Plantation Park Singers Booster Association (PPSBA)

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Plantation Park Singers Chorus/ Plantation Park Elementary School
875 SW 54th Avenue
Plantation, FL 33317
Telephone 754-323-7150 Fax 754-323-7190

Welcome to PPSBA!

PPSBA (Plantation Park Singers Booster Association) is a not-for-profit organization made up of parents, guardians, or friends of singers in the Plantation Park Singers Chorus. Membership is free. Meetings are held monthly and follow Roberts’ Rules of Order. To see PPSBA’s Constitution, By-Laws, and so on, please visit our website. (Links to an external site.) Minutes from past school years are available from our archive upon request.

Because Chorus does not receive funding from the school budget, PPSBA requests donations to help cover operational costs. A $25 fair share registration donation & a $30 uniform rental donation (paid online or in cash) per child are requested by Oct. 1. Donations cover costs such as sheet music, notebooks, office supplies, costumes, uniforms, props, replacement uniforms, etc. Sing-a-thons & program book ad sales help raise additional funds. Parents can opt either to volunteer 2 or more hours during the school year, or to donate an additional $30 to help with the choir’s needs.

MISSION. Our mission is to help young singers develop scholarship, leadership, character, and musicianship through excellent choral music in a safe & secure environment. We do this by handling non-musical aspects of running a choir, such as rehearsal supervision, fundraising, costumes, stage preparation, chaperoning, refreshments, party and trip planning, photography, awards, copying, etc.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Every little bit of your time helps! In each singers’ online Chorus Registration Contract, parents indicate at least two areas of voluntary assistance. PPSBA compiles that information and utilizes our collective talents to help our singers. As Margie Dellerson, former PPE President of both PTA and PPSBA, used to say… “It’s for the Kids! It’s for our future!”

MEETING TIMES:

Your attendance, involvement, support, and input are valued and greatly needed! Please contact our president or Mrs. Greggs if you have questions or suggestions regarding any aspect of PPSBA.

NEEDS OF THE MONTH: Thanks for your donations!

September- blue 3M painters’ tape; sweet or salty treats; letter size copy paper
October- Sing-a-Thon items: treats for Fall Sing-a-Thon goodie bags, small toys, or brownie ingredients, blue 3M painters tape
November– letter size copy paper; Capri Suns
December- black Sharpie markers; rubber bands; candy, holiday items for COOKIES & COCOA party
January- No. 2 pencils; treasure box prizes, letter size copy paper
February– paper goods, Treats for Spring Sing-a-Thon goodie bags and brownie ingredients
March– Capri Sun 10-packs (15); microwave popcorn
April– batteries size AA and AAA, copy paper
May– award certificate paper; 100 9″ x 11″ envelopes, 200 dum-dums

Thank you for your support!

Thank you for your leadership to the 2023-24 PPSBA Board:

PPSBA OFFICE	2023-24 OFFICER(S)
PRESIDENT	Maggie Sverak
VICE-PRESIDENT- ADMINISTRATION & VOLUNTEERS	Michelle Livingston, Sinead Theisen, & Alaina Houston
VICE-PRESIDENT- STAGING & PROPS	Lorena Valdes and Claudia Sanchez
VICE-PRESIDENT- MUSIC & LIBRARY	Julie Robbins & Deborah Cardoso
VICE-PRESIDENT- UNIFORMS & COSTUMES	Erin Siska and Shelby Sosonkin
SECRETARY	Michele Lewin
TREASURER	Severine Gimenez
HISTORIAN (non-voting member)	Shirley Vargas
PTA LIAISON (non-voting board member)	Brittany Mohler
SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIRPERSON (non-voting board member)	Brittany Mohler
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3 OPTIONS FOR TURNING IN MONIES TO PPSBA:

Whenever possible, please submit ONE PAYMENT OR A COMBINATION OF LARGER BILLS for the entire amount of your child’s fundraising efforts.

1- Zelle PPSBA at: ppsba.treasurer@gmail.com

2- Venmo PPSBA by scanning:

3- send cash or money order made out to “PPSBA” in a sealed envelope with your child’s name, teacher, and purpose of funds written on the outside. Please write your child’s name on the memo line of money orders. Turn in to the PPSBA mailboxes on the Music Room Office door.

WHY THE PINK FLAMINGO?

PPSBA has existed since 1997, when a group of PPE parents decided that if they wanted their Chorus to travel and perform at places like Disney & Universal Studios, an organization was needed to help fundraise and organize events. So, a nonprofit booster club was formed.

One year, a parent donated a pink flamingo cut out of wood to the choir, and that pink flamingo became the car line reminder sign that a PPSBA booster club meeting was going to happen that evening at 6:30pm. The pink flamingo held up for several years of use, but one night, Mrs. Greggs forgot to bring it in after the meeting, and it mysteriously disappeared. Days and weeks went by, and despite laboriously and feverishly asking around and searching the nearby neighborhood, the flamingo remained MIA… until the next bulk pick-up day. An anonymous chorus parent rescued the poor flamingo from someone’s trash pile, and returned it to Mrs. Greggs at school, where it was restored to use for several more years.

Eventually the poor flamingo broke its leg and had to be put down… but the legend remains. 🙂