The winter concert and bake sale is fast approaching. This is one of our most popular events of the year, and for good reasons. The desserts are irresistible and 100% of the proceeds go to support the band program. We hope you will join us in making this our most festive (and delicious) winter concert yet!

Please go to our BAKE SALE SIGN UP or contact Heidi Guite at nguite@aol.com directly to volunteer to bring goodies and/or to help set up, work the tables during intermission, help clean up afterwards, or for any questions and/or help signing up.

(Please note: Signup.com will ask you to enter your email address in order to send you an automated confirmation and event reminders, but does not require you to open an account. SignUp.com does not share your email address with anyone.)

We are pleased to report that 18 of the 72 musicians in this year’s All-City Honor Band will be representing CHS! Please mark your calendars: rehearsals take place January 31 and February 1 with a concert the evening of February 1 at 7 pm.

We hope you will come out and support our proud musicians on February 1st. Both rehearsals and concert will take place in the Franklin High School Auditorium, 5404 SE Woodward St., Portland, OR 97206.

There is still time to get the new band merch by Winter Break! Order online here »

This is not a fundraiser. If cost is an issue for your family, financial aid is available. Please contact Mr. Riler or our Treasurer Stacey Lovett salovett75@gmail.com to request financial aid.

Questions? Please contact our Merch Co-Chairs Linh Vu linh_t_vu@yahoo.com or Megan Thatcher mthatch37@yahoo.com

The Winter Concert is scheduled for December 10th and will be here before we know it! This is our biggest event of the semester and we have a lot of activities planned.

In addition to performances from our amazing bands, we will again have our very popular bake sale! Additionally, we are partnering with Cleveland High School social worker, Kate Allen, again this year to gather donations for the CHS Mini Food Pantry. This essential program offers nutritious food for CHS students in need, who are invited to fill one backpack from the pantry every Friday afternoon to help them through the weekend.

Please bring non-perishable canned and boxed food items to the winter concert to donate to this important program. Teen-friendly items such as peanut butter, canned soup, boxed mac ‘n’ cheese and the like are particularly requested. Collection barrels will be at the entrances of the auditorium for food donations. Please note that the Mini Food Pantry accepts food donations all school year long. If you’d like to make additional donations during the school year, please contact Kate Allen at kallen1@pps.net

Bake sale sign-ups will begin soon!

Consider asking friends and family to sponsor your trip! Find our sample sponsorship letter here https://www.clevelandbandspdx.com/band-trips/.

Willamette Valley pies delivery is today—Monday, November 4. All orders will be available for pick-up in the cafeteria from 3:15–4:15 pm only. Please note that we have no facilities for storing frozen pies after that time. Pies that are not picked up by 4:15 pm will be donated to CHS Staff. Please contact Stephanie Shanley at sbshanley@comcast.net with questions or concerns.

Congratulations to our student salespeople. They sold a whopping 457 pies for a profit of $3800, to be credited to the costs of the individual students’ Disneyland trips.

New band merchandise is now available for order online here through Monday 11/11 only!

Friends of Cleveland Bands sells these items at cost or close to cost to keep prices affordable. This is not a fundraiser. If cost is an issue for your family, financial aid is available. Please contact Mr. Riler or our Treasurer Stacey Lovett salovett75@gmail.com to request financial aid.

Deadline to order is November 11th. Ordered items will arrive before Winter Break. Questions? Please contact our Merch Co-Chairs Linh Vu linh_t_vu@yahoo.com or Megan Thatcher mthatch37@yahoo.com.

 

Delicious pies from our Willamette Valley Pie Company sale will be arriving Monday, November 4. We are looking for volunteers to help with sorting and distribution between (approx) 2:00 pm–4:00 pm—exact time to be confirmed by the driver the week before. We have 3 so far and need 5–8 total. We are also looking for large coolers to store the pies, which must be kept frozen.

Please contact Volunteer Coordinator Jennifer Means jennmeans@gmail.com or Pie Fundraiser Coordinator Stephanie Shanley sbshanley@comcast.net if you can help!

We are currently sitting at 93 students and 8 adults for the trip. The next phase will be room assignments, and other organizational work. Students will be given the opportunity to request room assignments for this trip. In the end, Mr. Riler will make any adjustments necessary to fill all of the rooms.

With a consensus of admin, chaperones, and the travel company—we are officially changing the travel dates of our Disney trip to Wednesday, March 18–Saturday, March 21. Specific departure times are not available yet, but the dates are a sure change. This change saved anyone from having to find $135 to make up the difference. This was not an easy decision in some ways, but financially it became obvious.

Delicious pies from our Willamette Valley Pie Company sale will be arriving Monday, November 4. We anticipate pies to arrive toward the end of the school day (exact time to be confirmed by the driver the week before), just in time for after-school pickup.

We are looking for volunteers to help with sorting and distribution between (approx) 2:00 and 4:00 pm. We are also looking for large coolers to store the pies, which must be kept frozen.

Please contact Volunteer Coordinator Jennifer Means jennmeans@gmail.com or Pie Fundraiser Coordinator Stephanie Shanley sbshanley@comcast.net if you can help!