All 8th graders at KHA get the opportunity to go on a 8-day sightseeing trip to Washington DC and New York to learn about our Christian heritage of our beloved country. It's a pretty pricey trip but we get the whole year to raise monies for it.
We start fundraising in August before school starts.
Festival of the Arts
We rent out a booth at this annual city-wide event in town and sell food. It was a long hot day!
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| Matthew grilling away. |
Friday Snack Shack
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| Emily's last shift at pizza duty forever! Here she is serving her sister. |
Every Friday at school, the 8th grade sells snacks and lunch. Parents run the Shack and the 8th grade students volunteer for pizza duty (distributing of lunch to the kids).
Cookie Dough
We sold cookie dough.. I oversaw this project and made $1,897.
Fall Family Festival
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| I was in charge of tickets and the money. |
We hosted an all church and school event to the community to celebrate Fall on Halloween. We served dinner and had stations for face painting and glow in the dark items.
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| Emily serving chips to meal purchasers. |
Wreaths & Spirit Wear
Emily's classmates promoting Christmas wreaths and spirit wear in carline as kids were being dropped off to the school in the mornings.
Evening of the Arts
At Evening of the Arts where the school showcased musical and drama performances along with art and crafts, we served dinner again.
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| 8th grade dads grilling away for the dinner! |
Talent Show & Silent Auction #1
The Talent Show is an annual highlight for KHA where parents gather to watch their children perform their self-created acts. We served a formal sit-down dinner where we cooked a 6 course meal.
All the 8th graders were servers and were formally dressed to work the occasion.
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| After 5 hours on their feet, they all said they did NOT want to go into restaurant service. |
Open House and Silent Auction #2
Our annual Open House is open to the public where family and friends can come see all the accomplishments the students have been working on all year.
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| I again was in charge of ticketing and the money! |
We had a Dessert and Popcorn Cart that strolled the hallways for visitors.
And we had a huge Silent Auction
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| Our parent, Ivy, solicited donations from over 200 vendors! Her biggest donor was Disney: 4 Hopper passes! |
Each family was asked to donate one basket towards the Silent Auction. We personally put together nine baskets.
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| Basket #1: Facebook Fan Favs (generously donated by our FB friend, Jay P.) |
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| Basket #2: Rockin' Everything Reeses (graciously donated by my dear friend Lisa P.) |
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| Basket #3: Creative Craft Collection |
For Silent Auction #2:
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| Baskets 4-9 for Open House |
We had some great friends and family who helped put these baskets together for us:
- Family Fun Night was filled with games, video and food from my sister;
- Hawaiian Paradise was filled with Hawaiian soaps, lotions, chocolate macadamias and a massage gift certificate.
- Book Bonanza (by church friend Carol. H) was filled with books, a Barne & Nobles gift card and a Kindle Fire!
- Videogames "R" Us was donated by our good friend Mark F.
- Car Care was donated by our Pastor Mario from our Spanish congregation (who also owns an auto shop)
We worked a total of 209 hours and were able to raise all of Emily's trip fees. Praise the Lord!
