Donations and Gifts to Mini-School
In times when budgets are tight, a school district can only provide the bare essentials to keep its programs going. Mini-School has definitely felt the effects of Minnetonka’s restricted budget, to the point where we needed, in recent years, to fight to maintain our staffing level. However, Mini-School has a tradition of gathering support directly from those who have benefited from the program, and this fall has shown us how thoughtful and generous our own Mini-School community is.
We have received many contributions of classroom materials, such as pens, pencils and paper, along with the practical (but often overlooked) facial tissue. Along with these things, we have also gotten technical help of a less visible nature with everything from replacing broken VCR’s in Mini’s classrooms, to space, fuel and expertise for welding our new trailer.
This year along with the ever-present Star-Tribune newspaper, we are using Time magazine as a resource for the Current-Events class. This has a cost of $20.80 per magazine for the school year subscription. We have gotten several one and two magazine sponsorships from the parents who feel a desire to give back to the program.
Remember, any contributions you may make to Mini-School are fully tax deductible. Contact the Mini-School office if you would like information on how to contribute.
Mini-School staff, students, and parents would like to thank the following people and groups for their support so far in the 2001-2002 school year.
Debra Young and Tom Meyer
Candy and “Tuna” Sjostrom
Kurt Witte
Mary Witte
Paula and Mike Wegler
Mike and Diane Beddor
Marty and Beth Kuder
Linda and Jerry Garrett
David and Ellen Osmonson
Jerry and Cynthia Gill
Tom and Jayne Allen
Colleen Steven
Sheryl and Greg Mielke
Jim and Alice Yount
Mike and Janet Cohen
William and Holly Bernstein
Don Bergman
Carol Bergman
Scott and Mary Morseth
Charlie Urbia
Ryan Prich
The Hanson Racing Team
Kinko’s of Minnetonka
McCoys Petroleum
Professional Instruments Company
Glenn Skoy and his excellent staff in the MHS Media Center
If you know of others who have given in the same spirit as these people, please call the Mini-School office, and we will be sure to give them the recognition they deserve.