{"id":186,"date":"2013-06-12T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicwestpac.com\/?p=186"},"modified":"2013-06-12T17:01:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T21:01:00","slug":"a-year-in-the-life-of-the-vw-pac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicwestpac.com\/?p=186","title":{"rendered":"A Year In The Life of the VW PAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF THE VIC WEST PAC&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>2012-2013<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Ongoing Responsibilities:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Monthly general and executive PAC meetings&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">PAC rep attendance at monthly VCPAC meetings&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Twice yearly family movie nights&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Return-It juice box recycling and quarterly bottle drives&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Payment of Can Lit book orders (approx $1000\/year)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Payment of seaquarium ($750\/year)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Scrap metal drive fundraiser&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Thrifty\u2019s Smile cards fundraiser&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Rain garden maintenance and improvement &#8211; solicited&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">support from Capital Iron for supplies and worked directly&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">with student teacher\/students<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Working on increased safety at the crosswalk in front of&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">the playground (connecting with City Councillor Lisa&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Helps and the City of Victoria transportation dept.)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Communication and ongoing interaction with Bayview&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Developments &#8211; attempting to seek support and&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">partnership&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Partial subsidy for Restitution Program participants on&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">an as needed basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Payment of two cultural events for all students:<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">2012\/2013: Story Theatre and Ache Brasil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Creation of a PAC events\/fundraisers manual&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>2012<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">August<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Redesign of PAC pamphlet&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Set up of new PAC email&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Set up and design of new PAC website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicwestpac.com\/\">www.vicwestpac.com<\/a>)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">September&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Entertainment Books fundraiser&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Input into School Growth Plan&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Financial support to each classroom &#8211; $400\/year&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">October&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Organization of Vic West involvement in Thrifty Foods Kids Run (1.5 km) &#8211; school promotion in the community, health, fun!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Support of Scholastic Book Fair&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Financial support of Halloween event and solicitation of donations of&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">pumpkins for students&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Walk through of school yard with school district employees to identify&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">areas for improvement&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Support of updating of earthquake kits\/kiosk&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">November&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">New PAC logo by local artist Lissa Calvert &#8211; move towards branding of the PAC to help with identification in the community&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">CCRP magazine fundraiser&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Attendance at VCPAC Congress&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">December&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Holiday gift sale for all students and families&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Initiation of PAC executive meetings (approx. once a month)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Collection of donations of food and money for the Mustard Seed Food&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Bank<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>2013<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">January&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Collected 30+ yoga mats from local yoga studios &#8211; for teachers\/staff to use with students<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Paid for busing to UVIC for choir students&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Paid for author visit for grade 4\/5 students&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">February<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">First monthly PAC Newsletter added to school newsletter&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Parent education night: anti-bullying&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">New traffic signs added to crosswalk as a result of PAC communication&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">with the City of Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">March&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Raffle sales begin (Samsung Galaxy Tablet and $100 for Monk Office)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Transfer of bank accounts to Coast Capital to work towards increased&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">community sponsorship&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Created VWPAC mission statement and values statement<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">April&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Support of Scholastic Book Fair&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Monk\u2019s school supply order fundraiser&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Mabel\u2019s Labels fundraiser (online)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Parent education night &#8211; Raising Confident Boys and Girls&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Family movie night&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Participation in \u201cReady Set Learn\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Participation in \u201cPitch In Vic West\u201d at the Vic West Community Centre<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">May&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Garage sale\/bottle drive\/penny drive&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Mural painting on ball wall (organized and supported)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Extra busing for grade 4s\/5s to attend theatre event at Spectrum High&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">School<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Participation in \u201cWelcome to Kindergarten\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">June&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">PAC year end event (donations solicited from community)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Host staff appreciation lunch&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Year end gift &#8211; Restitution lyrics board installed in gym<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>Thank you to all parents and caregivers who assisted in achieving these goals. Without each of you, none of this would happen.<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u201cWhen educating the minds of our youth,&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">we must not forget to educate their hearts\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u2013 the Dalai Lama<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF THE VIC WEST PAC&nbsp; 2012-2013 Ongoing Responsibilities: Monthly general and executive PAC meetings&nbsp; PAC rep attendance at monthly VCPAC meetings&nbsp; Twice yearly family movie nights&nbsp; Return-It juice box recycling and quarterly bottle drives&nbsp; Payment of Can Lit book orders (approx $1000\/year)&nbsp; Payment of seaquarium ($750\/year)&nbsp; Scrap metal drive fundraiser&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicwestpac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicwestpac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicwestpac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicwestpac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicwestpac.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicwestpac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicwestpac.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicwestpac.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicwestpac.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}