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Serving Other Souls
S.O.S.
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S.O.S. Mission Statement
Serving Other Souls is a
servant-leadership group built to create leaders through service based
initiatives. The members of S.O.S. are students of Franklin Regional
Middle School who are dedicated to helping individuals with great need.
S.O.S members can offer their time, talent, or treasure to
S.O.S service projects that aim to improve the lives of those who need support.
The overall goal of S.O.S. is to increase empathy and decrease apathy in all
S.O.S. members as we serve those souls who need assistance.
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S.O.S. Contact Info |
Email Mr. Cooley at cool.emath74@gmail.com
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Call Mr. Cooley at 412.496.8994 (only in emergency) |
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S.O.S. Calendar
(S.O.S. meeting are usually the 2nd & 4th Mondays
of month from 3 - 3:45 in Room 201)
| September |
October |
November |
December |
January |
Febuary |
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24 |
Meeting from
3 - 3:45 in LGI |
1 to 17 |
Thanksgiving
Food Drive |
12 |
Meeting from
3 - 3:45 in 201 |
9 |
Meeting from
3 - 3:45 in 201 |
13 |
Meeting from
3 - 3:45 in 201 |
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Thanksgiving
Food Drive |
14 |
Meeting from
3 - 3:45 in 201 |
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Christmas Caroling at Golden Living Senior
Center in Murrysville off Logans Ferry Road at 5:45 PM (meet at
5:30 in parking lot) (permission slip) |
30 |
Meeting from
3 - 3:45 in 201 |
27 |
Meeting from
3 - 3:45 in 201 |
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Christmas
presents to homeless. Meet at FRMS at 7 A.M., bus leaves
for Pgh. by 7:15 AM at the latest and returns to FRMS by 11 at the latest
(permission slip) |
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In-school field trip to
Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank.
Permission slips guarantee spot on bus for 1st 30 SOS
members who turn in permission slip. Trip is also
contingent on 5 parent chaperones. (1 adult for every 5
kids). Please send Mr. Cooley text or
email to chaperone |
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June
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July
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August
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Charity bowling event for Kristin Croyle at
Legacy Lanes from 6:30 - 9 PM. $20 per bowler.
Click her for permission slips |
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Meeting from
3 - 3:45 in 201 |
9 |
Meeting from
3 - 3:45 in 201 |
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Meeting from
3 - 3:45 in 201 |
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Meeting from
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Meeting from
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Meeting from
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Prepare, serve, and clean-up a complete
Italian dinner for up to 40 people who are some of the families at the
Ronald McDonald Home
attached to Children's Hospital. We leave by bus at 3:15ish and
will return to school after 8 PM.
Click here for permission slip |
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S.O.S. News |
| From March 23 to March 30, 2012, FRMS
asked S.O.S. to help organize a backpack drive for over 30 students in
West Liberty, KY who lost most or all of their belongs, including school
supplies to two terrible tornadoes that struck the town over a 36 hour
period. S.O.S. asked families of the middle school to donate
enough backpacks and school supplies to fill 32 new backpacks full of
school goodies for the students West Liberty. The families of FRMS
exceeded that goal by filling 39 backpacks and we had an additional 42
packs (unfilled) to donate to other schools in the area. Mr. Fleming
delivered the supplies and donated gift cards and clothing that the
Endeavor House was organizing to KY on Sat. March 31. The students
and staff of West Liberty thank you for your dedication to their needs! |
Donated supplies were piling up during the collection. |
Students work in assembly line to load the packs. |
Completely filled packs are prepared for our KY friends. These packs not
only brought needed supplies, they brought hope!!! |
Castle students and S.O.S. members deliver finished packs to Mr. Fleming
who drove the donations down to KY. |
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| On Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 18 S.O.S.
members visited the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) where families live
while they have a sick child in Pittsburgh Children's Hospital.
These families come to a common dining room in the Penthouse level of
the Ronald McDonald House to receive free meals donated and prepared by
local non-profit organizations. S.O.S. purchased, prepared,
served, and cleaned a complete pasta dinner with all the trimmings for
over 40 individuals living in the RMH. It was one of the most
rewarding S.O.S. events to date. |
S.O.S. hanging with Ronald |
Preparing meat for the pasta meat sauce |
Creating place settings for our guests |
Dinner is just about ready |
S.O.S. members serving and sharing time with our guests |
This group did amazing work. They rocked!! |
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| On Friday, March 2, 2012, members of
S.O.S. traveled to Legacy Lanes in Bethel Park to participate in "Pins
for Kristin". This charity bowling event was created by friends
and family of Kristin Croyle, a Murrysville mother of 8, who has been
stricken with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer. S.O.S. members who could
not attend did make donations as well to the Croyle Cancer Fund.
