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Beyond the Bake Sale
"Beyond the Bake Sale"
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From the Publisher
All the ideas and step-by-step help you need to raise thousands and thousands of dollars for your school

With education budgets across the country slashed, parents of children in both public and private schools are taking up the slack. Parent-driven fund-raising keeps classrooms stocked with computers, libraries filled with books, and teams supplied with uniforms and equipment. Beyond the Bake Sale is a comprehensive guide to foolproof methods that will raise the maximum amount of money for any elementary or secondary school.

Learn how the pros:

  • set up a fund-raising team
  • find national organizations that will give your school a cut of sales
  • put on events that leave bake sales and car washes in the dust
  • run a pledge drive
  • involve parents and get them to volunteer
  • account for and distribute the money you raise

    Complete with school-year timelines and innovations from fund-raisers across the country, Beyond the Bake Sale is the only blueprint you’ll need to start making money for your school this year.

    Synopsis

    A seasoned fund-raiser for a New York City public school shares the basics, and ideas for seasonal and year-round events, recruiting volunteers, and tapping into corporate and other resources. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

    From The Critics
    Library Journal
    As public and private school budgets are slashed, parents are taking school fundraising to another level in order to restore art and music programs and to maintain computer labs and libraries. Joachim, who has helped raise more than $200,000 per year for P.S. 87 in New York City, presents several innovative school fundraising ideas to fill the year-everything from publishing a weekly school newsletter with paid advertisements to seeking corporate sponsorship. By creating a yearlong strategic fundraising plan and enlisting the help of community volunteers, Joachim asserts that schools can raise abundant funds that will alter the quality of their children's education. The author explains the basics of school fundraising and then provides a chapter for each idea explaining how it works, the amount of volunteer participation necessary, how revenues can be increased, and approximately how much revenue can be expected. In the final chapters, she covers how to recruit volunteers and contact information for various companies with fundraising programs. Perfect for parent-teacher associations and other school volunteer groups, this guide is strongly recommended for all public libraries.

    -Charity Peak, Regis Univ., Colorado Springs Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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    Office of Strategic Partnerships
    New York City Department of Education

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