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S-1a Reserved #1 S-6 Kick It Up #1 Four front row seats to Butler’s fourth Two months of classes plus uniform grade graduation ceremony and one (Tokyo Joe’s Studios of Self Defense) reserved parking space (Patricia Kriebel) VALUE ...... $280 VALUE ...... Priceless S-7 Rock On S-1b Reserved #2 Leather jacket, bracelet, three T-shirts Four front row seats to Butler’s fourth (Hard Rock Café International) grade graduation ceremony and one VALUE ...... $448 reserved parking space (Patricia Kriebel) VALUE ...... Priceless S-8 It’s Fun to Play at the YMCA Three month family membership S-2 What’s for Dinner Tonight? (YMCA Waltham) 1. Three delicious home cooked entrees, VALUE ...... $300 specialties of Auction Committee (Theresa O’Connor, Amanda Sawires S-9 Who Let the Dogs Out? Yager, Kathryn Whittemore) 1. Ten doggie daycares with a positive 2. Cookbook (David R. Godine, Publisher) interview process (Dog Scoop) 3. “The Hungry Planet” and “Low Carb 2. $45 gift certificate Cookbook” (Ten Speed Press/Celestial (Toureen Pet Resort & Spa) Arts/Tricycle Press) VALUE ...... $345 VALUE ...... $219 S-10 Show ‘em Your Pearly Whites S-3 Bricks ‘n Beers Gift certificate for upper and lower teeth 1. Six hours masonry services bleaching trays (Gentle Dental Partners) (O’Connor & Sons Masonry) VALUE ...... $325 2. $50 gift card to Ninety Nine Restaurant (Alex and Mary Corbett) S-11 If There’s a Will, There’s a Way VALUE ...... $350 Legal services for one will (Charlene Colt, Attorney at Law) S-4 Art You Crafty? VALUE ...... Priceless 1. Four guest passes (DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park) S-12 A Bundle of Joy 2. Two one-hour art lessons, adult or child 1. One hour individualized childbirth (Joanna Dunn) education services or credit towards a VALUE ...... $168 class series (Amanda Sawires Yager) 2. “HypnoBirthing” book and CD S-5 Don’t Wake the Baby (Birth While Resources) 1. Two handmade Matryoshka-style 3. One temporal artery thermometer (Russian) stuffed dolls (Joanna Dunn) (Exergen Corporation) 2. $35 gift card (Gymboree) 4. “Being Dad” DVD (Mothers and Co.) 3. “Baby Brains” (Candlewick Press) VALUE ...... $195 4. “ Classic Lullabies” and “Classic Dance S-13 Kick It Up #2 Songs Discovery” CDs (Craig-n-Co) Three month karate program 5. Three giant children’s books (Shorin-ryu Karate Academy) (Mondo Publishing) VALUE ...... $345 VALUE ...... $185

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S-14 Waverly Water Colors S-20 Dinner and a Show Beaver Brook framed watercolor painting 1. $30 gift certificate (Patou Thai) (Dawn Evans Scaltreto) 2. Two tickets to any show for the 2009 VALUE ...... $250 season (New Repertory Theatre) VALUE ...... $130 S-15 Good to Go 1. $50 off any order (AA Rental Center) S-21 BU Hoops & Hockey 2. Wheel alignment, rotation and balance 1. Two tickets to a basketball game and (Direct Tire & Auto Service) two tickets to a hockey game 3. Porter Square–Cambridge Car Wash & (Boston University) Detailing Center coupon book 2. “Flying Harry” 11x14 custom digital (Lechmere Auto Wash Centers) print (Larry Sawires Yager) VALUE ...... $217 VALUE ...... $200

S-16 Visitor Fun S-22 The Sound of Music #1 1. Two night stay 1. Ten-week session, 0-4 years (Embassy Suites Logan Airport) (Music Together of Belmont) 2. Four 2-for-1 admissions 2. Two 30-minute intro drum lessons at (John F. Kennedy Library and Museum) Arlington Center for the Arts 3. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 5x7 custom (Gil Graham’s Drumming School) digital print (Larry Sawires Yager) VALUE ...... $250 4. Two books (Picador) VALUE ...... $617 S-23 The Sound of Music #2 1. Ten-week session S-17 New Hampshire Getaway (Family Music Makers) 1. $100 travel card (Best Western) 2. “Easy To Remember” book 2. Two day passes (Story Land) (David R. Godine, Publisher) 3. Ten $5 vouchers (Uno Chicago Grill) VALUE ...... $241 4. Two tickets (Water Country) VALUE ...... $268 S-24 Witches R Us 1. Four tickets for self-guided tour S-18 Eat, Drink, Save…and Look Good (Salem Witch House) 1. $20 gift card 2. Membership for four (Donohue’s Bar and Grill) (New England Quilt Museum) 2. $50 gift certificate (Essentials Salon) 3. Two tickets (Salem Witch Museum) 3. $200 series EE U.S. savings bond VALUE ...... $151 (Watertown Savings Bank) VALUE ...... $170 S-25 Fine Art 1. Two passes S-19 Elizabeth, Picasso and Stellina’s (Mass Museum of Contemporary Art) 1. Gift bag (Elizabeth Grady) 2. Two passes, June–Oct 2009 2. Two tickets to “Picasso at the Lapin (Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute) Agile” (New Repertory Theatre) 3. One night stay (Sun–Thurs) for two 3. $50 gift certificate to Stellina’s includes continental breakfast buffet Restaurant (LaRoche & Schechter Family) (The Porches Inn, North Adams) VALUE ...... $250 VALUE ...... $275

