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GIVING TUESDAYS
Please keep an eye out on our calendar under the UPCOMING EVENTS tab to find out when Giving Tuesdays are coming up. On Giving Tuesdays select retailers donate a portion of their proceeds to BEH. We encourage you to patronize those business on Giving Tuesdays especially! The next Giving Tuesday is November 28, 2017 at select participating shops on N Mississippi Avenue.
SPECIAL EVENTS: TBA
Throughout the year we may have announcements about special fundraising events to support our school. Look out for announcements!
CLASSROOM PROJECTS
With donors choose, you can choose a BEH teacher's school project to fund. For a short time your donations to BEH projects on www.donorschoose.org will be doubled by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In other words, if you waited to donate, now is a great time!
DINE-IN NIGHTS
Your dinner out benefits our school when you mention BEH on "Dine-In" Nights at participating restaurants! Help fundraise for BEH when you get dinner out at select restaurants on School Dine-In Nights. If you mention BEH at a participating restaurant on a Dine-In night, proceeds from that evening go to our school. Check our under UPCOMING EVENTS, school email and text updates, school-take home folder flyers, or announcements near the school's main office for information about locations and dates.
EMPLOYER GIFT MATCHING
If you would like to make a financial contribution to the BEH PTA, consider checking with your employer's Human Resources Department to find out if they will match charitable contributions. Click here for a list of community-minded local and national businesses who may match employee donations and make sure to check with your employer if they are not on this list. It's a great way to double your impact when you give!
Donate at any time or
multiple times throughout the year.
JOIN OUR PTA!
You are welcome to become a member of the BEH PTA by paying the yearly fee of $15 for an individual or $25 for a couple. We invite you to join our regular PTA meetings the second Wednesday of each month from 5:30 to 7:30pm to learn about initiatives and programs to support our school as well as to get to know the community and participate in whichever way works for you - whether listening and contributing to conversation as an engaged parent/caregiver, a volunteer, a voting member, or in a leadership position! Light dinner and childcare are provided at meetings. Whether or not you wish to become an official member, parents, teachers, and community members may attend meetings at any time, though only those who have paid membership dues can vote or become hold a leadership position. If you wish to support the PTA with a membership fee or other donation, regardless of meeting attendance, please contact us at behpta620@gmail.com, subject line, "PTA Membership" or PTA Donation.""
There are many options for donating to the Boise-Eliot/Humboldt PTA in ways both large and small. Every little bit helps. Whether with tax deductible financial contributions or by donating food to our Backpack Program, whether at special fundraising events or via retailer rewards programs, there are a variety of giving opportunities to fit every budget and schedule.
Below is an overview of the many ways you can donate to support BEH. We thank you for your generosity to our school community!
FRED MEYER REWARDS
Shopping and giving unite at Fred Meyer department and grocery stores. If you are a Fred Meyer customer you may connect your Rewards Card to your favorite non-profit, including the BEH PTA, by following this link: https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-frequently-asked-questions. Then, when you scan your card each time you shop at Freddy's, you will be helping your organization of choice earn a donation from Fred Meyer. Fred Meyer is donating up to $2.6 million to nonprofits in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington every year through this program.Sign up for a Rewards Card, free of charge, at the Customer Service Desk of any Fred Meyer store.
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
The Box Tops for Education program allows some of your regular grocery items to raise funds for your school at no extra cost to you! Just find the Box Tops coupon on participating products, cut it out, and bring it to school. Coupons are a little bigger than a postage stamp and are most often located on the top of packaging - look closely to find them! You can find Box Tops on everything from pre-packaged meals like Progresso's Chicken Noodle Soup to paper products like Kleenex and popular cereal brands like Cheerios. To find out if your regular groceries include participating products, check the long and varied list of "Participating Products" at the Box Tops for Education website. Coupons are worth 10 cents each, but every little bit helps! The more families participate, the more we can collect to benefit BEH. You may drop any coupons you collect in the manilla "PTA Box Tops Envelope" posted on the PTA bulletin board at the school's main entrance, or you may give them to your child's teacher. Our Box Tops Coordinator will submit them to redeem their value for our school.
BACKPACK PROGRAM
The BEH PTA's Backpack Program coordinates weekend food backpacks for our hungriest families. Food donations are always welcome and extremely appreciated. You may also make a tax-deductible financial contribution in support of the Backpack Program. Checks can be made out to Boise-Eliot PTA and we will provide tax ID info, if needed. To find out more about making donations please contact us at behpta620@gmail.com with the subject line, "BEH Backpack Program."
BEH EVENTS & STUDENT FUNDRAISING
Check under UPCOMING EVENTS on this site for a look at our monthly calendar and to find our FUNDRAISERS page. Here you can learn more about our seasonal student-led fundraisers, which you can support financially or by helping to make sales at your work, church, or in your neighborhood. Our events calendar will list any fundraisers you can attend or school events where we might have items on sale, like BEH t-shirts or other items to support our school.
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specific times during the
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GRAND CENTRAL BAKED GOODS
DONATIONS BENEFIT BEH PTA
FRIDAY MORNINGS IN ROOM 106
HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE
Each November and December the PTA coordinates a Holiday Food Drive to provide grocery staples for our families at risk of hunger during the two week winter break. Each year we hope to offer holiday food boxes to at least 40 families. We always welcome help with all aspects of this project, from volunteering to pick up food from vendors and/or filling boxes in the days before delivery, to donating pantry items, to sponsoring a food drive at your church or work place, to any tax-deductible financial contribution you would like to make. Information on dates and more details will arrive to you in school take home folders. If you wish to donate food, please see this link for our wish list. For more information on donating or volunteering please contact our Holiday Food Drive Coordinator at pfifa@hotmail.com.
Boise-Eliot/Humboldt PTA STEAM School
A PreK-8 school with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math