Fundraisers
There are multiple fundraisers that occur each year at Manor:
PTA and YES Fundraisers:
WinterFaire: For those of you new to Manor, this is a MAJOR event for the school that occurs in November. It is also
the source for PTA funds and contributes to the YES Foundation (PTA keeps $85 per child for our annual budget and the remainder goes to YES). The whole school gets involved in transforming our campus into a magical winter wonderland complete with carnival games, cake walks, silent auctions...and even sled rides with real snow! Check it out at:
www.winterfaire.com
Lap-A-Thon: The Lap-A-Thon is a fundraiser where the kids gather pledges from family, friends and neighbors to pay a certain amount for each lap a child runs. The kids have a blast with this event that happens in May of each year. The event requires the help of kids and Manor community to run the program (track laps, hand out water, etc.). As the event draws closer, the PTA will be requesting help from parents. If the WinterFaire raised enough money to cover the $85 per child for the PTA budget, then all funds raised from the lap-a-thon go to the YES Foundation. If WinterFaire was not able to raise enough funds to cover the PTA budget, then lap-a-thon proceeds will go to PTA up to the PTA budget and any remaining proceeds go to YES.
YES-Only Fundraisers:
Book Fair: The Book Fair typically runs once or twice a school year. The library is turned into a giant store where parents and children can come and shop for great books and gifts. Additionally, teachers will put together a wish list for their classrooms and parents can choose to purchase books from that list to donate to the classroom. Proceeds go to the YES Foundation.
Box Tops: Manor School participates in the
General Mills Box Tops for Education program. Funds raised go to the YES Foundation. This is a simple way to raise money with little effort and no cost to you. Simply look over the boxes of the current products you already buy from the grocery store (sometimes they’re on the sides or bottom of the box). There is a
long list of products that have “box tops” on them but some examples are Cheerios, Ziploc Bags, Kleenex, Yoplait Yogurts, etc. If you see a small rectangle that looks similar to this logo, then cut it out. Save them up and bring them into the front office. There is a box that you can drop them into. Ask your family and friends to gather these “box tops” for you also. Manor has a goal to raise $500 in the 2007-2008 school year. Start hunting and cutting!
eScrip: This is a shopping program that raises money for the YES Foundation. Sign up for this FREE service online and register your credit and debit card information as well as your grocery reward cards (i.e., Safeway Rewards). Then, whenever you make purchases using those registered cards at participating retailers, a percentage of the purchase is donated to YES. Again, this is a FREE program to you. Once you’ve set this up online, it runs itself. There is no other commitment on your part other than updating any credit card information as needed (like when a credit card expires). But you may want to go online for fun and check your account to see how much you’re purchases are contributing.
Click here to go to eScrip.
Community Cards: Community Cards are a fund raising program run by the YES Foundation. If you shop at Good Earth or United Markets be sure to get one of these FREE cards. Every time you shop at either of these merchants, simply hand them your card to scan. These stores have agreed to provide the YES Foundation with a percentage of the purchases you’re already making. Click here to request cards. Have family and friends in the area? Request cards for them too!
