Fund Raising Activities

In order to make it a little easier for you to stay up on various fund raising activities sponsored by Gretchen Everhart School, your PTO or other school-related organizations, we will be posting information regarding these activities on this and links identified below.

Fund Raising Calendar

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Dining to Donate

Monday, December 1st from 6:00 PM until 1:00 AM is the last chance to participate in the Dinning to Donate to help raise money for Special Olympics Leon County.

Special Olympics and Applebee's Restaurant (1388 Capital Circle NW) partner for DINING TO DONATE, an event to raise money for Special Olympics Leon County. Every Monday evening from 6 PM-12 Midnight, beginning October 13 through the remainder of 2008, customers who bring a DINING TO DONATE flyer with them, will have 15% of their bill donated to Special Olympics Leon County.

Download DINING TO DONATE Flyer (Adobe PDF format - 97.58 KB, located on external site operated by Special Olympics Leon County)

On October 13, customers will also be able to see how their donations help the program, as Applebee's General Manager and Special Olympics Golf coach Bill Schack will host the GOLF season's end of year party outside on the deck of his Capital Circle restaurant.

For additional information, call Terry Massa at (850) 509-2613 or email Terry.

Visit the Special Olympics website (opens in new window) for more information.

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Campbell's Labels for Education

Gretchen Everhart School and your PTO will earn money from all the UPC (Bar Codes) and caps you collect and send in to the school.

Visit the Campbell's Labels for Education Website (opens in new window).

You can also download PDF files that contain information regarding:

• Eligible Products
• How to Submit Labels and Caps

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Cartridges for Kids

GRETCHEN EVERHART SCHOOL IS RECYCLING AND WE WOULD LIKE YOUR HELP!

We are recycling used cell phones, empty laser, fax, copier, and inkjet cartridges as well as, laptops, Palm Pilots, iPods, video games, DVD’s and digital cameras for two reasons. First, we are trying to preserve our environment by keeping these harmful items out of landfills, and secondly, to raise funds for Gretchen Everhart PTO which provides funding for: Dances, Prom, Fall Festival, Spring Fling, Fun Day, Teacher and Staff Appreciation and Teacher Supplies (items not funded in the budget).

The recyclable items that are collected are returned to Cartridges for Kids® (CFK). Gretchen Everhart is among more than 12,500 non-profit organizations nationwide that are helping the environment by recycling.

How can you help? You can turn your “trash into our treasure” and feel good about helping the environment all at the same time. Most people have used cell phones to dispose of and almost everyone uses cartridges, either at home or at work. They come from fax machines, copiers and printers. By donating these used items you can assist the GES PTO with earning much needed funds.

Community and business supporters can participate at no cost. These items can also be dropped off at Gretchen Everhart or you may also contact the person listed below to pick up your recyclables.

To learn more about the CFK program, please email Debra Taube or call her at 566-7214.  For more information, visit Cartridges for Kids (opens in new window).

Download current Cartridges for Kids price list (as of 10/30/07).

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GoodSearch & GoodShop

What if the Gretchen Everhart School PTO earned a penny every time you searched the Internet?  Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause?  Well, now it can!  GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate.  Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!  Imagine, if 100 supporters averaged two searches a day, it would raise $730 a year!

To make your searches even easier, you can download and install the GoodSearch toolbar for Internet Explorer (version 6 or 7) or search box plugins for Firefox, Internet Explorer 7 and Safari.  Go to http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbars.aspx (opens in new window) for download instructions.

Want to raise even more money for the Gretchen Everhart School PTO?  Go to GoodShop.com, a companion site to GoodSearch.com that offers a new online shopping mall.  GoodShop.com will donate up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause!  Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, eBay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting the Gretchen Everhart School PTO.  If 100 supporters purchase $500 a year via Good Shop, at an average of 3% donation for each purchase (some on-line companies donate a lot more), it would raised $1,500 a year!

Go to www.goodsearch.com and/or www.goodshop.com and be sure to enter Gretchen Everhart School PTO as the charity you want to support. Be sure to spread the word, encourage family and friends to do the same! Links to these sites can be found on the Everhart PTO Website (home of the Everhart On-line Volunteer Database) at http://everhartpto.org/gespto_fundraiser.html.

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Take Charge of Education Program ®

We've discovered a terrific way to raise funds for our school. It's super-easy, and all you have to do is use your Target® Visa® or Target® Card. We will receive a percentage of the amount of each purchase in the form of a cash donation from Target through the Take Charge of Education® program. It's easy. Just visit target.com/tcoe (opens in new window), or call 1-800-316-6142 to designate our school. So if you're going to Target anyway, please consider using your Target® Visa® or Target® Card. Big thanks to those who are already doing their part to make a great school even better.

