Saint Raymond Fundraising Program
St. Raymond School strives to provide a quality and academic education to all. The school is involved in fundraising activities throughout the year in order to keep tuition costs down and thereby making Catholic education accessible to a greater number of families.
Major fundraising activities for the 2009-2010 school years include:
1) The Annual Auction: is our largest fundraising event of the year. Families are asked to participate in the auction by procuring donations, volunteering and if possible attending this fun and exciting event. The theme for the 2009-2010 school year auction is: “An Evening at the Races”.
For questions and details, contact the auction committee chairpersons.
2) See’s Candy Fundraiser: Families are asked to participate in this candy drive twice during the year. Sales occur during the fall and spring.
3) Innisbrook Fundraiser: This fundraiser takes place in September. Families are asked to sell gift wrap and other Innisbrook items. School will receive a 50% profit from total items sold.
4) The Scrip Program: is a year-round fundraising program where participants buy merchant gift certificates or gift cards at face value. When the Scrip is spent the merchant gives the school a percentage of the purchase price.
Parent Expectations
St. Raymond School provides more than quality education. We are a Catholic community composed of administrators, faculty, staff, students, parents, parishioners, and a broader community joined in a common mission to provide the best Catholic educational experience possible. This mission focuses on academics, the Gospel message, community and service.
Parents play an important role in our mission. Parents are expected to support and continue the educational process by providing a home environment which is conducive to the study and reinforcement of concepts learned in the classroom, and supporting the policies and procedures of our school.
Since our mission is centered around the Gospel message, building community and service, parents are expected to provide a home environment which supports the faith and moral development of our children. Additionally, parents are welcomed and encouraged to become active participants of our parent community through their attendance in the many functions, which our school and parish sponsor. Finally, parents are expected to be active in the various volunteer activities that are available. These activities provide an excellent opportunity to contribute time and talent to our school.
St. Raymond School expects service to our school and parish by every family. Every family is expected to perform a minimum of 30 hours of service each year with at least 5 hours in a major fundraiser. Single parent families are expected to perform a minimum of 15 hours of service each year. Service hours may be acquired from many avenues: Auction, fundraisers, Hot Lunch program, field trip chaperones, and office assistance, to name a few.
The St. Raymond School Board has set the following policy:It is mandatory that ALL Kindergarten and new families complete at least 15 hrs. in service to the Auction.
Revenues received from fundraising helps mitigate the rise in tuition costs. As active and responsible members of the St. Raymond Parent Teacher Group (PTG), every family is expected to support the functions sponsored by the school and PTG. All profits from SCRIP sales are calculated by using the exact percentage each retailer contributes to the school. Please note that for paper SCRIP, we will no longer use a flat percentage rate in calculating contributions.
*SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES: $175 profit per family for the 2009-2010 school year.
Families will be able to fulfill their family commitment of $175 profit from fundraisers by any combination of fundraising (excluding purchases/donations at the Auction)
*TWO PARENT FAMILIES: $350 profit per family for the 2009-2010 school year.
Families will be able to fulfill their family commitment of $350 profit from fundraisers, by any combination of fundraising (excluding purchases/donations at the Auction)
Families can achieve their $175-350 profit to the school by participating in one or all of the following:
· Purchasing SCRIP
· Selling See’s Candy (This fundraiser may change for the 10/11 school year)
· Selling Innisbrook Wrapping Paper (This fundraiser may change for the 10/11 school year)
· Any combination of the above
Families may opt out of the above listed fundraisers by making a tax-deductible donation of $175/350 to the school at the time of Registration. If the goal of $175/350 profit is not met by the April 30, 2010 deadline, the family will be billed for the remaining balance.
AUCTION COMMITMENT
For the 2009-2010 school year, each family is required to donate or procure items worth a minimum of $150 profit for the auction. Auction obligation must be met by the end of January, 15, 2010 (which is 6 weeks prior to the auction.) Families not meeting the auction obligation by January 15, 2010 will immediately be billed $150.00. This allows significant time for the procurement committee to purchase an item. The date for the 09/10 Auction is March 20, 2010.
All provisions, charges, etc are subject to change for the 2010-2011 school year.
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