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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