Oregon City Preschool

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Welcome to Oregon City preschool’s fundraising page.

We have come up with some simple ways for you to help the school, and help our kids! In addition to our two mandatory fundraisers, the Fun Run (fall), and Auction (spring), we do some optional, seasonal sales throughout the year, and we offer the opportunity to order scrip year round. On this page I’ll briefly describe our fundraisers and give you some links and printable forms you might need. Read the descriptions, and scroll down for some helpful fundraising tips.

 

Ø   Fun Run, October 4th (mandatory)

We begin each year with our Fun Run. The goal of this fundraiser is to kick of the year by getting together, to get to know each other, and have fun with the kids. The children must each raise $20 by the day of the Fun Run, by flat donation or per lap. We all meet at Chapin Park and the children circle the track on their bikes, walking, or running, as many times as they want. A hot dog lunch is sold (donated by Reser’s Fine Foods, Great Harvest Bakery, and other local businesses). Parents take shifts manning the booths, as tickets are sold to play kiddie carnival games. The kiddie carnival events vary and we’re always open to suggestions. In years past we’ve had a bounce house, cake walk, removable tattoo parlor, bean bag toss, lucky duck pond, and a pretend fishing game. This is one of our mandatory fundraisers, but the kids have such a good time, that it really puts the F-U-N back in fundraiser!

 

 

Ø   Annual Auction, March 8th (mandatory)

Our auction is our biggest fundraiser of the year. A tremendous amount of parent participation in planning, and working well ahead of time, and on the day of, always makes our auction a huge success. Parents sign up for committees, from soliciting donations, to decorating, or preparing the dinner, everyone helps out. We’ll sign up for auction committees at the parent meeting on January 15th, and regroup to go over our progress on February 19th. A parent from each family is required to attend, but our auction is open to the public, so invite family, friends, and everyone you know. It’s never too soon to be really excited, and to start thinking of ideas for the auction!

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of the kind businesses and corporations in our community that have made the decision to help support our children and our future.  Please take a moment to read through this list of supporters.  These companies all donated items and services to our auction.  Without them it would not be as successful as it is every year.

 

 

Ø   Scrip

We order scrip on the first Tuesday of every month. Order forms are due by the first Monday of every month, and the scrip will be in your box by that Thursday afternoon. Scrip is prepaid gift certificates or cards. Retailers give our school a small percentage of the cost of the gift certificates. The scrip program is a really easy way for families to raise money for the school, just by buying scrip for your normal monthly purchases. Check out the order form to see all of the businesses that offer scrip.

 

·        Scrip Order Form

 

Ø   Our Online Fundraising partners

The school is enrolled in several programs that require you to sign up, or make purchases online.

 

·        www.escrip.com Safeway, Whole Foods, Zupans, Big 5 Sporting Goods, OfficeMax, and other businesses, will donate a percentage of your purchases, if you sign up the debit or credit card you use to make your purchases.

·        http://www.albertsons.com/abs_inthecommunity  If you shop at Albertsons, go to this page, click on the Community Partners link, and put in your phone number and Albertson’s card number. A percentage of your purchases will be donated to the school.

·        http://www.sallyfoster.com/sally/home.jsp Sally Foster offers premium giftwrap and other seasonal products, gifts for the home, and gourmet treats.

·        http://currentfun.com/category.asp Current offers a wide assortment of products, check out their web site


 

A couple of helpful fundraising Tips:

 

Please,

 

  • Never let your kids sell to strangers unaccompanied!
  • Combine all of your orders onto one master form (keep your individual forms for distributing your order) and write the school one check to, OCPS.
  • Your workplace is an excellent place to sell our products, but please make sure your employer doesn’t prohibit you from selling things to coworkers.
  • Please check this site if you have any questions, aren’t sure of important fundraiser dates, or need more forms.
  • Call the school and leave a message for Kristi if you have any questions, 503-656-8230.

 

 

 

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