Meeting May 14, 2013, 4:30 pm and other upcoming dates & news

We have a Roosevelt Community Council meeting on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 at 4:30 pm in Room 007 at the school (lower level, west side of the building). All are welcome to attend.

Graduation this year is Monday evening, May 13, 2013, at 7 pm in the Ferrara Auditorium at the America's Center, downtown. 10 tickets have been made available to the RCC, so please email if you would like to attend. We understand that the graduation speaker will be Michael McMillan, License Collector for the City of St. Louis.

Roosevelt's annual Day of Love event is on Friday, May 17, 2013. Outdoor activities start at 12:30 pm and the community is invited. Enter from the Compton side of the building.

Bill Gilbert and Don Owens have put together a fund-raising event for the 2013 Football Breakfasts, which will start in August. The event will be on Sunday, May 26th, 2013, time TBD but including afternoon, at Riley's Irish Pub at the corner of Arsenal and Arkansas, and barbequed hotdogs, etc., will be for sale. Will send more info shortly so that everyone can stop by and purchase some food!!

Also, Roosevelt Breakfast Blend Coffee is still for sale at LaMancha Coffeehouse, 2815 North 14th Street, whole bean or ground coffee, $12 per pound plus sales tax. This is a fund-raiser for the Football Breakfasts too - all profits from the coffee sales benefit the breakfasts. LaMancha is located near my office in Old North St. Louis, half a block from Crown Candy Kitchen.

Football breakfast donations can be made payable to the St. Louis Public Schools Foundation and sent to me for deposit.

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August 26th Football Breakfast Fundraiser at Riley's Pub, corner of Arsenal & Arkansas

Our once a year fundraiser will be Saturday, August 26, 2023, 1p to 6p, at Riley's Irish Pub in Tower Grove East. Please plan to attend and help us publicize!! We are also seeking donations from neighborhood associations, businesses and individuals to support the program.** (**A number of local businesses support us with the donation of gift cards and raffle items as well.) Here's this year's letter requesting monetary donations: And here is the donation form and 2023 game schedule:

THANK YOU!!! And thanks to our local business supporters!!!

Many thanks to all who attended last Saturday, to Riley's Irish Pub for hosting us, G & W Sausage for donating the brats we grilled, and many thanks to the donors of our fabulous raffle items: Garden District STL Bailey's Restaurants (Rooster So. Grand, etc.) Tick Tock Tavern and Buzz's Hawaiian Grill Alpha Brewing Company St. Louis Cardinals Tower Grove Park Square One Brewery Navin's BBQ and Pizza Head Thomas Dunn Learning Center Amsterdam Tavern St. Louis Art Museum Walter Knoll Florist Stray Dog Theatre STL Style House Gustine Market Civil Life Brewing Company Logboat Brewing Co. (Columbia, MO) 1220 Spirits and 4 Hands Brewing Co. Roosevelt High School Rough Riders Football Team

First Football Breakfast of 2015

"Football Breakfasts" means providing breakfast for the Roosevelt High School football team before its Saturday home JV and Varsity games. About 85% of the students at Roosevelt are eligible for the school's free or reduced price meal program during the school week, but there are no such meals on Saturdays. The RCC began supporting the breakfasts about 8 years ago , when Mr. Terry Houston, then principal, asked us to provide volunteers for the breakfasts. The breakfasts were his idea: they are a way to both support the team and connect the community to the school. The volunteers help set up, help serve, and clean up after the breakfasts. Currently, the RCC raises the funds for the breakfasts, hires the caterer to provide the food, and recruits the volunteers. We held a fundraiser in May at Riley's Irish Pub in Tower Grove East to raise funds for the breakfasts. The balance of the funds comes from donations. The caterer is Euylan Welch of WelchOne Catering. We al

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