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Fundraising

To:  Parishioners,

Just by doing what you do on a regular daily basis, you can earn dollars for Our Lady of Lakes (OLL) School.  Following is a list of the dollars members raised last school year (2008 – 2009). 

$ 488.05      Aluminum Cans

$ 127.80      Printer Cartridges

$ 494.90      Pick ‘n Save

$ 485.99      Target

$ 570.50      Box Tops for Kids & Campbell Soup Labels

$ 108.30      Milk Caps - Kemps Give-em, Five Kids, Caps & Cash

$   53.91      Good Search

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$2,329.45              TOTAL

Attached is an explanation of how each of these programs work and automatically generates dollars for our school.  Please share this information with your families, friends, co-workers, neighbors, etc.  ANYONE can save the aluminum cans, printer cartridges, milk caps, soup labels & box tops, or sign up for the stores.  Just designate they are doing this for OLL and the school will reap the benefit of additional dollars for our students.

ALUMINUM CANS

Collect all your aluminum cans in a plastic bag and just drop them off in the Cedar Valley Cheese Store.  They will take the cans in for recycling and designate the funds for OLL School.  The Cedar Valley Cheese Store is located at W3115 Jay Rd, right off of HY 57 between Fredonia and Random Lake.  While you’re there, taste test some of their great cheese products.  Any questions, please call Tracy Hiller. 

PRINTER CARTRIDGES

Most families have at least one computer and printer.  OLL School is participating in a cartridge-recycling program that raises money for them and helps the environment.  Please collect your used printer, fax, and copier cartridges from home or work and drop them off at the OLL School office.  OLL School will earn money for every cartridge/cell phone recycled and you'll be helping the environment!  Quarterly, a check is received to purchase various school items for the students and classrooms.  For more information go to www.greenschoolproject.com.  Any questions, please call Jane Giese.

PICK ‘n SAVE - We Care Program

If you shop at Pick ‘n Save, why not automatically have a percentage of your purchases go back to OLL School.  The We Care program helps non-profit organizations raise additional funds through supportive shoppers who use their Advantage Plus Savers Club card.  The We Care program provides customers with an easy way to give to their favorite charities.  Each time you shop at Pick ‘n Save and use your Advantage Plus Savers Card, OLL School will receive a cash rebate which is distributed quarterly.  The amount of the rebate will be a percentage of the total amount of We Care dollars that Pick ‘n Save has contributed. The more you use your card, the larger percentage of total We Care contribution OLL School will receive.

IT”S SO EASY!!!!  Next time you’re in Pick n Save, take a minute to stop at the Customer Service desk.  Tell them that you would like to list Our Lady of the Lakes Random Lake School as your designated We Care charity (ID # 791580).  You keep your same card and it only takes a few minutes to accomplish.  Each store has a listing of all participating organizations and can look up Our Lady of the Lakes, Random Lake designation number, (791580).  The We Care program is available at all Wisconsin - Pick n’ Save stores.  Let your family and friends know how easy this is and we will see even greater dollars contributed to OLL School.   Any questions, please call Paula Mayer.

TARGET - Take Charge of Education Program

Do you shop at Target?  Do you use a credit card to make purchases on a routine basis?  If you are using the REDcard(SM), you can give to OLL School at the same time and earn a 10% off shopping day for yourself.  Through the Take Charge of Education program, Target donates, to OLL School, an amount equal to 1% of REDcard(SM) (Target Visa and Target Card) purchases made at Target and Target.com, and ½% of Target Visa purchases made elsewhere.  Checks are sent to the school principal in March and September.  The funds received are unrestricted funds which can be used for everything from student recognition programs and new playground equipment to library books, classroom materials, and more.  Once you have charged a total of $1000, you earn a 10% off day of shopping at Target.

Instructions to sign up for a Target REDcard or Target Visa:

            Go to www.target.com/tcoe

            Click on REDcard - To Learn More

            Complete the application page

Enrolling is easy if you already have a REDcard or Target Visa card, instructions are:

            Go to www.target.com/tcoe

            Click on Enroll Now - Choose a school

            In the School Name Box - Enter in Our Lady of the Lakes

                        Or in the School ID box enter - 17236

Let your friends and family know.  Anyone in the country who shops at Target can designate OLL School just by using our  ID # 17236.  For additional information, go to www.Target.com/tcoe.

Any questions, please call Curt Blaszczyk.

BOX TOPS for EDUCATION

Here are two easy ways to earn cash for OLL School through your everyday activities.

1)  CLIP:     Clip Box Tops from hundreds of participating General Mills products.  Box tops are worth $0.10 each when OLL School redeems them to General Mills.

2)  SHOP THE BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION MARKETPLACE:   Start every online shopping trip at the Box Tops Marketplace at www.boxtops4education.com.  You’ll find your favorite online stores such as Lands’ End and JC Penney. Up to 10% of each qualifying purchase is donated to your designated Box Tops school (OLL).

