All Posts Tagged With: "PTA"
Best Seller List: Parent groups buy books for school libraries
As schools trim their budgets here and there to make ends meet, the selection of books available in their libraries is getting thinner.
Some parent groups are helping to replenish library stacks by sponsoring fund raisers specifically for books. Here are two ideas that might work for your school.
The Birthday Book Club at Miramar Ranch Elementary [...]
4Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
Great ideas to increase your school’s earnings from eScrip
Many school fundraising groups make money from eScrip, but few do as well as the Adolfo Camarillo High School Athletic Boosters.
Just take a look at these numbers: The booster club in California’s Ventura County brought in a whopping $61,000 last year. That’s not a misprint. $61,000. The school has 2,500 students, but it has about 3,500 people enrolled in eScrip. Now that’s what I call impressive.
With school budgets being slashed and parent groups scrambling to help their schools during these difficult economic times, free money is a very good thing. Enrolling in eScrip costs nothing. Parents can register grocery rewards
24Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
During tough times, schools need our support more than ever
I have trouble understanding why some parents don’t contribute to school fundraising drives, especially once their kids hit middle school and high school.
A tax-deductible donation where one of the primary recipients is your child. It doesn’t get any better than that.
I know there are those who say we pay taxes and should not kick [...]
12Jan2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
Smart Advice from the California State PTA president
These are trying times for California’s public school children. With widespread budget cuts, our children and their schools are extremely vulnerable.
We asked California State PTA President Pam Brady what the statewide group is doing to lobby on behalf of school children throughout the state. And we asked her what we, the parents of these children, [...]
28Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
