February, 2012 - DONATIONS – Thank you to Kevin O’Shea, Kristen, MaryAnn, and Madilyn’s father, for the donation of school supplies and Kara Shacklette for the books for the library.
January, 2012 - DONATIONS – A special thank you to the Rice Family (Chris and Matthew) for donating a slant board to St. Gabriel. See this link for more information on slant boards (http://www.superslantboard.com/product/SB1-BK).
Also, thank you to Nancy Merimee, Mackenzie, Ethan and Maggie Newton’s grandmother, and Meredith Zuhars, Julia’s mother, who donated items for our teachers and library.
A Big Thanks to . . .
MAGAZINE DRIVE – Thanks to all the students that supported the magazine drive. We sold over 2,200 magazine subscriptions that total over $50,000. Ms. Kuchenbrod’s class with 164 edged out Ms. Owens-Blake’s class with 153. Our top student sellers were Carter Fetz (32), Paul Osting and Molly Hosking (25 each).
The Chili Supper & Pumpkin Decorating Contest was a SMASH!
Everyone at the Chili Supper had a great time deciding on top vote for the pumpkin decorating contest. The attendees couldn’t believe how creative they were. We made almost $400.00 on the 25 cent votes alone! Thanks To ALL for all the hard work and effort on the entire Chili Supper! Top Homeroom gets lunch from McDonald’s. Winners were:
1st place Ms. Lauder's 4th Grade Class (Bert and Ernie) 
2nd Place Mrs. Adams' Kindergarten (Penguin)
3rd Place Mrs. Olgin’s 8th Grade (Pilgrim and Native American) 
A Big Thanks from . . . a Mercy Senior Project Group:
Mrs. Huelsman,
Thank you so much for helping us out with out senior service project! It means so much to our group and the families of Volunteers of America. There are thousands of homeless families in the United States today and there are thousands more in the Louisville area! One out of every 9 JCPS students is without a home. They depend on us for help! Our senior service group (Allison Dentinger, Kelly Rankin, Sam Mudd, Ann Disalvo, and Kaitlyn Marshall) will be accepting donations of old or gently used items for the children in the homeless shelter. If you have any questions about acceptable donation items, please call. Allison Dentinger at 502-460-6114. If you have any items you wish to donate, please bring them to the St. Gabriel school office in a bag labeled 'Dentinger'. Thank you so much for your contribution, it is greatly appreciated!
