Hello Volunteers!
We want to share all the wonderful things our volunteers have helped with during the first couple months of school.
We appreciate our #CrusaderStrong Volunteer Community! It's impossible for these events to happen without you!
Keep your eyes open for upcoming opportunities in our Crusader Chronicle, Volunteer Flocknote group and our Facebook CtRCS-Parent Page.
Your Crusader Volunteer Heads,
Marilyn Lozano and Kristen Sullivan
C.A.R.E. Boo Gram Fundraiser
What a success we had with our first Boo Gram fundraiser! Huge shout out to Katy Haynes who organized this amazing event! With a team of volunteers over 1700 Boo Grams were made and distributed! Our C.A.R.E. committee uses the funds raised to treat our teachers and staff with monthly treats and special pick me ups! This was definitely one of our most successful fundraiser events to date. Bringing in $2500 to replenish and continue spoiling our staff! Thank you to everyone who participated and gifted a BOO Grams to staff, teachers and students! Thank you to the volunteers that made this event possible.
C.A.R.E. Committee
Hey Crusader Volunteers!!
Kathy and I are excited to be back at school and are here to support our wonderful staff! We are changing up the way we support and spoil our teachers this year and so far it has been a big success!! During teacher inservice week, our staff received a great tote bag filled with CTR swag as well as enjoyed an over the top coffee bar!
We would like to give a shout out to our wonderful volunteer Amber Cox! Amber was the mastermind behind these beautiful monogrammed bags! Without her donation of her monogramming, wonderful donations of cups and bags… this would not have been possible! We truly depend on these extra gifts to help us make our teacher appreciation events even better!
If you ever want to donate towards teacher appreciation, staff appreciation or any other C.A.R.E. event contact our C.A.R.E. Committee Heads
kathy_phelan2000@yahoo.com
September and October Monthly Staff Treats
Our wonderful staff each month will receive a special treat/gift so we can continue to show them they are appreciated. September’s treat was an assortment of warm cookies!! October’s treat was a DIY popcorn bag mixture and sparkling water!
Used Uniform/Spirit Wear Committee
Thank you Kinsey Solleder and Jennifer Haynes who worked with volunteers to sort, label, and help run the used uniform sale in August. This event raised over $5k to help fill in tuition gaps. There is a lot of sorting and organizing that goes into this process! Thank you for your time and hard work to make this event success!
Thank you to all who ordered Spirit wear. HUGE shoutout to Kinsey Solleder for her incredible job on the spirit wear event. Her organizational skills allowed the event to run smoothly. This is one big undertaking and as always with her system of getting things done with the volunteers help, the process goes quickly and in an orderly fashion. We are so impressed and thank you for what you do!!!
Bulletin Board Committee
We want to send another HUGE shoutout and THANK YOU to the amazing ladies that came up this summer and worked on the various bulletin boards throughout the school!!! This yearly project takes lots of brainstorming and hard work to bring to life and you succeeded as always!!! We want to give a BIG THANK YOU to Liz Grizzaffi for her hard work and for heading the committee. We truly appreciate you stepping forward and taking on this task.
We also want to send a big thank you to Kirsten Rovall who has been in charge of Christ the Redeemer bulletin boards for 5+ years and whom graciously came back this year in order to help make a smooth transition. Kirsten’s daughter was an eight-grader last year and is now attending Houston Christian. YES, Kirsten came back despite her daughter graduating just to help out and share her expertise on how she makes these beautiful bulletin boards each year. THANK YOU!!!!
We want to send another HUGE shoutout and THANK YOU to the amazing ladies that came up this summer and worked on the various bulletin boards throughout the school!!! This yearly project takes lots of brainstorming and hard work to bring to life and you succeeded as always!!! We want to give a BIG THANK YOU to Liz Grizzaffi for her hard work and for heading the committee. We truly appreciate you stepping forward and taking on this task.
We also want to send a big thank you to Kirsten Rovall who has been in charge of Christ the Redeemer bulletin boards for 5+ years and whom graciously came back this year in order to help make a smooth transition. Kirsten’s daughter was an eight-grader last year and is now attending Houston Christian. YES, Kirsten came back despite her daughter graduating just to help out and share her expertise on how she makes these beautiful bulletin boards each year. THANK YOU!!!!
Laminating Committee
Thank you volunteers who have joined the laminating committee this year! Our staff and teachers appreciate the extra help especially at the beginning of the school year. Volunteers come in once a week and laminate projects, school work, classroom items, etc. This is a huge help for our school! Thank you!
Shout out to Coach Pool and our CtRCS Cheerleaders!
Thank you for creating our school posters and bringing school spirit into the hallways!
Yearbook Distribution
Volunteers have distributed all on campus yearbooks and have labeled any VCC students yearbooks for your next pick up.
As a reminder if you have any pictures of your student(s) that you would like to share with the yearbook committee please send to yearbook@ctrschool.com. You may also share pictures with our Director of Communications
Carrie Taylor Carrie.taylor@ctrschool.com.
Back to School Yard Sign
Thank you Wanda Saba with 5 Star Celebrations-Yard Greetings for the donation of our “Welcome Back Crusader Strong” yard sign. What a beautiful display to help bring excitement to our first day of school. You can see more pictures on their 5 Star Celebrations-Yard Greetings Facebook page.
Thank you Saba Family!
