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The following fundraising opportunities are available to all school sites. Principals should work with the school community to determine which opportunities, if any, are appropriate for your site. Once you have decided to participate, please ensure that teachers, staff members, parents, community members, partners and sponsors are informed so your site can enjoy the full benefits of these programs.
Read the Board Report for item E.11.b. 
regarding fundraising requirements from the September 14, 2004 Board of Education meeting.
Please review
Administrative Procedures 2265 and 9325 for specific
guidelines for school fundraisers. Remember that a recent policy
change requires that "fundraisers may not be conducted concurrently
with instructional activities."
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Adopt a classroom is a nationwide program which partners donors with needy classrooms. Teachers can sign up, and donors can find their classrooms to donate money for use in special partner vendors’ stores for everything from basic supplies to instructional technology tools. Tools are available to parents, administrators and volunteers to help promote the program beyond giving by encouraging direct contact between the recipients and donors, and providing accountability by itemizing the teachers’ use of donated funds and making it available online.
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Schools enrolled as Community Partners are eligible to be selected by shoppers to receive a percentage of purchases made with a Preferred Savings Card at Albertsons and Sav-on Drugs. Visit http://www.albertsons.com/abs_inthecommunity/ to enroll your school as a Community Partner, or to designate a school to receive funds. Preferred Savings Cards may be obtained online or at any store location. For more information, call 1-800-696-6419 or 1-877-932-7948.
American Eagle “AE Better World” Gift Cards program
AE donates a limited number of $25 gift cards to college and high school drug-free volunteer events that strive to keep students safe. Requests should be submitted on letterhead at least six weeks before a donation is needed and should include a brief description of the organization and event, a Federal Tax Exempt Number and how AE will be recognized as a contributing sponsor of the event. If the request is granted, a letter and gift card will arrive within 6 weeks. For more information, see the AE website. Send gift card requests to:
Gift Card Donations
American Eagle Outfitters Foundation
77 Hot Metal Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
| Campbell's Labels for Education Schools can redeem labels from eligible Campbell's products for merchandise by enrolling in the Campbell's Labels for Education program online or by calling 1-800-424-5331. Participating schools can collect labels from any consumer who wishes to supply them. Schools then send in the collected labels and order merchandise online or through the Labels for Education Catalog. |
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Elementary schools, their PTAs/PTOs and school foundations can request a night between Monday and Thursday to hold a cost-free fundraiser at a nearby Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. Schools must reserve three weeks in advance or more. Before the fundraiser, Chuck E. Cheese will provide promotional materials such as free token stickers, special token certificates to recognize good students, flyers in Spanish and English to send home to parents and, on the day of the event, a campus visit from Chuck E. Cheese. For that evening, 15% of every sale will go to your school. Teachers and staff appearing at the event also receive a free meal.
| DonorsChoose.org DonorsChoose.org collects project proposals from teachers who are seeking funding for educational materials or experiences their students need. Proposals range in cost from hundreds of dollars to the low thousands, and a supporter may choose to give as little or as much as they wish. Log on to the web site to participate in the program. |
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| Flower Power Fundraising Flower Power fundraisers pay out 50% for the sale of flower bulbs. There are no minimum orders, free shipping, and schools earn money as soon as they collect it. View their web page or call (866) 223-8831 for orders and support. Flower Power Fundraising guarantees 100% satisfaction and provides replacements, exchanges or refunds if needed. |
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General Mills will donate 10 cents for each submitted Box Tops coupon, up to 8% of Box Top Marketplace online purchases, and 1% of all purchases made with a Box Tops VISA. Schools can enroll by calling 1-888-799-2444, and then shoppers can submit Box Tops coupons to their school or join the Box Tops Booster Club to shop online at the Box Tops Marketplace or apply for a Box Tops VISA. Supporters can also apply for a Box Tops VISA by calling 1-800-650-0235. Online shoppers must designate a school when making purchases.
Joe's Crab Shack Adopt-A-School
Joe’s Crab Shack restaurants have established several programs to assist schools, including Student Certificates of Achievement, Teacher Appreciation Certificates, and School Spirit Night at Joe’s. For information, contact Courtney Salway at CSalway@joescs.com.
