We Want Your Company To Be A Fun Run Sponsor

Do you own a local business or work for a business that is looking to get exposure to hundreds of local households? The 2013 Fun Run is looking for sponsors for this years event.  We are offering a few different options ranging from:

• Your company logo on prizes and gifts given to all participants
• Your logo on pledge for and letters about Fun Run sent out
• Feature on PTO social media pages
• Option to insert coupons,menus or any other items in Fun Run race bag

For more info or to request a sponsorship contact us at mcdolefunrun@gmail.com.

All sponsorship will need to be finalized by Friday September 6!!

FUN RUN 2013

It’s that time again, time for the annual McDole Fun Run! Our students will be running at school on Friday, September 20th, but....the time to start collecting donations is now!

Make you donation online by clicking here. (Be sure to click  "+ Add special instructions to the seller" and enter the student's name, grade and teacher so they get credit for the donation!)

Are you traveling this weekend or spending time with friends and family? Spread the word about the Fun Run! Donation envelopes will go home next week so start thinking of who you will ask to support you and your school as you run for funds!

Have a fun and safe holiday weekend!

We did it and had fun!

Overall, the fun run was a great success. Our McDole students kept their feet moving despite the weather’s lack of cooperation! There were great tunes, poms, McDole bracelets and most of all LOTS OF FUN! We had a LOT of parents, grandparents, siblings and supporters cheering us on. Thank you for being such a great cheering crowd!

  

What About the $$$?

Over the past three weeks, 145 students have turned in $5,440.46 in cash, checks and online donations. Nicely done McDole! We have one more week to collect donations however, and this week is still very important.

It has become tradition that every year, the PTO budgets to provide each grade level with $1,000 in “Wishlist Funds.” This money is earmarked for the grade levels to request in detailed proposals to provide supplemental items for the school. In the past years this money has been spent (as requested) on classroom books and reading technology, math curriculum, the subsidization of the 4^th Grade Springfield trip, classroom supplies, and more. These Wishlists alone require $6,000 in PTO funds. Currently, our Fun Run funds are not sufficient to cover this amount.

What happens if we don’t raise enough money? If the funds don’t come in to cover the budgetary needs of the PTO, the PTO will be forced to consider the priority of the items in its budget which may even lead to a second fundraiser in the spring.

During morning announcements on October 1^st, we will be drawing the winner of a Kindle Fire as well as announcing prizes for the donations collected by our students. It would be so exciting if we could add another $3,000 to our gross Fun Run funds by this date! Can you help to make that happen?

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Thank you so much to the students who participated last Friday in moving for McDole.  Thank you to the parents who volunteered to help at the Fun Run and to all of those who came out to cheer on the students. Thank you to the staff and administration for helping to execute the actual Fun Run itself. Thank you to the PTO Board for the guidance and support as we planned this fundraiser. Thank you to parents, friends and family who have already financially supported the PTO, and therefore benefiting the students in the classroom.

Sincerely,

Stephanie Beattie

Fun Run Coordinator

It's Fun Run Day, Yay!

Just a reminder that today is the day our students run for fun(ds)!  It looks as if it will be a chilly day,but we're hoping it stays dry, so PLEASE have your student(s) dress accordingly! Also, be sure to send them with water to have during their run.

  

Parents Join the Fun!

Remember, the McDole Fun Run can be fun for the whole family! Check out the run schedule and come join the fun and cheer your student(s) on as they run for McDole! YOU are our cheering squad!

THE MCDOLE PTO FUN RUN IS HERE!

Students, get ready for Friday by:

•  Continuing to collect donations to support your school and earn great prizes!
• Wearing comfortable clothes and appropriate shoes for running!
• Bringing a water bottle labeled with your name to help you stay energized and hydrated!

Parents, Family and Friends, get ready by:

• Helping your students collect donations, donations, donations!
• Coming and cheering on your students as they run!

IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP!

Contact the Fun Run Coordinator, Stephanie Beattie, at beattiestephanie@gmail.com for information on volunteering. We need help outside with the students, keeping things ‘running’ smoothly as well as inside counting donations and tallying prizes.

MCDOLE PTO FUN RUN SCHEDULE

1st Grade: 9:25 to 10:25

Kindergarten (AM & Extended): 9:55 to 10:25

3^rd Grade: 10:30 to 11:30

5^th Grade: 12:10 to 1:10

2^nd Grade: 1:15 to 2:15

Kindergarten (PM & Extended): 1:45 to 2:15

4^th Grade: 2:20 to 3:20

WEATHER PERMITTING, OUR STUDENTS WILL BE RUNNING OUTSIDE.

For the safety of our students, we need to keep a record of who is on school property. 

PLEASE sign in/out at the registration table outside when you come to watch your students run, just like you would inside the school when you are visiting.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you all on Friday!

Fun Run Update!

The Fun Run is only ONE WEEK AWAY and our Fun Run lunchtime coin collection is in full swing! After two weeks of fun run donations being collected, our coin jars at lunch look like this:

Kindergarten: 5 Participation Coins

1^st Grade: 10 Participation Coins

2^nd Grade: 5 Participation Coins

3^rd Grade: 5 Participation Coins

4^th Grade: 5 Participation Coins

5^th Grade: 6 Participation Coins

Out of 623 students at McDole, only 35 have brought in donations, or received donations online as of today. These students have raised $1,113.65.

We are so proud of these students, but we have a LONG way to go! Pick up the phone and call Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts and Uncles! Take a walk and ask the neighbors down the street! Collect cash, checks (payable to McDole PTO) and online donations!

It is time to kick it into full gear to make this our biggest fun run ever!

Don't forget to share the link to donate online with your family and friends!  When they donate, make sure they enter the student's FULL NAME as well as the Teacher's name.  Here is a screen shot from PayPal that shows where this information goes. Be sure to click on the plus sign next to "URGENT: Enter Student's Full Name/Teacher" to open the text box to write in the information so your student gets credit for their donations!