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Thank you all for all of your help volunteering at the UMS BLAST! Our community had a BLAST thanks to the excellent TEAM we had in place the night of the event. Thank you especially to Jill Brehmer for co-chairing the event and managing the set-up/clean-up, DJ, Photobooth, Inflatables and day-of logistics, Jen Fosco for serving as the Volunteer Coordinator and setting up/cleaning up and handling day-of logistics, John Hart and Dan Brehmer for borrowing tables from Alta Vista for the event and setting up and cleaning up and overseeing a crew of volunteers for set-up/clean-up, Lisa Matson for ticket sales all week, our Treasurer Alma Mathias for helping secure square readers for ticket sales, Anna Rubacalva as Treasurer of the BLAST and Darren Matson for counting cash throughout the night, Laura Duran for a successful Book Fair, Elaine Hutchins, for decorating the campus (and staff room) with beautiful fall decorations, Lauren Hanson and Maaike Shenone for running the games committee (and helping with inflatables as needed), Kate Marchak and Crissy Alesii for leading the food and concessions, Susan Nelson for procuring our sponsors, Anna Fraboni and UMS ASB leadership for volunteering to set-up and creating signage for the event and all of the volunteers who helped make it a fun-filled event for our community! The BLAST Committee is so grateful for this community of volunteers! Thank you to our gold sponsors: Wendy Marioni, Hall & Burnett, FIIT60, Bill Lister and Mike Wendstrand, Silver; Marioni Tile, Bronze: TR Homes, Ivy Math and Heather Saddique of Farmers Insurance. HSC MEETING UPDATE Our next HSC meeting will be Tuesday, November 1st at 6:30pm. Help Needed for UMS HSC Booth at District-Wide Community Event: Helping Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 29, 2022. Please sign up for a 30 minute slot of volunteering at our UMS HSC booth at our USD Community Event (you can bring your middle schooler or high schooler to help with you) here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C48AEAE2FA7FA7-hscbooth  More information about this event: Greetings to our wonderful Union Middle School Volunteers and Families: Our district will be hosting a Helping Harvest Festival for our community at Dartmouth Middle School on Saturday, October 29th from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Dr. Andrews' message about the event was just sent out on Parent Square. It explains our desire to bring our schools together (for the first time ever) to celebrate our community while helping support some very worthy local causes. Along with providing a vaccination clinic, the event will offer our students and families fun activities, music, food trucks, caring messages, sock and food donations, and games. We hope you can stop by this free family-friendly event. UMS Home and School Club plans to participate by hosting a small table and we will be collecting dry and canned non-perishable goods to donate for our Thanksgiving food drive including: canned beans, canned soup, canned pumpkin, canned cranberries, stuffing mix, boxes of instant mashed potatoes, boxes of Mac and Cheese, canned or boxed gravy, rice, etc. Please stop by the UMS HSC booth to make a donation. Event: Helping Harvest Festival Location: Dartmouth Middle School Date/Time: Saturday, October 29th from 3:00-6:00pm Location for HSC Tables: Dartmouth Quad Games/Activities: Anything simple for all ages Prizes: Not necessary but the young ones would love a little treat Set Up Time: Anytime between 1:30-3:00pm Please connect with Randy Martino if you have any questions. Randy Martino, Student & Staff Wellness and Community Relations (408)377-8010 ext 44212 martinor@unionsd.org Graveyard Grappler Wrestling Tournament Needs Volunteers
Union Middle School is hosting the Graveyard Grappler Wrestling Tournament on October 29th and we need a lot of volunteers to make this tournament happen. Linked below is the volunteer sign up page.We need volunteers in all areas but we especially need parents/students who we can train to operate the scoring at each mat. Volunteer List for Graveyard Grappler 2022 Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!  UMS HSC is excited to announce that the Scholastic Book Fair will be in person! Your students are invited to shop our Fall Book Fair from October 11-14 in the UMS Library and during The Blast on October 14. Check out the Scholastic digital flyer for a sneak peek of available books! See the Book Fair page for more details on how to purchase books. We are looking for volunteers to help at the Book Fair. Please sign up via SignUp Genius.
