Newsletter: November 2024

Nov 11

Hello Common Ground Community!

We have had two amazing events over the last two weeks and we are so grateful for all of the help and support to make them amazing!

First, our Trunk-or-Treat was incredible! Extending the Halloween fun for a day was a ton of fun. Thank you to all of our volunteers that came with trunks to hand out candy. Hopefully the event helped you get rid of more of your Halloween candy than collect more!

Our YARD SALE this weekend was also an incredible success! We have raised $2035 plus the donations from our gofundme to assist with Miss Mimi’s medical bills! We will continue to update https://commongroundchildcare.com/mimi with information about how she is doing and other fundraisers in the future! At this time, we are still working on selling some of the donations on Facebook Marketplace and donating the clothing on to the Forest Edge clothing drive. The Yard Sale was such a success that we will have a spring yard sale as a fundraiser for the school!

Teacher Bonus Drive

It’s time again for our semi annual teacher bonus drive! Please see our request and make your pledge here: https://commongroundchildcare.org/teacher-bonus-fund

Staff Updates

Miss Kiara’s last day with us was Thursday, November 7th. We wish her the best in her future endeavors.

We would also like to officially welcome Miss Dezi and Miss Hadania as Teachers Aides in our program! They have been a welcome addition to our school. Miss Dezi is working in our infants and toddlers program and Miss Hadania is working with Team Lantern!

Fundraising

Our restaurant fundraisers are not just a wonderful opportunity for families to get together, but they have become an important part of our fundraising initiative. Each one has brought in around $250! We have the following events coming up:

We are working to increase our non-tuition revenue moving forward. This includes from donors, grants, and additional funding sources.

We have a specific need for an additional $20,000 in January and June, as we feel that it is important that our teachers not take a pay cut this year. For the past 3 years, our teachers have received the VQB5 grant from the state in the amount of $3,000 (paid as $1500 in January and $1500 in June). This year the state has halved the amount of the VQB5 grant to $1500 total, two payments of $750.

If you’d like to assist in our fundraising efforts, please reach out! We know that there are large donors out there, we just need to find them!

Last Call for Saturday Hours!

Make sure you sign up for this weekend’s Saturday Hours by tonight! You can view all of our Saturday Hours events here: https://commongroundchildcare.org/saturday-hours

Thanksgiving Boxes

We still need some items for Thanksgiving Boxes! So far we have 5 boxes pledged of the 15 we usually donate - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4FACA723ABFF2-52723163-thanksgiving#/

Upcoming Closed Days

Our closed days can be found on our website. We are closed the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. That is one day that can sometimes catch families off guard!