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Fundraisers

Gift
Wrap Sales
- We Beat Our Goal!
Thank
you to all who participated in our gift wrap and chocolate
fundraiser. Because of you, we made over $18,500 for PTSA and
school activities! Wow!!
Thank
you for your support, and special thanks to Co-Chairs Joslyn Strode
and Edana Peacock for all their great work.
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Take a Reading Road Trip!
Scholastic Books 50% Off Spring Book Fair
Come
in and stock up on a great selection of reading for the summer at
the 50%
Off Spring Book Fair May 14th-16th! Look for the Book Fair
at the stage and plan to shop early for the best selection.
Book
Fair Hours:
Wednesday,
May 14th ~ 8:30am - 3:30pm
Thursday,
May 15th ~ 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday,
May 16th ~ 8:30am - 4:30pm
Once again we will be offering Scholastic’s program “One for
Books” where your $1 donations will support our school library and
help get books to kids in need.
For
more information or to volunteer for this fun event, please contact
Janice Curl, jrcurl@aol.com or
Staci Schnell, staci@maildrop.org.
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Gift-A-Book
Thank
you to Kathy Nolan, Chair of Gift-a-Book, for her hard work. We’re
adding 77 new books to the library. Thanks also to all the
families who helped make our library grow!
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Corporate
Rebates
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Now
you can raise money for Newcastle PTSA just by search the
internet at www.GoodSearch.com.
You
use GoodSearch.com like any other search engine – the site is
powered by Yahoo! – but each time you do, money is generated
for us. Here’s how it works:
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Go
to www.goodsearch.com
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Type
Newcastle Elementary into the “I support” box and click
on “verify”
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Search
the internet just like you would with any search engine
4. Since
GoodSearch.com shares its advertising revenue with charities and
schools, every time you search the Internet at GoodSearch,
you'll be earning money for us.
You
can keep track of our estimated earnings by clicking on
"amount raised" once you designate us as your
organization of choice. The more people who use the site,
the more money we’ll earn, so spread the word!
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EARN
MONEY FOR PTSA AND GET A TAX WRITE-OFF BY DONATING YOUR USED
VEHICLE! eScrip has
partnered with V-DAC to create the eScrip Vehicle Donation
Program. V-DAC will arrange to have any vehicle with wholesale
value, legal title, and current registration towed at no charge.
V-DAC does all the work. They accept all responsibility. There are
no costs to you or our group! You are
eligible for an itemized TAX DEDUCTION for your vehicle donation,
and a donated vehicle can provide BIG earnings for our group!
For program details and
additional information, call 800.456.5517 or
visit: www.v-dac.com/escrip
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Help Newcastle
Elementary PTSA earn money just by using your Safeway Club
Card!!! Your PTSA has joined eScrips - eScrip is a
hassle-free way for schools to raise funds through
everyday purchases made at eScrip merchants.
It's
Easy - Register Today!
Log on to www.escrip.com
and go to "sign up."
Designate our group to
receive contributions. Our Group ID is #500004191 - Newcastle
Elementary PTSA.
Register your Safeway
(& Whole Foods) club cards. If you wish, you can
also register any other cards you have from participating
merchants (such as your Macy's, debit and other bank credit
cards).
That's it! Just
shop as you normally do. It's automatic! We can potentially
receive hundreds of dollars from your participation alone!
Grandparents, friends, and neighbors are also welcome to
designate Newcastle Elementary PTSA to benefit from their
shopping as well. Ask them to sign up and help raise
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If
you or family/friends shop at Albertsons IN ANY STATE, please
register your Albertsons Preferred Savings Cards to donate funds
to Newcastle Elementary PTSA. This is free money from
Albertson -- up to 4% of total purchase -- that is available for
you to donate. Once your card is registered, the funds
automatically get forwarded to our school. It doesn’t
cost you anything and only requires a one-time registration.
To
register, visit www.albertsons.com.
Enter your zip code and enter the site. At the bottom of
the page, click on the “In the Community” tab. Then
click the “Community Partners” link on the right side.
Then you can log in using your Preferred Savings Card and phone
number. Once you’ve registered your card to Newcastle
Elementary PTSA (Partner ID# 49001012706) … you are done!
As you shop at Albertsons, they will automatically donate the
money to our school.
If
you don’t have online access, please send your info to Sue
Hartford at sueh@hartfordengr.com.
Send your first/last name, phone number and Albertsons Preferred
Savings Card number.
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If
you have children in elementary school chances are you shop at Target.
Now, every time you use your Target Visa or Target Guest Card (r) at a Target
store or on www.target.com, Target will
donate an amount equal to 1% of purchases made to Newcastle Elementary.
When you use your Target Visa anywhere else, Target will donate 1/2% of total
purchases. Call 1-800-316-6142 to designate Newcastle Elementary as your
school of choice.
