Hello everyone - As a member of the Waite Park PTA, I know how hard the principal, teachers, staff, and volunteers at Waite Park Community School work to stretch every budget dollar to benefit the most students. I also know how many things our school, teachers and classrooms need that simply aren't covered by the budget. That's where the PTA comes in.
As education funding continues to be cut, the Waite Park PTA has been busy looking for new and innovative ways to increase our fundraising earnings so that we're able to provide the things our school needs. Recently, we joined a fantastic online fundraising program for schools that will make our job a lot easier. This program is too good to keep to ourselves and could benefit other Minneapolis schools, so I'd like to share it with the list. The following press release was recently issued by the Waite Park PTA and briefly explains the program. ************************* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Lori McCready VP - Waite Park PTA phone: (612) 789-7103 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Waite Park PTA Plugs Into Online Fundraising with SchoolCash.com! Program makes supporting education easy for parents, safe for kids. Minneapolis, MN - 01/20/02 - The Waite Park PTA announces their partnership with SchoolCash (www.schoolcash.com), one of the nation's leading e-fundraising networks, with thousands of participating schools and local parent organizations. Online fundraising programs like SchoolCash offer schools, PTAs and school-related organizations' an alternative to traditional fundraising campaigns. Supporters, including parents, grandparents, school staff and local businesses can visit www.schoolcash.com and purchase from any of over 250 well known participating online merchants including: Buy.com, Gap.com, JC Penney, Amazon.com, OfficeMax.com, 1-800-Flowers and Cooking.com. Prior to purchasing online, consumers must designate a school, PTA or educational organization to support. SchoolCash pays the organization rebates of up to 20 percent of online purchases made through SchoolCash at no extra cost to supporters. "Fundraising needs for schools never cease and the Internet provides a new tool for parents and school supporters to generate funds with minimal effort," said Michael Smith, General Manager of SchoolCash. "It's a highly effective way to supplement traditional fundraising campaigns: there's no paperwork, no door-to-door selling, and supporters are earning money for their school every time they shop." In addition to providing standard rebates, SchoolCash offers Virtual School Fairs throughout the year which offer additional rebates. Like traditional school fairs, supporters can purchase select items such as books, cd's, flowers, apparel, toys with an increased percentage going back to the school, PTA or educational organization during the fair. Also, for parents that may have a difficult time remembering to go through SchoolCash when doing their online shopping, the SchoolCash Reminder Service offers a solution. Once a supporter downloads the SchoolCash Reminder Service, a pop-up window will appear every time they visit a participating SchoolCash merchant without going to SchoolCash first. Waite Park PTA - http://myshcoolonline.com/MN/waiteparkpta PTA, "EveryChild.OneVoice." About SchoolCash.com: SchoolCash is an online shopping site dedicated to school fundraising. Founded, in 1999 by former school-related marketing executives and parents who were interested in using the Internet to provide schools, PTAs, and other educational organizations with an easy and effective fundraising program. SchoolCash is a for-profit company that is compensated by merchants for assisting them in marketing their products to the school market. SchoolCash then pays purchase rebates directly to schools, PTAs, or other educational organizations designated by their supporters. SchoolCash is now offered by LearningNetwork, a subsidiary of Pearson Education, the world's largest education publisher and is the e-Commerce sponsor of National PTA. ************************* Schools and organizations can sign up by visiting the SchoolCash.com web site. If anyone has info on other new or innovative fundraising programs for schools, I'd appreciate your passing them along. Respectfully, Lori McCready Waite Park, Ward 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition." - Jacques Barzun, French-born American Educator _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
