Friends of Blaine was founded in 2003, and has raised more than $700,000.00 to support high-quality educational programs for the students.
The Board is led by a small body of volunteer officers. Elections are held each spring for a two-year term. Any parent of a Blaine School student is eligible to run for Friends of Blaine. Board members may not serve concurrently as an officer of the Blaine PTA or as a member of the Blaine Local School Council (LSC). Notification of elections is distributed through Family Information Packets, the school Web site, room parent emails, Friends of Blaine eblasts, and Facebook.
Meetings are held monthly at a time and place determined by the board. Additionally, Friends of Blaine holds open, quarterly meetings, which are a great opportunity to learn more about the board, activities being undertaken, and what you can do to help.
How does the Blaine community of organizations fit together? Here is a little guide to the groups and what they do.
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS! Friends of Blaine is seeking five (5) parents to join the Board.
We are looking for a few good parents who have a good sense humor, want to get to know other parents, and have a willingness to pitch in! Specific areas of expertise needed include digital communications, finance, law and event planning. Please join us in our fund-raising efforts!
The deadline for Friends of Blaine nominations is Monday, April 30, 2012.
If you would like to serve on the Board, please complete and return the from here:
On Thursday, May 3, we will ask the nominated individuals to present why they want to be on the Friends of Blaine board. All new board members will be selected that evening. As a member of the Board, which is a non-paid position, you will be eligible to become an Officer of Friends of Blaine. All Officers must be on the Board of Directors.
The first meeting of the new board will be Thursday, May 17, 2012. Officers will be selected at that meeting and will begin setting an agenda for the 2012-2013 school year.
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Meet the 2011/2012 Board
President:
Amy Leadstrom
president@friendsofblaine.org
Vice President:
Christy Corkery
Vice President, Communications:
Erik Giles
communications@friendsofblaine.org
or via
info@friendsofblaine.org
Vice President, Fund-raising:
Lynn Corda
events@friendsofblaine.org
Vice President, Business Partnerships:
Sean Buino
partnerships@friendsofblaine.org
Treasurer:
Peter Leadstrom
treasurer@friendsofblaine.org
Assistant Treasurer:
Jonathon Senal
Secretary:
Sean Buino
Members:
Paige Meilet-Kinane
Jon Fieldman
Mailing address:
1420 W. Grace Street
Chicago, IL 60613
info@friendsofblaine.org
