Our Butterfly Buddy
Through an amazing organization called Lucy's Love Bus, we are pleased to introduce you to Max, Thomas Prince School's Butterfly Buddy. Over the next few months, the students at Thomas Prince will be collecting money so Max can access therapies which will help him thrive through his cancer treatments. Our goal is to raise $1000, which will cover his therapies (specifically therapeutic swimming) for a year!
The 7th graders here at Thomas Prince will be serving as a connection between Max and our school. As such, we will be organizing fundraisers and regularly sending Max notes of love and support.
If you are interested in finding out more about Lucy's Love Bus and helping us spread the word about the wonderful work they do, please check out their website, below.
Thank you,
Thomas Prince School's 7th grade Advisories
What a great turnout at TPS's Arts Festival and Craft Fair! There was a lot of interest in our Lucy's Love Bus table. Kaitlyn Mitchell, a 5th grader here at TPS, won the raffle for the butterfly pendant pictured here. Congratulations, Kaitlyn, and thank your for your support! All proceeds will go to support our Butterfly Buddy, Max!
Save your loose change! We have distributed collection bags to the other classrooms in the school. Every penny will help Max!
4-11-17: Thank you to Mrs. Cote's kindergarten class for their loose change donation of over $10!!
4-12-17: Thank you to Ms. Spellane's 6th grade class for their loose change donation of about $10!!
4-12-17: Thank you to Mrs. Scott's 2nd grade class for their donation of $5!!
3-24-17: Thank you to Mrs. Kristoff/Mrs. Holwell's 2nd grade class for their loose change donation of $29.80!!
3-28-17 & 4-12-17: Thank you to Mrs. Martinez's 6th grade class for their loose change donation of $16!!
3-31-17 & 4-12-17: Thank you to Ms. Graham's 3rd grade class for their loose change donation of about $34!!
Since we missed Max's birthday (December 31st), we will be recognizing his "half-birthday" in June. More details on that will be coming as it gets closer.
If you are a local business who would like to help us reach our goal of raising $1000 for our Butterfly Buddy, please contact one of the 7th grade advisors, listed below. We will ensure that a member of the 7th grade class gets in contact with you right away. Thank you for your help and support.
danielle_shaveet@wrsd.net
anne_mccluskey@wrsd.net
7th graders have been selling Lucy's Love Bus items during school lunches. We are currently sold out of bracelets and pencils but still have t-shirts. We'll have more items soon!
We are also currently making new items to go along with the theme of our next fundraiser (more details coming soon!).
Here are some of the amazing items made by 7th grade students which have been sold at lunches and the Arts Festival....felt pins and hair clips by Avery, crocheted butterflies by Olivia, and wooden pins by Emerson!
3-21-17: We have made $95 so far! WOO HOO!!
3-22-17: We're up to about $186....unbelievable! Tomorrow night is the Arts Festival!
3-24-17: WOW, our total is now just over $550! A new fundraiser will be announced soon!
3-28-17: We're up to over $600!
4-3-17: We've got a lot of change to roll, but it looks like we're just under $700!
4-4-17: A bit closer each day....we have raised about $750!
4-7-17: Just over $800!
4-10-17: We're at $900....thanks in large part to some of our students who raised money on their own this past weekend (details below)!
4-11-17: WE HAVE REACHED OUR GOAL OF RAISING $1000 FOR MAX!!!! We will be presenting Lucy's Love Bus with a check for all the money we have raised on Friday morning! WAY TO GO TPS!!
4-13-17: Tomorrow, the 7th graders will be presenting Lucy's Love Bus with $1589.56!! And thank you to the TPS PTA for an additional $100, raising our grand total to $1689.56!
3-29-17: Pictures of our 7th graders getting the lunch cart ready for our next fundraiser! They're "super" busy (hint, hint!!)
Here are some other superhero-themed items we have for sale.....arm cuffs, weebles (awesome idea, Olivia and Laurel), stick puppets (truly a whole class effort....I think we have everyone represented), painted rocks (Sophie painted those all by hand), and bottle caps (great idea, Katie!)! Everything has been made by our very own 7th graders!
Our beautiful superhero-themed lunch cart! Items on this cart will be available at lunches during the weeks of April 3rd and April 10th!! Please come by and take a peek....and purchase your superhero identification card! We all can't wait to see everyone's secret superhero identity on "Be a Superhero Day" (April 14th).
4-10-17: Thank you so much to Sydney, Emerson, Katie, and Sophie for raising money at a bake sale this past weekend! Way to go!! A very special thank you to Sydney for organizing the whole thing....what a wonderful thing you did!
4-10-17: Thank you so much to Luke for taking up a collection at his church this past Sunday. Luke made a small speech to the congregation and took up a collection all on his own. Thank you, Luke!
Here are some pictures from the bake sale. The table looked awesome....thanks again to Sydney, Emerson, Katie, and Sophie!
Thank you, Sophie, for the beautiful butterflies you painted last night! This amazing piece of watercolor work will be raffled off at TPS's "Evening of Entertainment" on Thursday, April 13th from 5 - 7 pm. All proceeds will go directly to Max. Thanks so much, Sophie.....what an amazing work of art!
4-13-17: The raffle was awesome! Sophie made some more money for Max and Mrs. Holwell went home with a beautiful painting! Thanks, Sophie! And congratulations to Mrs. Holwell for winning the raffle!
4-13-17: A VERY special WOW to Ms. Prunier and Ms. Crowell and their amazing 5th grade students! Yup, those are two buckets full of coins you see here! I think we're going to need more coin wrappers!! :)
4-14-17: Today we presented Beecher with a check for the money we raised over the past few weeks. The grand total came to $1689.56 for Max!
4-14-17: TODAY IS SUPERHERO DAY!!