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S-26 Fine Books, Fine Arts S-34 We All Scream for Ice Cream! 1. Four passes (Mary Baker Eddy Library) 1. Two $10 gift certificates 2. Two passes (Museum of Fine Arts) (Toscanini’s Ice Cream & Coffee) VALUE ...... $68 2. $10 gift certificate (Angelato) 3. $15 gift card (Bedford Farms Ice Cream) S-27 Ladies Night Out VALUE ...... $45 1. $40 gift card for merchandise and/or services (Essencia Day Spa) S-35 Cambridge, MA 02138 2. Two tickets to “The Miracle at Naples” 1. One-year membership (Brattle Theatre) (Huntington Theatre Company) 2. Four tickets VALUE ...... $205 (Harvard Museum of Natural History) 3. Two tickets S-28 Extreme Makeover (Harvard University Art Museum) A complete makeover (A-Skin Care Salon) 4. Ten $5 vouchers (Uno Chicago Grill) VALUE ...... $320 5. $25 gift certificate to Joe Sent Me Restaurant (Bellex, Inc.) S-29 Jamaican Dinner 6. Three $10 gift certificates Jamaican dinner for four (Toscanini’s Ice Cream & Coffee) (Michelle Wallace) VALUE ...... $209 VALUE ...... $50 S-36 Fun & Games S-30 Don’t Look Down! 1. Five assorted games (Gamewright) Gift certificate for 2-for-1 tandem skydive 2. Three certificates for bowling (Skydive Pepperell) (Lanes and Games) VALUE ...... $225 3. Three one-hour games of billiards (The Wave) S-31 For the Love of Art 4. $25 gift card (Halfway Café) 1. Two painters select one piece of VALUE ...... $172 pottery each to paint (Made By Me) 2. Two passes (Museum of Fine Arts) S-37 Boston View 3. Five 1-2-3 draw books by Steve Barr 1. Four tickets to the Prudential Tower (Pathway Book Service) Skywalk (Skywalk Observatory) VALUE ...... $109 2. Two season tickets to 2009-10 concert series (The Boston Camerata) S-32 Feel the ArtBeat 3. Boston/Cambridge/Charles River 1. Play date for two (ArtBeat) skyline original 8x10 photograph 2. “The Big Blue Lump” and “Libby and (Jirair Hovsepian) the Cat” signed by Yetti Frenkel 4. $30 gift card (P.F. Chang’s China Bistro) (Snow Tree Books) VALUE ...... $200 VALUE ...... $64 S-38 It’s a Zoo Out There S-33 Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 1. Two passes to Roger Williams Park Zoo 1. $15 gift certificate (Linda’s Donuts) (Rhode Island Zoological Society) 2. $15 gift certificate (Spot Café) 2. Two passes (Southwick’s Zoo) 3. $25 gift card (Guido’s Café) 3. Four passes to Franklin Park or Stone 4. $25 gift card (John Brewer’s Tavern) Zoo (Zoo New England) VALUE ...... $80 VALUE ...... $110

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S-39 Crazy Hair Day S-46 Spring Fever 1. Haircut w/Robert (Robert’s Hair Salon) 1. Child’s springtime basket (CVS Store) 2. “Crazy Hair Day” signed book and CD 2. Girl’s orange cotton top and purple (Barney Saltzberg) parka (Rosemarie Sansone) VALUE ...... $120 3. Temporal artery thermometer (Exergen Corporation) S-40 Cut and Dry VALUE ...... $160 Haircut and blow-dry (Jathar Salon & Spa) VALUE ...... $60 S-47 Reading in Style 1. Five young readers books S-41 Cut, Dry and Facial (David R. Godine, Publisher) 1. Wash, haircut and blow-dry 2. Kuminimo–Japanese knotted necklace (Salon de Paris) (Life’s a Bead) 2. Gift certificate for ultra sonic facial 3. Brown sweater coat (Rosemarie Sansone) treatment (L’Essentiel) VALUE ...... $145 VALUE ...... $155 S-48 Let’s Get Physical S-42 All Aboard! Five training sessions (Fitness Together) 1. Twelve individual packaged Thomas VALUE ...... $400 the Tank Engine toys (Schyling Toys) 2. Two passes (Edaville USA) S-49 Big Night Out #1 VALUE ...... $218 1. Two A-level tickets to any one concert for the April 2009 concert series S-43 Ahhh (Boston Philharmonic Orchestra) 1. Three group classes and one private 2. Girl’s black party dress session of Pilates and/or yoga (Bodytrio) (Rosemarie Sansone) 2. One body massage (Lavender Spa) VALUE ...... $181 VALUE ...... $205 S-50 Big Night Out #2 S-44 Tea Party 1. Four tickets to Jose Mateo Ballet 1. Alice in Wonderland teapot, sugar bowl Theatre’s Spring 2009 performances and creamer (The Dowling Family) (Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre) 2. $20 gift certificate for quarter sheet 2. Girl’s black party dress cake (Quebrada Bakery) (Rosemarie Sansone) 3. Two $5 cub cash (Build-A-Bear) 3. $50 gift certificate (Jacques Tailoring) 4. Girl’s jumper and pink blouse 4. Five $5 coupons (Zoots Dry Cleaners) (Rosemarie Sansone) VALUE ...... $240 VALUE ...... $120 S-51 Day & Night #1 S-45 Miss Bindergarten Girl’s geometric knit dress and black party 1. Five Miss Bindergarten books, one Miss dress (Rosemarie Sansone) Bindergarten doll, signed by illustrator VALUE ...... $69 (Ashley Wolff) 2. $25 gift certificate (Growing Up S-52 Day & Night #2 Children’s Resale Boutique) Girl’s floral corduroy dress and black 3. Girl’s tweed jumper (Rosemarie Sansone) party dress (Rosemarie Sansone) VALUE ...... $135 VALUE ...... $64

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S-53 Sister’s Fashion Statement S-59 Field of Dreams Two girl’s floral corduroy dresses and two 1. Fenway Park skyline 8x10 original grey jumpers (Rosemarie Sansone) photograph (Jirair Hovsepian) VALUE ...... $148 2. $50 gift card (AceTicket.com) VALUE ...... $125 S-54 First Day of School #1 1. “Miss Bindergarten has a Wild Day in S-60 Pizza, Movie and Treat Kindergarten” signed book (Joseph Slate) 1. $25 gift card (Brother’s Pizza) 2. Girl’s floral corduroy dress, corduroy 2. Gift certificate, two adult and three pants, and top (Rosemarie Sansone) child tickets (Belmont Studio Cinema) 3. “Willow” by D. Brennan-Nelson and 3. $10 gift certificate (Angelato) “M is for Mayflower” by M. Theis Raven VALUE ...... $72 (Sleeping Bear Press/Cengage Learning) VALUE ...... $101 S-61 Kick It Up #3 Two-months martial arts training S-55 First Day of School #2 program (The School of Oom Yung Doe) 1. Two girl’s corduroy dresses and pants VALUE ...... $290 (Rosemarie Sansone) 2. “H is for Horse” by Mike Ulmer and S-62 Chrissa “M is for Majestic” by David Domeniconi 2009 American Girl Doll of the Year (Sleeping Bear Press/Cengage Learning) (American Girl) VALUE ...... $104 VALUE ...... $95