If you are interested in helping the Croyle family, you can learn more
info by
clicking this link. |
S.O.S. members bowl to help support Kristin Croyle and her fight against
pancreatic cancer. |
S.O.S. members pose for a picture w/ Kristin (in the black & pink).
Kristin appreciated our support. |
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| On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, S.O.S.
members traveled to the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank for a field trip to
offer their talent and time to help needy families by re-packaging fish
sticks from two larger 5-pound bags to four 2.5-pound bags. The
2.5 pound bag was the serving size for each needy family, and the Food
Bank re-packages 2.2 million pounds of food
each month in this fashion to make serving
sizes that allow all needy families who apply for help to be served. |
S.O.S. members work in pairs to re-package fish sticks to be
delivered to local food pantries to help needy families |
S.O.S. worked for 3 hours on the floor helping re-package the fish
sticks from two 5-pound bags into four 2.5-pound bags. |
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| On
Fri. Dec. 23 2011, S.O.S. departed for 1st annual trip to deliver clothes to
the homeless. Families of FRMS donated over 500 gifts of clothing and
other cold-weather gear to our S.O.S. collection drive. The
students of Castle House (many of which are S.O.S. members)
hand-wrapped, organized, and packed a 17 ft. Uhaul truck full of these
over 500 items, and S.O.S members with their parents (over 75 members
and parents combined) delivered the gifts to 4 different shelters or
agencies that serve the homeless or needy. We sung carols as well
with those whom we served. It was an amazing day
that many of us will never forget! |
Students working to wrap donated clothing items
for the homeless and needy souls of Pittsburgh |
Students working to wrap donated clothing items
for the homeless and needy souls of Pittsburgh |
Over 500 gifts wrapped for the homeless waiting to
be loaded on the UHaul truck by the students |
Over 500 gifts wrapped for the homeless waiting to
be loaded on the UHaul truck by the students |
The Uhaul track packed with S.O.S. goodies for the
homeless! |
Some of S.O.S. who helped pack the UHaul truck
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S.O.S. members and families unload gifts at
Shepherd's Heart Homeless Shelter to prepare for our first encounter
with the neediest of Pittsburgh and bring them love and joy. |
S.O.S. members & their families standing near 5th
Avenue next to Bethlehem Haven Women's Shelter. We sung Christmas
carols to the ladies & those on 5th Avenue. |
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| On Thurs., Dec. 22, 2011, S.O.S.
members met outside Golden Living Senior Center off of Sardis Road to
prepare to sing Christmas carols to the elderly residents of Golden
Living Center. We visited multiple rooms and the Alzheimer's
Center to visit some of the neediest patients and bring them love and
joy. The kids and the patients truly enjoyed the experience. |
S.O.S. meets outside of Golden Living Senior
Center. The team was excited to go in and talk to and sing for the
elderly. Man of these members will be visiting a center like this for
the first time. My children are the 2 in the front in green and
pink. My hope is to inspire them to grow into awesome souls!
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S.O.S. members convene in the Golden Living
cafeteria and open with multiple Christmas carols for the elderly and
needy we are there to serve. The twinkle in the eyes of the
patients built hope in me that through acts of service, these kids can
acquire the empathy needed to be a successful adult. |
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| S.O.S. held a Thanksgiving Food Drive
from Oct. 30 - Nov. 17. During these 3 weeks, a grand total of 72 frozen
turkeys were donated and 70 boxes of complete side dishes such as
stuffing, potatoes, cranberries, ... were collected and organized.
These donations were then delivered to many families or the families
came to Middle School to pick up their meal. 50 families to date have
received a complete Thanksgiving Dinner to date. Many families, due to
size of family, received multiple boxes of sides and multiple turkeys.
S.O.S. thanks all FRMS parents for your amazing support!!! |
Mr. Cooley motivating the troops before we start
the food organization during one of the days of the food drive |
Students organized food into categories so that
when we created our assesmbly lines, we could make complete meals. |
An assembly line that Henry Ford would have been
proud to see. The students worked over multiple days during their
lunch periods to complete the task of preparing over 70 complete meals
that included potatoes, stuffings, dessert, vegetables, fruit juice,
bread, sweet potatoes, cranberries, and of course a frozen turkey that
we added later to the meal. |
On Nov. 9,
We delivered our first 10 complete meals to Loaves and Fishes Food
Pantry for needy families in our community. We had 8 of the 20
meals ready and prepared for families of FRMS that picked up their meal
on 11-18-11.
