Roosevelt Island PS/IS 217 PTA representative Erin Olavesen reports:
PS/IS 217 is hosting their annual International Dinner on Saturday, May 21st, from 4-7pm.
For those who've never been it's a huge, all you can eat feast! Our families cook up dishes from all around the world. Kids and parents will be performing. We'd love to see the Island Community join us in celebrating the diversity of our 217 Community.
On behalf of PS/IS 217 and 217PTA we wish to thank you for your amazing support of the Green Roof project. We are still pinching ourselves with joy that our island won the top votes and secured $500,000 toward the project. Thank you!
Please join us for cake and celebration at the 645 Main Street school yard next Wednesday, May 13 6:15-7:30 PM and share this invitation with others who helped out.
Sincerely,
PTA Co-Presidents, Olga Shchuchinov & Natalia Starkova
During the Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) May 6 Common Council Public Session, Christina Delfico reported on the Green Roof election win, thanked the community for its support and noted that additional needed sums for the project may be coming from the Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer as well.
Also during the RIRA Public Session, NYC Council Member Ben Kallos congratulated Roosevelt Island on the victory, praised the community's Participatory Budget organizing,
and explained the Participatory budget process for this and future years.
You're invited to the Roosevelt Island PS/IS 217 PTA (PTA) International Fundraising Dinner this Saturday night June 8 from 5 - 8 PM. According to the PTA:
The PS/IS 217 PTA is excited to be organizing its Annual International Dinner Fundraising Event on June 8, 2013. We are depending on Community Businesses and families to help make this very special event a success.
Due to budget cuts, PS/IS 217 relies on fundraising activities to maintain our School Enrichment Programs alive for the 2013-2014 school year. You can help our school by either making a monetary donation or by setting up an Individual food tasting table to showcase your business. Please find below a donor form to donate and fill out, copy for tax purposes and return with your donation.
This year’s event will include a sit-down dinner, wines from around the world, live entertainment and multiple “food stations”, all donated by families and the community. We are also extending this invitation to local politicians and community leaders.
Through the joint effort of our school community and our local community, this event is sure to be a memorable one for the children, families of our school and the business that help to make it a success!
We look forward to your generous support in making this a successful event.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for children and $50 for up to 4 members in a group.
Here's what can you expect at the tomorrow night's Roosevelt Island PTA International Dinner:
... The big stars were the cooking parents: The food was amazing!! We had food from Norther Africa, Western Africa, East Europe, Pakistan, Portugal, Italy, Mexico, America, Japan and China. Parents participated with cooking, by baby-sitting for other parents during cooking or during the event, by buying tickets, by helping coordinate the event, etc....
And knowing that you contributed to the good cause of helping out Roosevelt Island children at PS/IS 217.
Received the following message from the Roosevelt Island PS/IS 217 PTA:
The PTA of PS/IS217 is proud to announce our 2nd Annual INTERNATIONAL DINNER Fundraiser scheduled for THURSDAY, MAY 27th, 2010 at 7:00 to 10:00 pm
Last year’s Event was an unprecedented success, due in no small part to the parents who generously donated their time and cooking skills!. The diversity of our school makes it ideal for such an event, as our community is formed by many nationalities and cultural backgrounds. Once again, we are looking for groups of parents to volunteer their time, their food, and their cooking skills to prepare the food for that day.
The event will be held in the Manhattan Park Theatre Club for adults only and tickets will be sold at $25 each. The dinner will be a seated buffet and will feature live Entertainment. Taste the REAL international food right here on the Roosevelt Island!
We need volunteers to join our cooking teams!!! Our hope is to have dishes representing as many nationalities as possible. Please contact the PTA if you are willing to contribute! Remember, we also need volunteers to staff the event.
The PTA of Roosevelt Island's PS/IS 217 held a fundraising event last Thursday featuring a buffet of international food cooked by the parents of children attending the school. Ms. Isabel Perez-Cruz, 3rd VP of the PTA updates us as to what happened.
PS 217-PTA INTERNATIONAL DINNER 2009: A GREAT SUCCESS!!
The International Dinner organized by the PS 217 PTA was a tremendous SUCCESS! It was very well attended, we had over 100 guests!! People from our school (PS 217), the Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA), The Senior Center, The Disabled Association, The Marlins team, Memorial Sloan Kettering, The WIRE, our Island dentist Dr Shick and many other Roosevelt Islanders came and enjoyed themselves. The big stars were the cooking parents: The food was amazing!! We had food from Norther Africa, Western Africa, East Europe, Pakistan, Portugal, Italy, Mexico, America, Japan and China. Parents participated with cooking, by baby-sitting for other parents during cooking or during the event, by buying tickets, by helping coordinate the event, etc. We had sponsorship from Nono's and Fuji East: both restaurants donated food for the event. Additionally, we received monetary sponsorships from Dr. Grim, the Roosevelt Island Cleaners, Trellis Restaurant and Urban American. Manhattan Park did not charge for the use of the Theatre and RIOC also gave great support. Many thanks to all our sponsors and volunteers!
Islanders came and eat, chatted and listened to the great Turtle Bay performers: a group of Colombian musicians that performed live and put an amazing show. Look at the link below to find some pictures taken of that day, since the preparation trough the party.
This will be an event that Islanders will wait for every year: a nice, relaxing and entertain dinner to meet the others, chat, have a good time and SUPPORT the arts and music programs and the teachers at our school! Thank you very much for your participation.
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