Meetinghouse and Westminster Elementary Schools PTO
Ongoing Fundraisers
There are so many incentive programs currently available that donate money to schools with little effort on the consumer’s part. The PTO at Meetinghouse and Westminster Elementary Schools takes advantage of many of these programs, the specifics of which can be linked to below. Help the PTO raise money for our schools! It's SO easy!
| Name of Program | What do we earn? | Last Year Total $$ | What To Do (click description for more information) |
| BoxTops4Education | 10 cents per BoxTop (super BoxTops are worth 30 cents) | $1,786 | Clip BoxTops coupons from hundreds of products found in your grocery store and turn them in to the school. We sort and sent them in for checks twice a year. |
| BJ's Membership Drive | $5 per membership purchased or renewed through the PTO | $135 | We send home membership applications for BJ's (Jan-Feb). Member gets additional 3 months on membership (15 months) and PTO gets $5 per membership. |
| Campbell's Labels | | | Clip Labels for Education UPC codes from hundreds of products found in your grocery store. |
| Hannaford Helps Schools | | $428 | Customers receive school dollar certificates (in $3 increments) at the register with purchases of participating products. The school dollars are then turned in from schools during September through December. We get a check from Hannaford by May. |
InkJet Printer Cartridge Recycling and Cell Phone Recycling | | $185 | Bring your empty cartridges to school and put them in one of our collection boxes, located in the lobby of Meetinghouse School and both lobbies of Westminster Elementary (outside the office and outside Extended Day). Our schools earn up to $4.00 each. Be sure to place cartridges in the original box or a Ziploc bag to protect your child's backpack from leaks. Call (874-0828) or email Tiffany Davis if you have a large number of cartridges and would like us to pick them up at your house. |
| Nestle Pure Life Water | | New for 2009 - 2010 | Remove labels from Nestle Pure Life bottles and drop them in the collection boxes at wes/mhs. Each label is worth 2 points. We collect year round with submission in May. We are awarded a points certificate with which we can order Physical Education equipment. |
| SCRIP Gift Cards | Amount varies from 1% to 25% depending on the retailer or restaurant | | Community Members order gift cards through the PTO to hundreds of local and national retailers and restaurants. The PTO is able to purchase them at a discount, netting the PTO a profit between 1% and 25% depending on the retailer. Click here for more details. |
| Target Red Credit Card | 1/2% of all purchases and 1% of purchases at Target | | WES Target school ID#58670
MHS Target school ID#58668
If you have a Target Red Card (visa) designate WES or MHS to get a donation. Target donates 1% of Target purchases and 1/2% of other purchases to the school by check twice a year. |
| Tyson Project A+ | Each label is worth 24 cents to the PTO | | Clip and save entire Tyson Project A+ label from participating Tyson products (primarily chicken). Each label we collect is worth .24 for our school. Send labels in to school and we will mail in in May. http://ProjectAPlus.tyson.com for details. |