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Office
Depot will credit Newcastle Elementary with the value of 5% of qualifying school
supply purchases made throughout the year. Help Newcastle Elementary by
buying your school supplies at Office Depot. Our ID # is 70204283 and will
be available at local Office Depot stores. You can also go on line to www.OfficeDepot.com
and designate Newcastle Elementary to receive the bonus on your on line
purchases.
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Washington
Mutual account holders can help Newcastle Elementary every time they shop.
Just designate Newcastle Elementary as your school of choice and every time you
use your Washington Mutual check card you'll earn money for the school. Go
to www.wamoolaforschools.com to
designate Newcastle as your school of choice. You can return to the
website or stop by our local branch to see how much money you've raised for our
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Earn
$25 for Newcastle Elementary PTSA when you activate a new line of service on a
one- or two-year calling plan. Contact Chase Thompson at Verizon Wireless in
Bellevue Square at chase.thompson@VerizonWireless.com
or 206-491-9015. Be sure to tell your Verizon Sales Rep to support Newcastle
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CELL PHONE RECYCLING
EcoPhones will pay cash
to our school for every cell phone we donate, even broken or
non-working phones. They will refurbish the newer ones
that can be resold, and safely recycle the others. So
ask your parents, neighbors, co-workers or even local
businesses to donate any old cell phones to our school.
Simply have your student drop them in the recycle box outside
the office at Newcastle Elementary. For more
information, you can visit www.ecophones.com.
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PRINTER
CARTRIDGE RECYCLING
Earn
money for Newcastle Elementary and dispose of used ink and laser cartridges in
an environmentally friendly way by sending them to school with your child or
dropping them off yourself in the Cartridge World recycling box near the office.
You can also take them to the Cartridge World store in Issaquah and designate
Newcastle Elementary for your donation. Don't forget to ask family,
friends and co-workers to donate their used cartridges as well -- it adds up
quickly!
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Clip
Box Tops from hundreds of participating General Mills products with the original
Box Tops program. Box Tops are worth 10 cents each. Save your box
tops and have your child drop them in the collection box at school. You
can help Newcastle Elementary earn even more by visiting www.boxtops4education.com
where you will also find a complete, updated listing of qualifying products.
Join the Box Tops for Education booster club at that site, and you will find
coupons and opportunities to earn even more box tops for our school. Shop
on line at the Box Tops for Education Marketplace and up to 10% of each
qualifying purchase will be donated to Newcastle Elementary.
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Campbell's "Labels for Education" is an easy, fun way to help Newcastle
Elementary get free educational merchandise, including computers, sports
equipment and musical instruments. All you have to do is save labels from
participating
Campbell
's brands that families use every day. Simply removed labels/UPC codes from
participating products (look for the "Labels For Education" logo)
and send them to school, so your child can deposit them in the collection bin at
Newcastle Elementary. For more information go to www.labelsforeducation.com.
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We
are taking part in a national fundraising program sponsored by Tyson
Foods, Inc. Called Tyson Project A+™. Through this program, we can
raise as much as $12,000 for our school this year! The money we
raise can go towards buying books or computers, making improvements
to our buildings, or anything else that we want. All
we have to do to participate is clip and save the entire Project A+™
label from participating Tyson products. Each label we collect is
worth 24¢ for our school. A collection site has been set up at the
school where you can drop off your redemption labels.
Let’s
support our school! Clip and save Tyson Project A+™ labels today.
If you would like more information about the Tyson Project A+™
program, visit http://ProjectAPlus.tyson.com
or contact your corporate rebates chairpersons.
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PRECISION
AUTOCRAFT DONATES 5% OF REPAIR
COSTS TO PTSA If
you take your vehicle to Precision Autocraft for autobody
repairs, tell them you'd like to support the Newcastle
Elementary PTSA and they will donate 5% of the cost of your
repairs. Precision Autocraft is located right here in
Newcastle near the city hall. You can find directions at
www.precisionautocraft.com
or call 425-277-0845.
This
program applies to any customer, not just families who attend
the school, so tell your friends and neighbors to consider
Precision Autocraft when their vehicles get crunched.
All they have to do is ask Precision to support the Newcastle
Elementary PTSA and we automatically receive a check when the
repairs are done!
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MATCHING
FUNDS
Many
employers in our area offer matching fund programs for you support of the
Newcastle Elementary PTSA. Be sure to ask Human Resources in your office
if they participate in a matching funds program and double your support for the
Newcastle Elementary PTSA.
QUESTIONS?
If
you know of other corporate rebates opportunities or have questions or concerns,
please contact Sue Hartford at sueh@hartford-engineering.com
or Koleen Morris at specialkmm@comcast.net.
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