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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those who are part of a PTA that raises lots of money, please share your secret.[/quote]

There is no secret.  You need a population with friends and relatives with disposable income. People who can either straight up donate $1k+ or buy kiddie produced "art" (read: garbage) at the annual auction for hundreds of dollars a pop. In other parts of the city, that is rent money.[/quote]

Previous years at Much's silent auction have included Redskins tickets, access to DC "movers & shakers", weekend in Tuscany, selected wine from wine cellar, restaurant vouchers for expensive restaurants, Kennedy Center seats, etc. There were also fun things that involved students such as lunch/breakfast with the principal, limo ride and breakfast treats, paint-ball for kids. At my current school teachers raise money and pay for extra-circular activities!!![/quote]

Holy crap.

Our silent auction had some toys, spa items, baby gifts, paintings and a bottle of aged bourbon. I think we raised around $2K. Our total PTA budget is less than $15K. But we're a newer charter and have less than 100 students. This is the first year we've really done any fundraising.[/quote]

the preparation for the Murch action lasts months (action is usually in March, preparation is already ongoing in October from what I saw in the past), with parents who contact local restaurant for vouchers, theaters in DC for free tickets that will be sold at the auction, all kinds of businesses that are asked to donate (hotel rooms for a weekend staycation in DC, the local pizzeria at the corner, the local toy store, the Kennedy Center and so on). parents also donate to the auction, objects (a book, a bottle of wine, a home made scarf, whatever they can) or time (offering to cook brunch for a family, delivering a home made cake once a week for several weeks, a weekly supply of fresh herbs from a parent's garden during the summer and so on). some of the items mentioned above sound fancy but have a more normal origin. the week in Tuscany was possible simply because one of the Murch parent is Italian, her relatives have a small apartment in Tuscany and they offered it to the school at the auction. less expensive that a week on the Delmarva coast if you can buy the airplane tickets with frequent flyers miles, as the winner did. the wine collection is created by a family that host an evening at their homes and parents who attend are asked to bring a bottle of wine. Murch has almost 630 students, so obviously we will raised more that a school with 100 students, but the truth is that there is a lot of very hard work involved  [/quote]

Wasn't criticizing and agreed the parents do work wonders and care about the school and AL the students. It's just unfortunate that other schools do not have the same resourceful parents.[/quote]

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