September CPO Meeting Minutes

10/2/2024 10:30 am

Nease NJROTC Cadet Parent Organization (CPO) and Booster Club

September 19, 2024

Meeting Minutes

Attendees: Audrey Celzo, Christina Cummings, Mandie Davis, Danielle Fortuna, Kim Gourd, Morgan Hathaway, Molly Newman, Carrie Pedreiro, Nita Singh, Phillip Wiedower, Thomas Heiry, Shantel Rose, Dana Rukab, Sarah Froehlich, Wendy Chambers, Praveen Ghantasalla, Alelee Herrera, Brian’s and Julie Kay, Tanner Cole, Jen, Charlie Hajzus, Barbara Hager, Shawna Porter, Kerri Collins

Past Event Reports:

Sports Corner Spirit Store

· orders will arrive by end of September

Gifted Boutique Spirit Store

· orders are here-please pick up before leaving

I survived BCT shirts -have a few remaining for sale $15 each -limited sizes

Upcoming Events:

TOMORROW – Friday, September 20th – St. Augustine JROTC vs Nease JROTC flag football game. St. Augustine High School – gates open at 3pm-flag football at 4:30pm and varsity game at 7:30pm

Need a couple parent volunteers; tickets can be purchased through GoFan – ticket for football game gets you in to flag football

· Booster Club will have a table there in combination with St Aug AJROTC Parents/cadets

September 25th - Cadet Photos in the conference room

October 2nd-Dick’s Wings-Trivia and Spirit Night social and fundraiser

· Please sign up to attend so we can provide the restaurant an idea of attendance for their staffing

· https://nhsnjrotc.membershiptoolkit.com/volunteer/136981

· Please let us know if you think you might go so we can provide the restaurant with estimated #s

October 5th-Orienteering Meet in Brunswick

Parents are invited and usually set up at the finish line – can watch them go into the woods and come out

Using old drill trailer to haul orienteering stuff – looking for volunteer to pull it

Need camelback, watch, there is a team shirt they will purchase

October 8th - (3pm-7pm) and 9th (2:30pm-7pm) – cadet photo proof night in Media Center

October 12th - Nease Hosted Air Rifle Competition

October 18th - Blue Angels Field Trip

Sign up / permission slip coming out soon; NS1s have priority

October 19th - Air Rifle Camden County (Pending District Approval)

October 26th - Drill Meet Mandarin

October 29th - 7:30am Cadet Breakfast at School

· Food signs up will be posted on website-food needs to be at school by 7:30am this day – or sent prior if nonperishable or can be refrigerated. Please label “cadet breakfast”

· Need parent volunteers to set up, serve and clean up

November 2nd – Nease Hosted Drill Meet

· Will need lots of parent volunteers all day

o Help in hospitality room-feed visiting judges, bus drivers, instructors both breakfast and lunch

o Help coordinate working cadet lunches

o Help coordinate visiting team lunches

o Score keeping

November 2nd – 7pm-10pm Roller skating social at Skate Station Fun works

· Group rate $11/pp when mentioning NJROTC

November 7th & 8th – Promotion Ceremony (Football Stadium)

November 11th – Veterans day Parade in Palatka (NS1 Required Event)

December 6th - Annual Military Inspection

· Parent volunteers to come to school in weeks prior to get ready-sign up coming soon

· Parent, Family & Friends invited to “Pass in Review” at Football Stadium

December 13-15 Nights of lights volunteer event

Great fundraiser for the unit. This is a busy weekend; need parent volunteer on this who has helped with this event before.

December 18th - Cadet Treats

· Sign up to send in donations of treats and cocoa-sweet treats

· Parent sign up to help serve - during lunches

December 29th at 1:00pm Titans vs. Jaguars at EverBank Stadium

· We have group of 50 tickets together in section 415 & 416

· Tickets are now discounted to $49 each and we get $5 back per ticket sold

· Must purchase through this link and buy sooner and they will add more tickets-but not if they sell out

o https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/neasehsjrtocjagsoffer

Upcoming Community Service Events (check unit website to see when/if parent support is needed)

September 20th and 21st Frank Holleman Swim Meet

September 22nd Ponte Vedra 10 miler

Community Service Signs Ups for both cadets and parent chaperones can be found on the unit website

https://sites.google.com/a/navyjrotc.us/nease-panther-njrotc/

The Booster website has s spot to log volunteer hours for parents/families – you can log your cadet here to keep track yourself, but nothing is shared or reported-your cadet will need to do that through guidance.

· Parents, please update your hours here so Booster can keep track for future events

· Parent volunteers are there to make sure the cadets are not being asked to do anything unreasonable or unsafe and be the adult.