S-56 B.F.F. S-63 Eat Out/Eat In 1. Two girl’s velveteen party dresses 1. $50 gift card (Conley’s Pub and Grill) (Rosemarie Sansone) 2. $50 gift card (Roche Brothers) 2. $35 gift certificate (Butterfly Place) VALUE ...... $100 3. “The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast” by A. Aldridge S-64 Get Your Zzzz’s and W. Plomer (Candlewick Press) 1. $100 gift certificate VALUE ...... $141 (Sleepy’s Mattress Stores) 2. One hour gift certificate S-57 Dress Up and Strike a Pose (Belmont Therapeutic Massage Center) 1. Girl’s pink blouse and corduroy pants VALUE ...... $185 (Rosemarie Sansone) 2. Child’s portrait in oil (Joanna Dunn) S-65 Computers for Dummies #1 VALUE ...... $420 $75 gift certificate for computer, audio or video service, consultation or repair, plus S-58 Historic New England $20 coupon (Little Shop of Computers) 1. Household membership and tote bag VALUE ...... $95 (Historic New England) 2. Four tickets (Plimoth Plantation) S-66 It’s Elemental My Dear 3. Four tickets (Battleship Cove) 1. Five 30-minute chemistry tutoring 4. Two books (David R. Godine, Publisher) sessions with Chemistry PhD 5. “A Boy Named Beckoning” signed book (Emily Westover) (Lerner Publishing Group) 2. Two books (David R. Godine, Publisher) VALUE ...... $284 VALUE ...... $288

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S-67 Luxury to/from Logan S-73 Mother Nature Round-trip private car service from 1. Admission for two adults and two Belmont to Logan Airport children to Star Light, Star Bright, (United Worldwide Private Car Service) 3-21-09 at Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary VALUE ...... $195 (Mass Audubon) 2. $35 gift certificate on admissions S-68 Sweet Tooth and/or merchandise (Butterfly Place) 1. One dozen cupcakes (Kickass Cupcakes) 3. “Songs to Birds” by Jake Page and 2. Two dozen cookies of your choice “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett (Lakota Bakery) (David R. Godine, Publisher) 3. $5 gift card (A Chocolate Dream) 4. Five “Adventures of Riley” books and 4. “The Great Book of Chocolate” by two field journals (Eaglemont) David Lebovitz (Ten Speed Press) VALUE ...... $187 VALUE ...... $85 S-74 MASS Culture S-69 Newbies & Oldies 1. Two passes 1. iHome iPod Speaker System, universal (Mass Museum of Contemporary Art) ipod dock with remote control 2. Two passes (Norman Rockwell Museum) (Little Shop of Computers) 3. Two adult and two youth passes 2. $25 gift card (Newbury Comics) (Old Sturbridge Village) 3. Gift basket (Oldies 103.3 FM) 4. Family membership (The Eric Carle VALUE ...... $65 Museum of Picture Book Art) 5. “The Dot” signed and numbered limited S-70 Tex-Mex edition print (Author Peter H. Reynolds) 1. Texas Road House gift basket VALUE ...... $179 (Matt Frohne) 2. Two dinners (Jose’s Mexican Restaurant) S-75 Fooore! #1 3. “El Peso De Una Misa” and “En Ingles, 18 hole round of golf for four at Newton Por Supuesto” signed books by Commonwealth Golf Course Josephine Nobisso (Gingerbread House) (Sterling Golf Management Prop.) VALUE ...... $185 VALUE ...... $148

S-71 Peet’s Treat S-76 Fooore! #2 12 months of coffee, chocolate-covered 1. Round of golf for four at The Shattuck cranberries, coffee mug (Peet’s Coffee) Golf Club, Jaffrey, NH VALUE ...... $192 (Sterling Golf Management Prop.) 2. Golf gift basket (Belmont Savings Bank) S-72 Coffee, Tea, and a Read VALUE ...... $304 1. Four $5 gift cards and gift basket (Starbucks) S-77 Cheers! 2. Tea from Taiwan (Sufen Chen) 1. Wine basket: Cotes de Rhone, 3. “Change of Heart” hardcover signed champagne, Chardonnay, gourmet by Jodi Picoult (Simon and Schuster) snacks (Magnolia Wine Company) 4. Two Christmas books 2. Private tour and tasting for 10 people (David R. Godine, Publisher) (Westport Rivers Vineyard & Winery) VALUE ...... $123 3. Weekend rental (Enterprise Rental Car) VALUE ...... $236

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S-78 Geek Treat S-84 Listen and Learn 1. $20 off a one-hour workshop 1. Two A-level tickets to the 3-20-09 (Mad Science of Greater Boston) concert, two sound recordings 2. Five admissions (MIT Museum) (Boston Modern Orchestra Project) 3. Four children’s books by Brian P. 2. Two 30-minute intro drum lessons at Cleary (Lerner Publishing Group) Arlington Center for the Arts VALUE ...... $120 (Gil Graham’s Drumming School) VALUE ...... $203 S-79 Harvard vs. MIT 1. Four tickets to a Harvard University S-85 Middle Eastern Dinner varsity football game during the fall 1. Homemade Middle Eastern entrée and 2009 season, one Harvard hooded dessert for five (Noha Ahmed) sweatshirt (Harvard University) 2. Twelve piece kitchen spice gift box 2. Five admissions (MIT Museum) (Penzey’s Spices) VALUE ...... $98 VALUE ...... $150

