Fundraising

GG PTA holds only 2 main fundraisers per school year, the Walk-a-thon and the Auction. With generous donations from Green Gables families, friends and local businesses, the PTA is able to provide numerous benefits to our students that the school's budget cannot afford to offer.

The PTA treasurer provides a report at the General Membership Meetings and our financial records are always open and available for anyone who would like to see how the PTA funds are raised and distributed.

The fall fundraiser is the Walk-a-thon. It will be held Friday, October 8th, 2009. The Walkathon historically has raised enough funds to avoid several “product fundraisers”. These product fundraisers require children going door-to-door selling items, which then our PTA would only receive a percentage of the profit. For safety reasons, we discourage children going door-to-door for any PTA fundraiser.

Students collect Walk-a-thon pledges, which are tax deductible, from family and friends. When they have collected $40 in pledges, students receive their choice of a cool Gecko water bottle, string back-pack, or Frisbee.

This year we have combined Walk-a-thon with Read for the Record, which gives us a great opportunity to set records!!

We’ll set a school record! This year’s Walkathon is our chance to set a record for “Most Miles Walked in a Single Day at Green Gables”! Our goal is 500 miles, do you think we can do more?? Spare a few minutes in the morning of October 8^th (9am-11:30am) to help us reach our goal!

We’ll set a world record! Join us in helping the National PTA and the Jumpstart Foundation to break the world record for “The World’s Largest Shared Reading Experience”! The goal this year is 1 million children and adults reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle on October 8^th. Look for future information on how your family can participate at home!

We’ll set a fundraising record! Help make our Walkathon fundraiser the most profitable ever! Our PTA needs funds to continue to provide field trips, art supplies, library books, and fun community activities for Green Gables. Help our students have a great year by giving generously to the Walkathon (donations due on or before October 8^th).

Many companies, such as Boeing, Microsoft, Washington Mutual and Weyerhauser, offer matching funds to their employees donations. If you would like more information, or a form to give to your employer, please stop by the PTA room. Please watch for more information about the Walk-a-thon in your child's go-homes from school.

It’s Auction time! Mark your calendars for Friday, February 5th, 2010. Green Gables PTA has planned a fun-filled evening to gather as a community and raise the much needed funds for the many PTA sponsored programs. Your PTA works hard each year to fund many educational enrichment programs such as our Art Room, field trips, assemblies, literacy programs and much more.

Questions?? Why is GG PTA holding an auction? What time should I be there? What if I can’t make it for dinner? How can I help? Read on to find the answers…

The Dinner and Online Auctions are our main fundraiser each year. Proceeds from our annual auction have funded library books, document readers in every classroom, climbing wall in the gym, art room supplies, field trips, literacy programs, student planners, music & physical education support, and countless other enrichment programs that help make Green Gables the wonderful school that it is.

Tentative Program

Doors open at 5:00 for preview of silent auction.

Dinner served at 6:00.

Childcare program begins at 6:30.

Silent auction closings between 6:30 and 7:00.

Live auction begins at 7:00.

Check-out begins at the end of live auction.

Dinner is being catered by Federal Way High School Culinary department. This is the first year we have used a caterer, and we are very excited to be able to support their program! Dinner is $10 per adult, and $5 per child (age 3 through 5^th grade). Prices increase at the door, so register now!

If you can’t make it for dinner, come when you can and attend the silent and live auctions.

Online auction begins February 1^st and ends February 17^th. Online auction items include Disneyland tickets, gymnastics lessons, swim lessons, massages, and much more. Items online will not be available in the silent or live auctions. New items are added every day…so check it often!! http://greengablespta.auctionfrogs.org/auction/

There are many, many items to bid on at the silent and live auctions…from local restaurant gift certificates, to hotel accommodations, to beautiful baskets, to Seattle Sounders FC tickets!!

Teacher experiences are coming in each day and include:

Green Lake Circumnavigation and Lunch with Mrs. Louaythong

Makeover & Photo Shoot with Mrs. Davenport, Mrs. Thompson, & Mrs. Thomas

Cookie Baking with Mrs. Olson

Scrapbooking with Mrs. Smith

Afternoon at the Movies with Mrs. Ellis & Mrs. Dartt

An Art Day with Ms. Konrad

Afternoon with Horses and Mrs. Davenport

Cookie-a-Month Club from Mrs. Brochu

A Trip to the Zoo with Mrs. Chaves

Laser Tag with Mr. Wood, Mr. Godsiff and Mr. Nguyen

We still need volunteers to make this event a success. If you can lend a hand, sign up on the PTA room or email PTA@GreenGablesPTA.org.

This is an event you will not want to miss. Please return your registration forms for dinner and childcare ASAP. Childcare is limited to the first 100 children registered and is only $2 per child. Childcare will be provided by the students of the childhood education program Bates Technical College.

Cash and checks are encouraged. For your convenience, Visa and Mastercard will be accepted, but a 3% service fee will be assessed to cover that cost.

We hope to see you there!!

To puchase dinner tickets and childcare, click here

Classroom Baskets:
Each classroom chooses a theme to create gift baskets from donations from GG families to be sold at the auction. Below is the list of teachers and basket themes. Please feel free to donate to any basket.

Osterloh	Babies are a Bundle of Joy	Dartt	Bath
Brochu	Baker's Delight	Odman	A Day at the Beach
Konrad	Bird Watcher's Delight	Soikes	Lazy Day Book Basket
Olson	Candles	Thompson	Chocolate Lover's Dream
Blanton	The Coffee Cart	Louaythong	For the Dogs
Cross	Gardener's Delight	Smith	Scrapbooking
Kelly	Movie Night	Salstrom	Seahawks
Davenport	Avatar	Nguyen	Super Bowl Emergency Kit
Chaves	Club Penguin

Download the Auction Donation Form HERE

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Escrip is an easy process for raising funds. Last year, over $1,000 was raised simply by parents signing up for a Safeway card and enrolling in Escrip. Please complete the form and return it to the PTA room if you are interested in participating in this fundraising opportunity. There are several other merchants where you can also enroll to have GG PTA earn donations. You can access more information about this program at http://www.escrip.com/.

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