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[quote=Anonymous]For Harris Teeter, you just go in and ask the manager and they're authorized to give gift cards or comp food for school stuff. There's no application at all.

The Target community organization gift card request form is just your address, amount, and one sentence about the purpose. Literally one sentence. If you can post on DCUM, you can do this grant.

Our Title I also runs a Girl Scout troop which self-funds through cookie sales. The Girl Scout organization assigns the cookie tables at various Safeway and Ace Hardware locations, so there is no need for parents or families to buy any cookies. Membership is scholarships from the organization. Not a PTO activity but an example of how to provide an after school activity without parent funding.

Other times people will just do things for free. One of our parents was in a band, the kind with the brass instruments and drums, and would play at school events for free, it was so much fun.

I found that success builds on success. When you have a motivated organization, the teachers and parents will take more of an interest. Grant applications are often the same year to year, and once you've written one grant, you can use a lot of that same text to apply for another one. Over time your experience builds. Some PTOs will never be high dollar fundraisers, but can bring in a lot of valuable things for the kids just by googling around for free programs.

If you don't have a law firm partner, reach out to the Washington Lawyers Committee. This is free and they will give you money and other stuff too. [/quote]

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