New Blog for "Restore the Room" at Bent School

Here's a new blog I created to pass along information on plans for restoring the 1st grade room at Bent Elementary school... http://restoretheroomforkoch.blogspot.com.

The room is coming along quickly... Painting, flooring, rewiring. It will be completed more quickly than originally planned, which is AWESOME. BUT, that means we need to kick butt on collecting money for Mrs. Koch's gift card for the School Shoppe. We don't want them to move into a beautiful new classroom with no supplies, decorations, books, materials, workbooks, carpets, pictures, bulletin boards...

The other big plan is a bookfair at Barnes & Noble on Sunday, March 15th. It usually takes 6-8 weeks to plan a bookfair, but B&N is stepping up and making this happen much more quickly. Vouchers (they kind of look like coupons) will be available very soon (downloadable from the "Restore the Room" blog, here on my blog, will be sending by email, available on Facebook, handing out at schools in the area and at groups and to friends and to family... The vouchers will need to be brought in that day and given to the cashier at the time of your purchases in order for a portion of the proceeds to go to Mrs. Koch. What we're REALLY hoping is that people won't just purchase books for themselves that day, but buy books for Mrs. Koch's class. When that happens, the kids win on both ends... They receive new books from friends/relatives AND Mrs. Koch receives a portion of the purchase to buy MORE books.

Also, the REALLY cool thing is that these vouchers can be used at ANY Barnes & Noble store in the nation on that day. If you live in Florida, you can take the voucher into a B&N and a portion of your purchase will go to Mrs. Koch's class. SO COOL!!!!! If you live in Indiana, you can take the voucher into a B&N and a portion of your purchase will go to Mrs. Koch's class. SO AWESOME!!! If you live in Chicago, you can take the voucher into a MEGA B&N and a portion of your purchase will go to Mrs. Koch’s class. SO UNBELIEVABLE!!!

So we're really hoping that between the donations being received this next week for the School Shoppe gift card (PLEASE donate if you are able by contacting Laurie at lauriesexton@verizon.net) and the Barnes & Noble event on Sunday, March 15 Mrs. Koch will be well cared for.

I read on Facebook tonight about a church near Bent School that is taking up a special offering for Mrs. Koch this weekend... I LOVE IT!!! Thanks Mark Savage!!!