Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Target Red Cards

Calling all Target Red card holders!

Please link your card up to our school....just follow this link:-

https://www-secure.target.com/redcard/tcoe/school-details-2014?schoolId=110831&enroll=no

Please ask your friends, family, neighbors to do the same - all proceeds towards the Save for Shade campaign!

Thank You!

Uniform Orders

BFCS Families,

FPAC will be placing a uniform order on FRIDAY – please turn all orders with payment into the office by Thursday afternoon. Order forms are on the front desk. Cash or check payment only please.

It will take a few weeks for uniforms to come in; in the meantime uniform shorts may be worn with any shirt with a collar...thank you for the grace time Mrs Dana!

As soon as the uniforms are distributed we will have full dress code rules, so please order your uniform shirts this week so your students can wear their uniforms – dress for success!

Thank you, FPAC

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

FPAC would like to wish all the teachers, aides, staff and students a very VERY happy first day of school!

Thank you to everyone who went to Venezias Pizza last night - we will find out soon how much money we raised towards our Save for Shade campaign.....:-)

Friday, July 18, 2014

The “Save for Shade” Campaign is on!

What is it? This year FPAC’s number one goal is to build some shade structures on campus. The structures are not cheap and although FPAC have been saving funds for a large project like this, we don’t have enough to go ahead and start building yet.

How much do they cost? To give an example of the cost:

· Shade over the courtyard cemented area – approx. $25,000.00.

· Shade over part of the kinder playground area – approx. 15,000.00.

· Shade over playground structure – approx. $16,000.00.

N.B. These quotes do not include legal fees. permit fees etc.

How will we raise the funds?

Our school is unique in that we do not take part in traditional fundraiser activities – we do not sell raffle tickets, we do not sell cookie dough or candles, we do not encourage our students to go out and actively try and raise funds through sponsored events etc. And we like it that way!

Fall Festival is still our main fundraiser, Box Tops and annual dues allow us to run our activities and events. What FPAC wants to try is generating additional funds specifically for the shade structures with these “behind the scene” type fundraisers:-

· Set up a few restaurant fundraisers throughout the year. FPAC will receive a small percentage of the evening sales at local restaurants when our name is mentioned.

· Link grocery store cards to our school, funds are raised for our school simply by our families and friends linking up their Frys, or Safeway, or Albertsons, or other grocery store cards.

· Apply for local grants. Lowes and Home Depot grants are already filled out and submitted!

· Gift Card sales. FPAC are setting up a fundraiser program where we gather gift card orders and FPAC will receive a percentage back from the company running the program.

· Target Red card, if you have one you can go online and link it to our school.

How can you help?

If you have any ideas, questions, comments to put forward to help with this campaign, please email fpacgilbert@gmail.com

Keep your eye on the website to see when the grocery cards are ready to be linked to the school – FPAC are in the process of setting them up with the stores. Ask all your family and friends to link theirs up too ;-)

Thank you for your support!