 UMS is sponsoring a fun community family night out on Friday, October 14th from 6-8pm. Hope your family will join us for our PUMPKIN BLAST. There will be games, inflatables, DJ, photo booth, cake walk, and entertainment by the cheerleaders and band. Thank you for your support!
The UMS HSC Blast Committee  Thank you to all the families that have already generously donated to our 2022-2023 membership drive. If you haven’t had the opportunity yet, it’s not too late. We welcome your tax-deductible donations here: www.umsstore.org
And don’t forget to double your donation via Corporate Matching. You can find more information here: www.unionhsc.org/corporate-matching.html Click here to learn more about the many programs the Home & School Club supports.  Welcome to the 2022-23 school year! The Union Middle School Home and School Club (UMS HSC) is a nonprofit organization committed to raising and distributing funds for programs that directly benefit UMS students. We support our school through teacher and staff funds, grants, student programs, as well as technology and facility improvements. This year, our primary way to fundraise will be through the Annual Membership Drive. We rely on your generous donations to hit our fundraising goals. If your employer provides Corporate Matching, this is another way for you to double your donation and help support Union Middle School students, teachers, and school programs.
Please read our full welcome back letter for more details on how to support the UMS HSC and learn about how to get involved. Visit our HSC website for updates and information all year long. There are many ways to get involved at Union Middle School, and we would LOVE for you to be a part of it!!  Learn more about all of the opportunities here.
Sign up to volunteer using the button below.  Eat to support Art education for our children!
Mountain Mike's Pizza Thursday May 12, 2022 11:00am-9:00pm 14080 Blossom Hill Rd, Los Gatos, CA Please RSVP since we need 20 signups for this Fundraiser to happen! https://www.groupraise.com/events/226090 You can participate in this fundraiser by Dine in, Take out, or Pick up. You can order by calling 408-212-7800 and mention that you are with Art Vistas before placing your order. Or visit Mountain Mike's Pizza's online order website. Just mention Art Vistas in the section for order notes or special instructions. Mountain Mike's Pizza is available on Door dash, Grub hub, Uber eats. In the section for order notes or special instructions, include “I am with the GroupRaise Meal for Art Vistas. Supporting All Artists Big and Small! We are providing a platform for aspiring young artists to sell their masterpieces! 75% of the proceeds will be given back to local young artists to support their work, and 25% will be donated to Art Vistas so we can continue to support budding artists in the community. How does it work? The young artist simply needs to provide their art piece, and we will do all the work to showcase their work. Once item sells, we'll coordinate the delivery or pickup with the buyer and send the proceed to the artist. If you know of any young artists who would like to participate, please have them contact us for details! Learn more  Celebrate your 8th grade UMS promotion with a yard sign! Each sign is $34.95. Sign my Yard will deliver your sign and put it up in your yard. For every sign purchased, $10 will be donated to UMS HSC. The UMS HSC provides this yard sign service for those interested in purchasing, but your participation is entirely optional.
Order here >  UMS Sports Boosters Dining Night Out
Wednesday, May 4th Main Street Burgers, Downtown Los Gatos To participate, present the flyer electronically or on paper when you order. Main Street Burgers will donate 15% of your Dine-In or Take-Out food and beverage purchases to UMS Sports Boosters. Not valid with delivery orders. Download the flyer  UMS (in partnership with Alta Vista Elementary) is assisting in apartment setups for 50 Afghan Refugee Families transitioning from temporary housing in motels to more long term housing in apartments. Each family has on average 7 people. Currently the most needed items are mattresses and bedding as families are sleeping on the floor.
Please help these families by signing up here to provide much needed supplies or donations for their apartments. Supplies can be dropped off at the UMS office or at 15660 El Gato Lane, LG from April 25th to May 6th. Questions? Email clairekalia@gmail.com or asmanghori@gmail.com. Thank you! |
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