The Irving PTO is excited for another amazing Fun Run! This healthy event is one of the PTO’s biggest fundraisers of the year and we need your help to make it happen! The Fun Run is on October 22 during the school day.

Help your child raise donations of money through small or large flat pledges. We’re teaching students how to be active for a cause, while achieving our budget goals together! The PTO needs your support to achieve the goals for this big fundraiser. Over the last two years we’ve raised $20,000 in profit for school activities and our overall goal this year is $13,000.

Look for the pledge envelope coming home in the Tuesday Packet this week.

The pledge envelope has instructions on how to collect donations with cash, checks or online.

• Your child can start asking friends and family for donations today!
• Once you’re done collecting donations, please return the envelope and money to your child’s teacher or put it in the locked PTO mailbox in the school’s front office.
• Your child can collect a combination of donations online and with cash or checks.
• (Please note that the PTO keeps more money with cash and checks due to online processing fees, but we’re thrilled to offer an online option to make it easier to donate.)
• Checks should be made payable to “Irving PTO.” Please make sure your child’s name is noted so the student and their classroom receive credit for funds raised.
• Donations are due on the day of the Fun Run, October 22.

On October 22, all students will run in the Fun Run, regardless of how much they pledged. There are prizes for the top earners in the school and in classrooms. All students have a starting goal of $30, but many choose a higher amount for themselves. Prizes include:

• Students that raise $30 or more receive a School Spirit Store certificate!
• The top pledging student in the school will receive a Fitness Pack with cool things in it!
• The top 5 pledging students in the school will get a gift certificate for a free lunch!
• The top pledging student in each classroom will get to be the gym teacher for their class one day!
• The classroom that raises the most will get a Recess Pack with super fun stuff!

To register your child for online donations, go to: thegetmovincrew.com and look for “Washington Irving School.”

If you have questions about the Fun Run or the online registration system or if you want to help volunteer, please contact Hilary Klein (hilaryklein04@gmail.com) or Laura Crawford (lauracrawford47@gmail.com).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Your child will hopefully come home with a baggie in the next two days for our Summer Box Top Collection Contest. If they do not-there are extra in the red BTFE bin in the front office.  You can also use any baggie from home. Here’s the deal:

Over the summer collect as many Box Tops as you can and place them in this baggie. Return the baggie to school during theweek of August 25^th with your child’s name and their NEW teacher’s name written on the baggie (no need to write it on every Box Top). Every baggie returned (regardless of the amount inside) will receive a prize! On Friday, August 29^th, a drawing will be held from all returned baggies to win an Irving t-shirt! Box Tops can now be found on hundreds of products, not just cereal! Visit btfe.com to see a complete list of Box Tops products!

This Friday, June 6th, at 8am, will be the last drawing for 2013-14 school year for Box Tops For Education! Please bring to school any BTs you have in a baggie (any amount is awesome!) They can be left in the red box in the front office or given to your child’s teacher. Write your child’s first and last name clearly on the baggie (no need to write it on every coupon any more!) Chance to win 1 of 4 summer fun prizes! (note-any BT’s currently in the red box will be included in the drawing)
A great  big congratulations Irving for earning $1,250.30 in Box Tops this year! Thanks for supporting the program and keep on clipping!
Don’t forget to visit btfe.com and learn more ways to earn Irving FREE MONEY!