S-80 Favorite Things S-86 Indian Dinner Handmade necklace, bracelet, and 1. Home cooked Indian meal for four earrings of freshwater pearls and sterling (Radhika Tavshikar and Sree Bhagwat) silver (Hanan Designs) 2. “Indian Summer” by VALUE ...... $150 Alex Von Tunzelmann (Picador) VALUE ...... $180 S-81 “Me” Time 1. One facial (Lavender Spa) S-87a Piano & Dance #1 2. Four days of after school childcare from 1. 40-minute piano lesson (Ani Hovsepian) 2:40-5:30pm, ages 5-10 (Sufen Chen) 2. 45-minute group class and 30-minute VALUE ...... $225 private lesson (Fred Astaire Dance Studio) VALUE ...... $90 S-82 Let’s Go for a Bike Ride! 1. Three bike riding lessons for adult or S-87b Piano & Dance #2 child, given by certified PE teacher 1. 40-minute piano lesson (Ani Hovsepian) (Theresa O’Connor) 2. 45-minute group class and 30-minute 2. $50 gift certificate and Giro youth bike private lesson (Fred Astaire Dance Studio) helmet (Wheelworks) VALUE ...... $90 3. Bike seat (The Shearing Shed) 4. “Two Boys on a Bike” digital print S-87c Piano & Dance #3 (Larry Sawires Yager) 1. 40-minute piano lesson (Ani Hovsepian) VALUE ...... $185 2. 45-minute group class and 30-minute private lesson (Fred Astaire Dance Studio) S-83 Drama Queen/King VALUE ...... $90 1. One enrollment in April vacation program (Watertown Children's Theatre) S-88 Learn Chinese and Share a Treat 2. Two 30-minute intro drum lessons at 1. Private Chinese tutor, four hours Arlington Center for the Arts (Sufen Chen) (Gil Graham’s Drumming School) 2. Gift certificate for ice cream sundae VALUE ...... $360 party for five (Brigham’s Ice Cream) VALUE ...... $60

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S-89 Little Miss S-95 Family Fun 1. The Artist-in-Me drawing kit 1. $75 gift certificate (Little Miss Matched) (Sarah Wheaton, Full Moon Restaurant) 2. “Daisy Dawson Is On Her Way” by Steve 2. Four passes (Big Apple Circus) Voake and “I Believe in Unicorns” by 3. $25 gift card (Fastachi Nuts) Michail Morpurgo (Candlewick Press) VALUE ...... $240 VALUE ...... $78 S-96 A.R.T. in Cambridge S-90 Smile 1. Two tickets to any show (American One-hour whitening procedure with Repertory Theatre, Loeb Drama Center) cosmetic consult (Dr. David Salibian) 2. $50 gift certificate for lunch or brunch VALUE ...... $500 for two (UpStairs on the Square) VALUE ...... $170 S-91 Dinner and Movies 1. $50 gift card to Ninety Nine Restaurant S-97 Mangiare, Eat! Risata, Laugh! (Alex and Mary Corbett) 1. Two $25 gift certificates 2. Nine passes to National Amusements (Al Dente Ristorante) Cinemas (Joe O’Donnell, Boston 2. Two tickets (North End Market Tours) Culinary Group) 3. Two tickets (Improv Asylum) 3. Two passes to the Boston Movie Mile VALUE ...... $190 walking tour or the Theatre-on-Wheels bus tour (Boston Movie Tours) S-98 The Maine Event VALUE ...... $190 One night accommodation for two with breakfast S-92 Ride the Charles (Nonantum Resort, Kennebunkport) 1. One day rental of canoe, kayak or double VALUE ...... $299 kayak (Charles River Canoe & Kayak) 2. Two tickets (Boston Duck Tours) S-99 Rx for Your Car 3. Sixty consecutive day boating pass, 1. Gift card (Belmont Car Wash) includes sailing, kayaking and 2. Engine oil and filter change, check fluids, windsurfing (Community Boating) rotate tires (Moraine Auto Repair) 4. Boston’s Back Bay 8x10 custom digital VALUE ...... $155 print (Larry Sawires Yager) VALUE ...... $369 S-100 Hit the Slopes 1. Two Community Spirit Day tickets S-93 Move and Be Moved (Wachusett Mountain) 1. Six-hour authentic movement group 2. Gift basket (Wachusett Brewing Co.) workshop (Deborah Goldman) 3. Two lift tickets for 2009-10 season 2. Two tickets to the 2009 season (Pat’s Peak Ski Resort) (Handel and Haydn Society–America’s VALUE ...... $204 Premier Chorus and Period Orchestra) VALUE ...... $206 S-101 Prime Time 1. Program club membership (WGBH) S-94 Live Action Adventure 2. Gift pack (Harpoon Brewery) 1. Four VIP passes to TOMB (5 Wits Inc.) 3. Four hardcover books (Picador) 2. Two books (David R. Godine, Publisher) 4. Slippers (The Shearing Shed) VALUE ...... $100 VALUE ...... $362

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S-102 Work Out then Pig Out S-109 Dad’s Night In 1. Three months membership, massage, 1. Four hardcover novels (Picador) try pack (Boston Sports Club) 2. Gift basket (Starbucks) 2. Five $10 gift cards (UFood Grill) 3. Men’s scuffs (The Shearing Shed) VALUE ...... $391 VALUE ...... $186

S-103 Relax with Tom Perrotta S-110 Picture Perfect 1. “Little Children,” “Abstinence 1. Cut and style (Dellaria Salon, Burlington) Teacher,” and “Election” signed books 2. One photography session and $75 (Tom Perrotta) print credit (Roseann Thebado) 2. $20 Starbucks gift card VALUE ...... $125 (Claire Welch and Ed Cornelia) 3. European tea basket S-111 Tell Me a Story #2 (Crumpets European Gifts) 1. Three giant children’s books VALUE ...... $150 (Mondo Publishing) 2. Four CDs (Ben Rudnick and Friends) S-104 Call the Sitter! VALUE ...... $150 One night deluxe accommodation at the Four Seasons Hotel (The Donnelly Family) S-112 Miss Spider VALUE ...... $450 1. Six “Miss Spider” books by David Kirk (Callaway Arts & Entertainment) S-105 Give Me a Hand 2. Three CDs of kids songs (David Polansky) 1. Family membership VALUE ...... $147 (Puppet Showplace Theatre) 2. Three books (David R. Godine, Publisher) S-113 Bon Appétit VALUE ...... $146 Authentic home cooked French meal for four people (French chef Philippe Kriebel) S-106 A Good Laugh VALUE ...... $200 Admission for 6–10 people (Dick’s Beantown Comedy Vault Productions) S-114 Serve It Up VALUE ...... $300 1. Two bronze loge tickets for US Open, 9-1-09 (US Open) S-107 Handymen 2. Season’s Buffet dinner for two up to 1. Four hours of carpentry work $40 (Mohegan Sun) (Colin Hamell) 3. Weekend rental (Enterprise Rental Car) 2. $25 off any service call (H.O. Electric) VALUE ...... $284 3. “Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Noisy Problem” by Chris Monroe S-115 All That Jazz (Lerner Publishing Group) Performance by solo jazz pianist VALUE ...... $242 (Tuffus Zimbabwe) VALUE ...... $250 S-108 Tell Me a Story #1 1. Three giant children’s books S-116 Fresh from the Farm (Mondo Publishing) Half-day visit, up to 10 people 2. Five different storytelling CDs by Jim (Chestnut Farms, central MA) Weiss (Greathall Productions, Inc.) VALUE ...... $100 VALUE ...... $165

