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FundraisingDirect Donations are Always Welcome! April 11, 2008 Dear Merriam Families: Merriam students are very fortunate to have such a dedicated group of parents working as a community to support their school. So many of you are incredibly generous with your time, talents and participation in PTO-sponsored events! For this reason, all of the PTO’s major fundraisers for this school year have been very successful. Our Auction, Camp Fair and most other fundraisers have accomplished or exceeded their goals thanks to the exceptional talents of the parents leading these events. Thank you and congratulations to all of you! Many parents tell us that, rather than participating in some of the traditional fundraisers, they prefer to make direct donations. To this end, the PTO Board wishes to give you this opportunity to make a cash donation and to take advantage of matching corporate funds if available through your employer. As you know, these PTO funds are dedicated to keeping teaching assistants in every classroom and, as Merriam will experience previously unforeseen growth next year, additional PTO funds will be very useful and welcome. For the 2008/09 school year, Acton Town Meeting approved a new 4th grade section at Merriam to help alleviate classroom overcrowding across the town at this grade level. We will also maintain the four sections of 5th and 6th grades. The Merriam PTO would like to ensure that the current level of classroom assistant hours is continued next year. Please consider the benefits provided by Merriam’s classroom assistants:
We all know that having assistants in every classroom has enormous educational benefits for our children every day! The Merriam Community PTO is a non-profit organization (i.e. 501c3). This means you may be eligible to have your donation matched by your employer. Over 1000 companies match gifts to non-profits from their employees. Please check with your personnel office today to see if your donation to Merriam could be doubled by a matching gift from your employer! For a document verifying our 501c3 status, please contact PTO Treasurer, Susan Russell. To print a donation form, click here. Please return or mail to the Merriam office. Thanks again for all your support. It is truly appreciated. Sincerely, Carol Leandro, PTO Co-Chair Cathy Utt, PTO Co-Chair Lynn Armstrong, PTO Co-Chair Susan Russell, PTO Treasurer Hannah Bloch, PTO Secretary __________________________________________________________________ scrip is hereThe Merriam PTO is pleased to offer Merriam families a new “cashless” fundraising program – the Scrip Shopping Card Program. This is a program where you can purchase gift cards to many of the places where you already shop or eat, at no additional cost to you, and the Merriam PTO earns a percentage of each card. How do I buy cards? It is a very simple procedure. Simply fill out the order form (click here for form) distributed in Friday mail, and then send it back to school with a check, payable to “Merriam PTO”. Your cards will be available 1-2 weeks after the deadline. We will let you know when your cards are in (you will have a choice of picking up your cards at the office or having them sent home with your child). For more information about the SCRIP program, click here!
_____________________________________Easy Money for Merriam:Cashless FundraisingWould you like to participate in some “cashless” fundraisers to help Merriam School? Fundraising programs you can use on a weekly basis at NO cost to you – yet you’ll be helping to raise significant funds for Merriam School? We are starting a campaign to revive participation in electronic and rebate programs (Cashless Fundraisers) that will benefit Merriam and be easy for all of us to use. We plan to publicize these programs on a regular basis, and hope you’ll make participation a regular activity in your household! Tricia Forrester is the coordinator for this program. if you have questions, she can be reached at pvforrester@gmail.com.
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