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Taking Responsibility for Our School’s Future

Taking Responsibility for Our School’s Future. Friends of Mayer Meeting December 2, 2009. Agenda. Agenda. Agenda. Friends of Mayer 2009-2010 Spending. Friends of Mayer 2009-2010 Fundraising.

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Taking Responsibility for Our School’s Future

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  1. Taking Responsibility for Our School’s Future Friends of Mayer Meeting December 2, 2009

  2. Agenda

  3. Agenda

  4. Agenda

  5. Friends of Mayer 2009-2010 Spending

  6. Friends of Mayer 2009-2010 Fundraising Note*: $1,512 is the amount of the gift card, but is worth more with a teacher discount. We do not yet know the amount of books purchased off wish lists and donated

  7. Agenda

  8. Barnes & Noble Wrap-Up • Many thanks to Mandy Shaw and Pam Stennes!! • Thanks to everyone in the Oscar Mayer community for making the 2009 Barnes & Noble Book Fair another rousing success. • The Barnes & Noble book fair earned an estimated contribution of $1,512.14, exceeding last year’s total. • As well, many parents contributed books directly to the school, for which teachers are extremely grateful. • As in past years, Mandy will work to insure the contributions are used to purchase additional books for the classrooms in the school. • Special thanks are also in order for Catherine Lapping, Coach Francis, and Ms. Hooker and the third grade choir. Thanks to all for your contributions to the day.

  9. Agenda

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  11. FOM Homepage Redesign Concept

  12. FOM Dropdown Menu Concept

  13. Agenda

  14. Walk-a-thon: The Need (1) • Having just come off our pledge drive, we have most definitely made progress toward our fundraising goals. • We won’t know until spring the number of teachers we will be asked to fund for 2010-2011, there is still significant fundraising work to be done.

  15. Walk-a-thon: The Need (2) • In looking at the fundraising work of other schools, the most successful schools tap into four funding sources: • The immediate school population • Extended friends and (particularly) family • Businesses • The community • The pledge drive clearly taps into 1 above • This year, with sufficient volunteer support the spring walk-a-thon is designed to engage all four, with a particular focus on numbers 2-4.

  16. Walk-a-thon: General Plan • The focus of the walk-a-thon will continue to be fundraising for teachers, plus will need to be structured to allow some of the funds to be used for general expenses. • Specifically, the school is looking for 1-2 volunteers to spearhead: • Soliciting sponsorships from businesses (Maureen) • Soliciting money from the neighborhood families

  17. Walk-a-thon: Business Committee (1) • For discussion: • Will we be doing the parent handbook again? • Are people willing to receive a handful of (maybe 5) sponsor advertisement e-mails as a part of the sponsorship package we offer (similar to the Urban Fresh coupon last year)? • Any other company incentive suggestions? • Looking for volunteers as follows: • Grocery Stores (Wendy Choslovsky) • T-shirts (1 volunteer) • Volunteer lunch (1 volunteer) • General involvement/business recruitment (multiple volunteers)

  18. Corporate Sponsorship for 2009 Walk-a-thon * “Outside” sponsorship refers to those businesses that are not owned by members of the Oscar Mayer community (parents, relatives, teachers, etc).

  19. Corporate Sponsorship for 2009 Walk-a-thon – Additional Statistics • According to our records, we requested sponsorship from an additional 13 companies that chose not to participate (2 of them said willing to donate product/services) • Of the “outside” companies asked to sponsor the walk-a-thon, we experienced a 61% acceptance rate. (21 out of 34 companies donated at least $100) • No companies chose to donate money in an amount less than the $100 sponsorship level

  20. Suggested Sponsorship Levels for 2010 Walk-a-thon • Since many companies easily gave $100 but very few gave $500 or above, we suggest keeping the levels and basic structure the same but shifting the banner and t-shirt benefits • Other suggested benefits • Sponsor page on FOM website • Advertisement via FOM email • Sponsor wall in school hallway • Other ideas?

  21. Walk-a-thon: Business Committee (2) • Immediate next steps (December / January): • Recruit key volunteers • Finalize sponsorship levels (Pam Stennes) • Develop marketing materials • Create full list of businesses (last year’s plus new targets)

  22. Walk-a-thon: Timeline

  23. Walk-a-thon: Budget

  24. Agenda

  25. All Other Business • Next FOM Meeting • Wednesday, January 20, 6 PM, School Library • Happy holidays!!

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