We have a new location for Friday's Summer Kick Off Carnival!! Yay!! Huge thanks to Penny for working this out at the last minute.
Please join us at Breezy Lodge at Arrowhead Park near Neola, IA. It's just a few minutes off I-80 at the Neola exit:
29357 310th Street, Neola, IA 51559
Directions: Take I-80 to exit #23 (Neola exit), left on L55 one mile
Each family will need to pay a $2.00 daily park use fee upon entering the gates. From there, just follow the signs to Breezy Lodge. We'll still have a kitchen, bathrooms, meeting space, huge deck with picnic tables, etc.
Same time, all other details remain the same as our original post.
We hope you can still join us!!
URGENT UPDATE about the Summer Kick Off Carnival this Friday, April 15:
Unfortunately, we will NOT be able to hold the party at St. Paul's as planned. We are working on a last-minute change of venue, and will post another update as soon as we have a plan.
In order to give everyone as much notice as possible, we're going to send this out both as a blanket email and as a web post, so you may get this message twice.
Watch the website and email for further updates - we'll let you know the new plan as soon as we can.
Today was our last class day of the school year. THANK YOU to all of our wonderful member families for the work, creativity, dedication, flexibility, and good humor you've contributed to MLC this year. We are grateful and humbled to be working alongside so many fantastic people, and we appreciate all the effort you put into helping us create a good experience for all of our kids.
Next week is our summer kick-off party. If you plan to come but have not signed up, please do so BY TONIGHT. We need a head count so we know how much food to buy. We still need helpers with several games and activities, and we are also asking families to bring a dozen cookies or the equivalent if they're able to do so. Full details and an RSVP form are at the original post HERE.
We have a few end-of-year housekeeping details to point out:
1. If you have any receipts for which you need reimbursement, please give them to our treasurer Penny no later than the party next week. We need to close out our books for this year.
2. If any name tags have made their way to your house, we'd appreciate it if you could bring them back next week, as well. The fewer new ones we have to buy next year, the better.
3. If you or your team have any classroom supplies that belong to MLC, especially non-consumable/reusable supplies like scissors, please also return those to us by the party next week. We'd like to sort through what we have and prepare to turn supplies over to next year's teams. The more supplies we can retain and reuse, the more money we save.
Speaking of teams, if you plan to return to MLC next year and have not yet chosen a team, you can do so on the TEAMS tab of our website. Choose the age group you're most comfortable with, and 'stake your claim' early! Details on park days/planning meetings will be posted soon.
Finally, we're asking current MLC member families who plan to return next year to fill out a new membership form as soon as you're able. We start with a clean slate each year, so we ask you to fill out current information every time you renew your membership. The simple form can be found under our MEMBER tab.
CORRECTION: the membership application/renewal form can be found under the APPLY tab. The Member tab linked above lets you sign up for the Team of your choice.
