June 11 Garage Sale

Our June 11 garage sale is a go. We'll start collecting items the week before the garage sale, which will be held from 9:00 a.m. to noon at Satanta Community Building. Items will be sold by free-will donation, and proceeds will go to support our many local mission projects with emphasis given to our upcoming school supply project, whatever form that project might take this year.

Ryan and Leanne will take care of picking up items around town, getting the items ready for sale,and doing some basic advertising, but we will definitely need help the day of the actual sale because several of our class members will be out of town that weekend. Brent will be available that day, but we don't want him to have to go it alone. Please let him know if you can help out that day.

We will clean up sometime Sunday evening or Monday morning, whichever works best for everyone.

Help Needed at Graduation Lunch 5/22/11

Jean Ann Troutt has asked that we make ourselves available to work in the kitchen, especially during the Sunday school hour, to help the education committee pull off its lunch honoring Kurtis Clawson.

Instead of having class, we'll meet in the kitchen and get done whatever needs to be done. She might not need us to help serve, but we'll likely be needed to help clean up after its all done.

On May 13, 2011, USD 507 students gathered at both the elementary and junior-senior high school in the hope of winning one of several prizes provided by the Satanta United Methodist Church’s 21^st Time Class via a generous donation made by the late Sharon Kisker. The prizes—which (at the high school and junior high)included Satanta Day carnival wristbands, Pizza Shack gift certificates, El Indio gift certificates, Corner Bucks, and season passes to the Satanta City pool— were raffled off with students receiving chances based on individual performances on annual state assessments in reading, math, science, and social studies. Those scoring exemplary on a given assessment received three chances; exceeds standards, two; and meets standards, one. The following students won prizes at the junior high and high school:Jesus Salcido (7^th grade)—season pass to city pool

Rikki Rickers (7^th grade)—carnival wristband

Jesus Salcido (7th grade)--season pass to pool

Brandon Smith (7^th grade)—El Indio gift certificate

Matt Pickens (8^th grade)—Corner Bucks

Adrian Longoria (8^th grade)—Corner Bucks

Alejandra Escarsega (8^th grade)—Corner Bucks

Haru Obushi (10^th grade)—Pizza Shack gift certificate

Oceanna Vogts (11^th grade)—carnival wristband

Jordan Penner (11^th grade)—carnival wristband

Gary Berges (11^th grade)—carnival wristband

Casey Henderson (11^th grade)—carnival wristband

Raul Pando (11^th grade)—season pass to city pool

That same day, a similar prize-giveaway happened at Satanta Elementary. Prizes winners there are listed below:

3^rd Grade:

Pizza – Rene Urquidi

Pizza – Alan Olivas

Carnival Bracelet – Andy Heimerich

Carnival Bracelet – Sami Small

4^th Grade:

Pizza – Polo Salcido

Pizza – Anthony Carlock

Carnival Bracelet – Wyatt Wade

Carnival Bracelet – Blanche Keesee

5^th Grade:

Pizza – Morgan Calderon

Pizza – Annalisa Miller

Carnival Bracelet – Maria Contreras

Carnival Bracelet – Alex Howie

6^th Grade:

Pizza – Angel Meza

Pizza – Kacey Johnson

Carnival Bracelet – Eduardo Miramontes

Carnival Bracelet – Natalia Gonzalez

Time for a New Set of Goals?

Our mission has always been simple: to combat poverty in our community through whatever means necessary. Perhaps John Wesley said it better when he said

“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”

With this in mind, it's time to begin thinking about our future plans. Here are some items to consider:

• Our MAM food pantry and clothes closet is an ongoing project. How could it be made more effective?
  
• June 2011—Benefit Garage Sale
  
• August 2011—School supply project. Does this need to be re-envisioned?
  
• December 2011—Christmas Angel Tree/Candy Shop + food baskets
• April 2012—Easter Egg Hunt with Chamber
  

Other possibilities for service projects and fundraisers (add your ideas here):

• Literacy Fair
• Teacher grants
• Dinner and Show Night
• Other ideas?

Benefit Garage Sale

The 21st Time Class is seeking donations for a benefit garage sale to be held on Saturday, June 11. Donations will be accepted at the Community Building beginning June 6.

Contact Ryan Burrows or Brent Howie if you need to arrange for a pick-up.

If Anyone Asks . . .

Yes, we did provide materials to promote the summer reading program at the Dudley Township Library.

Yes, we did provide prizes from local business for assessment incentives at Satanta Elementary, Junior High, and High School.

Yes, we did allow the JH girls on the summer ball club to use our cotton machine to make cotton candy to sell at Satanta Day as a fundraiser.

Yes, we are making a difference, and it feels good.

What We're Up to Now . . .

In anticipation of Easter 2012, we have made the purchase of over 1,500 filled Easter eggs from the Target clearance aisle at a cost of about $100. We have also purchased most of the items we'll need for next year's grand-prize baskets on clearance. These items are being stored in the storage room off the kitchen at church.

We are also looking forward to providing assessment incentive rewards to the students at Satanta Elementary, Junior High, and High School. Elementary students who proved successful on the recent assessments, will be entered in a raffle to win Satanta Day carnival wristbands: five each for grades3-4 and 5-6. At the JH/HS students will be entered in a similar raffle (for students in grades 7-12) with prizes to include five Satanta Day carnival wristbands and 10 ten-dollar gift certificates from local businesses. Brent will take care of getting the carnival bands via the Chamber, while Ryan will shop for the gift certificates from local businesses.

We have also been asked to consider donating money towards the purchase of items (bookmarks or pencils, perhaps) to help the Dudley Township (Satanta) Library advertise its summer reading program, which will be led this year by Julie Smith. This is something that we'll need to discuss further.

Please note that we have committed to hosting a 21st Time garage sale at the Community Building on June 11. Start saving items for this sale, and help us by spreading the word others that we'll be accepting (and even picking up) donations for this sale.

Hopefully, we can return to our Adam Hamilton DVD series next Sunday. We're ready to watch and discuss the third section, which covers how Christians should respond to other religions. Once this DVD is complete, we could consider purchasing the one based on Hamilton's newest book called Why?