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S-117 Hug a Tree S-124 Pakistani Dinner 7-8' Kousa Dogwood tree, delivered and Pakistani dinner for four, cooked and de- planted in Belmont or surrounding area livered anywhere in Boston (Farah Abbas) (Belmont Landscaping and Tree LLC) VALUE ...... $50 VALUE ...... $420 S-125 Say Cheeeese! S-118 Cambodian Cuisine 1. Photos of your special event $100 gift card (Elephant Walk Restaurant) (Lisa Gibalerio) VALUE ...... $100 2. 24x36 enlargement at Ritz Camera (Anonymous donor) S-119 Dinner’s on Me VALUE ...... $190 1. $25 gift certificate to Joe Sent Me Restaurant (Bellex, Inc.) S-126 Trapelo Road Trip 2. Dinner for two (Cambridge Common 1. Facial (Lavender Spa) and Lizard Lounge) 2. Gift certificate for wash, cut, dry VALUE ...... $75 (Marianne Vincent, Salon Kokopelli) 3. $25 gift certificate (All That Matters) S-120 It’s Show Time! 4. Five tickets (Belmont Car Wash) 1. Two tickets to any 2009 season VALUE ...... $192 performance (Central Square Theater) 2. Two tickets to Church of the Covenant S-127 Pipe and Drums 3-14-09 (Chorus Pro Musica) 1. Bagpiper, including full Scottish outfit 3. Two gift certificates to any 2009 (Alasdair Halliday) season performance 2. Two 30-minute intro drum lessons at (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater) Arlington Center for the Arts VALUE ...... $134 (Gil Graham’s Drumming School) VALUE ...... $365 S-121 Car Talk #1 1. One year membership S-128 Creative Critique (AAA Southern New England) 1. One in-depth manuscript critique of 2. Porter Square-Cambridge Car Wash & children’s picture book Detailing Center coupon book (Ammi-Joan Paquette) (Lechmere Auto Wash Centers) 2. “Cracking Creativity” (Ten Speed Press) VALUE ...... $105 VALUE ...... $75

S-122 Mark It Up S-129 Car Talk #2 Three hours of editorial services (Boston 1. $25 gift certificate Globe correspondent Denise Taylor) (Waverley Square Sunoco) VALUE ...... $150 2. Six car washes (Randy’s Car Wash) VALUE ...... $79 S-123 A New You Gift certificate toward a treatment, S-130 It’s the Little Things that Count options include Botox cosmetic, mole 1. Gift basket with homemade soaps removal, scar revision, earlobe repair or (Deborah Clark) facial surgery 2. $25 gift certificate (BookEnds) (Plastic surgeon Jeffrey Spiegel, MD) 3. $20 gift card (Fastachi Nuts) VALUE ...... $400 VALUE ...... $80

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S-131 Computers for Dummies #2 S-138 Party at Joe’s #1 Three one-hour computer hardware or Gift certificate for birthday party for 10 software support, training or installation (Tokyo Joe's Studio of Self Defense) (Noha Ahmed) VALUE ...... $150 VALUE ...... $150 S-139 Fruits of Labor S-132 Boston by Land and by Sea 1. Two and one half hours instruction on 1. Six tickets to walking tours of Boston the preparation of a four course meal, (Boston by Foot) complete with recipes and techniques 2. $50 gift card (Legal Sea Foods) (Chef Robert Matulonis) 3. $20 gift certificate 2. Handcrafted vinyl lettering sign– (Turners Seafood Grill & Market) “Happy Harvest” (Deborah Clark) VALUE ...... $142 3. $25 gift certificate (A. Russo & Sons, Fruit & Vegetables) S-133 Fish Frenzy VALUE ...... $153 1. Two whale watch passes (Capt. Bill's Whale Watch & Deep Sea Fishing) S-140 Wearable Art 2. Hand crafted vinyl lettering sign 1. Men’s XL tie-dye T-shirt “Gone Fishin” (Deborah Clark) (Chase & Woerner Family) 3. Everything needed to start a fish tank, 2. Lap pad, foam crown, chalkboard T-shirt fish excluded (Belmont Pet Store) and placemat, glitter glue (Zookies) 4. “Stanley and the Class Pet” by Barney 3. “Artful Reading” by Bob Raczka Saltzberg (Candlewick Press) (Lerner Publishing Group) VALUE ...... $166 VALUE ...... $182

S-134 Watertown Food & Spirits S-141 Earth Art 1. $50 gift card (Conley’s Pub and Grill) Bogolan class (mud painting) for five 2. $25 gift card (Asiana Fusion) (Dianne Zimbabue) 3. $25 gift certificate (Celebrity Pizza) VALUE ...... $300 4. $20 gift card (Donohue’s Bar and Grill) VALUE ...... $120 S-142 Broadway the Boston Way 1. Two tickets to 2009 season S-135 Mid-week Break in NH (Lyric Stage Co. of Boston) Two night mid-week stay 2. Boston Skyline 8x10 original (Mt. Washington Accommodations, photograph, mounted on foam board Attitash Marketplace Motel) (Jirair Hovsepian) VALUE ...... $258 VALUE ...... $175

