Last week for DISCOUNTED tickets!
There's only a few more days left...buy your ticket for $40 if purchased before January 31st! $45 regular price if purchased after January. Checks can be dropped off in the DDA box in the office (please make checks payable to Strandwood PTA). Tickets can also be purchased online at
www.strandwood.cmarket.com. We encourage everyone to pay with a check if possible. This helps us save on credit card fees so all our revenue can go directly back to our school. Tickets do sell out for this event so don't wait!
Thank YOU to our Generous Sponsors!We are so fortunate to have such a great community here at Strandwood and beyond. We'd like to give a BIG shout out to Pleasant Hill Collision (thank you Silva Family!), Sandiland Financial (thank you Sandiland Family!), and Allied Waste for being event sponsors! Please check back here every week for our list of sponsors. If your company is interested in sponsorship, please contact May Hanecak at
may_hanecak417@yahoo.com. Donation forms with sponsorship levels can be downloaded from the DDA page
by clicking here.YOU make our event a SUCCESS! Here's how you can help:Family and Party Donations make up the largest part of our Dinner Dance Auction income. There are many ways you can help...
- Got party? Team up with a friend or group of friends and Host a Party to be auctioned off (Poker Night, Cookie Decorating, Bunco, Wine Tasting, BBQ, Pool, Dance, Tea Party, Mystery Game Party, Makeover Party, Gingerbread House making party for kids - the list is endlesss!).
- Got season tickets? Donate tickets to sporting events.
- Got vacation home? Donate your family vacation home for a period of time.
- Got skills? Donate your time...Handy man/woman hours to be auctioned off.
- Got fun? Host a Scavenger Hunt/Amazing Race
- Got boat? Donate a fishing trip.
These are just a few ideas. Please contact Katie Roarty at 944-2432 or
kmroarty@comcast.net with any questions.
Calling All Chefs!Speaking of helping...if you enjoy cooking then whip out those pots and pans and get to it! We need chefs to help out with our Culinary Delights auction item. For all the delicious details, please contact Ashley Adams at 256-1370 or email
adams_ana2@hotmail.com.
Raffle! Raffle! Raffle!Each Strandwood family has received 20 raffle tickets in their Dinner Dance packet that was sent home with your child last week. An envelope has been provided, in the packet, to return purchased raffle tickets to the office. Raffle prizes include a Tiffany Necklace, an I Pod Nano, and the Grand Prize of a One-Week Vacation Get-Away. You do not have to be present to win. For questions or more raffle tickets please email Noga at
nogakessler@yahoo.comNeed more info? For everything you need to know about this event and more (including donation forms), click onto Strandwood's Dinner Dance Auction website by
clicking here. 
January 25th, from 7-9 p.m. at Sequoia Middle School. We will have a presenter, Phillip Gonsalves, who will focus on the math curriculum K-8. Phil has been working with our school district to help teachers for at least a year now. He works for Alameda County Office of Education. He has helped parents in our district understand how best to support their students with Math homework. 
