Fundraising

To the Irving Community and all of Oak Park/River Forest

We are pleased to announce our fundraising totals from two separate events that many of you participated in:  Culvers/Seopco and Whole Foods Market 5% Day.

Culvers donated 10% of profits (when ISP was mentioned) throughout the month of October to SEOPCO, who graciously donated the proceeds to the Irving Schoolyard Project.  We raised $340!

Whole Foods Market in River Forest donated 5% of all sales from November 1, and we raised $4,590!  Our grand total donated to the Irving Schoolyard Project through your participation and the generosity of Culvers, SEOPCO, and Whole Foods Market was $4,930!!

We want to say THANK YOU to all of you who participated.  Thank you to the District 97 Teachers and Staff who helped with the Scavenger Hunt at Whole Foods Market.  And of course we wish to say THANK YOU to Culver’s, SEOPCO, and Whole Foods Market for their kind donations to help our children get a safe schoolyard on which to play, run, and learn.

Irving Schoolyard Project at Whole Foods – THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1st ONLY!
On Thursday, November 1 Whole Foods is donating 5% of sales to the Irving Schoolyard Project.   To support the Irving Schoolyard Project over 30 District 97 teachers and staff throughout Oak Park are helping with a scavenger hunt at Whole Foods Market in River Forest on that day!   To help out, teachers and staff from all District 97 schools volunteered to have their pictures placed in Whole Foods near their favorite food.  You can find them!
Go on a scavenger hunt to find them while also shopping to help the ISP!  5% of your purchase that day goes to helping improve the schoolyard.  Get the full list of teachers when you come in the door to shop, write down their favorite food when you find their picture, and maybe buy that food too! Get entered in a raffle after checking out to win a gift card from Whole Foods Market.
Parents:  please consider stocking your fridge with meat, taking your family over for dinner, or buying wine and beer for the holidays.  It’s the day after Halloween, so think healthy snacks for your children after all that candy.  If time is an issue, please consider using their personal shopper (fee waived this day).  All you do is place an order at least 48 hours in advance by emailing mw.rvf.marketing@wholefoods.com or calling 708.366.1045 (ask for Concierge Lauren) and then pick up your fulfilled order that day at a time specified by YOU!
So head out to Whole Foods Market in River Forest on Thursday November 1 to help raise funds for the Irving Schoolyard Project.   Thank you to Whole Foods for it’s generous support of the Irving Schoolyard Project.

November 1: Shop at Whole Foods for the Schoolyard!

Scavenger Hunt at Whole Foods – THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 ONLY!
On Thursday, November 1 Whole Foods is donating 5% of sales to the Irving Schoolyard Project. To support this effort over 30 teachers and staff from all District 97 schools volunteered to have their pictures placed in Whole Foods near their favorite food. You can find them! Go on a scavenger hunt to find them while also shopping to help the ISP! Get the full list of teachers when you come in the door, write down their favorite food when you find their picture, and enter the raffle to win a gift card from Whole Foods Market!

Please consider stocking your fridge with meat, taking your family over for dinner, or buying wine and beer for the holidays. It’s the day after Halloween, so think healthy snacks for your children after all that candy. If time is an issue, please consider using their personal shopper (fee waived this day). All you do is place an order at least 48 hours in advance by emailing mw.rvf.marketing@wholefoods.com or calling 708.366.1045 (ask for Concierge Lauren) and then pick up your fulfilled order that day at a time specified by YOU! So head out to Whole Foods Market in River Forest on Thursday November 1.

Thank you to Whole Foods for it’s generous support of the Irving Schoolyard Project! Hope to see you there searching for your teacher, buying lots of yummy healthy items, and supporting your community. Thank you!

wholefoods-flyerƒinal

Congratulations on a fun Fun Run!
WOW! What a successful Fun Run we had on Tuesday! The kids had a great time in beautiful weather and we blew away our fundraising goal. Our goal was $9,200 for the school and we’ve raised $15,812.06! What a generous community we have!
The pledge period ends next Tuesday, October 23, so you have until then to bring in the pledge forms with checks or cash. Either send them with your child to give to their teacher, or put them in the locked PTO mailbox in the front office. The online system will be open through Tuesday as well. After payments are tallied we’ll know for sure who the top earning class and students are. Prizes will be announced later next week.
Please share our sincere thanks with your friends and family who made this such a huge success!
If you have any questions please email Jen Browning (browning2110@gmail.com) or Laura Crawford (lauracrawford47@gmail.com).

Irving’s Book Fair is wrapping up!

The last day of the Book Fair is today!  The Book Fair will be open from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Couldn’t make it to the book fair this week?  Did a book sell out that you wanted to purchase?? Then check out our on-line fair at:http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/irving-oakpark

All on-line purchase will still benefit the Irving library and media center.  Purchase will be delivered to the school and sent home with your student.

Thank you for another successful Book Fair!!