Fundraising/Budget
Income Events and Sustaining and Special Expenses
For details about our budget, please contact our treasurer.
Primary Income
Merchandise sales - A store is open through Gear for You 2 times each year so that families can order Earhart Apparel.
Sustaining Expenses:
Ice Machine Rental - used for camp coolers
Creative Cash for Every Teacher
P/T Conferences Meals
Child Care during PTO meetings and work nights
Earhart shirts for every student and teacher.
Teacher Appreciation Week - Gifts and Food
Earth Day materials
5th-grade promotion
Budgeting/Treasurer software and incorporation fees
Family sponsorship during the holidays (gifts and food)
State assessment/end-of-year snacks
23-24 school year budget review
Income:
Fall Festival = $50,000
Dillons Community Rewards = $1,861
Penguin Patch = $3,000
Spirit Nights (local business community give-back nights - see calendar for these events) = $1515
Merchandise Sales: $997
Special Purchase:
1 more set of Choral Risers to properly fit all students. Solar Eclipse Glasses. Sponsorship of 4 families during the holidays with gifts and food cards (added as a sustaining expense for the future). 3 new printers - 1 for each hall. 10 more tents. Gaga ball pit. State Assessment snacks (added as a sustaining expense for the future) .
***A TP and turf for the Gaga ball pit was also approved for purchase but did not happen. As for the TP, that is off the table due to the death of our partner in that venture. We will continue to work on the Turf into the 2024-2025 school year.
22-23 school year budget review
Income:
Fall Festival = $41,000
Dillons Community Rewards = $2,081
Penguin Patch = $2,659
Spirit Nights (local business community give-back nights - see calendar for these events) = $2,081
Special Purchase:
Choral Risers - The new risers are lightweight, easy to set up, and have additional safety guards. These risers can be used by teachers, for camps, and for music concerts. They relieved the burden of renting from the district office where scheduling and setup were difficult and no safety railings existed.
19-20 school year budget review
Income:
Fall Festival = approx $35,000
Special Purchase:
Funds were used for all sustaining expenses through the next 1.5 years as a result of limited activities due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
18-19 school year budget review
Income:
Fall Festival = $28,000
Dillons Community Rewards = $1000
Boxtops = $867.90
Spirit Nights (local business community give back nights - see calendar for these events) = $1079
Special Purchase:
Camp trailer for hauling camp supplies
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