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