Parent Teachers Association News   The PTA now has a Yahoo Group! members can join by going to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PTALinthicumES       PTA Board Members 2011/2012 President: Lisa Crittenden 1st Vice President: Barbara Bennett 2nd Vice President: Tim Feehely   Treasurer: Walt Augustin Recording Secretary: Sally Wood Corresponding Secretary: Kelly Easton   Advocacy Committee Chairperson: Vacant  Activities Committee Chairperson: Joyce Scott Hospitality Committee Chairperson: Sharen Catlin Ways & Mean Committee Chairperson: Issy Ferraro Technology Committee Chairpersons: Kathy Baker Principal: Mrs. Nussle Teacher Representatives:  Mrs. Wood   Volunteer Coordinators    Amy Vance and  Deb Chaney   Every month on the following day is a Family Night: 3rd Wednesday: Italia's Corner Cafe 4th Thursday of Sept, Oct, Jan, Feb, March and April  ( Dec 11 and May 17: Chick-fil-A Night   Giant Food A+ BonusBucks Program Runs School ID 01095 Please designate Linthicum Elementary as your schools to benefit from Giant's BonusBucks program by clicking on the following link http://www.giantfood.com/aplus. Have your Giant card handy before proceeding. Sign up now and remember to tell your friends, neighbors, co-workers, relatives, etc., etc. to do the same.   eScrip/Safeway Stores In this fundraising program, Safeway contributes from 1-3% of the cost of the groceries you purchase each month when you use your Safeway card. This money is given directly to the school while this program is in effect. Go to www.escrip.com and click on "Yes! Renew!" Additional information about how to signup for a new card and/or the program if you have not participated in the past is also available at the above site. You just have to sign up once each year and then remember to use your card every time you shop at Safeway. Sign up now and remember to tell your friends, neighbors, co-workers, relatives, etc., etc. to do the same.    Food Lion Classroom Awards Program Food Lion is committed to supporting the local communities that we server. The Classroom Rewards Program is designed to help local schools earn much needed donations to help build a strong community. Please be sure to link your MVP card to Linthicum Elementary (must be relinked each year). You can link your card by visiting Foodlion.com and click on the MVP Rewards Link. Linthicum Elementary School code = 211813, which is used to idenify us in the "Classroom Rewards Program". You will use this code number to activate your support for our school. You enroll by linking their MVP Card(s) to the code at foodlion.com Every time you shop and present their MVP Card, the amount you spend on qualified items is automatically credited to LES. Double Credit Days: If you shop on the 10th of each month, the LES earns double credit on Food Lion brand purchases. All Food Lion brand products are considered qualifying items:  Food Lion Brand, Healthy Accents, Home 360, On the Go Bistro, Nature's Place, Smart Option, Taste of Inspirations. Food Lion Will credit a percentage of all of the dollars spent back to the school. Supporters must Electronically link their MVP Card to their school. Regardless of previous program participation - every supporter must enroll for participation at goodlion.com. (Clasroom Rewards program replaces Lion Shop & Share) Office Depot Present our Linthicum ID# 70046954 Office Depot will give schools the opportunity to receive a merchandise credit of 5% on qualifying purchases of school supplies when parents, grandparents, students, teachers, friends and relatives purchase school supplies at any Office Depot store location in the U. S.  How it works: Shop at any store location in the U.S. The store associate will have the School ID# or as you finish shopping online just submit LES as the recipient. Target Through the Take Charge of Education program, Target will donate an amount equal to 1% of Target Visa and Target Guest Card purchases made at Target and target.com, and 1/2% of Target Visa purchases made elsewhere, to the eligible K-12 school of your choice, subject to Take Charge of Education program rules. Market Day The Market Day program offers parents and neighbors the opportunity to buy restaurant quality food products through our school each month. All of our products carry a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Market Day dollars are used to fund a variety of PTA projects. In the past, we purchased our new playground equipment! Market Day Pick up will be from 6:30pm to 7:30pm in the cafeteria on the following days, 9/1, 9/30, 10/27, 12/5, 1/5, 2/2, 3/1, 3/29, 5/3, and 5/31 To Learn more about Market Day, go to www.marketday.com Big Boxtops for Education Clip Box Tops coupons from hundreds of participating General Mills products with the original Box Tops program. Box Tops are worth 10ў each when your school sends them to General Mills. Send us your labels today!   Campbell's Soup Labels for Education Labels for Education™ is an easy, fun way to help LES get free educational merchandise, including computers, sports equipment and musical instruments. Just send in your labels to us and we will do the rest.