Here's an appeal from the Lapeer East Project Graduation committee:
East Junior and Senior Parents,
We are hosting the now annual Lapeer East Project Graduation. This event is an alcohol and drug free way for the graduates to party as a class one last time. In the past, and hopefully for our night, students have each received a gift bag containing various promotional items. The students are also entered into a raffle, which we hope to collect enough to have a prize for each student. They arrive around 10:30 PM, check in and we lock the doors at 11 PM.
Students are required to RSVP and if not checked in our principal calls home to inquire why and where they are. While at Project Graduation, the students are confined to a specific area of the building, but we have rented inflatable activities; laser tag, a photo booth, a horse derby and a mechanical bull, some casino tables, possibly a euchre tourney with prizes, and hired a DJ. At 3 AM or so, they will be gathered into a common area and entertained by a hypnotist. Then at 5 AM they go home. We have a graduating class of 244 and are expecting about 200 students at this time.
We are setting up for our event on Friday, June 4 at 7:00 for 2 or 3 hours (the more people the quicker it will go). This will be moving tables and chairs, setting up the hypnotist's stage, staging the food service with non-perishables, setting up the DJ table, and setting up the casino area. If you'd like to help out on June 6, instead, you are more than welcome, and you may attend the event for helping on either day. We need lot of volunteers to help set up and chaperone this event. Food set up will be Sunday, June 6 at 10:00 PM. On Sunday, we need help at the casino tables and maybe some carnival type games too, and of course food serving and security detail.
If you can help out in any way, please contact Christie Morris at 810-417-7747 or Sandy Griffin at 810-614-3041.
We are very grateful for your assistance and look forward to seeing you.