The kids walked a quarter mile from the middle school to Fishes and
Loaves and enjoyed their time transporting these dinners. |
Westmoreland Co. Food Bank benefits from our food
drive my accepting 450 pounds of extra food that we have left over after
all 70 meals were organized and boxed for delivery. They were
thankful for the donations from our members and families of FRMS. Food
Bank depend on food drives like these to help at the holidays. |
Mr. Cooley's van packed with meals that he and his
family delivered the Monday evening before Thanksgiving. The ability to
show my own children what generosity looks like from the donation to the
delivery and the look they saw in the eyes of the recipients is worth
more than all the world's gold. |
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| On Wed. Nov 2, a
Murrysville family of nine lost 99.9% of their belongs to a fire. Due
to over 40 generous donations from FRMS families, S.O.S. was proud to
present $2,239.50 worth of gift cards on Friday, Nov. 11th to the
family. The gift cards to local businesses will help the family replace
clothing, shoes, and daily living essentials lost in the fire. S.O.S.
members used $200 from their bank account to purchase one of the cards
in the grand total. There have been additional donations, and S.O.S
presented the new gift cards to the family on Friday, Nov. 18th.
The new overall grand total donated to the
family was $3,450.50. Thank you! |
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| S.O.S. founding opportunity came in the
wake of the tornadoes that damaged or destroyed many homes and schools in the Hempfield School District and the Japanese tsunami in the Spring of
2011. Castle house students collaborated together to create
in-school and out-of-school service projects. 2 teams of students
traveled to the Westmoreland Co. Salvation Army to help stock supplies and
organize donations to be handed out to families affected by the tornado.
The remaining Castle students (back at FRMS) made origami cranes to donate to an
organization that would send $ to Japan for every crane created and
mailed. The students read a story about the important tradition the
crane plays in the Japanese culture. The students at school also
made Japanese bookmarks that signify faith, hope, and love. |
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S.O.S. Documents |
| S.O.S. Contract/Contact Paperwork |
S.O.S. Event
Paperwork |
S.O.S. Rules and
Contract
(all members must complete)
S.O.S.
Contact Info Sheet
(all members must complete) |
Thanksgiving Food Drive Info
and Donation Sheet |
| Christmas
Caroling at Senior Center Field Trip Permission Slip |
| Clothing for
the Homeless Field Trip Permission Slip |
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Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank Field Trip Permission Slip |
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Pins for Kristin Charity Bowling Event Permission Slip |
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Ronald McDonald House Dinner for Patients Field Trip Permission Slip |
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S.O.S. Financial Statement
S.O.S. is a registered EIN account bearing
non-profit who is currently filing for official 501c3 non-profit at the
federal level. S.O.S. has an account at a local bank, and our
records are listed here on our site for transparency. S.O.S. records and keeps all receipts from purchases for our tax records.
S.O.S. will file yearly tax return by a local CPA to comply with
non-profit tax laws. If you would like to donate to S.O.S., have
any questions, or need to view the official bank records of S.O.S.,
please contact Mr. Cooley. |
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Date (most recent listed from top to bottom)
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Reason or topic of debit or credit
When
deposit of dues is listed, S.O.S. lists how many members made a
dues payment and lists the total number of paying members of
S.O.S.
(Dues are not required to participate in
S.O.S., but if your family can afford the dues, it helps us fund
our mission)
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Deposit / Check
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Balance
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2/29/12 |
S.O.S. check written to Myers Buses to pay for transportation
for S.O.S. field trip to the Greater Pittsburgh Book Bank (pics
to follow) |
SOS Check 316 |
-150.00 |
$512.37 |
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02/06/12
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Payment of $125 to State of PA to file for Incorporation as a
registered non-profit in PA (1st step to federal 501c3
non-profit status) |
SOS Check 315
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- $125.00 |
$662.37 |
| 01/17/12 |
Deposit of anonymous
donation |
Deposit 21 |
+ 10.00 |
$787.37 |
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01/13/12
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S.O.S. check written to cancer fund of local mother of 8
children with stage 4 cancer
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SOS Check 314
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- $100.00
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$777.37
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12/23/11
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Deposit of dues (2 members) (41)
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Deposit 20
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+ $60.00
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$877.37
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12/23/11
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S.O.S. check written to pay for rental of UHaul truck to deliver
gifts to the homeless (They gave us a nice discount)
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SOS Check 313
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- $74.70
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$817.37
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12/23/11
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S.O.S. check written to Myers Buses for 2 school buses (They
gave us an amazing discount!!!)
