THE BURR BUZZ: November 2023

Giving Tuesday

CAN YOU HELP?

Our annual Wolf Fund campaign has begun and Giving Tuesday is almost here! Please consider the Burr PTO in your giving plans for this year.

The Wolf Fund is our annual giving campaign for the Burr PTO and runs through January. The money raised provides the majority of funding for PTO activities throughout the year. These funds support Educational Support, Community Events, Playground improvements and more. Our goal is to raise $22,000 through the Wolf Fund with at least 130 Burr families giving a gift of any amount.

Giving Tuesday is a global movement that unleashes the power of radical generosity to transform communities and the world. Tuesday, November 28th is Giving Tuesday—This year generous donors have agreed to help us launch this year's campaign and raise more $$ for Burr PTO by matching our Giving Tuesday Donations. The first $50 of each donation, up to $1500 will be matched for all donations November 19-30.

Your gift in any amount helps support our school community.

Give online. Click here to use your credit card, Paypal, or Venmo.
Text BURRPTO to 53-555 to donate.
Send a check made out to Burr PTO to school in your child's folder and include the form that came home in your folder.
Mail a check made out to Burr PTO, with the form that came home in your folder, to Burr PTO / 171 Pine St. / Auburndale, MA 02466.

Wolf Fund Kickoff!

The Wolf Fund Campaign is beginning! The Wolf Fund is our annual giving campaign for the Burr PTO and runs from October to January. The money raised provides the majority of funding for PTO activities throughout the year. These funds support Educational Support, Community Events, Playground improvements and more. Our goal is to raise $22,000 through the Wolf Fund with at least 130 Burr families giving a gift of any amount.

Spotlight: Giving Tuesday Donor Match Starts TODAY!

Your gift in any amount helps support our school community.

Give online. Click here to use your credit card, Paypal, or Venmo.
Text BURRPTO to 53-555 to donate.
Send a check made out to Burr PTO to school in your child's folder and include the form that came home in your folder.
Mail a check made out to Burr PTO, with the form that came home in your folder, to Burr PTO / 171 Pine St. / Auburndale, MA 02466.

Diwali & Dia de los Muertos—

Recap and Thank You!

We would like to thank all the Burr families and alums and everyone from the local community for joining us at this wonderful event to celebrate Diwali and Día De Los Muertos. A shout out to all of the volunteers; we really appreciate your help, we would especially like to thank Sumana Hatwar, Sangeeta Benjwal, Lucy Galvan, Deanna Hoffman, Alejandro Rodriguez, Vibha Desai, Aalok Nadkar, Rajit Gupta, Poonam Gupta, Pushkar Phatak, Kyle Crossley, Divya Anand, Shivangi Nadkar and Lorena Sanchez for their help with performances and music, arranging food, decorations, performance set up and crafts table set up. Big thank you to Lucy Galvan, Sumana Hatwar, Sangeeta Benjwal , Deanna Hoffman and Jyoti Shah, co-chairs for this joint celebration.

Thank you to the amazing Burr students who participated in the play, Ramleela, a dramatic folk re-enactment of some sections of the life of King Ram and story of Diwali celebration. A special thank you to our guest performer, Rosalba Solis, whose performance honored and celebrated El Día De Los Muertos, featuring the altar built by Alejandro Rodriguez & Lucy Galvan.

Finally, we would like to thank Principal Mindy Johal and the Burr Staff for working to make our community aware, inclusive, and celebratory of diverse cultures.

We hope to see you next year!

BooFest—That's a Wrap!

2023 BooFest is in the books and it was AMAZING! There are so many people to thank:

The Boo Crew, ALL of our amazing volunteers (many who just pitched in where it was needed Sunday afternoon!), treat donors, bakers, our trunk hosts, Derek for all his help with setup and clean up. Grateful for all the trunk volunteers that showed up, especially so many coming through, we had over 10 cars that day!
Special thanks to the Boo Crew leads, Kayla Noblecilla, Angie Kim, Sonia Yung for leading the event with Kiki Williams, Jon Spack and Vidya Gowda for coordinating all of the volunteers, working hard on a great setup (wind was not our friend that day!). Also a great thanks to all the volunteers that showed up, especially so many trunks coming through at the end.
Yogurt Beach and Ward 4 for donating our prizes.
And thanks to everyone who attended! Much fun was had by all!

The Trunks were definitely a highlight of our BooFest, so creative and absolutely awesome! The winners were:

Spookiest: Camai Mazzulla with Haunted House
Funniest: Derick & Rutt Families with Alien Olympics
Most Interactive: Silva & Gaskill Families with Candyland

Let's have another great BooFest next year—please send your feedback.

While everything is fresh in your mind so we can make next year's event even better, please complete this 1-minute survey. If you'd love to join next year, we'd love to have you . . .

NPS’ Creative Arts & Sciences

Performance Series Returns!

DAKAR-BAMAKO EXPRESS focuses on the rich diversity of African cultures. The performance reflects the musical journeys of the performers on the Crocodile River Music team, each coming from different musical traditions. Students will sing, play instruments, dance, and participate in call and response.

The Crocodile River Music will be performing at Burr on November 8th as part of the Creative Arts & Sciences Performance Series. Parents are invited to join. K-2nd grades will participate in the 8:30am performance and 3-5th grades will participate in the 9:30am performance. This event will take place in the Burr cafeteria, please check in at the front desk first.