S-136 Crystal Clear S-143 Olde Boston Waterford cut glass decanter 1. Four passes (Old South Meeting House) (As Tyme Goes By) 2. Annual family membership VALUE ...... $250 (USS Constitution Museum) 3. “M is for Mayflower” and “One if by S-137 Get Out of Jail Free Land” signed hardcover books One night stay in “ultra fantastic” room (Illustrator Jeannie Brett) w/breakfast for two (Liberty Hotel Boston) VALUE ...... $106 VALUE ...... $630

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S-144 New Year’s Resolution S-149 It’s a Small World Three months full privilege membership 1. Handmade red tote bag, embellished (Mount Auburn Club) with dolls representing Butler students VALUE ...... $800 (Eneida Aguilar) 2. “Milestones“ (Ten Speed Press/ S-145 City on the Hill Celestial Arts/Tricycle Press) 1. Two tickets to “The Miracle at Naples” 3. English and Spanish books, one each: (Huntington Theatre Company) “My Granny Went to Market,” 2. Two $25 gift certificates (Mantra) “We All Went on Safari,” “Off We Go to 3. Two tickets to 2009 season Mexico,” “We're Sailing to Galapagos” (SpeakEasy Stage Company) (Bearfoot Books) 4. Boston Skyline 8x10 original 4. “My Newish Jewish Discovery” and photograph, mounted on foam board “Kids’ Kosher Cuts” CDs (Craig-n-Co) (Jirair Hovsepian) 5. Three coupons for caramel or candy apple VALUE ...... $392 (Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory) VALUE ...... $112 S-146 Somerville Spree 1. $50 gift certificate (The Burren) S-150 Korean Mask 2. Four passes to the Somerville Theatre Korean traditional mask (Youjin Kim) or the Capitol Theatre (FEI Theatres) VALUE ...... $50 3. Somerville Car Wash & Detailing coupon book (Lechmere Auto Wash Centers) S-151 Picture This VALUE ...... $122 1. $25 gift card (Green Tangerine Spa & Salon) S-147 Belmont Center Bundle 2. Portrait sitting for up to eight 1. $35 gift certificate (Click Imagery) (Thirty Petals Boutique) VALUE ...... $325 2. $35 gift certificate (Terra Firma) 3. $25 gift card (An Elegant Affair) S-152 Book Club Time 4. $30 gift certificate (Belmont Toys) 1. Three novels (Picador) 5. $5 gift card (A Chocolate Dream) 2. Gift basket (Starbucks) VALUE ...... $130 VALUE ...... $120

S-148 Earthy Crunchy S-153 Lookin’ Good 1. “Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga LIVE!” 1. Facial gift certificate (Lavender Spa) DVD and yoga mat 2. One hour massage (Baptiste Power Yoga Institute) (Essential Body Works) 2. Hamilton Beach Meal Maker Express 3. 17-inch strand of Swarovski indoor grill (Pam and Tom Ferraro) champagne pearls and crystals 3. Assorted hemp soaps, shaving soap complemented by a pair of gel, balm, lotion coordinating earrings (Melissa Doyle) (Dr. Bronner’s Magic All-One Soaps) 4. Handcrafted bronze mirror made from 4. “Pitching My Tent” signed hardcover imported Spanish tiles (Terra Cotta Tile) (Anita Diamant) VALUE ...... $253 VALUE ...... $60

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S-154 Picture Day S-159 Dinner Around the World 1. $25 gift certificate (Growing Up 1. $25 gift certificate (Pho and Thai) Children’s Resale Boutique) 2. $25 gift certificate (Savinos Grill) 2. Gift basket of coupons 3. $20 gift certificate (Snip-its, Burlington) (La Casa De Pedro–Fine Latin Cuisine) 3. “Crazy Hair Day” CD by Barney VALUE ...... $70 Saltzberg (Craig-n-Co) 4. Temporal artery thermometer S-160 Away It Goes (Exergen Corporation) Two hours of professional organizing VALUE ...... $115 services (Away It Goes) VALUE ...... $150 S-155 American Girl Goodies 1. Made-to-order bathrobe set for a girl S-161 Waltham Works for Me and her American Girl doll, or other 1. $50 gift card (Skellig Bar & Restaurant) 18" doll (Kathleen Kim) 2. $25 gift card (OMI Salon and Spa) 2. “Celebrate Friends” CD (Craig-n-Co) VALUE ...... $75 VALUE ...... $50 S-162 Cushing Square Outing S-156 The Puck Stops Here 1. $25 gift certificate (Ben Franklin Store) 1. Cam Neely signed 8x10 picture 2. $25 gift certificate (Blue Sky Sports & Entertainment) (Growing Up Children’s Resale Boutique) 2. David Krejci signed Bruins hockey puck 3. $10 gift certificate (Teddy’s Kitchen) (Boston Bruins Foundation) 4. Five children’s books (Candlewick Press) 3. Set of 10 Brady books signed by Mary VALUE ...... $150 Shaw and Chuck Temple (Brady) VALUE ...... Priceless S-163 Teen Scene 1. $60 gift card toward any teen cooking S-157 Performance Mania class (Cambridge School of Culinary Arts) 1. Four vouchers (Gloucester Stage Co.) 2. “From Alice to Zen and Everyone in 2. Two tickets to any performance of Between” by Elizabeth Atkinson “Bad Dates” or two “B” tickets to any (Lerner Publishing Group) show in 2009-10 season 3. Young adult fiction books: “Slant” (Shakespeare & Company) “Perfect,” and “No Place” 3. Four tickets to a Kaleidoscope Children’s (Milkweed Editions) Theatre performance during the 2009 4. Gift certificate for five cheese pizzas season (South Shore Music Circus) (Thyago’s Pizza) 4. Two tickets to “Dance Meet the Artist” 5. Gift certificate for ice cream sundae performance (Summer Stage Dance at party for five (Brigham’s Ice Cream) Concord Academy) 6. $5 gift card (A Chocolate Dream) VALUE ...... $452 VALUE ...... $169

S-158 Use It, Lose It S-164 Farewell to Mr. MacDonald 1. 28-day guest pass Six tickets to a Mr. MacDonald farewell (Waverley Oaks Athletic Club) cookout featuring 70 pound roasted pork 2. Gift certificate for one pair of athletic “a La Caja China” style (Azocar Family) shoes (Asics) VALUE ...... Priceless VALUE ...... $175

