HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-05-01Bowmanville Santa Claus Parade Committee Minutes
Date: May 1, 2026
Time: 7 pm
Location: Zoom
In attendance: Crystal Labelle, Jennifer Van Huss, Jonathan Taylor, Sandra Kearns, Angela
Schill, Fazela Yasin- Mihajlovic, Jamie Corderio
1. Land Acknowledgement Statement - read by Jonathon
2. Declaration of Pecuniary Interest - none
3. Questions from last meetings notes -none
4. Costumes - inventory was taken
- 2 blow up gingerbread men were destroyed. Throw out but keep fan
- Missing 1 blow up elf costume from last year
- 3 old little kid costumes - to be donated as we don’t have young volunteers
- 1 clown costume is moldy - Sandra to clean
- Snowflake / Princess costumes to get update over the summer (sparkles etc)
- Anna, Snow White, thing ½ - hold for next year as extra then reevaluate after parade
- Need Preventive measures in place for next year to avoid moulding next year
5. Sponsorship
- Tiered system this year - still a debate as Bowmanville doesn’t like change
- $100 = shout out
- $800 = banner (depending on number of sponsors maybe 4 x $500 on one banner
1x$800 on one banner)
- Spreadsheet (Angela to make) to organize sponsors( eg $1000 OPG, $500
Elexicon,$500 Kinsmen bingo)
- Try for bigger sponsors (Tim Hortons, McDonalds, Starbucks, Coke, etc through
corporate) - Nadia
- Use jot form for sponsorship entries - Angela to create
6. Christmas in July pancake breakfast- Saturday July 25, 2026
- Location: Clubhouse (Martin/Baseline) still needs to be confirmed ( Jonathan)
- Katherine and Santa is confirmed as available
- Crystal to do face painting
- Sponsorship for event - try Loblaws/Costco food donations - Sandra
- Need 3 Costco bag of pancake mix, 2 Costco bag of pancake mix, 7-10 no name syrup,
1-2 jugs of Tang
- Coffee from Scooters Markols- Sandra to look into
7. Sponsorship/ advertising search begins June 1st
8. Any other info:
- Sell extra BSCP merchandise at Markets (Jonathan to contact)
- Selling buttons - Walmart (no), Canadian Tire (need letter head for corporate), Rickards
during tournaments (?), Homedepot/Volt (waiting on calls)
- Banks/restaurant button sales (like poppy) - Jamie to ask bank (wait till Aug/Sept)
- Button #- 3000
- Book bands: Trains (no), pirate ship (waiting on response), Dragon dancers for
something new (?)
- school bands - Cailliey to update next meeting
- Possible Olympic float on committee float- committee to look up athletes, Fazela to
contact
9. Next meeting : Friday June 12, , 2026 at 7p.m. In person
10. Adjournment
1st - Jonathan
2nd - Angela