Mountain Mike's Pizza Fundraising Days
Mountain Mike’s will help area schools and school foundations raise funds with all-day fundraising events. Returns on fundraising days range from 10% of receipts to 30%, and some programs have received as much as $1,200 from the program for a single night. Participation requirements include distributing and publicizing the event and providing supporters with announcement media to turn in when they order through Mountain Mike’s on your fundraising day. The event must also be announced in school or foundation newsletters or official school media at least once within the 8 weeks leading up to the event. Checks are mailed four to six weeks after the event is completed. More information is available at Mountain Mike‘s fundraising site.
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NBR will help your organization raise funds through the recycling of E-waste, the fastest-growing source of waste in the world. The company will come to your school, present information on their recycling efforts, help notify the public of the date to bring material and which materials are accepted. NBR then will come with a team of employees, trucks, and packaging equipment for an efficient and clean collection. Participants who choose to make use of the collection effort are invited to stay in their car while NBR unloads waste from it. Donors confirm their California residency and, in return, they can leave an unlimited amount of electronic waste. Schools holding fundraisers are paid for every pound of waste collected, which is then recycled into new products. For more information, contact Christian Muller at Christian@neuwaste.com, or visit their website, NeuWaste.
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Office Depot will contribute 5% of qualifying purchases to designated schools as credit for buying eligible school supplies. Accumulated amounts are donated quarterly to schools. When making purchases online or at any Office Depot store location, shoppers can designate a school of their choice. For more information, visit any store location or call 1-800-937-3600.
Office Depot also will provide customers with a free ream of EnviroCopy paper (500 sheets) in exchange for each empty ink and toner cartridge brought into the store for recycling. More information is available at any store location.
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Ralphs offers 4-5% rebates on all purchases made with Ralphs Club Cards. To get involved, schools must enroll by calling 1-800-443-4438 for an application packet. Then, shoppers can register their current Ralphs Club Card by visiting any store location. New cards can be obtained online or at any store location. For more information, visit http://www.ralphs.com/ccprogram_about.htm.
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Rubio’s will donate 20 percent of a night’s pre-tax sales proceeds to your school, PTA or school foundation. Visit the program website and apply, get approval from Rubio’s six weeks in advance for a Monday, Wednesday or Thursday night for your fundraiser, then create a flyer.
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Take Charge of Education
Target will contribute ˝-1% of all purchases made with Target VISA or Guest Cards to each user's designated school. Principals can enroll their school by calling 1-800-316-6142. Supporters can then designate a school online or by calling 1-800-316-6142. Supporters can also apply for a new Target VISA or Guest Card online or by calling 1-800-394-1829.
Classroom Wish List
Create a wish list for parents to view and buy items for your classroom.
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In addition to being eligible to win any of 43 grants for classroom technology, teachers who register with the Digital Wish program can be matched with donors who fund projects and lesson plans they have posted to their profiles. There are letter-writing and fundraising resources provided for use by participants. Community members and parents can register and donate as well at http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/grant_awards.
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Points are given for purchases made with a Washington Mutual VISA Check Card which are then converted into monetary contributions from Washington Mutual to shoppers' designated schools. Current account holders can designate a school online or by calling 1-866-WAMOOLA. To open a new checking account and get a VISA Check Card, prospective account holders can go into any Washington Mutual location.
Scrip
Scrip is a paper certificate or card used as a substitute for money in exchange for goods or services. Schools can purchase scrip at a discount and resell it for full face value to patrons of school-supporting grocery and retail stores, including:
Whole
Foods Market, Scrip may be purchased in $500 increments, with a $5000 maximum. Your organization will receive
a 5% discount on the purchase. Scrip is redeemable at all Whole Foods Market locations in the Southern Pacific
region, as well as all of our markets across the nation. Phone (818) 501-8484 or
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| Macy's Fundraising
Scrip Certificate Program Use your registered Macy’s card, or purchase certificates to resell at face value. Phone
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| eScrip allows shoppers to register all of their grocery and retail reward, credit, and debit cards and enroll in a number of scrip programs all at once. eScrip contributes a percentage of purchases made at Macy's (2-6%), Vons (4%), Eddie Bauer (5%) and others to the shopper's designated school. To get involved, visit the website or call 1-800-700-5655. |  |
For additional information, or to submit fundraising opportunities, contact the Office of Resource Development at (619) 725-7786.