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Ways & Means

Refilling our PTA bank account is what our Ways & Means programs are meant to do. They may also serve our other purposes, but if we didn't raise money, we couldn't be able to offer so many benefits to our school kids. Please continue to volunteer and support these efforts!

Canned Food Drive

Third grade is sponsoring a canned food drive to benefit Olney Help and the community.  All food items should be canned.  Please send in by 11/21.   Each grade has been asked to provide the following:

  • Kindergarten: beans and peas 
  • First Grade: cranberries 
  • Second Grade: sweet potatoes/yams 
  • Third Grade: cake or muffin mix and frosting 
  • Fourth Grade: pumpkin or evaporated milk 
  • Fifth Grade: turkey gravy or stuffing mix.   

Gift Cards & Grocery Certificates

The Cashell PTA has again partnered with GLScrip to offer our community the opportunity to purchase gift cards through our PTA.  Every gift card purchased through this program earns money for our school and students.  A flyer came home this week (2/18).  

NEW: you can now pay for your gift cards with a credit card! 

HOW DOES IT WORK?  Families order gift cards through the Cashell PTA and pay face value (a $25 gift card costs $25).  The PTA submits one giant order on behalf of all participating families to the GLScrip.  Every gift card purchased earns Cashell PTA a rebate (1-15% of the card value).  There are hundreds of gift cards to chose from in every major shopping category...grocery, department stores, gas stations, restaurants, retail, hotels, home improvement and more.  Many Olney retailers participate: Giant, Safeway, Shoppers, Chipotle, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, CVS, TJMaxx, HomeGoods, Panera, Subway, etc.  Rebates for everyday shopping really add up!  Money earned will help the PTA fund educational books, software, and supplies for the classroom, field trips, annual events like our Variety Show and Science Fair, staff appreciation programs and more.

Orders can be placed online (shopwithscip.com--enrollment code: 2FE4173L27561) or using a paper order form.  All orders must be submitted by February 27th.

Payments should be submitted with the order.  There are two ways to pay.

  • You can send a check made payable to Cashell PTA with your order; or 
  • For the first time, you can pay for your gift cards with a credit card via PayPal.  Click here to purchase.  

Gift cards will be delivered the week of March 9th.  We thank you for your consideration.  Contact: Courtney Brinkmann (cashellpta@gmail.com).

Market Day

Do you buy food? Perhaps you'd like to try buying it from Market Day. Each month Market Day takes your order online. The frozen foods are sent to Cashell and on pick-up night, you can take your food home. Market Day shares the proceeds with us, and you get good, quality products that you and your family will like.  Order forms are sent out monthly which can you return to school or check out the website at www.marketday.com and enter Cashell's account number 6728 when you order. Contact: Amy Crawford.

Receipts & Labels

You can help Cashell earn money and free educational materials for the classrooms by clipping labels from Campbell's and General Mills products you may already have in your pantry. Click on the following links in order to see a complete list of products eligible from both promotions.

BoxTops for Education also has an online shopping program. To participate, just register online at the BoxTops website http://www.boxtops4education.com and list Cashell as your designated school. Whenever you want to shop, go to the website and click on the Marketplace tab. You can choose to shop with over 60 participating merchants (i.e. Target, Lands end, Oriental Trading Co.) who will donate a portion of your merchandise total to Cashell. You incur no extra cost!

Our goal for the General Mills BoxTops for Education program is to collect 10,000 boxtops. Each BoxTop is worth 10¢. If we reach our goal Cashell will have earned $1,000!

I would like to collect 10,000 Campbell's upcs/caps as well. These are converted into points which we redeem for educational merchandise from a catalog.

Please do your part by collecting and sending the BoxTops and Campbell's labels to school. Every little bit makes a difference.  Contact: Jessica Smith, Melissa Griffith.

Giant A BonusBucks 

Every year we earn over one thousand dollars through this program which donates a portion of your grocery bill to designated schools, but every year we must register again. Register with your bonus card number @ http://www.giantfood.com/aplus or call 1-877-366-2668 to designate over the phone. Our school ID # is 00734, or fill out the A Designation card and return by backpack mail.

Harris Teeter's Together In Education 

Beginning August 1, Cashell Elementary joined Harris Teeter's Together in Education program to help raise funds for our school It's easy and it's FREE. Next time you shop at Harris Teeter, simply give the cashier our school code 8696 , and your VIC card when you check out and your card will be linked for the entire school year. Once your card is linked, Cashell will receive a percentage of your Harris Teeter brand ( Harris Teeter, Premier Selection, H.T. Traders, Harris Teeter Naturals, Your Pet, Hunter Farms, Highland Crest and More Value) purchases credited to our account. If you prefer, you can also fill out the school designation form that will be handed out at school and I will register your VIC card online through our school account.

Safeway's escrip 

You can renew @ http://www.escrip.com and click on "Yes! Renew" or send in your name, address and Safeway card number via backpack mail. Renewals must be completed by November 1st to continue with uninterrupted contributions. New registerations are accepted year long. Have your Safeway Club Card number available and click on "1-sign-up". Cashell's Group ID# is 6483600.

Bloom 

  • Go to: www.shopbloom.com 
  • Click "Save with Bloom"
  • Click "School Partnerships"
  • Click on "Get Started Now"
  • Click on "Guest Registration" and enter your Breeze card number and choose our school code 01839

If you prefer, you can also fill out the school designation form that will be handed out at school and I will register your Breeze card online through our school account.

Target Redcard / Target Visa 

We've discovered a terrific way to raise funds for our school. It's super-easy, and all you have to do is use your Target® Visa® or Target® Card. We will receive a percentage of the amount of each purchase in the form of a cash donation from Target through the Take Charge of Education® program. It's easy. Just visit target.com/tcoe, or call 1-800-316-6142 to designate our school. So if you're going to Target anyway, please consider using your Target® Visa® or Target® Card. Big thanks to those who are already doing their part to make a great school even better. Cashell’s school ID# is 58111.

Contact:  Michele Zemel

Smile.amazon.com

Amazon.com Shopping Supports Cashell  

When you shop at Amazon.com you could help support the PTA.  By clicking the link below,  .5% of your purchase automatically goes to Cashell.  Go to http://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7077025 Happy Shopping!  

 
PTA Maryland Congress at Cashell Elementary