The HPTA 29th Annual Auction Needs You!

Posted Jan 20, 2012

The HPTA’s LARGEST fundraiser is just weeks away, and we need your help!

The Online Auction and Childrens Gallery raised $40,000 last year. This success was due to the generosity and support of volunteers, sponsors, online shoppers, teachers, schools, and parents.

Here’s how you can become part of this great event

Donate and item or become a sponsor

The auction begins March 9, but you can become a big part of it right now! Consider becoming a sponsor or donating items.

For more information, click here

Contact:
Jane Wojcik at jane.wojcik@yahoo.com or
Karen Bograd at kthayerbograd@alumni.middlebury.edu
 

There will be no evening event. All auction items will be only online this year.
 

Annual Auction, Family Fun, Fundraiser Events, Upcoming Events

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Children’s Gallery Family Fun Event is Coming!

Posted Jan 17, 2012

The HPTA is beginning to create baskets for its popular Children’s Gallery Family Fun Event.
Classes at Hopkinton schools create gift baskets with specific themes, which will then be auctioned off at the HPTA event on Saturday March 24.
The baskets are always popular, and it’s a successful fundraiser for the HPTA. But we need your help to create the baskets and make this event as successful as ever.
 
Donations will be collected from January 20 – February 18.

2012 Auction – Donation Only Form

2012 Auction – Donation and Sponsorship Form

This year, we are using Amazon to make it easier to donate items and gift cards. You can buy items from the wish list below.

Buy Children’s Gallery Basket Items from Amazon.

 

Click here to download the flyer to learn more about how to donate.

For more information about this year’s Basket themes and how to donate, contact
Erin Graziano:
emgraz@gmail.com or 508-544-2872

Kristy Willadsen:
kristykemper@yahoo.com or 508-435-7779
 

If you would like to volunteer and be part of the Annual Online Auction please contact:
Jane Wojcik at jane.wojcik@yahoo.com or
Karen Bograd at kthayerbograd@alumni.middlebury.edu
 
The Children’s Gallery Family Event will be held on
Saturday, March 24
12-4 pm
Hopkins Gym & Cafetorium

Annual Auction, Center School, Elmwood School, Family Fun, Fundraiser Events, High School, Hopkins School, Hopkinton Integrated Preschool, Middle School, Upcoming Events

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Catch the Worcester Sharks in Action! Sun. March 11

Posted Jan 16, 2012

Skate on over to DCU Center to catch the Worcester Sharks vs. Adirondack Phantoms Hockey Game

Join Finz’ the Shark’s Birthday Celebration!

The first 500 KIDS 12 and under through the gates receive a FREE Finz t-shirt!

Sunday, March 11 @ 3:00 PM
Tickets are just $18.00 each

Friends & Family Welcome!

ORDER YOUR TICKETS NOW!

For group seats, please complete one online transaction or contact Judy McGrail (sjmcgrail90@comcast.net) to make seating requests.

Deadline Friday, March 2nd

Worcester Sharks at DCU CENTER
50 Foster Street, Worcester.

For more information/directions: www.sharksahl.com

Click here to download the flyer

Family Fun, Fundraiser Events, Upcoming Events

Kickball Tournament Grand Slam Fundraiser for HPTA

Posted May 20, 2011

The team “Stealing Bases” won the HPTA’s first annual kickball tournament title, but Hopkinton schools took the biggest prize with more than $2,000 raised at the May 7 event.

Eight teams participated, including several neighborhood teams, a group of Hopkinton teachers and a team from Let’s Sing! Dance! Act!, who also contributed to the raffle.

“It was such a fun day and even with the weather all of the teams expressed enthusiasm and said they had a blast,” said event chair Shannon Hedstrom.

The “Stealing Bases” team included six couples: Heather and Gregg Butler, Kathy and Scott Fraser, Annabel and Bob Champlin, Paige and Tim Lind, Natasha and Sean Clarke, and Christina and Pavel Perlov.

Many children came to watch and cheer for their parents and teachers.

$1,600 of the funds raised came from entry fees, while the other $600 came from the raffle tickets sales.

The HPTA would like to thank Hedstrom for coordinating the event and all participants, raffle donors and sponsors.

Event sponsors include: Cornell’s, Hiller’s Cleaners, Comolli
Construction, Scott’s Landscaping, and Panera Bread.