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SOS Check 312
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- $250.00
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$892.07
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12/23/11
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S.O.S. check written to bus driver #2 as bonus for driving on no
school day
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SOS check 311
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- $100.00
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$1142.07
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12/23/11
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S.O.S. check written to bus driver #1 as bonus for driving on no
school day
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SOS check 309
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- $100.00
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$1242.07
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12/22/11
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S.O.S. check written to purchase additional wrapping paper for Homeless Clothing Drive
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SOS Check 310
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- $69.55
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$1342.07
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12/21/11
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S.O.S. check written for gasoline for UHaul truck to haul
wrapped gifts to homeless shelter
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SOS Check 308
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- $50.00
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$1411.62
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12/17/11
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S.O.S. check written to purchase gift bags and wrapping paper
for Homeless Clothing Drive
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SOS Check 307
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- $50.87
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$1461.62
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11/23/11
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S.O.S. check written to purchase pizza to reward Homeroom 202
that raised most food for Thanksgiving
Food Drive
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SOS Check 306
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- $20.00
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$1512.49
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11/23/11
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Deposit of dues (1 member) (39)
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Deposit 19
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+ $30.00
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$1532.49
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11/23/11
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Deposit of donation to S.O.S. from
East Suburban Sports Medicine
Center
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Deposit 18
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+ $250.00
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$1502.49
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11/23/11
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S.O.S. check written for complete Thanksgiving meal for
additional needy family
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SOS Check 331
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- $45.51
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$1252.49
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11/18/11
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S.O.S. check written for $100 gift card for fire victims
(deposit 17)
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SOS Check 305
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- $100.00
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$1298.00
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11/18/11
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Deposit of parent/teacher donation to fire victims
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Deposit 17
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+ $100.00
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$1398.00
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11/18/11
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Deposit of dues (1 member) (38)
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Deposit 16
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+ $30.00
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$1298.00
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11/17/11
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S.O.S. check written for $50 gift card for fire victims (deposit
15)
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SOS Check 304
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- $50.00
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$1268.00
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11/17/11
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S.O.S. check written for $45 gift card for fire victims (deposit
15)
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SOS Check 303
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- $45.00
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$1318.00
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11/17/11
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Deposit of parent/teacher donations to fire victims ($45
donation and $50 donation)
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Deposit 15
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+ $95.00
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1363.00
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11/17/11
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S.O.S. check written for $30 gift card for fire victims ($30
teacher donation {deposit 11})
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SOS Check 302
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- $30.00
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$1268.00
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11/16/11
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Deposit of dues (4 members) (37)
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Deposit 14
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+ $120.00
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$1298.00
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11/15/11
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Deposit of dues (4 members) (33)
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Deposit 13
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+ $120.00
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$1178.00
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11/15/11
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Deposit of donation to S.O.S. from donor who wishes to remain
anonymous
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Deposit 12
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+ $333.00
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$1058.00
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11/12/11
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Deposit of teacher donation to fire victims
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Deposit 11
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+ $30.00
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$725.00
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11/12/11
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Deposit of dues (1 member) (29)
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Deposit 10
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+ $30.00
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$695.00
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11/11/11
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S.O.S. check written for $650 for Walmart gift card for fire
victims ($450 parent donations (deposits 7 & 8) plus $200
donation from S.O.S.
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SOS Check 301
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- $650.00
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$665.00
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11/10/11
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Deposit of dues (2 members) (28)
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Deposit 9
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+ $60.00
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$1315.00
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11/10/11
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Deposit of parent/teacher donations to fire victims
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Deposit 8
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+ $50.00
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$1255.00
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11/09/11
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Deposit of parent/teacher donations to fire victims
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Deposit 7
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+ $400
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$1205.00
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11/09/11
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Deposit of dues (5 members) (26)
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Deposit 6
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+ $150.00
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$805.00
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11/04/11
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Deposit of dues (5 members) (21)
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Deposit 5
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+ $150.00
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$655.00
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11/01/11
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Deposit of dues (2 members) (16)
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Deposit 4
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+ $60.00
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$505.00
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11/01/11
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Deposit of dues (5 members) (14)
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Deposit 3
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+ $150.00
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$445.00
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10/27/11
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Deposit of dues (6 members) (9)
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Deposit 2
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+ $180.00
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$295.00
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10/25/11
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Deposit of dues (3 members) (3)
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Deposit 1
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+ $90.00
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$115.00
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10/6/11
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Initial Deposit to open S.O.S. Account
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Initial Deposit
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+ $25.00
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$25.00
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