Council is looking for Youth Making a Difference chairpersons from all units. Thank you to those that have already sent their chairperson's information. Please email us ASAP at ymad@livoniaptsacouncil.org with your chairperson's name, email address and unit. If it's the same person as last year, please let us know so we can update our records. Information will be going out in early October and we want to make sure it is going to the correct people. For those units that do not have a chairperson, information will be sent to presidents. If you have any questions, please email us.

Thank you,

Nikki Watson & Debbie Pline

YMAD chairpersons

The school year has started – our students are back into the swing of things, activities have started up, and this year is in full swing! Have you had a membership drive yet? If so, let us know what you did and how you did in the next newsletter. We'd love to know how it went for your PTA/PTSA.

Your membership numbers should already be growing. Remember to send your dues to Michigan PTA by the 28th of every month for all new members that month.

Have you had your first PTA/PTSA meeting yet? Has your budget been approved? If so, don't forget to send in your Livonia PTSA Council annual dues and completed form. The address to send/deliver this to is written on the form. Please DO NOT send this form and payment to Central Office. The form is below. Every email address on the form will receive an email when the form and funds have been received for your records.

I can't wait to see how many members you can gain this year! Remember, you also receive PEP points if you achieve and exceed last year's numbers.

Sara Bennett

Livonia PTSA Council Membership Chair

It's easy! Has your board signed the Bylaws Acknowledgement Form? How about the Best Financial Practice Form? Have you entered your Advocacy Chair, DEI Chair, and Reflections Chair into Memberhub yet? Have you sent in your annual Livonia PTSA Council Membership dues? If you answered yes to these, that's 1800 PEP points you just added to your ever growing total! Be careful, though, watch for due dates on things in order to properly get those PEP points. Be sure you sent everything to PEP@livoniaptsacouncil.org.

Want to add even more points?! That's also easy! Every month, invite your Livonia PTSA Council liaison to your meetings and cc PEP. Has your PTA/PTSA done something noteworthy this month? Write an article for this amazing newsletter and cc PEP. Each of these is an easy 100 every month. For more ways to earn more PEP points, please refer to the PEP Checklist. Whenever an email is received that gains PEP points, you will receive an email confirmation back showing you did get credit for that item.

The current PEP standings are below, as of end of day on 9/26/21.

Good luck! I can't wait to watch those points continue to grow!

Sara Bennett

Livonia PTSA Council, PEP Chair

Debbie Yates
Livonia PTSA Council Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair

Kennedy Elementary PTA held a fundraiser that combined the outdoors, fun, and families. We held a mini golf fundraiser at Garden City Mini Golf on Saturday, Sept. 18 from 12-4 p.m. Our PTA received 15% of the profit made. It was a beautiful day and a great way for families to have fun together. All of the families that attended expressed their enjoyment of the event. Kennedy PTA made sure a board member was there during the 4 hours (several of us took a time frame). It was also nice to personally welcome and connect with each family that came. This was our first time doing an event at a mini golf course and we would happily do it again.

Randolph is very excited to be holding our color run in the middle of October! The kids are doing an amazing job of bringing in donations and we cannot wait to celebrate their hard work with the run. We had a very successful mum fundraiser this past month and we are looking forward to handing out all the Schwartz mums to families in the next week. We are also gearing up to bring back our annual Fall Fest where our students dress up, play games, trick or treat, dance and enjoy cider and donuts. And last but not least, we had our first PTA meeting of the year with an amazing turn out! We are so excited to be working toward a normal year.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 2nd. The LPTSA Council is working hard to help share information so our members can be more educated voters.

Livonia City Council has four open seats with seven candidates running. There are three incumbents (Rob Donovic, Jim Jolly, and Laura Toy) and four challengers (Carrie Budzinski, Dan Centers, Scott Morgan, and Ken Overwater).

We have developed a list of questions regarding their thoughts and ideas on issues related to the schools in our community. A questionnaire will be sent to each candidate and they are requested to reply in writing. Once we receive the replies, we will compile them in a summary and share with our members. The plan is to do so by 10/19 (2 weeks prior to election day).

In addition, we will share links to the videos of the Candidate Forums hosted by the League of Women Voters and the Livonia Chamber of Commerce.

For the City of Westland, there are Mayoral and City Council races. We will share video links to any of the related Candidate Forums.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Mike Testa (advocacy@livoniaptsacouncil.org).

Please note that these dates and times could be subject to change due to any change in COVID-19 regulations. We will inform all units of any updates or changes as soon as possible.

2021

TBD - Council Meet & Greet | TBD | TBD

11/17 - LPTSA Council Executive Board Meeting | 6 - 7 p.m. | TBD

11/17 - LPTSA Council Workshop | 7 - 8 p.m. | TBD

2022

1/15 - LPTSA Council Chili Cook Off | TBD | TBD

1/19 - LPTSA Council Executive Board Meeting | 6 - 7 p.m. | TBD

1/19 - LPTSA Council General Meeting | 7 - 8 p.m. | TBD

TBD - Reflections Celebration | TBD | TBD

2/16 - Founders' Day Celebration | 6:00 pm | Vista Tech Center

TBD - Bus Driver Appreciation Event

3/16 - LPTSA Council Executive Board Meeting | 6 - 7 p.m. | TBD

3/16 - LPTSA Council Workshop | 7 - 8 p.m. | TBD

4/20 - LPTSA Council Executive Board Meeting | 6 - 7 p.m. | TBD

4/20 - LPTSA Council General Meeting (Elections) | 7 - 8 p.m. | TBD

TBD - YMAD Celebration | TBD | TBD

5/18 - LPTSA Council Officer's Training | 6 - 8 p.m. | TBD

6/15 - LPTSA Council Executive Board Meeting | 6 - 7 p.m. | TBD

7/20 - LPTSA Council Audit Party | 6 - 8 p.m. | TBD

Michigan PTA Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/everychildonevoice

National PTA Website : https://www.pta.org/

National PTA Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/ParentTeacherAssociation

National PTA Blog: https://onevoice.pta.org/