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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Questions for you - what specifically are you fundraising for? Pizza at school events? Food and childcare at PTO meetings? Enrichment activities/field trips? That may help tailor the responses. [/quote]

Thank you. Great question. At this point, we are just hoping to help support the school in whatever way the principal/assistant principal and teachers ask. This year, for instance, we helped fund the annual picnic and a teacher appreciation lunch, helped a staffer attend a virtual conference for professional development, and gave out smallish Amazon gift certificates - $100 I think - for every teacher to buy classroom supplies.

I've heard that schools with wealthier demographics than ours are able to do big things like provide every teacher with an aide, fund a mindfulness coach...all sort of wonderful things.

Our school has significant needs and we would love to be able to offer that kind of support some day. For instance, teachers tell us the school could use more mental health counselors since many students have experienced trauma.

But for now, something like bringing in new staff is totally pie in the sky. We are thinking small - money to help with events and celebrations, fill in resource gaps for teachers, that sort of thing. [/quote]

If you're able to do that many $100 gift cards, you're actually doing pretty well. Where is that money coming from?[/quote]

Well, that's good to hear! It's a very small school so it wasn't that many gift cards.

For now, money is mostly coming from parents like me who have some disposal income and are planning to stay at the school long-term. There are maybe 10 or so of us who made significant donations ($100 or more). [/quote]

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