The York Elementary PTA conducts Ongoing or "Passive" Fundraisers as well as Special Event or "Active" Fundraisers. There are always opportunities to support the York PTA through participating in either a passive or active fundraiser. The money raised through fundraising is used to directly support York Elementary School through the provision of "mini-grants" to teachers, purchase of equipment and resource materials, teacher/staff appreciation, programs to assist students and many other uses.
Ongoing/Passive Fundraisers
Out to Eat with the Bulldogs!
Out to Eat with the Bulldogs Events are held monthly during the school year at area restaurants. Area restaurants will donate a percentage of sales to York PTA. This is a great way to meet new people and see old friends at these family events while earning money for our PTA! Events have been held at Golden Corral, Chick-Fil-A, Milton's Pizza & Pasta, Fatdaddy's, Schiano's Pizza, McDonald's, Chili's and other local dining establishments. The class with the most participation at each event will receive special recognition. Check your Tuesday Folders, the PTA front web page "News", or the York on-line Calendar for dates and times and don’t miss these great events. For more information, contact Donna Phinney at: donna.phinney@duke.edu or at 414-1639.
General Mills Box Tops for Education
The PTA collected General Mills Box Tops throughout the entire school year. The PTA sponsors class contests for turning in the most Box Tops from August until May. We will be awarding monthly prizes to classes and will award a Grand Prize at the end of the year. You can help by purchasing participating products such as General Mills Big G Cereals (Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Reese's, Chex, Cookie Crisp, Trix and many more), Betty Crocker products (cereal bars, browine mix, Hamburger Helper, frosting, BC Fruit Snacks, Yoplait Yogurt and Go-Gurt), Ziploc bags and containers, Hefty Plates and Trash Bags, Kleenex, Huggies, Juicy Juice, Pillsbury cookies and biscuits, and many more. So keep clipping and saving those Box Tops! York receives a significant rebate for these items. Send the Box Tops to school with your child's teacher's name on the bag. Each child who returns a completed Box Tops Collection sheet will receive a prize. We surpassed last year's goal of $1,400.00 by earning nearly $2,200.00!.
In addition, you can earn additional rewards for York by shopping at the BoxTops4Education Marketplace. Just register and then use the Marketplace Gateway to do on-line shopping from many popular participating retail stores (Gap, Hallmark, L.L. Bean, etc.) and those merchants will donate a percentage of your purchase to York. For more information, visit the General Mills Box Top site at http://www.boxtops4education.com/
If you have any questions, please contact Penny Lamm at Plamm@nc.rr.com
Food Lion "Shop & Share"
Food Lion will donate cash to York Elementary School each quarter based on how many participants link their MVP Food Lion grocery cards to York. Linking your MVP card to York is very easy. After linking your MVP card to York, each time you shop at Food Lion and scan your MVP card, Food Lion will donate money to the school. To link your MVP card to York, please contact the Grocery Card Re-Link Chair, Laura Hudson at 783-2863 or yorkgrocerycard@gmail.com.
Harris Teeter Together in Education
Similar to the Food Lion program, Harris Teeter's Together in Education will donate 2% of the value of purchases of the following specific brands: Harris Teeter, H.T. Traders, More Value, Highland Crest, Hunter Farms or Premier Selection. Just give the checkout person York's Id number, #2790, or you can apply on-line. To link your Harris Teeter VIP card to York, contact Laura Hudson at 783-2863 or yorkgrocerycard@gmail.com.
Kroger Plus Card Education Program
If you shop at Kroger and have a Kroger Rewards card, link your card to York to earn money for the school. York's account will be credited with total purchase amounts and at the end of the school year we can shop for educational equipment available through their catalog. To get your card linked in, stop at Kroger Customer Service or contact Laura Hudson at 783-2863 or yorkgrocerycard@gmail.com. Once you’re set up, a percentage of your purchase goes to educational equipment credits for York.
Target Education Program
If you already have a Target charge card or are thinking about getting one, you can register your account number and Target will donate 1% of your purchases charged to your card to York. To learn more about this program, click here and follow the link on the left hand side of the page to "Take Charge of Education." Target gave York money last year from its Take Charge of Education fundraising program. Thanks to all of you who participate in this program. The program allows you to designate a school and then Target donates a percentage of your purchase from your Target Visa or Target Guest card back to that school! It is easy to designate a school or learn more. Just call 1-800-316-6142 or visit www.target.com/tcoe.
Belk Spring Charity Sale
Belk occasionally sponsors a Charity Sale to help support non-profit groups. When you make a $5 donation to York Elementary, you will receive a coupon that gives you $5 back off your purchase plus extra savings on rarely discounted items throughout the store. This is a great opportunity to raise money for our school. Stay tuned for news on the next Charity Sale. If you would like a coupon, please send in your $5 marked "Belk Coupon" and a coupon will be sent home with your child. Feel free to offer coupons to friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, etc.
Special Event or "Active" Fundraisers
Pride Stride
Book Fair
The York PTA sponsors a Scholastic Book Fair each fall. We will be selling great books for children of all ages! All classes will get to browse the fair on either Monday or Tuesday in order to fill out a "wish list" to bring home. Parents can then purchase the books by either stopping by the school during school hours to shop, coming to our Family Night, or by sending in money for their child to purchase the books at school. This is a great event for everyone and a wonderful way to instill a love of reading in your children. It's also a perfect opportunity to do all of your holiday shopping! This year's Book Fair will be held November 16-20, with Family Night being held on November 17.
We look forward to another fun and exciting Book Fair at York this fall. Hope to see you there!
Donna Briggs (dkanna@mindspring.com); Nicole Ahn (niahn@nc.rr.com); or Sandra Owens (sandraowens@nc.rr.com)
Book Fair Coordinators
Spring Carnival
The Spring Carnival is fun for the entire family! Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 24! The Spring Carnival will be from 10a.m.-2p.m. rain or shine. Wristbands will cost $5.00 for students or $3.00 with two (2) canned goods that will be donated to the Eastern NC Food Bank. A wristband will allow you to play all the games you want. Activities will include Sand Art, Toilet Paper Toss, Moon Bounce, Basketball, Skee Ball, Dice Toss, Fiesta Room, Hockey Shoot Out, Tattoos, Hair Panting, and more!
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