Who we areEvery parent, caregiver, teacher, and staff member are automatically a member of the PTO. Below is a list of our board members and event chairs.
We invite you to become an active member of the PTO to support our students! |
Meadowbrook PTO Chairs
Secretary / Communications / Social Media Betsy Anderson |
Treasurer Dave Dutcher |
Member-at-Large Emily Gilmore |
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Member-at-Large Katie Long |
Member-at-Large Jen Gale |
Member-at-Large / Teacher Grants Nicole Macalena |
Equity & Inclusion Cindy Carow-Schiebe OPEN |
Volunteer Coordinator OPEN |
Year Before Kindergarten (YBK) Carrie Kissoon and Heidi Thompson |
Lost and Found Joni Jones OPEN |
Directory Amber Gunn Thomas |
Display Case Coordinator Miki Miwa-Johnson |
Plant Sale Kate Kleva & Becca Lewis |
Donation Drive Lisa Rose |
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Teacher Appreciation |
Student Picture Helper OPEN |
Service Night Leah Persky & Angela Johnson |
Yearbook Shanna Turchany Stevens |
Bingo Night OPEN |
Bingo Baskets OPEN |
Book Fair Anne Guiral & Angela Higgins |
Carnival Jenny Dennis and Lindsay Gerten meadowbrookcarnival@gmail.com |
Meadowbrook Mingle Melanie Herrington, Jodi Gruhn, Emily Gilmore |
Incentives (box-tops/amazon smile) OPEN |
Restaurant Nights Beth Dutcher |
Run MB Run Tiziana Cervesato-Tiziou |
Recess Running Sticks Brian Gerten |
Book Swap Debbie Wolfe |
Graphic Designer Brian Hurley OPEN |
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Spring Fling/Movie Night Nici Nelson |
Office Copying OPEN |
Photographer OPEN |
Open Position Descriptions:
Please contact Erin and Stacy if you are interested in hearing more about any of our volunteer roles; or fill out the form found here to let us know your specific interests.
(**Any position not listed below currently has a committee, but they are always happy to have more help! We would love to connect you with them.)
Secretary
The PTO secretary will work closely with our communications chair to assist with taking notes at PTO meetings, posting to our website/social media, and creating our monthly newsletter. This position is a year long commitment, with 4 executive board meetings and 4 general PTO meeting required.
Equity and Inclusion Board
The Equity and Inclusion board is new to the Meadowbrook PTO. We know we can do better as a community, and we need your input! This committee needs many faces and voices, and your commitment can be big or small. Whether you would prefer to help with one event, or throughout the school year, your voice would be appreciated.
Our Equity and Inclusion board will help the PTO and the Meadowbrook community looks at things from all perspectives. They will assist the PTO when events are being planned to ensure all details are viewed with an inclusion lens, and may work on education events throughout the year for students and caregivers alike. We are looking for a number of people to join this board and make it into something great!
Office Copy Room Help
The front office is requesting one or two parent volunteers to help in the copy room, running copies and creating booklets for our teachers. This position would require varying commitment throughout the year, to be coordinated with the front office staff.
Bingo Night Chair (or committee)
We are in need of a chair for our bingo event this year; without this, we will not be able to host this event. The bingo night chair (or committee!) will plan all aspects of the bingo night - organizing the event, set up/clean up day of event, coordinating volunteers, etc. This position requires heavier commitment in late October/early November. Event is scheduled for Nov 12th, 2021.
Bingo Baskets
Our bingo baskets are raffled off at our bingo night event! The bingo basket volunteer will coordinate the building of the baskets. In the past this person has either coordinated with class parents from each grade to gather donated items or money to create a basket for each grade/class. Once the donated items are collected, they are put together in fun baskets to raise money for Meadowbrook!
Volunteer Coordinator
The volunteer coordinator loves to get to know our Meadowbrook families! This person will connect interested persons to where their talents would fit best. This is a yearlong position with a small amount of work throughout the year, heavier in the fall as the school year begins and open positions are filled.
Lost and Found
We are looking for one (or more!) additional people to help with our Lost and Found. This position requires you to be onsite periodically to sort the lost and found items. Those with names included will be returned to the students' teacher, the rest will be organized. This position can be a one-time help, or continuous throughout the year.
Student Picture Helper
The student picture helper will be onsite for school picture day and will coordinate with additional volunteers to help day of. This position requires a few hours of organization prior to the day-of and onsite help for picture day and retake day.
