Santa Rita Bobcat
Santa Rita School
700 Los Altos Avenue CA 94022

Fundraising

To support all of the programs and capital improvements the PTA provides, the Santa Rita PTA raises and spends an average of $200,000 per year. The Spell-a-Thon and our direct donation campaign are our top tier fundraisers. Second tier fundraisers are Witches’ Delight, Hot Lunch, and Book Fair. EScrip, Box tops for Education and Office Depot are indirect fundraising sources that benefit Santa Rita throughout the year.

Following is a brief description of our fundraisers.

 


Direct Donation

At the beginning of each school year, we send a letter home to each Santa Rita family asking for support of our direct donation campaign. We’d like to have 100% of our families participate. We have asked each family to give $250.00 per child, or as much as you are able. We need and appreciate your support. All donations benefit our children. Donate Now.

Spell-a-Thon

A longstanding tradition at Santa Rita, it gets our kids involved in helping to raise money for their school. Santa Rita students are given grade-level spelling tests in late January. In early January, the children secure sponsors who pledge money for every word correctly spelled or for the test overall. It is an important fundraiser for the school.

Witches’ Delight Carnival and Spooky Silent Auction

Witches’ Delight is a carnival held at school the last Friday before Halloween and the whole community is invited. There are carnival booths, a cakewalk, a costume contest, cookie decorating, and lots of other opportunities for some spooky fun. Money is raised through ticket and food sales. Held during Witches Delight, the Spooky Silent Auction is a significant fundraiser for the school. The silent auction showcases many fun parties, services, and gift items – all for sale to raise money for the PTA. Parents are encouraged to donate items to the auction as well as bid to win! (add the sentences about the auction) This year we will be adding some additional activities to create even more fun!

Hot Lunch

Hot lunch is a service provided by the PTA to make available nutritious, high quality food that is seasonally appropriate at a reasonable price.  Our hot lunch program is provided by a single vendor, which provides and delivers hot and cold lunches temperature safe and kid friendly.

Book Fair

Every year the Santa Rita PTA hosts a Book Fair which is open for a week and staffed by volunteer parents. It is a very popular event at Santa Rita. There is a wonderful selection of books for all ages, a wide variety of gifts and other merchandise. Our school keeps a percentage of the proceeds and all the money raised at the Book Fair is used to support the library and classroom literature books.

Los Altos Education Foundation (LAEF)

Since 1982, LAEF has bridged the ever-increasing gap between state funding and the budget needed to implement top-quality curriculum in the seven elementary and two middle schools of the Los Altos district. LAEF relies on support each year from parents and the broader Los Altos community to provide our schools with quality enrichment programs and class size reduction. See LAEF and LAEF Back-to-School flyer.

eScrip

eScrip is the easiest way to raise funds for Santa Rita. With eScrip, Santa Rita automatically receives cash donations each time you use your eScrip registered loyalty, credit, or debit card at the over 150 participating eScrip merchants such as Safeway, Draegers, Andronicos, Mollie Stones, Piazza Fine Foods, Big 5, Eddie Bauer, Payless Shoes, Round Table Pizza, LeBoulanger, A.G. Ferrari, Orchard Supply Hardware, and OfficeMax. Registration and participation cost you nothing, so invest the less than five minutes in takes to register today.

eScrip is run by ESI (Electronic Scrip Inc.) a California based corporation dedicated to establishing relationships between commerce and community to provide resources to organizations that support children. To sign up for escrip, go to http://www.escrip.com. Our account number is: 135936592, which is for Santa Rita School PTA. If you need to newly register for a Safeway club card, or find an existing Safeway card club number, call 1-877-723-3929 ext. 3.

Target

Target Is offering 1% of purchases to Santa Rita as part of their Take Charge of Education program. You shop, and Santa Rita benefits. It's that simple. And your REDcardS makes it possible. Here's how to participate:

  • Apply and get approved for a REDcard;
  • Enroll in Take Charge of Education; and
  • Choose Santa Rita School.

With less than 5% of our families currently participating we have earned over $4,000 from this program. Start shopping with your REDcard, visit a Target Store or www.target.com

Office Depot

Santa Rita will earn credits equal to 5% of your qualifying school supply purchases* to use for FREE supplies. You can credit the school year round! Every time you shop at Office Depot, remember to ask them to credit Santa Rita when you are paying. Or shop at www.officedepot.com and use Santa Rita as our school number.

Boxtops 4 Education

Clip box tops from hundreds of participating brands to earn cash for Santa Rita. Go to www.boxtops4education.com/Downloads/Global/Clip.pdf for more information and a complete list of participating products.

One Cause (formerly known as SchoolPop)

Start all your on-line shopping from the One Cause homepage and participating vendors will give a percentage of every online purchase back to Santa Rita. Just sign up with your email address and start your on-line shopping at One Cause. You can click through to major online vendors, including Amazon and eBay. Much like eScrip, you can also register credit and debit cards on this site and earn even more money for Santa Rita.

Labels For Education

Clip UPC labels from participating brands to earn playground equipment for Santa Rita. Go to www.labelsforeducation.com/pdf/eligible_products.pdf for a list of eligible barcodes.

Cans to Cash

Don’t throw those California Redemption Value (CRV) bottles and cans, such as water bottles and soda cans, into the recycling bin! Save them at school or home, then deposit them in the specially-marked bins at school. These containers are then redeemed for cash. This program generated approximately $500 last school year.