Welcome To The New School Year

We’d love more families to get involved in the PAC and the best way to do that is to join the PAC WhatsApp group

here. Annex Group here.

Read the minutes for the recent PAC meeting (Sept 25).

We Want to Hear From You!

Please take a minute to fill out our quick PAC surveyLet us know how you’d like to get updates, what events or committees interest you, and share any ideas for this year!

HALLOWEEN COSTUME SWAP

Have your child bring in their gently used Halloween costumes from Oct. 8th to Oct. 15th and have

them drop them off in the boxes outside the main office.

We will then resell these costumes on Oct. 17th and Oct. 20 from 3 to 4:30 in the red courtyard.

All proceeds help the School Parent Association Council (PAC).

Any questions please email dickens.fundraising@gmail.com

Spring Fling Info

Thursday May 29th, 2025

Sign up to volunteer!! 200+ Volunteers are needed! Most shifts are 1 hour onsite on Thursday, May 29. We also need help with setting up the night before and a few hours before the event.

Pre-Event Set Up, Tear Down, Recycling & Garbage, Face Painting, Cotton Candy, 

Musical Desserts, Sausage Stand, Ticket Sales, Made It (crafts table), Silent Disco, Plants Sale, Indoor Games, Games Prize Table, Outdoor Games, Photo Booth and Mystery Bottles.  

 

New Stalls this year: 

Arcade games - these will include Dance Dance Revolution, Whack A Mole and San Fransisco Rush driving game. Volunteers will need to assist with taking tickets and starting the games.

Silent Disco - this is a dance party where participants listen to the music through their own headphones rather than a speaker. Volunteers will assist with getting people set up and putting on and taking off headphones if needed.

Cotton candy volunteers will be assisting a "cotton candy professional" this year who will be in charge of the making!

Sign-up to Volunteer here!

 

Ensure you are seeing the entire sheet. INCLUDE your Name, Phone Number and Email 

so that the Team Leads can contact you. Thank you!

 

When and where to bring all items:

Main School: On the day, drop donations at the Main School Gym from 8:45am - 3:30pm.

Annex School: On the day, drop donations at the Annex Office from 8:45am - 3pm or take them directly to the Main School Gym. After 3pm, please take items to the main school.

Donations for Mystery Bottles

We are asking for bottles of white, red, sparkling and non-alcoholic wine or fancy mixers to the value of above $15 these will be sold for $20 on the day. Please make sure the bottle is completely hidden in brown paper or a gift bag and please indicate wether it is alcoholic or non alcoholic. Please fill out how many bottle you will be donating and we will let you know when and where to drop.

Donations for Musical Desserts

Small items please! Cookies, Squares, Cup Cakes, Brownies, Muffins, Cake Pops and other sweet treats. We’ll also need some gluten-free and/or dairy-free items. No home baked goods please only packaged and store bought. Please let us know what you will bring here

Donations for MADE IT

We welcome any Home-made Crafts and Handiwork! Paintings/Drawings, Pottery, Ceramics, Woodwork, Sculptures, Photographs, Greeting Cards, Jewellery, Friendship Bracelets, Hair Accessories, Buttons, Pins, Magnets, Key Chains, Candles, Soaps, Beeswax Wraps, Knitting/Crocheting: e.g. Toques, Gloves, Scarves etc. and Sewing/Quilting: e.g. Pillow Covers, Totes (cloth bags) etc. Label your items with your name + number if you want unsold items returned. Please let us know what you can contribute here!

 

Donations for Field Games

Badminton nets, grass volleyball nets with poles, pop-up soccer nets, corn hole sets, horseshoe games, oversized jenga.

Let us know here if you plan to donate to any of the above stalls! Scroll across to find the stall you want to donate to.

Donations for Plant Sale

Flowers, Plants, Bulbs/Tubers, Shrubs, Seedlings, Seeds etc. Buy new or pull from your garden! Garden accessories, Decorative pots and containers are welcome too.

Silent Auction

The Silent Auction is looking slightly different this year, we are calling on community members to come forward with donations! Please get in touch at dickens.spring.fling@gmail.com to let us know whether you have something to contribute!!

Questions?

Contact us at dickens.spring.fling@gmail.com if you have questions regarding Volunteering or Donating. Thank you for your time and generosity! — Dickens SPRING FLING Team

Trivia Night fundraiser is Back!

Time for a Parents night out

Charles Dickens PAC is hosting our second trivia night fundraiser to support our school initiatives. This night is guaranteed to be a fun night out connecting with our school community and raising funds for a great cause! 

Tickets are $20 each and can be Purchased Here

See more details on the poster below 

 

Spring Fling: Save the date & volunteers needed

                             

The Charles Dickens Spring Fling will be back in 2025!!

Save the Date for Thursday, May 29 from 4-8pm 

As you can probably imagine, this event is a pretty big undertaking that could never happen without the help of many wonderful volunteers, so here we are reaching out with a first volunteer call-out.

Please also feel free to let us know if you have goods to donate to any of our stalls or there is any other way you can think of supporting by contacting us at dickens.spring.fling@gmail.com

 

Here are some examples of the volunteer roles we will need to fill:

Communications coordinator

Silent Auction Coordinator

Food Vendor Coordinator

Games Coordinator

Cotton Candy and Popcorn 

Made it table

Musical Desserts

Plant Sale

and many more…

 

Thank you for helping us make this amazing community event happen once again.

BCCHF Race for the Kids

 

 Join Us!

On June 8th, 2025, for the second year, Charles Dickens will be forming a team to run/ walk together in the family fun run Race for the Kids that helps to support the incredible work being done at BC Children's Hospital.

Whether they are for small injuries or even the unexpected bigger issues, all of our families are so grateful for everything they do at BCCH.

If you would like to join the team, please register at https://fundraise.bcchf.ca/event/race-for-the-kids

After creating an account, please go to Join a Team and search for Charles Dickens Dragons.

We hope to see you there!

Dickens Disco

 

                                                                        Join us for the 

DICKENS DISCO 

Dance, snack, and celebrate with your kids and friends at this fun family dance & social! 

Held at Charles Dickens Main School Thursday, April 10th, 2025, 6:30-9pm 

This is a fun family event for all students and families of Dickens Main School and Annex. Parents are required to stay for the event and may also be required to bust out some OG dance Moves!

There will not be a potluck this year but there will be a candy bar, so bring some spare change - can’t wait to see you there

Pedal Heads Fundraiser

If you plan to sign up your Littles for Pedal Heads this Spring (bike, soccer, swim, and trail) you can save 25$ with the code below. This opportunity is open to all families at Dickens

25$ will support fun opportunities for both the main and annex school

Registration here (starting January 21st, 2024). Be sure to use the code DANNEX25 

*we are not affiliated with pedal heads other than this fundraising offer*

Monthly Newsletter

Have you signed up for our monthly newsletter yet?

Every month we send out a newsletter filled with important school and parent council information

…and some essential comedic relief

You can subscribe via email here

And read previous newsletters here

Just Mulch Fundraiser

Charles Dickens Elementary PAC is fundraising with Just Mulch in perfect time for spring gardening 

Just Mulch provides quality landscaping supplies delivered, where and when you need it. This is an ongoing fundraiser

Use code CHARLESDICKENS at

JUSTMULCH.CA for your discount and to support our fundraising!

You save 10% AND 10% goes to Charles Dickens Elementary!