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S-165 Work Out/Work In S-172 Learn to Make Music 1. Boston Sports Club 30-day membership 1. 40-minute piano lesson (Ani Hovsepian) (Town Sports International) 2. Two 30-minute intro drum lessons at 2. In-home personal training session Arlington Center for the Arts (Rachel Scacl, Personal Trainer) (Gil Graham's Drumming School) VALUE ...... $185 3. Two 30-minute voice lessons, adult or child 7+ (Noune Karapetian-Babroudi) S-166 Enchanted Tales VALUE ...... $213 Barefoot Books “Enchanted Tales” gift collection (Lisa Oteri) S-173 Happy Birthday To You! VALUE ...... $140 Themed birthday cake designed for the special person in your life (Yuri Sung) S-167a Touchdown! #1 VALUE ...... $50 1. Rodney Harrison–#37 signed NE Patriot football (Kerivan-Lane) S-174 Thrill Seekers 2. Ben Watson signed 8x10 picture White water rafting for two in Montreal, (Blue Sky Sports & Entertainment) includes equipment, instruction, lunch, VALUE ...... Priceless rafting, and tour (Target Sport Adventures) VALUE ...... $150 S-167b Touchdown! #2 1. Adalius Thomas–#96 signed NE Patriot S-175 Soccer Fun w/Mr. Bisceglia-Kane football (Kerivan-Lane) 1. One week camp at Champion Soccer 2. Four tickets to a Harvard University School in Wayland, Aug. 10–14 2009, varsity football home game during the grades K–12 (Brian Bisceglia-Kane) fall 2009 season (Harvard University) 2. Four tickets to a 2009 Boston Breakers VALUE ...... Priceless game, gift basket (Boston Breakers) VALUE ...... $260 S-168 Technical Help for Dummies Four hours of technical support of S-176 Rushe Bling windows/unix/linux/home networking Handmade sterling silver and Swarovski (Patrick M. Whittemore) pearl rope bracelet (Kathy Rushe) VALUE ...... $400 VALUE ...... $75

S-169 Party at Joe’s #2 S-177 Reporting Live Gift certificate for birthday party for 10 Tour of studio for five people (NECN) (Tokyo Joe's Studio of Self Defense) VALUE ...... Priceless VALUE ...... $150 S-178 Daniel & Butler S-170 Mangia! Two handmade monster dolls named Italian gift basket (Elizabeth Gray) “Daniel” and “Butler” (Joanna Dunn) VALUE ...... $65 VALUE ...... $30

S-171 Under the Sea S-179 Just Dustin Two adult full view masks, adult mask Dustin Pedroia signed photo and snorkel set, child fin (Diver Jim’s) (Boston Red Sox) VALUE ...... $400 VALUE ...... Priceless

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S-180 I DARE You Lunch for two with Belmont Police DARE Officer, Mike Horan (Belmont Police Dept.) VALUE ...... Priceless

S-181 Belmont PD 1. Tour of police station with Chief Richard McLaughlin (Belmont Police Dept.) 2. $20 gift certificate (Nick’s Place) VALUE ...... Priceless

S-182 Belmont FD 1. Tour of fire station with Chief David Frizzell (Belmont Fire Dept.) 2. One large cheese pizza (Belmont Pizza) VALUE ...... Priceless

S-183 Watertown PD 1. Tour of police station with Chief Deveau (Watertown Police Dept.) 2. $30 gift card (Not Your Average Joe’s) VALUE ...... Priceless

S-184 Sports Fun “Sports” gift basket (Ms. Wolfe’s class) VALUE ...... Priceless

S-185 Football Fun “Superbowl/Football” gift basket (Mrs. Matthew’s class) VALUE ...... Priceless

S-186 Six Flags Fun “Six Flags Theme Park” gift basket (Mrs. Filippi’s class) VALUE ...... Priceless

S-187 Family Fun “Family Fun Night” gift basket (Mrs. Messing’s class) VALUE ...... Priceless

S-188 Math and Science Fun “Math and Science Games” gift basket (Third grade class) VALUE ...... Priceless

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L-1 Curse Reversed L-8 P-A-R-T-Y 1. World Series score card signed from Three hour, 30 person private karaoke 10-27-04 Red Sox vs. St. Louis party, includes food, excludes Saturday (RemDawg Nation) nights (Limelight Stage & Studios) 2. One hour batting cage rental VALUE ...... $1,000 (Extra Innings) 3. Four tickets to PawSox vs. Rochester L-9 Rise & Shine at Butler Red Wings 4-21-09 Butler breakfast for three students in the (Pawtucket Red Sox Baseball Club) staff room at 8am, before school begins VALUE ...... Priceless (Kristin Romig and Georgiana Chinn) VALUE ...... Priceless L-2 Cape Retreat #1 Truro home during vacation week April L-10 Fun with Mrs. Blanchard 19–26, or June 28–July 5 or week in Sept. After school activity for student and (Brian Biscelia-Kane) friend, activity will be selected w/student VALUE ...... $1,600 (Susan Blanchard) VALUE ...... Priceless L-3 Gift from Kindergarten Quilt (Kindergarten class) L-11 Fun with Mrs. Appugliese VALUE ...... Priceless Craft play date for three students after school (Alicia Appugliese) L-4 Fun with Ms. Hannon VALUE ...... Priceless After school activity for student and friend, activity will be selected w/student L-12 Fun w/Ms. Wolfe & Mrs. Murphy (Lauren Hannon) Craft and snack hour after school for VALUE ...... Priceless student and three friends (Marnie Wolfe and Suzanna Murphy) L-5 Ice Cream Treat w/Ms. Goldshine VALUE ...... Priceless Ice cream play date after school for three students (Ellen Goldshine) L-13 Breaking News VALUE ...... Priceless Tour of Channel 5 Studios, for up to 10 people, must be 10+, M-F at 11:30am L-6 Beading Fun with Butler Ladies (WCVB TV/DT Channel 5 Boston) Bead jewelry making workshop for four VALUE ...... Priceless students at Butler after school (Colleen Ryder, Penny Hoarty, Nancy L-14 Spa Day with Butler Teachers Landry, and Stacey Conley) Afternoon at the “Butler Spa” (a classroom VALUE ...... Priceless will be transformed) for six people, includes manicures, decorative hair up dos, soothing L-7 GOOOAL! neck warmers, massages, tea w/tasty treats 1. Two tickets to any 2009 Revolution (Helena Chan, Jennifer Matthews, Faythe home match (New England Revolution) Beauchemin, Sarah Shelton, Cindy Crowley) 2. One week camp at Champion Soccer VALUE ...... Priceless School in Wayland, Aug. 17–21 2009 grades K–12 (Brian Bisceglia-Kane)

