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FundraisingDirect Donations are Always Welcome! The Merriam PTO Board has received several inquiries from parents wondering how to make a direct donation – and possibly a matching corporate gift – before the end of the year. We typically make a direct donation appeal in April; however, direct gifts to the PTO are welcome at any time of the year! If you wish to make a tax-deductible contribution before the end of 2008, please mail your check, payable to Merriam Community PTO, to Merriam Community PTO, c/o Merriam Elementary School, 11 Charter Road, Acton, MA 01720, Attn: Dianna McNeish, PTO Treasurer. Please indicate “direct donation” in the memo field at the bottom left of your check. The Merriam Community Parent Teacher Organization is a non-profit corporation, or 501c3. This means you may be eligible to have your donation to the PTO matched by your employer. More than 1,000 companies match employee gifts to non-profit organizations. Please check with your personnel office today to see if your donation could be doubled (or even tripled) by a matching gift from your employer. For a document verifying our 501c3 status, please contact Dianna McNeish. All donations are confidential. Thank you for your support. Sincerely, Neena Arora, PTO Co-Chair Kristina Rychlik, PTO Co-Chair Dianna McNeish, PTO Treasurer Eleni Digenis-Bury, 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! __________________________________________________________________ You can order
quality merchandise from
Innisbrook year-round, and
Merriam will earn 40% profit on
every item! Orders will
ship directly to your home.
Click on the image below and you
will be directed to the
Innisbrook website to make a
purchase. Our school number is
111153. Thank you for
supporting our school!
____________________________________________cashless fundraisingEASY MONEY FOR MERRIAMHard to believe, but you can raise money for Merriam just by collecting a few things when you shop. Here’s how: BoxTops for Education Do you buy Yoplait yogurt? Viva paper towels? Kleenex tissues? These are just a few of the many items that have the small BoxTops for Education stamp on them. Clip the stamps, send them in regularly to Merriam with your child (there’s a box in the office to collect them), and that’s it. This simple activity has raised thousands for the school -- please help!
Donelan’s Receipts If you shop at Donelan’s, you can help Merriam earn FREE school equipment! It’s even easier than BoxTops -- no clipping! Just save your cash register receipts from September 1 to March 31, and send them in regularly to Merriam with your child -- again, there’s a box in the office to collect them. This amazing program has yielded a sound system and countless other supplies for Merriam. If you have any questions, contact Sandy Cummings at sbcummings1@verizon.net
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