Incentives
The incentives chair coordinates with Box Tops for Education and Amazon Smile for Meadowbrook. Historically, this position has involved the collecting and submitting of the tangible box top coupons. Over the last few years, the initiative has been moving toward 100% digital. If there are any updates to the programs, they communicate with the PTO. There is a great opportunity to increase the income from these two free programs with our Meadowbrook community. If there are additional programs the new chair would like to add, we are open to ideas! This is a very low time-commitment position, with the opportunity to increase as wanted.
Graphic Designer
Do have talent in graphic design? We would love to call on you for help! The graphic design volunteer position simply puts your name on our graphic designers list to be called upon if needed by our event chairs. You are welcome to say yes/no to each request as they come up. Occasionally an event will request help with flyers/graphics to market their event.
Photographer
Do you enjoy taking photos? Whether an amateur or a professional, we would love to see what you capture. Volunteering as a Meadowbrook Photographer will put you on our email list to capture photos at Meadowbrook events, to be used in the yearbook, future marketing, and on the PTO website and social media. The commitment level for this position is whatever you would like it to be!
(**Any position not listed below currently has a committee, but they are always happy to have more help! We would love to connect you with them.)
Secretary
The PTO secretary will work closely with our communications chair to assist with taking notes at PTO meetings, posting to our website/social media, and creating our monthly newsletter. This position is a year long commitment, with 4 executive board meetings and 4 general PTO meeting required.
Equity and Inclusion Board
The Equity and Inclusion board is new to the Meadowbrook PTO. We know we can do better as a community, and we need your input! This committee needs many faces and voices, and your commitment can be big or small. Whether you would prefer to help with one event, or throughout the school year, your voice would be appreciated.
Our Equity and Inclusion board will help the PTO and the Meadowbrook community looks at things from all perspectives. They will assist the PTO when events are being planned to ensure all details are viewed with an inclusion lens, and may work on education events throughout the year for students and caregivers alike. We are looking for a number of people to join this board and make it into something great!
Office Copy Room Help
The front office is requesting one or two parent volunteers to help in the copy room, running copies and creating booklets for our teachers. This position would require varying commitment throughout the year, to be coordinated with the front office staff.
Bingo Night Chair (or committee)
We are in need of a chair for our bingo event this year; without this, we will not be able to host this event. The bingo night chair (or committee!) will plan all aspects of the bingo night - organizing the event, set up/clean up day of event, coordinating volunteers, etc. This position requires heavier commitment in late October/early November. Event is scheduled for Nov 12th, 2021.
Bingo Baskets
Our bingo baskets are raffled off at our bingo night event! The bingo basket volunteer will coordinate the building of the baskets. In the past this person has either coordinated with class parents from each grade to gather donated items or money to create a basket for each grade/class. Once the donated items are collected, they are put together in fun baskets to raise money for Meadowbrook!
Volunteer Coordinator
The volunteer coordinator loves to get to know our Meadowbrook families! This person will connect interested persons to where their talents would fit best. This is a yearlong position with a small amount of work throughout the year, heavier in the fall as the school year begins and open positions are filled.
Lost and Found
We are looking for one (or more!) additional people to help with our Lost and Found. This position requires you to be onsite periodically to sort the lost and found items. Those with names included will be returned to the students' teacher, the rest will be organized. This position can be a one-time help, or continuous throughout the year.
Student Picture Helper
The student picture helper will be onsite for school picture day and will coordinate with additional volunteers to help day of. This position requires a few hours of organization prior to the day-of and onsite help for picture day and retake day.
Incentives
The incentives chair coordinates with Box Tops for Education and Amazon Smile for Meadowbrook. Historically, this position has involved the collecting and submitting of the tangible box top coupons. Over the last few years, the initiative has been moving toward 100% digital. If there are any updates to the programs, they communicate with the PTO. There is a great opportunity to increase the income from these two free programs with our Meadowbrook community. If there are additional programs the new chair would like to add, we are open to ideas! This is a very low time-commitment position, with the opportunity to increase as wanted.
Graphic Designer
Do have talent in graphic design? We would love to call on you for help! The graphic design volunteer position simply puts your name on our graphic designers list to be called upon if needed by our event chairs. You are welcome to say yes/no to each request as they come up. Occasionally an event will request help with flyers/graphics to market their event.
Photographer
Do you enjoy taking photos? Whether an amateur or a professional, we would love to see what you capture. Volunteering as a Meadowbrook Photographer will put you on our email list to capture photos at Meadowbrook events, to be used in the yearbook, future marketing, and on the PTO website and social media. The commitment level for this position is whatever you would like it to be!
If you would like further information on any events/volunteer opportunities, please fill out the form found here to let us know your specific interests. The correct person will be in touch with you soon!
