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Presidents CornerThis summer the HASA

Board has been working hard to make our parent organization more current.

From making volunteer hours available on-line to having a monthly newsletter, you will see a lot of changes with our Home and School Association.

There will also be a lot of new events this year. So, review the calendar section of the newsletter each month and see what fun things we are planning.

All parents are members of HASA. Please make an eort to come to our meetings and help us make plans.

Come and be a part of the changes!

-Betsy WooleverHASA President

HASA NEWS Volunteer Hours On-lineThis year the school will be implementing a new volunteer tracking and notification program. The hope of this new program is to share volunteer opportunities with families in a more effective and meaningful way. By doing so, we hope to get more families involved in the building of our school community. One of the benefits of this new program is the ability to find volunteer opportunities and enter your hours worked online. You will still be able to enter them in the Volunteer Book located in the office, if you so choose. At this time, we are asking that all families go online and register for your

volunteer account. If you do have problems, please contact us at SaintMaryHASAVolunteer@gmail.com or call Amy Baars, Volunteer Coordinator, at 906-259-1190. To fill out the new volunteer registration form, please go to the following link:

https://goo.gl/bU9vTyImportant:If you use the same email address for more than one person (ie: husband and wife), we can only use the first occurrence we find of that email address. If you would like to have individual access to your information, you will need to use separate email addresses.

NEW BOARD POSITIONS- VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AND COMMITTEE CHAIRWe have added a few new positions to our

HASA board to help make volunteering for our school easier. Amy Baars will be our Volunteer Coordinator. She has been working really hard to get our volunteer program on-line. This will really make access to volunteer information so much easier!

Anne Ohman will be our Committee Chair. Her role will be to ensure that when you volunteer for something, you will be pointed in the right direction on how to get the job done.

These two new positions will really be an asset to our Parents Organization. Thank you for taking on these new rolls, Amy and Anne!!

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HASA OFFICERS 2015-1216President- Betsy Woolever!! ! ! Volunteer Coordinator- Amy BaarsVice Presiedent- Jen Sheppard! ! ! Committee Chair- Anne OhmanTreasurer- Abby GazvodaSecretary- Andrea Schwab

July 3rd- Decorating for the 4th of July Parade

July 4th- St. Marys participates in SSM 4th of July Parade

July 9th- HASA meeting - in club room at 7pm

August 7- NEW EVENT The Proverbial Fun Run starting at St. Marys school- time to be announced

August 13th- HASA meeting -in club room at 7pm

August 14- St. Marys Annual Golf Outing - Tanglewood Golf Course-4pm

August 20th- New Parents Night Meeting- 6pm

The 4th of July is just around the corner! Come on out July 3rd and help us decorate our school float and then ride in the Sault Sainte Marie Parade on the morning of the 4th with us!

If you are interested in decorating, riding or both please contact Lindsay Uhrig -luhrig@lssu.edu

Volunteer Opportunities

We are currently planning our First annual St. Marys Fun Run. It is set for August 7th. We are looking for sponsors.

If you or your business would like to be a sponsor, please contact us. SaintMaryHASAVolunteer@gmail.com

Remember that your summer volunteer hours will count for the 2015-2016 school year. So, have fun with us and get a jump start on your hours!