BES PTO NEWS – November 2023
BES PTO Board 2023 –
2024: President – Diane Holven, Vice President – Sue Bair, Secretary – Ellen
Lytle, Treasurer – Lisa Recek.
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Email us bankselementarypto@gmail.com
Website:
bespto.blogspot.com
Cookies with Santa! We are
so excited for our upcoming event on December 9th from 9-2 in the
BES cafeteria and gymnasium. Come enjoy
some cookies and cocoa while getting Santa photos and shopping from 32 local
vendors of hand made goods. We have
Santa Lance with us again this year and local Fae and Scales photography doing
the photos. Our cookie offerings for the fundraiser this year will be provided
by AJ’s Custom Cookies of Forest Grove. Please come check us out to shop, or if
you would like to be involved, we are still in need of volunteers to help man
some craft and other tables at the event.
We are also still looking for volunteers who
might like to come up with a craft idea and the supplies to do it for the
event. Supplies would be needed for
about 40 of each craft idea, good for kids in K-5 to do without much
cleanup. Please contact us if you are
interested or have any questions.
ACKX Grinder Coffee
Fundraiser! Our first ever Ackx coffee fundraiser did really well! We raised over $1,000 to use for our school
with this fundraiser. Thanks to Ellen
Lytle for spearheading this fundraiser for us!
Come join
us for the monthly meetings! Our monthly meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the
month at 6pm in the Banks Elementary School Library classroom. Our December
meeting will be December 13th. Please like us on Facebook to get our
notifications or keep an eye out for our newsletter sent home with students
every month. You are not required to volunteer if you come to the
meetings. You can even bring your
kids if needed. If you are unable to
attend the monthly meetings you will find the meeting minutes posted on our
website. The website also gives you access to newsletters, budgets, and other
information about PTO activities.
All BES volunteers will need to have passed a background
check even if they are volunteering outside of regular school hours. The front
office has background check forms to fill out and to return to the office
before volunteering. Or you can go to http://www.helpcounterweb.com/welcome/apply.php?district=banks to fill out the background check
electronically.
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed
under CC BY-SA
Here are some easy ways to earn money for our school. All funds raised go directly to BES and our
children's education. The PTO provides funding for field trip busing, technology
improvements, classroom supplements, updated textbooks, and much, much more. Last year we helped fund new I-Pads and Chromebooks!
Please help us do all we can to improve our school, help our teachers, and
enhance the education our children receive.
Fred Meyer Community Rewards Program
Register your Fred Meyer card at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards and designate Banks Elementary
(our organization number is NG018) as your donation school. Each time you
shop our school gets money!
Box Tops for Education
Get the new Box Tops App! Scan your receipt, no clipping necessary. https://www.boxtops4education.com/
Cash Donations
The BES PTO is 501c3 Charitable Organization. You can make
monetary donations by sending a check made payable to Banks Elementary School
PTO to PO Box 515, Banks, OR 97106. You will be provided a receipt of your
donation.
Employee Matching Programs
Many companies, like Intel and Nike, give matching donations
for volunteer hours you spend at our school. Please ask your employer if they
offer a matching grant program. If you need help, contact a PTO member
and we'll figure it out! Intel
employees: The cause name for the PTO is BANKS BUXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS PARENT
TEACHER ORGANIZATION.
The programs below are good to sign up for to directly donate
to Banks Elementary School.
Safeway
Register your Safeway card at www.escrip.com and designate Banks Elementary
School as your donation school. A percentage of your purchase will be
donated back to our school!
Office Depot Back to School Program
For every qualifying purchase BES gets 5% of it! Simply present our
school number (70083347) when shopping in-store or online.
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