The PTO, which stands for Parent-Teacher Organization, exists to support the students and the teachers. So it seems reasonable to expect the teachers to be involved in the fundraising and event-planning; but if your non-profit school fundraising group struggles with the teacher participation portion, then I have a few ideas to encourage them. Following are a few ways to increase teacher participation in the PTO...
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Following are a few ideas. If you have others, please leave them in ...
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Ways to Get New PTO Members
Elementary school Parent Teacher Organizations (PTOs) can feel like a revolving door. Parents join for a few years, then their kids move on to middle school and so do the parents. That's why bringing in new members at the beginning of each school year is critical to keeping up the membership. Here are a few ways to get new PTO members each year...
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Taking the initial initiative early in the school year, can have a significant impact on your PTO membership ...
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Oven-Baked Mashed Potato Cakes
Shake up your basic mashed or baked potato recipe with these oven-baked mashed potato cakes. The cheese, chives, and sour cream make them flavorful and delicious. And did I mention they have cauliflower and are gluten-free. It's also a great way to use up left-over mashed potatoes!
Ingredients
4-5 Medium White Potatoes1/2 to 3/4 head cauliflower3/4 cup sour cream1-1/2 cups shredded cheese (Mexican blend)Black pepper to taste1 tsp fresh chives (chopped)
Directions
Wash 4-5 ...
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How to Paint Furniture White
White is one of the most time consuming colors to paint a piece of furniture. However, if you would like your brown-stained furniture to be lighter and brighter to fit in with today's home decor styles, you may be considering painting it white or a similar light color. Paint will certainly do the trick, but do not expect to brush on one or two coats of paint and be done. The process is much more extensive. Here's a tutorial on how to paint furniture white...
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Supplies List
Dewalt ...
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Holiday Cards Fundraiser
It may be August, but it's not too early to start thinking about holiday fundraising at your kids' elementary school. And a holiday cards fundraiser, where the students draw the images for the cards, may be the perfect complement to your annual fundraising plan. Here's how it works...
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Planning a Holiday Cards Fundraiser
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STEP 1: Arrange an afternoon for students to draw holiday images. The images should be simple line drawings with lots of white background.
For Christmas ...
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2022 Newburyport PTO Kitchen Tour Fundraiser
This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the 20th Annual Newburyport PTO Kitchen Tour & Tasting in Newburyport, Massachusetts. This was a fundraiser to benefit the Newburyport Public Schools (grades preK-8) and I am thrilled to announce they raised over $30,000 with this amazing event!
Event organizer, Dorene Olsen provided us with a few preview images last week which you can see in THIS post; yet these photos were a very small slice of the 9 gorgeous homes included on ...
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20th Annual Newburyport PTO Kitchen Tour Fundraiser
This Saturday, July 30, 2022, from 10:00 am-4:00 pm the Newburyport Massachusetts PTO will be hosting its annual Newburyport Kitchen Tour & Tasting.
UPDATE: Also view the article I wrote following the Newburyport PTO kitchen tour HERE
[View THIS post titled 2022 Newburyport Kitchen Tour Fundraiser to read more about the full event as I toured these beautiful kitchens.]
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This kitchen tour is the perfect opportunity for you to view the work of coastal community craftsmen ...
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The Best Watermelon Cumber Salad!
Watermelon is my absolute favorite food! It's sweet, refreshing, and crunchy yet melts in your mouth. It's tastes like cotton candy but way more delicious and healthy. I eat so much of it, I'm not quite sure I could make it through a summer without watermelon. So how is it that that it took me so long to discover watermelon cucumber salad? But now that I have, I now make the BEST watermelon cucumber salad every week!
I am not kidding when I say... you HAVE TO try ...
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How to Paint Waxed Furniture
Every so often I get a little surprise in my workshop. This week it was discovering that this long 9-drawer dresser I was planning to refinish was coated in a clear wax. And for those of you that have been following along, you know that you cannot paint over wax. So here's a tutorial on how to paint waxed furniture; or shall I say... how to remove that wax and paint the furniture.
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A friend asked me to paint this pine dresser so that it matched the decor in her new home. She was ...
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