Schools are issued two checks per year. The December 15th check includes all Box Tops earnings accrued from March 1 to October 31 totaling $20.00 or more.  (If the total is less than $20.00, this amount will be carried over and paid in the April 15 check).  The April 15 check includes Box Tops earnings accrued from November 1 through February 28.  Additional information and on-line product coupons can be found at www.boxtops4education.com .  Any questions, please call Jane Giese.

CAMBELL SOUP LABELS
Clip and submit UPC labels from Campbell’s products and we can earn school supplies, computer software, books, videos or even playground equipment for OLL School.  Campbell's Labels for Education is a school fundraising program.  For more than 30 years, Labels for Education™ has been awarding free educational merchandise to schools. The program was designed with busy families in mind as an alternative to traditional fundraising. You, your family and friends can assist by saving the proof of purchase from Campbell products and dropping them off at OLL School in the designated containers.  OLL School redeems the points collected for FREE educational merchandise from the Campbell's Labels for Education catalog, such as, computers, software, sports equipment, musical instruments, library books and even a minivan. It’s a fun, easy program where students, families and members of the community work together for a common goal.  Today, 75,000 schools and organizations are registered with Labels for Education™, benefiting more than 42 million students. Over the years, they have been able to provide more than $100 million in merchandise to America's schools!

Remember, you no longer need to clip the entire front label – The program will only accept the UPC code itself.  For more information go to www.labelsforeducation.com or refer to the attached “Eligible Products” list (due to health issues, please do not save lids for the school). Any questions, please call Jane Giese. 

Eat Well. Live Well. Be Fit.

Visit www.campbellwellness.com, your source for articles, tools and tips on eating well, living well and being fit. You’ll discover helpful information designed to nourish your body, stimulate your mind, and inspire your spirit including the following:

·        How to deal with childhood obesity

·        Creating a heart-healthy diet

·        The importance of vegetables in disease prevention

·        Sodium and your health

·        Diabetes and nutrition

For more information, please visit www.campbellwellness.com.

MILK CAPS - Give-‘Em Five and Kids, Caps & Cash

Great way to earn money for those extras that aren't covered in the OLL School’s operating budget by redeeming caps from specially mark GG Golden Guernsey Dairy®, Morning Glory™, and Kemps milk products. Through "Kids Caps & Cash," (Golden Guernsey & Morning Glory) and Give ‘Em Five (Kemps) programs students are encouraged to collect specially mark caps from their white and chocolate half-gallon and gallon jugs of milk.  OLL School will receive 5¢ for each specially marked cap.   Please save, rinse and turn in the caps in the designated drop off bins in OLL School’s principle entrance. Our Milk Caps Programs coordinator will count them, batch them up, and periodically submit them for redemption of 5¢ per cap.  KEEP DRINKING YOUR MILK and hand in those caps!  Any questions, please call Sheri Depies. 

GOODSEARCH

Just like “Pennies From Heaven”.  GoodSearch is a search engine and every time you search or shop the Internet at GoodSearch.com, the charities and schools designated by its users earns money.  The money GoodSearch donates to OLL comes from its advertisers — the users and the organizations do not spend a dime

Here’s how it works:

·        On the GoodSearch homepage, type in Our Lady of the Lakes in Random Lake WI and designate them as your charity.

·        Search the Internet just like you normally would — the site is powered by Yahoo!, so you'll get the same high-quality search results you're accustomed to.

·        Fifty percent of the revenue generated from advertisers is shared with the charity, school or nonprofit organization of your choosing.

A faster way to earn money for OLL is to shop the Internet through GoodSearch.  Here’s how:

·        On the GoodSearch homepage, type in Our Lady of the Lakes in Random Lake WI and designate them as your charity.

·        When you are going to shop the Internet, simply go to GoodSearch.com and access the site you would like to shop through the GoodSearch Shopping tab. 

·        You will be directed to the same website you would normally use.

·        There are over 1000 on line merchants available and they pay a percentage back as a charitable contribution.

·        There are many popular participants like Amazon, I-Tunes, Dell, Kohls, Target, Best Buy, Wal-mart, Hotels.com and the list goes on and on.  Please help spread the word. 

·        If your company or business purchases supplies, books, computers, hotels or rental cars over the Internet, please see if they can setup OLL and use GoodSearch.

For additional information go to www.goodsearch.com or contact Curt Blaszczyk.

SCRIP

Scrip is a great way to earn money for our school and for you to pay for items (clothing, grocery, gas, restaurants, etc.) you purchase every day.  ALSO, scrip cards make great Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation, and Christmas gifts.  Take all the leg work out of buying gifts for your loved ones and just purchase SCRIP.  To make this even easier, we now have a number of SCRIP cards available for immediate purchase at the Cedar Valley Cheese Store.  If you would like some cards or have any questions, please call Lori Bichler.

MARKET DAY

Market Day goods are a great way to earn money for our school and for you to get groceries you may purchase every week.  ALSO, this can take the leg work out of going to the grocery store and trying to figure out what “you’ll make for supper tonight”.  Any questions, please call Terry Singer.