Fall Clean Up to Start the Year
Just like our homes and spring cleaning, the school gets some tender loving care as well to kick off new school year. Two rooms that get lots of traffic are the administrative storeroom and the volunteer storeroom/the cave. We as volunteers tend to work out of these two rooms most the time. These rooms are also used by staff, other committees and storage for multiple school activities. During the school year and summer people are in and out so it can get pretty chaotic and disorganized. Each year we designate a day and have volunteers come and straighten up these areas. It can be overwhelming at first but working together and the end product is rewarding for all to see. It’s a breath of fresh air when everything is in it’s place and ready for use. Thank you very much to the volunteers who came up and helped with this project!!!!
Just like our homes and spring cleaning, the school gets some tender loving care as well to kick off new school year. Two rooms that get lots of traffic are the administrative storeroom and the volunteer storeroom/the cave. We as volunteers tend to work out of these two rooms most the time. These rooms are also used by staff, other committees and storage for multiple school activities. During the school year and summer people are in and out so it can get pretty chaotic and disorganized. Each year we designate a day and have volunteers come and straighten up these areas. It can be overwhelming at first but working together and the end product is rewarding for all to see. It’s a breath of fresh air when everything is in it’s place and ready for use. Thank you very much to the volunteers who came up and helped with this project!!!!
Open House, curriculum projects, homeroom parent zoom calls... our volunteers are continually working together to help keep our school events running smoothly. Thank you for your commitment to CtRCS.
Chili Cook Off
LIMITED NUMBER LEFT! GET YOURS TODAY!
Help us keep the "CHILI" in the Chili Cook-Off:
Craving some Chili? The 7th Annual Christ the Redeemer Catholic School Chili Cook-Off can take of that!! Well, you are in luck! This year despite COVID-19 we are bringing the CHILI to you with a unique CtRCS Texas Chili Kit.
Support the Chili Cook-Off, our biggest fundraiser of the year, by purchasing your CtRCS Chili Kits.
What's in the kit?
CtRCS Branded Chili Cook-Off Reusable Bag (pictured below)
CtRCS Branded Bamboo Cutting Board
Ingredients for CtRCS Texas Chili that will feed 4-6 people (Note: Meat is not included. Select your favorite to add-in: chuck roast, venison, ground beef, turkey, bacon....)
CtRCS Texas Chili Recipe
Shredded Cheese
Corn Chips
Cost of the CtRCS Chili Kit: $60
Help us keep the chili in the 7th Annual Chili Cook-Off and get your kit TODAY!
Kit distribution will take place on Saturday, Nov. 14th. Details will be sent ahead of this date.
(Note: tickets to last years event for 2 adults and 2 children would have been $72)
Help us keep the "CHILI" in the Chili Cook-Off:
Craving some Chili? The 7th Annual Christ the Redeemer Catholic School Chili Cook-Off can take of that!! Well, you are in luck! This year despite COVID-19 we are bringing the CHILI to you with a unique CtRCS Texas Chili Kit.
Support the Chili Cook-Off, our biggest fundraiser of the year, by purchasing your CtRCS Chili Kits.
What's in the kit?
CtRCS Branded Chili Cook-Off Reusable Bag (pictured below)
CtRCS Branded Bamboo Cutting Board
Ingredients for CtRCS Texas Chili that will feed 4-6 people (Note: Meat is not included. Select your favorite to add-in: chuck roast, venison, ground beef, turkey, bacon....)
CtRCS Texas Chili Recipe
Shredded Cheese
Corn Chips
Cost of the CtRCS Chili Kit: $60
Help us keep the chili in the 7th Annual Chili Cook-Off and get your kit TODAY!
Kit distribution will take place on Saturday, Nov. 14th. Details will be sent ahead of this date.
(Note: tickets to last years event for 2 adults and 2 children would have been $72)
Online Auction - Now Live!
Ready, set, BID! Our 2020 online auction is now live! Click here to check out all the great items. Please note, you can browse all items now, but you must register with a valid credit card to place bids, purchases, or make a donation. Thank you for your support!
Register by text:
1. Text chili2020 to 76278
2. Follow the prompts from the texts received.
Register by desktop, tablet, or smartphone:
1. Visit https://chili2020.givesmart.com
2. Click the Register Now button
3. Enter the required information
4. Click "Create my GiveSmart Account"
Once registered, click the blue link within the Welcome text message or personal link button from the Welcome email to access the 7th Annual Chili Cook-Off Campaign
Register by text:
1. Text chili2020 to 76278
2. Follow the prompts from the texts received.
Register by desktop, tablet, or smartphone:
1. Visit https://chili2020.givesmart.com
2. Click the Register Now button
3. Enter the required information
4. Click "Create my GiveSmart Account"
Once registered, click the blue link within the Welcome text message or personal link button from the Welcome email to access the 7th Annual Chili Cook-Off Campaign
Homeroom Parents Committee
If you have not completed CMG Training, you must do so this week to ensure that you are approved to be on campus for Fall Fun Day on November 13th and all future in person volunteer opportunities. Please also remember to submit your 2020-21 Volunteer Code of Conduct form to Mrs. Freeman.
Also CLASS PROJECTS are due November 6th. We are so excited to see all the creative projects!
Also CLASS PROJECTS are due November 6th. We are so excited to see all the creative projects!
If you have any questions/comments please email our Homeroom Volunteer Coordinator, Valerie Lacy.
missval121@yahoo.com
Upcoming dates/events
Nov. 13: Fun Fall Day
Nov. 14: Chili Cook-Off
Nov. 20: Noon Dismissal/No Aftercare
Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving Break
Ways to Donate to CtRCS
Box Top and Amazon Smile
Both Amazon Smile and Box Tops are such an easy and quick way to earn extra cash for CtRCS by shopping as you normally would. Once you have downloaded the Box Top app, it's super easy to shop then snap a picture of your receipt.
The fall submission deadline has passed however, If you have any physical Box Tops, please send them. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Amanda Otten
