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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have volunteered with our PTA at an east county school for 4 years. We have never charged admissions to a school based event for students or their family. Participation is free. Our international night was pot luck and a talent show and not everyone brought food and that's ok. 
PTA pays for entertainers during some events like bounce houses, petting zoo etc. For off site events, it's usually free for students and a nominal fee for parents. We run 1-2 free busses from the near by apartment bindings so people can get there. Concessions and food trucks are for $ but always optional. We are just below focus level school in terms of FARMS. I love seeing the families with 3,4,5 kids show up on a weekend or weeknight event and have fun at our events. The PTA works hard to raise money in other ways: business sponsorships and donations and auction etc. so we can offer these events free to the students and families. [/quote]

Op here - thanks for sharing this. It’s nice to hear stories about a pta that is able to both allow for free entry and still make a profit to be able to provide those “extras “ to the school. [/quote]

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