Summer Updates!

Kia ora! Hello! 
Sending a fresh, summer scene to our New Zealand friends currently in their winter months! We are enjoying the last weeks of our summer break, and miss you. We were just reflecting at the MCOW Board Meeting on Wednesday about how normally we would be quite busy with preparations for the James Hargest students to visit and resting after a long weekend of Salmon Bake volunteering. It is strange to not be doing either. Our monthly board meetings continue to offer a chance to review MCOW events for the 2020-2021 school year. Here are a few updates: 

HOSTING / AMBASSADORS 
As we announced earlier, both sides of the program have been canceled this year. We are in the process of evaluating a possible virtual reunion option for the 2020 Ambassadors. Further, we are working to creatively prepare for a 2021-2022 launch for next Spring. 

HOLIDAY BAZAAR 
The Board carefully discussed factors impacting the feasibility of the Holiday Bazaar in November 2020. We will make a final decision and update our community by early September via the website, email and social media. Thank you to those vendors who have reached out with inquiries! 

ANNUAL GALA AUCTION 
Previously, we hinted to the fact we are enthusiastically planning a variation on this event for early next year. We look forward to announcing more in the coming months. 

​Lastly, we wish all our school partners and NE Tacoma families the best as we prepare for a new type of back to school in the coming weeks! We are thinking of all the families, sponsorship businesses and various community partners impacted during this time.

​Stay safe and enjoy the end of summer, 
MCOW Board