• Find out how much money our school has already received at target.com/tcoe (opens in new window).
• Grandparents, alumni, neighbors and friends can take part, too.

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Past Fund Raising Activities

Everhart Book Fair

The Book Fair is coming September 8th-15th!

The whole school is excited about our upcoming Book Fair.  An amazing selection of books is headed our way!

Visit Everhart’s Book Fair website (opens in new window) for information about the Fair and how you can volunteer to help!

US Troops - Care Packages

As part of our Veteran’s Day Celebration, students are putting together care packages for our US Troops overseas.  All items must be sent very soon.  Please bring or send donations to the school no later than Wednesday, November 12th. Below is a list of suggested items to send.  You can also download the list (Troops - PDF 103 KB)

Please send travel sizes only, no Aerosols, and nothing that will melt.

• Baby Wipes (Used for bathing in lieu of showers)
• Laundry Soap (Small Single-Load Packs, Trial Sizes, or 'Tablets')
• Liquid, Bar, or Waterless Soap Shampoo, Conditioner Lotion (Tube Only) (For rough, dry skin)
• Sunblock, Aloe Vera Hand Sanitizer Liquid Body Wash (Used also for shaving)
• Deodorant (Roll-On or Gel Only)
• Shaving Cream (Non-Aerosol Only)
• Saline Spray/Drops (Sensitive nasal passages)
• Kleenex (Individual Packs)
• Toilet Paper (1” x 4”)
• Q-Tips (Travel Packs) (Used to clean ears and guns)
• Feminine Hygiene Products, Tampax, Disposable Razors (2-5 Pack)
• Baby Powder, Foot Powder (Used on body and in boots to keep dry)
• Dr. Scholls Moleskin (Pads for sore feet)
• Blistex, Vaseline, Carmex (Squeeze Tube)
• Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Dental Floss/Picks
• MAG Lite (Flashlight), Bulbs and Batteries
• Insect Repellent (Deet) (Pump Action or Towelettes)
• Hand Warmers
• Writing Paper, Envelopes, Pens Games and Puzzles (Hand Held)
• DVD’s and CD’s (Movies and Music)

Other Suggested FUN and Yummy stuff!! (A teacher who visited the base has suggested these):

• Magazines of all types because someone will read even the weirdest ones.
• Candy - any type now that it’s cooling. They like hard candies, gum and chocolates.
• Jerky
• Crackers and chips, especially the crackers with peanut butter or cheese on them
• Lotions, chapstick, suntan lotion but not eye drops because sand gets stuck in the eyes with the drops
• Card games
• Cookies - store bought are okay especially the ones like Oreos and those yummy Pepperidge Farm ones.
• Fun things like word searches, crosswords, even comics and “funny” gag sort of things.  The most popular things I sent were the little gnomes from the $ Tree.  A year ago when Bergen and I went to Ft. Stewart to see soldiers deploy one asked me if I was the one who sent the gnomes. So silly stuff from the $ Tree is fun.
• Most bases have good PX stores where guys can get stuff like deodorant and toothpaste but the "smell good lotions" from Bath and Bodyworks would be great for the female soldiers.

Everhart Tote Bags, Polo Shirts and Ladies V-Neck Mid-Sleeve T-shirts

The Everhart PTO is pleased to announce the semi-annual Everhart tote bag, polo shirt and ladies v-neck mid-sleeve t-shirt fundraiser.  This is a strong fund raiser for your PTO, while providing you the opportunity to purchase clothing merchandise with the Everhart logo, in a variety of colors.  The deadline for submission of your order is November 14th.

Everhart Tote Bags - Word or PDF Format
Everhart  Polo Shirts - Word or PDF Format
Ladies V-Neck  Mid-Sleeve T-shirts - Word or PDF Format

Gretchen Everhart Owl Supporter Program

The Owl Supporter Program has been designed so that most every student and family can participate on some level. For as little as $10.00 you can help make the program work and continue to assist the school with meeting the needs of our children. Of course, higher supporter levels will help us reach our goal of $5,000.00 faster, and with your help we can reach our goal.

100% of YOUR money will go towards the purchase of instructional materials, upgrading computer technology, teacher and volunteer appreciation, playground equipment, providing safe social activities and other items that assist in the advancement of education and social awareness for our children.

Download the Flyer - Word or PDF format.

Please join our school in showing support for those who are protecting our country!

Page updated: 12/02/2008