5 Things You Need to Know Today: May 11

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations.

1. Junior Prom is just around the corner and parent volunteers have been hard at work planning a safe and fun evening for our juniors.  The food committee has been working on getting corporate donations, but we could use some help with some items. Email judy.lankford@verizon.net with your donation.

2. If you have a student athlete that has outgrown their old uniforms and equipment take a trip down to the tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to drop off the athletic gear to be resold in the upcoming . The sale will take place on June 9th.

3. Voting for the best staycation destination ends today an 9 a.m. is beating out by just a few votes.

4. On Wednesday May 9, Brian Herr signed on to be a part of the Herr is filling just one of the vacancies and other volunteers are needed to fill empty spots on the committee; if you're interested visit the .

5. is taking place tonight at the . So far participants have raised more than $133,000 for cancer research. Patch contributor John Nadeau will be at the relay taking pictures tonight and a gallery will be put together over the weekend.