· Cadet hours – cadets should keep their own log of volunteer hours in case things get missed by the cadets in charge of keeping track of volunteer hours for the events

Cadet and Unit Announcements

Instructor Announcements

· Dry Cleaning – up and running; bring day after PI – send in cash with uniform, take off all devices, put it in a plastic bag w name on it

· Guest speakers starting to get lined up – need permission slips if not already signed up; JSCO, grandparent who is retired marine; looking to get prior cadet who is on leave and recently graduated OCS; parents will have opportunity to opt out if desired

Events being planned

· Spirit nights at restaurants (M Shack in August and Dick’s in October)

o Anyone interested in managing these?

· Icemen Hockey Game with Color Guard

· Navy Ball – date has been scheduled for Saturday, May 3rd date- held at World Golf Village Renaissance

o Committee being formed if you would like to help

o Invited DeSantis to be guest of honor, he is retired navy and has attended in the past

· Car Show – Saturday, March 29th

o Held at St Augustine Car Museum

o Vendors, Sponsors, Parent run concessions, parent volunteer check in table

o Committee being formed if you would like to help

Thank you to some of our Sponsors

· V’s barbershop is offering $5 off each haircut for cadets only

· The link-is hosting our CyberPatriot team for competitions and practice rounds

· Balfour Beatty – has donated laptops in support of CyberPatriot

· Action Imprints and Designs made t-shirts for flag football fundraiser

· Nothing Bundt Cakes – will sell cakes as fundraiser at flag football game

Fundraising Updates:

● Yard Signs available to purchase

○ https://nhsnjrotc.membershiptoolkit.com/store/product/YARDSIGN

● Memberships are available – comes with swag

○ https://nhsnjrotc.membershiptoolkit.com/store/14740

■ Basic $25 – magnet

■ Bronze $75 – magnet – yard sign - $10 credit with spirit wear store of your choice

■ Silver $150 - magnet – yard sign - $25 credit with spirit wear store of your choice

■ Gold $250 - magnet – yard sign - $50 credit with spirit wear store of your choice

● Titans vs Jaguars Football Ticket sales – December 29th at 1:00pm

○ $49 ticket and we get $5 back per ticket sold

■ https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/neasehsjrtocjagsoffer

● December 13th – 15th - Night of Lights parking event

○ Need cadet and parent volunteers

● Alter Ego hats – finalizing details

● Brick fundraiser will be open in the next few months

● Looking for community & corporate level sponsors – Do you know of one?

Treasurer’s report

o Update on trailer purchase- Looking for vendor to do a wrap on trailer

o Prefer not to spend large amounts on a wrap; Warrant suggested adding a vinyl of the logo and website to the trailer instead of full wrap

· Benches and tents to be purchased

· Warrant – unit just went through WAF for reimbursement of expenses from the Navy and anticipate getting back around $65,000, spent $78,000; biggest expense is always going to Pensacola for nationals; sitting comfortable and able to charter buses for Blue Angels and are not charging cadets anything to go on that field trip

· Need assistance for grant writing – Gourd volunteered to help

Meet your board members

President Christina Cummings

Vice President Carrie Pedreiro

Treasurer Keri Collins

Secretary Molly Newman

If your cadet is on a team, you should be hearing from a team parent with additional information and competition details

Team Parents

Air Rifle Sally and Eric Pitches

Brain Brawl

CyberPatriot Molly Newman and Ken Curtis (Mentor)

Drill Team Keri Collins

Drone Thomas Heiry

Orienteering Christina Cummings

Suggestion to ask Jen Peery if she would like to be Brain Brawl parent

Plans to build a building for air rifle is still being decided; if approved, there will be fundraising to support

Warrant is happy with the year so far- things are going smooth and headed in a good direction

Meetings - New time for this year - Thursday mornings at 7:45am – portable 40

October 17, November 21, December 19, January 16, February 20, March 27, April 17, May 15

· All attendees must sign up to attend in person meetings by noon the day before the meeting.

o https://nhsnjrotc.membershiptoolkit.com/volunteer/134158

· Must have SJCSD volunteer clearance to attend meetings (or any other on campus activity)

o https://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/volunteer/

· There will be a link sent out by email prior to each meeting to join virtually.

How to Get Information Between Meetings

· Register on Nease NJROTC Booster website

o https://nhsnjrotc.membershiptoolkit.com/Home

o Subscribe to newsletter

· Check calendar on website

· Join Parent FB page

o https://www.facebook.com/groups/932690304805433

· Follow Community FB page

o https://www.facebook.com/NNJROTC

· Join Remind for parents - Text the access code to 81010

o NS1 Parents: @ns1parent

o NS2 Parents: @ns2parents

o NS3 Parents: @ns3parents

o NS4 Parents: @ns4parents