Immaculate Conception School – Celina, OH

Volunteers are a valuable part of Immaculate Conception School! We welcome parents, grandparents, and community members who love to help children.

Just a few of our volunteer opportunities:
Help with lunch in the cafeteria.
Share a love of books by reading to our students.
Work on needed repairs and construction projects, such as painting, installing ceiling fans, computer network wiring, new windows, new flooring.
Counting and sending in Campbell soup labels and Boxtops for Education.
Take part in PTO projects, like pizza/sub sales and playground installation.
Assist kindergarten students in the computer lab and classroom.
Help school photographers on picture day.
Coach the 5th and 6th grade volleyball or basketball teams.
Help to score or officiate at volleyball or basketball games.
Judge projects at the 6th grade science fair.
If you would like to share your time and talents with our children or if you have other interests in helping the school, Click “Contact Us” and share your ideas.

OCTOBER VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH

Immaculate Conception would like to honor Julie Shaffer as our volunteer of the month for October.  Julie volunteers her services as a nurse by checking the children’s immunization records, doing screenings, and providing training and information for staff members to help them care for students’ health issues more efficiently.  She began volunteering these services in 2008 after auxiliary funds were cut back.  She had served as the school’s nurse since 2002.  She is a tremendous support and blessing to the I.C. School community.

     Julie Shaffer works for the Mercer County Health Department where she gives immunizations and does screening for vision and hearing in the county schools.  She also works casual at Doctor’s Urgent Care.   She is a lifelong member of Immaculate Conception Parish, and she attended I.C. School herself as a child. She has had 5 children successfully graduate from I.C. School, and her youngest child is in the fourth grade at Immaculate Conception School. 

    Julie adds that she is very appreciative of all the blessings the I.C. Staff has given to her children.

SEPTEMBER VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH

     Immaculate Conception School has chosen Rosita Drexler as the Volunteer of the Month for September.  Rosita has served as the chairperson of the marketing and enrollment committee at I.C. School for the past 3 years.  She works tirelessly to organize mailings and opportunities for Immaculate Conception School to be presented to various groups of people.  The marketing and enrollment committee has worked to develop many promotional materials for the school including a float that has been in local parades, brochures and literature that highlight and accent the many positive aspects of the school, and a DVD that contains testimonials of the value of the school.  In addition, Mrs. Drexler has written grants to help benefit the school.

     Rosita resides in Celina with her husband Doug and three sons.  The younger boys attend I.C. School, and the oldest has completed I.C. School.  She also works several hours each week in the school cafeteria and spends time working at the St. CharIes Retirement Center. I.C. School appreciates all the hard work and effort Mrs. Drexler and her committee put forth to help make the community more aware of the wonderful things that happen here.

 MAY VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH

Immaculate Conception School would like to honor Marilyn Pax as our Volunteer of the Month for the month of May. Marilyn has shared her love of books with I.C. students from grades 1 through 5 for the past 16 years. “I look forward to reading to the children. They are so enthusiastic to listen to my books – books that have a message.” The Second Graders always look forward to Wednesdays. Mrs. Pax says she does too!
Marilyn is also a volunteer in the School’s cafeteria (for 20 years), is a cook for the parish funerals, and is active as an officer in the Altar Rosary Society. She and her husband Dave are proud of their three daughters who all attended I. C. School.
Mrs. Pax suggests that any book written by Patricia Polacco would be an excellent choice to share with your children. I. C. School is very thankful for all the time and dedication that Mrs. Pax shares with our students!

APRIL VOLUNTEERS OF THE MONTH
I.C. School has chosen to honor Brenda Robinson and Janet Ramsey as volunteers of the month for April. Janet and Brenda have been cleaning, painting, and redecorating several rooms in our school. They have brightened things up a great deal and made us all even more proud of our wonderful school. Their generosity, energy, and hard work are all very appreciated! We also give a big “Thank You” to the Eagles for donating most of the paint for these projects.

Brenda Robinson is the mother of 5 present and former I.C. students: Kaitlin, Renee, Nathan, Ashley, and John. They are the fourth generation to attend I.C. School. Brenda states, “ It is great to be a part of great history. There are so many great educators and students that have walked these halls and still are today. I don’t take the past efforts of our elders for granted. I feel as if I’m doing God’s work and it’s all for the kids. This school is the best thing ever going for Immaculate Conception Parish. GOOO Spartans!”

Janet Ramsey’s children attended I.C. School several years ago, and she has been volunteering in various capacities around the school since she retired in 2002. In addition to volunteering in the school cafeteria and helping with these decorating projects, she volunteers with Vacation Bible School, as a wedding assistant for the parish, sings with the funeral choir, and as a lector. Her talents and generosity are a blessing to I.C. School and I.C. Parish!

I.C. March Volunteer of the Month – March
Immaculate Conception School would like to honor Barb Phares as the volunteer of the month for March. Barb has served as the chairperson of the PTO’s semi-annual pizza, sub, and burrito sales for the past ten years. She began working with the pizza sales when her oldest son, Sam was in kindergarten, and took over as the chairperson a year later. She has done an outstanding job of organizing every step of the sales from order blanks to ordering materials to organizing the labor on the day of the sale. She sees it as a way she can give back to the school. Working at the sale has been a great way to get to know other parents and get more involved in the parish.

