Fund the Fox
We did it!
We are done counting all of the Fund The Fox donations, and we are proud to announce that we surpassed our GOAL!
The PTO Board wanted to say big Thank You to everyone who helped us with the funds needed to meet our needs.
We are done counting all of the Fund The Fox donations, and we are proud to announce that we surpassed our GOAL!
The PTO Board wanted to say big Thank You to everyone who helped us with the funds needed to meet our needs.
Dear Foothill Families,
We hope this email finds you well. Please take the time to read this email as we explain our annual Fund the Fox fundraising campaign with a goal of 100% participation and suggested donation of $300 per student.
While the past couple years have severely limited in-person events, the start to this school year has finally allowed us to move forward without restrictions on the Foothill family events that we know and love so much. So far, that has included Check-in Day, Back to School Picnic, and Meet the Parent Parties, just to name a few. As we begin the month of October, we look forward to Walk and Bike to School Day and Friday Night Bingo. Future events include Heritage Night, Bike Bonanza, and others. Behind the scenes are the teacher appreciation and yearbook committees, both comprised of volunteers who work tirelessly throughout the year. We could NOT do these things without our wonderful parent volunteers!
Community building events are just a few ways the PTO relies on the generosity of our parents to operate, but perhaps more importantly, the PTO uses the vast majority of your monetary donations to invest in personnel not covered by BVSD district funds provided to the school. (Last year, the PTO utilized your donations from Fund the Fox to give approximately $85,000 to the school to cover faculty salaries, as well as an additional $19,000 to cover instructional support utilized by teachers.)
In 2021, Principal Vanderpol asked the PTO to set our fundraising goal at $80,000. (Our incredible parent community made that goal--and more. Thank you again!) This year, the ask by Principal Knauer is $90,000 as we hope to include several in-school enrichment activities that didn’t exist last year as well as increase the budget for instructional support. Because transparency is important, please click here to view the current budget for 2022/2023 school year as well as last year’s budget and actual expenditures, which are also included on the Foothill PTO website.
As far as fundraisers go, this one doesn’t require any work—we aren’t asking you to whip up cupcakes for a bake sale. We simply ask for a suggested donation of $300 per student. Of course, contributing to Fund the Fox is voluntary. Please give at a level that is appropriate for your family. No donation is too small—or too big. Our main goal is to achieve 100 percent participation from all Foothill families.
As mentioned by Principal Knauer, 90% of Fund the Fox contributions go to the operating budget of the school while the remaining 10% is used by the PTO to build community and support teachers. Specifically, funds raised through Fund the Fox for the 2022 - 2023 school year will support:
Please make your online contribution to Fund the Fox here through the PayPal Giving Fund. (Pay with a credit or debit card and PayPal’s charitable arm covers all the processing fees; 100 percent of your contribution goes to our school!)
If you’d prefer to submit a check, please mail it to the Foothill office: Foothill Elementary, PTO Treasurer, 1001 Hawthorn Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304. Checks should be made out to “Foothill Elementary PTO” with “Fund the Fox” in the memo.
Also, many corporations will match their employees’ charitable contributions. Last year we received over $6,000 in matching funds from Foothill family employers. If you could take the time to check whether our employer offers matching, that can be a great way to double your contribution to help the school even more. If you have any questions about matching or want to check if your match was received, please contact our PTO treasurer, Monica Mount.
The Foothill Elementary PTO is a 501(c)(3) organization and donations count as charitable contributions for tax purposes.
The campaign ends Friday, October 28.
We hope this email finds you well. Please take the time to read this email as we explain our annual Fund the Fox fundraising campaign with a goal of 100% participation and suggested donation of $300 per student.
While the past couple years have severely limited in-person events, the start to this school year has finally allowed us to move forward without restrictions on the Foothill family events that we know and love so much. So far, that has included Check-in Day, Back to School Picnic, and Meet the Parent Parties, just to name a few. As we begin the month of October, we look forward to Walk and Bike to School Day and Friday Night Bingo. Future events include Heritage Night, Bike Bonanza, and others. Behind the scenes are the teacher appreciation and yearbook committees, both comprised of volunteers who work tirelessly throughout the year. We could NOT do these things without our wonderful parent volunteers!
Community building events are just a few ways the PTO relies on the generosity of our parents to operate, but perhaps more importantly, the PTO uses the vast majority of your monetary donations to invest in personnel not covered by BVSD district funds provided to the school. (Last year, the PTO utilized your donations from Fund the Fox to give approximately $85,000 to the school to cover faculty salaries, as well as an additional $19,000 to cover instructional support utilized by teachers.)
In 2021, Principal Vanderpol asked the PTO to set our fundraising goal at $80,000. (Our incredible parent community made that goal--and more. Thank you again!) This year, the ask by Principal Knauer is $90,000 as we hope to include several in-school enrichment activities that didn’t exist last year as well as increase the budget for instructional support. Because transparency is important, please click here to view the current budget for 2022/2023 school year as well as last year’s budget and actual expenditures, which are also included on the Foothill PTO website.
As far as fundraisers go, this one doesn’t require any work—we aren’t asking you to whip up cupcakes for a bake sale. We simply ask for a suggested donation of $300 per student. Of course, contributing to Fund the Fox is voluntary. Please give at a level that is appropriate for your family. No donation is too small—or too big. Our main goal is to achieve 100 percent participation from all Foothill families.
As mentioned by Principal Knauer, 90% of Fund the Fox contributions go to the operating budget of the school while the remaining 10% is used by the PTO to build community and support teachers. Specifically, funds raised through Fund the Fox for the 2022 - 2023 school year will support:
- Funding to support a full-time Healthroom Para Educator;
- A part-time Community Liaison to support underprivileged and underrepresented students and help narrow the opportunity gap;
- Instructional Para Educators for reading and math support as well as playground and lunchtime supervision;
- Subscriptions to educational software that support and extend learning;
- Enrichment activities such as spelling bee, maker faire, math olympiad, and geography bee
- Stipends for each individual class for teachers to spend on needed materials or experiences;
- Fully funding staff appreciation throughout the year including conference meals and staff appreciation week;
- Student scholarships for calwood, yearbook and spiritwear; and
- Community events mentioned above. (For a complete list of events, please review the “Community" menu tab on our website.)
Please make your online contribution to Fund the Fox here through the PayPal Giving Fund. (Pay with a credit or debit card and PayPal’s charitable arm covers all the processing fees; 100 percent of your contribution goes to our school!)
If you’d prefer to submit a check, please mail it to the Foothill office: Foothill Elementary, PTO Treasurer, 1001 Hawthorn Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304. Checks should be made out to “Foothill Elementary PTO” with “Fund the Fox” in the memo.
Also, many corporations will match their employees’ charitable contributions. Last year we received over $6,000 in matching funds from Foothill family employers. If you could take the time to check whether our employer offers matching, that can be a great way to double your contribution to help the school even more. If you have any questions about matching or want to check if your match was received, please contact our PTO treasurer, Monica Mount.
The Foothill Elementary PTO is a 501(c)(3) organization and donations count as charitable contributions for tax purposes.
The campaign ends Friday, October 28.