MANAGING YOUR PTA – Case study
From left to right: Carol with Santa; on a Harley-Davidson (these led one of the summer fayre parades); enjoying a school disco!
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enthusiasm pushes that team to new heights! Never has this been more true than for Carol Edwards, who is hanging up her hat this year after eight years as PTFA Chair and 14 years on the committee at Seaford Primary School in East Sussex. Her PTFA Treasurer had this to say:
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with the PTFA by taking part in a sponsored ten-mile walk across the South Downs in thick snow! Carol was so delighted to discover that collectively we’d raised £2,000 for the school, she joined the committee and has been involved ever since. Our PTFA is called Making a
Difference, or, quite appropriately, MAD, for short! During her tenure Carol has dressed up as a chicken, a bunny and a teddy, all in the name of fundraising! She nearly broke her arm at an ice-skating event and can organise a disco with her eyes shut!
hile PTA work is a team effort, sometimes you get a real gem at the helm whose drive and
She has coordinated Christmas and summer fayres, elves’ shelves, Easter egg hunts and numerous sponsored events. She has barbecued, served nights, pamper evenings, fashion shows and has even washed cars! The energy she brings to the PTFA
is relentless. Even when her son was born, the buggy often doubled up as The commitment Carol has shown
to the school over the years has been I think it’s very safe to say that
Carol has lived up to the PTFA’s Difference. It also goes without saying that she is MAD! I know that she would say that she didn’t do it alone. She has had the help and support of many people over the years and I know she would like to thank everyone who has helped make the PTFA the success it is today.’ Elise Holliman, PTFA Treasurer, Seaford Primary School, East Sussex (481 pupils)
Every PTA volunteer deserves praise, but few have given their commitment so completely or for as long as this MAD Chair...
TEAM TALK
‘As Secretary of the committee, it has been a pleasure to work alongside Carol for the past two years. She is always cheerful, faces each new challenge with a smile and welcomes all parents to the fold. Her sole aim is to provide the children with a happy and healthy school life, and her enthusiasm and drive is infectious!’ Andrea Wootten, PTFA Secretary
‘We are extremely grateful for the enrichment activities and experiences that Carol has helped the school to provide. She really has been a fantastic asset and we will miss her tireless enthusiasm and fundraising prowess. We will be forever grateful for the difference she has made.’ Lynne Giles, Deputy Headteacher
‘Carol is organised, creative, friendly, caring and helpful – and does
everything with a smile on her face. Our school has been lucky to have her heading up the MAD team and without her we would not have achieved so much.’ Heather McDermott,
PTFA committee member
‘Carol is dedicated, enthusiastic, happy to listen to others (I think
I fi nally got her to understand profi t margins!) and determined. Everything she does is for the children. One of my favourite memories is of the fi rst summer fayre we did together. When I told her the profi t we’d made she became an emotional, blubbering wreck – I didn’t know whether she was thrilled or disappointed!
Karen Dixon, former PTFA Treasurer
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