Barb has served as an Extension Educator for 4-H Youth Development for the past 29 and one half years, 25 of those years for the Ohio State University Extension. She is the county director for the Extension. She and her husband Kent have been married for 29 years, and Barb is the mother of two children. Sam is a freshman at Celina High School and Rebecca is a sixth grader at Immaculate Conception School.

Barb makes the following statement about Immaculate Conception School: “The school is well worth the investment! My son is doing well in school due to his wonderful preparation at I.C. The small class sizes, caring staff, and Christ-centered education have been a real plus for both of my children. The students have countless opportunities to develop leadership and public speaking skills.”

I.C. School and PTO thank Barb for her years of service to this project!

IC SCHOOL’s VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH – FEBRUARY
Immaculate Conception School would like to honor Kim Adams as our Volunteer of the Month for February. Kim serves on our Marketing/Enrollment Committee and has been a member since its formation in 2007. She is always ready and willing to do whatever she can to help. She can be found helping with the scrip card program, cleaning the computer lab, working at bingo, assisting COSI on Wheels, reading Words of Wisdom on the morning announcements, donating items for our bake sales, and organizing and coordinating various school events. She and her husband also oversee the sub making room for our biannual pizza/sub/burrito sale and fundraiser.

Kim and her husband Mike have two sons. Their oldest son, Brayton, completed the sixth grade at IC School last year and their youngest son, Brecken, is currently in the first grade at IC.

Having attended IC School herself for three years, Kim feels honored to volunteer and serve at Immaculate Conception School. She is very passionate about sharing the treasures and lifetime values of a faith-based education. She encourages everyone to consider IC School for their preschool through sixth grade child. She personally invites you to take a look at what Immaculate Conception School can offer your child. Visit www.icschool-celina.org or phone 419-586-2379 for more information and to enroll your child for the 2011-2012 school year.

IC SCHOOL’s VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH – JANUARY We would like to honor one of our many loving volunteers, Rosie Fleck, for the month of January. Rosie is a sweet, loving , caring, individual. She is always very positive and spiritual. She will do anything to help in the cafeteria– clean up dishes ,serve the children, clean tables, tie a child’s shoe string, and possibly give a child a hug if they need one. She is always giving the cafeteria workers a hug, and we all know cafeteria workers can always use a hug! Rosie is a young 80-year-old, that is a mother of eight, grandmother of 15, and a great-grand mother of 2. Then in her spare time she volunteers in the cafeteria every week, one or two days each week, and is always on call. In addition to volunteering in the cafeteria, she cooks our funeral dinners for the parish, she works Bingo twice a month, and she is in the parish’s Quilting Circle that meets twice a week. Besides all of that, she is involved with the CCD program and the Parish Life group. Yes, Rosie is very much involved in our Immaculate Conception School and Parish, so If you ever meet Rosie, or know Rosie, give her a big hug and Thank-you!!

IC SCHOOL’s VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH – DECEMBER
Immaculate Conception School would like to honor Chris Walter as their “Volunteer of the Month” for the month of December. Chris has put in countless hours of volunteer time to help with the school’s computers and networks over the past five years. He is so very helpful in troubleshooting problems and working out issues that arise with our computer network. Chris is married to his wife Connie, and they have two children, Shane and Courtney, who both went to Immaculate Conception School through the sixth grade. Chris has also worked at the State Highway Garage for 30 years. In addition, he runs his own computer business, Walter PC, where he helps people solve their computer issues. Immaculate Conception School is blessed to have Chris Walter as an outstanding volunteer with great patience and good character, and we very much appreciate his kind and dedicated service to our school.
IC SCHOOL’s VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH – NOVEMBER
During November, I.C. School wishes to honor Marie McKirnan as our volunteer of the month. Marie has been in charge of our very successful scrip program that we started last November! Each week Marie (or some other volunteers she has trained) places the orders for the scrip cards we need and fills the orders. There is a great deal of paper work and inventory that has to be taken care of, and Marie must organize people to pick up gift cards at local stores for scrip each week as well. She oversees a great many other volunteers, and is always pleasant and energetic!
Marie’s husband, Bob, graduated from I.C. High School, and Marie is also a product of Catholic school through the 12th grade. All 5 of their children went to I.C. School. They are very committed to helping us keep I.C. open!! When she is not busy with her family or the scrip program, Marie teaches exercise classes and is a substitute teacher. I.C. truly appreciates all of Marie’s efforts!

IC SCHOOL’s VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH – OCTOBER
IC’s featured volunteer for the month of October is Diana Russell. Diana is also the mom of Ben Russell, in our preschool 2 class. Diana is presently volunteering by serving on the enrollment and marketing committee for IC School. Using her professional expertise in desktop publishing and graphic design, Diana has taken care of keeping up our web page and helping to design ads and printed materials for IC School. She is doing an amazing job of making sure the web page is attractive and well-organized, and is very timely with getting things up. This is a great service to IC School!

In her professional life, Diana and her husband run a company called Lake House Productions. Using desktop publishing and graphic design they produce printed materials, DVD photo slide shows & invitations for special occasions. In addition to being a wife, mom, and a busy volunteer, Diana is active in her parish, Our Lady of Guadalupe, as a teacher for senior CCD, a Eucharistic minister, and assisting with other jobs such as the layout of the parish directory. Diana appreciates being a part of the IC Community.