VALUE ...... Priceless

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L-15 Artwork by The Art Teacher L-22 The Puck Stops Here Sergie’s Farm in Belmont, framed oil 1. Men’s BC hockey jersey signed by painting on gessoed paper, 9x12 whole team (Boston College) (Adrienne Landry) 2. Chuck Kobasew signed Bruins hockey VALUE ...... $600 puck (Boston Bruins Foundation) VALUE ...... Priceless L-16 Learn to Play Piano w/Mrs. Mili Eight weeks of private piano instruction, L-23 Gift from Second Grade including materials, must have piano for Painted toy chest filled with 14 children’s practice and be available on the following books (Second grade class) Tuesdays: March 24, 31; April 7, 14, 28; VALUE ...... Priceless May 5, 12, 19 (Rosanne Mili) VALUE ...... $200 L-24 Luck of the Irish 1. Two premium club tickets to the Celtics L-17 What a Pass! vs. Miami Heat game, March 18, 7pm 1. Two tickets to each home basketball (Cambridge Trust Company, Belmont) game in the 2009-10 season 2. Rajon Rondo signed Celtics shirt, Celtics (Boston College) Champions 2008 hat and sticker, and 2. Doug Flutie signed 8x10 photo 2008-09 media guide (Banner Seventeen) (K Sports & Entertainment) VALUE ...... Priceless VALUE ...... $800 L-25 Go BRUINS! L-18 Gift from Mrs. Blanchard’s Class 1. Marco Sturm signed Bruins hockey Table setting for four: plates, bowls, water puck (Boston Bruins Foundation) goblets, napkins (Mrs. Blanchard’s class) 2. Patrice Bergeron signed game jersey VALUE ...... Priceless (Boston Bruins Foundation) 3. “Dino-Hockey” signed by author Lisa L-19 Cape Retreat #2 Wheeler (Lerner Publishing Group) Four nights for up to six people in a VALUE ...... Priceless spacious house in North Truro, anytime until 5-23-09, three bedrooms, 2.5 baths L-26 Early Release Extravaganza (Don Becker) Pizza lunch for three (age 5+) followed by VALUE ...... $1,000 a visit to Life’s a Bead where each child will create a piece of jewelry, return to school L-20 Clean Up with Mrs. Cavanaugh at 2:40pm, March 11 or 18 (Connie Page, Cleaning play date after school for three Nancy Derderian, Jocelyn Record) students: bring your favorite CD; food VALUE ...... Priceless and juice provided; after cleaning Mrs. Cavanaugh will walk students home L-27 Three for Tee (Donna Cavanaugh) A day of golf for three at Granite Links VALUE ...... Priceless Golf Course, Quincy (Eric Liriano) VALUE ...... $500 L-21 “Club Kachiune” Game, dinner and activity for student and L-28 Gift from Ms. Hannon’s Class up to five friends, starting at noon Painted toy chest filled with 14 children’s (Justin Chiu & Brian Bisceglia-Kane) books (Ms. Hannon’s class) VALUE ...... Priceless VALUE ...... Priceless

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L-29 Gift from Ms. Beauchemin’s Class L-37 Gift from Mr. Chiu’s Class Children’s interpretation of Butler school, “Reflections on fourth grade”—photo framed (Ms. Beauchemin’s class) portraits with meaningful words from VALUE ...... Priceless students (Mr. Chiu’s class) VALUE ...... Priceless L-30 Gift from LABBB Class Two coffee gift baskets: five mugs painted L-38 Red Sox Nation by students and kiln-fired, coffee, cookies 1. Two tickets to Red Sox vs. Blue Jays, and “The Coffee Diet” (LABBB class) 8-28-09, Loge box 160 VALUE ...... Priceless (Jen and Arthur Palmer) 2. Jon Lester signed photo L-31 Gift from Mrs. Cavanaugh’s Class (Boston Red Sox) Handmade gift cards 3. Custom 8x10 digital print of an aerial (Mrs. Cavanaugh’s class) view of Braves Field, Boston VALUE ...... Priceless (Larry Sawires Yager) 4. “Dynasty: The Inside Story of How the L-32 Cheese, Glorious Cheese! Red Sox Became a Baseball Powerhouse” Private tour of cheese caves for four led signed book (Paola Thompson) by cheese buyer, includes a viewing of two VALUE ...... Priceless aging caves, discussion of different cheese/ wine pairings, and a sampling of favorites, L-39 Gift from Mrs. Appulgiese’s Class 60-90 minutes (Formaggio Kitchen) Large terra cotta planter painted with a VALUE ...... $200 garden theme (Mrs. Applugiese’s class) VALUE ...... Priceless L-33 Gift from First Grade Self portrait quilt (First grade class) L-40 Gift from Fourth Grade VALUE ...... Priceless Handcrafted maple chair decoupaged with students’ artwork (Fourth grade class) L-34 Gift from Mrs. Ryder’s Class VALUE ...... Priceless Collage with each student’s photo, mounted and framed (Mrs. Ryder’s class) L-41 Farewell to Mr. MacDonald VALUE ...... Priceless Mr. MacDonald farewell cookout for six people featuring 70 pound roasted pork L-35 Gift from Third Grade “a La Caja China” style (Azocar Family) “I Wish” framed stars, 24x30 VALUE ...... Priceless (Third grade class) VALUE ...... Priceless L-42 Me and Mr. MacDonald Lunch and a movie with Mr. MacDonald L-36 Sunny or Cloudy? for three students (Bruce MacDonald) Channel 4 Meteorologist Todd Gutner VALUE ...... Priceless will visit a classroom and discuss weather (Todd and Rachael Gutner) VALUE ...... Priceless