Cornell’s donated use of the fields as well as the post-game pizza party.

Article by Jean Cann. Photo by Shannon Hedstrom.

Family Fun, Fundraiser Events, The Runner

HPTA Auction Raises Between $40,000 and $50,000 for Schools

Posted Apr 10, 2011

With its new format and location, this year’s HPTA auction remained a popular fundraiser and family fun event.

The online portion of the auction raised approximately $30,000, with the encore auction still ongoing, the Children’s Gallery held at Hopkinton High School took in between $5,000 and $8,000 and sponsors added another $10,825, according to HPTA president and auction chair Cindy Bernardo, for a still growing total between $40,000 and 50,000 dollars.

The auction, with the theme “Be Smart – Support Our Schools,” mixed a combination of traditional favorites with the new venue and new games. New activities and wares this year included cookie decorating, Booger Wars, Lazer Tag, Hamster balls, Games2U van, and free Starbucks hot cocoa and coffee.

The four hour event saw a constant crowd with many enjoying free ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery.

“There was a line for Hamster Balls every time I looked that way,” said Children’s Gallery co-chair, Kathy Reynolds. “In the cafeteria with the baskets: obviously the ice cream was a hit, Blinkee the Clown had a line all day for balloon animals, most kids stopped at least once at the ‘lollipop tree,’ and big smiles were all around Swoops and Cubby whenever they appeared.”

The Ticket Tornado, a plastic enclosure with a high powered fan that swirled tickets quickly around children trying to grab them, drew a line like last year. The most sought-after baskets according to Children’s Gallery co-chairs Mary Holden and Kathy Reynolds were:

  • Hillers Themed basket donated by high school classes and the Boosters Store
  • Kindergarten Legoland and Mario Bros. Mania
  • 1st Grade Red Sox Nation
  • 2nd Grade “Accessories are a Girl’s Best Friend,” including a basket of accessories donated by Jenny Boston of Westborough
  • 3rd Grade Wands and Wizards
  • 4th Grade “Sweet Tooth”
  • 5th Grade “Beauty Makeover”
  • Middle School “Extreme Room Makeover”

Thirty adult volunteers and many middle school and high school students helped run the event. The HPTA would like to thank all volunteers and committee members, including Bernardo, Holden, Reynolds, as well as online auction chairs Shelly Carbonneau and Laurie Fromer, volunteer coordinator Nancy Cavanaugh, food coordinator Colleen Souza, autographed items coordinator Kristen Kane, PR coordinator Amy Ritterbusch, and Colleen Barnes, who made the first grade quilt.

The HPTA also appreciates each sponsor, including Phipps Insurance Agency, Hurricane Roofing & Construction, E. L. Harvey & Sons, Hopkinton Drug at the Genius Sponsor level, and Chuck Joseph & Mary Korbey RE/MAX Executive Realty, Main Street Pediatrics, Legacy Farms and Mirick O’Connell as Brilliant Sponsors.

A full list of sponsors is available at www.biddingforgood.com/hopkinton

By Jean Cann

Annual Auction, Family Fun, The Runner

Harlem Wizards Entertain and Help Raise Nearly $7000 for Schools

Posted Mar 27, 2011

A packed house in the Hopkinton High School Athletic Center enjoyed an entertaining afternoon of basketball on March 13 as the Harlem Wizards faced the Hopkinton Hot Shots, a team of Hopkinton teachers, administrators, students and community leaders.

After an opening act by two Let’s Sing! Dance! Act! dance groups, players from the Wizards basketball show team engaged the crowd with trick shots and challenges. The game itself was punctuated with physical and comical antics from the Wizards’ players targeted at opponents, the referee and members of the audience. At half-time many purchased refreshments, including Cold Stone Creamery ice cream. At the conclusion of the game, the Wizards signed autographs for the fans.

The event sold 962 tickets, but volunteers and cheerleaders helped to push the numbers over 1000. According the event chair Lauren Thomas, “Our fundraiser figure for the event is not final but we made in the range of $6700.”

The HPTA would like to thank Thomas, ticket sales coordinator Susan Nigrosh and birthday party coordinator Cathy Schaefer, as well as all the other volunteers, the good sports on the Hopkinton Hot Shots and all who bought tickets to support the schools.

By Jean Cann

Family Fun, Fundraiser Events, The Runner