ST. JUDE PTO - FUNDRAISERS

Box Tops

The Box Tops fundraiser consists of clipping the Box Tops from hundreds of General Mills products. There are boxes located at the entrances of Church, at school, and in each homeroom for you to drop off labels. They can also be turned in through the school’s Wednesday envelope. For each Box Top turned in, the PTO receives 10¢. There also is a monthly Box Tops and Tyson contest between homerooms. Each month the winning homeroom receives a reward, with an overall winner at the end of the school year.

This is a year-round fundraiser.

Chairperson: Kris Geisen (598-6592, jgeisen1@cinci.rr.com)

Gift Certificate Program

The Gift Certificate Program is a huge fundraiser for the PTO. We offer gift certificates from many different businesses in our area. The Program purchases the gift certificates at a discount, then sells them to St. Jude parishioners at face value. This is a great way to help support our school without any extra money coming out of your pocket. The certificates can be used for everyday shopping – not just for gifts. Certificates can be purchased after the Saturday and Sunday Masses and through the school’s Wednesday envelope. Any additional times to buy gift certificates will be listed in the ‘Hey Jude’ and church bulletin. Order forms come home through school in the Wednesday envelope once a month. The orders are filled on Thursdays. New order forms are replaced when the orders are filled. Volunteers are always needed to fill orders and to sell the gift certificates after the Church Masses.

Chairpersons: Mary Jo Frederick (598-1588, mjklug@nuvox.net), Rachel Kern (941-2523, rmk@fuse.net), and Marsha Stowe (598-6797, mstowe@cinci.rr.com).

The Kroger Neighborhood Reward Program is a part of the Gift Certificate Program. However, with this program the Kroger cards are not actual gift certificates. First, you purchase a Kroger card through the Gift Certificate Program for $10 (which is the value of the card). Prior to ringing up your purchases, you add additional money to your card (up to a total of $250). You can add any amount to your Kroger card with cash, check, or credit card. After your groceries are rung up, you pay with your Kroger card, and the amount is deducted from your card. St. Jude earns 4% on purchases of $5,000 or more.

Ladies' Night Out

This event is all about enjoying an evening with the women of St. Jude! While enjoying good conversation, hors d’oeuvres and some drinks, various vendors are available for some shopping enjoyment.

Chairpersons: Jen Buse (574-9158, buse.jd@pg.com) and Kim Cole (574-8801, Kimberly.cole@53.com).

Market Day

PTO participates in a food co-op called Market Day. Market Day has been in operation since 1975 and has grown to include thousands of schools just like ours. Each month restaurant-quality food products can be purchased from companies such as Tropicana, Tyson, Smuckers, Campbell’s, and Kraft. These products are competitively priced, and PTO earns a profit on the purchases. Order forms go home each month through the Wednesday envelope. Parents can fill out the form and send it back to school or there is the option of ordering online at www.marketday.com. In the past, this PTO fundraiser has generated $5,000-$6,000 profit a year. Volunteers are always needed to help on the evening of pick-up of the products and to make reminder telephone calls.

Chairpersons: Tracy Kroger (574-5230, DTKROGER@CINCI.RR.COM), Anita Seibert (467-9590, NITOWV@aol.com), and Kay Watts (941-9429, kaywatts@roadrunner.com).

Sally Foster

Sally Foster is St. Jude School’s largest fundraiser. You can purchase quality gift-wrap, chocolates, and a variety of items from their catalogs. St. Jude has used Sally Foster as a fundraiser for the past several years and has been very successful with it. On average, we have grossed approximately $19,000 a year and use this money to fund various school activities throughout the year. It is also the first fundraiser of the year and usually starts after the first few weeks of school.

Chairpersons: Jen Long (598-4768, jenmclong@fuse.net) and Laura Culman (574-8508 lculman@cinci.rr.com)

Spirit Wear

Spirit wear are items that promote school spirit and pride and are sold at various times during the school year.   The sale times are posted in the “Hey, Jude” and the Church bulletin.  You can also order spirit wear during the school calendar months by turning in an order form with payment to the School Office.  During this time, orders will be collected from the Office on the first Friday of each month.  An order form of available items is listed on the St. Jude website (stjudebridgetown.org, PTO, Spirit Wear) for your ordering convenience.  Embroidered and personalized coats/jackets can be ordered for students and/or families using the coat order form.  Spirit wear items can be viewed on the website and include sweatshirts, t-shirts, adult golf shirts, shorts, topper bags, key chains, huggies, stadium cups, window cling-ons, golf towels, and lanyards.

Chairpersons:  Chris Hoferer (941-2149, tomhof@fuse.net) and Jamie Singler (598-8313, jsingler@cinci.rr.com).

Tyson Project A+ Label Collection Program

Labels from Tyson chicken products are collected and submitted for 40¢ per label. Eligible products have the label “Project A+” printed on them. These labels can be dropped into the Box Top boxes located at the entrances of Church, at school, and in each homeroom. The labels can also be turned in through the school’s Wednesday envelope. This is a year-round fundraiser.

Chairperson: Amy Kelly (598-8065, jamespkelly32@yahoo.com).