Sick of Paying $25 for Peanut Brittle to Support Lucas? We are too!

PTO to Vote January 10 on Ending Fall Fundraising Sale

Each fall Lucas students sell things like chocolate-covered macadamia nuts and holiday wrapping paper to raise money for our school.

The problem is, just $4 of every $10 in sales actually goes to the school. The rest—a full 60%—goes to the company that provides the items students sell during the PTO fall fundraiser. So you end up with expensive treats and merchandise you may not want, and Lucas ends up with a lot less money to pay for field trips, visiting authors, playground equipment and technology for the classroom.

Kinda takes the “fun” out of fundraising, doesn’t it?

The Lucas PTO Fundraising Committee agrees and believes there’s a better way. At the Monday, January 10 Lucas PTO meeting, the committee will recommend that Lucas end the fall fundraising sale in 2011 and launch a campaign in its place to ask the Lucas community for direct, tax-deductible donations--so 100% goes straight to our school!

If you want to make your voice heard on this important issue, please attend the meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. in the Lucas Art Room. As always, free childcare will be provided.

Meanwhile, look for FAQs and other information about the proposed “direct-ask” campaign on the PTO’s blog, The Mighty Hawk Messenger, at http://themightyhawkmessenger.blogspot.com (click the Fundraising link in the left-hand column). Or contact PTO Co-Presidents Stephen and Melinda Pradarelli at 319-341-6106 or pradarelli@mchsi.com.

Signed,

The PTO Fundraising Committee: Brooke and Ben Hill, Joey Young, Dave Snyder, Steve and Melinda Pradarelli, Renee Speh, and Ruthina West.

Join the Conversation at the Monday, January 10 PTO Meeting at 7 P.M.!