and getting the tickets back to the students during our ticket pre-sale program. Congratulations Mr. Herrmann’s 7th grade for winning the classroom party for selling the most pre-sale tickets.
We simultaneously held a Scholastic book fair in the lobby of the school again this year, which was also a huge success and will be repeated next year. Thank you to Deidre Martinez and Sue Rainka for their dedication and hard work!

For all the 7th grade students who volunteered their time at the salad, beverage, dessert, raffle and take-out tables, and helped setup and cleanup, your service to the PTA and families of the Menands community is graciously appreciated and will be rewarded through our 7th grade service award program. And a special thank you to the many 7th grade parents who worked along side their children.

SPECIAL NOTE:  Without Sheri Habbinger's orginizational skills and immense time committment, the Spaghetti Dinner never would have happened.  Please accept the thanks of the PTA and the Menands School.