Watkins Mill ES

Mixed Bag Orders can no longer be sent into school as the traditional school fundraiser has ended, but if you still would like to get some great bags our online fundraiser will run through June! If you would like to place an order for the holidays the deadline is December 9th.

Simply go to www.mixedbagdesigns.com, enter your order, pay for it and it will be shipped directly to you. Upon checkout, type 70387 in the "School/Fundraiser ID#" field. You can also enter the name of the participant that referred you to this fundraiser in the "Referred By" field for them to receive credit.

Thank you for your support!

Food Lion MVP Classroom Rewards

Bloom is now Food Lion, if you had a Bloom card you will need to get a Food Lion MVP card and register it to support Watkins Mill ES. Through the Bloom for Your School program this year we were able to purchase art supplies, balls and chalk sets for recess and a new DVD player for the Media Center. Please register your Food Lion MVP card so we can continue to support the school with these great resources while we shop.

To register your card:

1. Go to www.foodlion.com
2. Click on Community Outreach
3. Click on MVP Rewards
4. Click Register your MVP Card
5. Click on the arrow that says, “Shoppers register here” Once on the MVP Shopper Registration page, enter your MVP Card number (all 12 digits), your contact information and link it to our school. Our code is 219360.

Purchases of only the following brands will help earn cash for our school: Food Lion Brand, Healthy Accents, Home 360, Nature’s Place, On the Go Bistro, Smart Option, Taste of Inspirations, Butchers Brand Beef and Holly Farms Poultry. Help our school earn even more by shopping on double points day! All Food Lion brand product purchases will receive double credit on the 10th of each month.

Giant A+ School Rewards Program

With A+ School Rewards Everyone Wins!

Through programs over the years, we've given away over $84 million to the community and local schools, of which over $50 million has been donated through the A+ School Rewards Program. This year through A+ School Rewards, we look forward to giving away $2 million more! NEW for this year: You can earn MORE POINTS for your school by purchasing the following; Earn Triple Points on Healthy Idea^® labeled items and Double Points on other participating brands.

Designate your Giant Card for the 2011/2012 school year. You need to register every school year!

Log on to www.giantfood.com/aplus to register online OR Dial 1-877-275-2758 to register your card over the phone

WMES is # 00824

Sign up with eScrip (Safeway uses this rewards program)

Go to http://www.escrip.com/
Click on Sign Up
Enter Our Group ID
WMES # 6583895

Here's How it Works:
• You register any one or all of your existing grocery loyalty, debit and credit cards for use in the program.
• Participating merchants will make contributions to your chosen group, based on purchases made by you, just by using the cards you have registered.
• Your purchases are tracked and available to you online, allowing you to see just how much you are earning on your child's behalf!

Electronic Scrip Incorporated (ESI) is a California-based corporation dedicated to establishing relationships between commerce and community -- to provide resources to organizations and projects that support children. ESI introduced the eScrip program in 1999 and has distributed over $250 million to schools and youth organizations across the country.

Target - Take Charge of Education

When you shop at Target or Target.com, use your Target Visa or Target Red Card to raise funds for our school! We'll 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 with the Watkins Mill ES ID # 58208. So if you're going to Target anyway, please consider using your Target Visa or Target Red Card. Big thanks to those who are already doing their part to make a great school even better.

Don't forget to ask your extended family members, friends and neighbors to sign up and designate too!

Box Tops 4 Education

WMES can earn up to $60,000 from the Box Top programs! Please visit their website at http://www.boxtops4education.com for more information on the program. Collect as many box tops as you can and bring them to school.

Campbell's Labels for Education

Campbell's Labels for Education is a program that helps schools obtain FREE educational items such as computers, books and musical instruments in exchange for proofs of purchase collected from eligible Campbell brands. You can help by saving and forwarding proofs of purchase to WMES.

Please visit their website at http://www.labelsforeducation.com/ for more information on the program. Collect as many labels as you can and bring them to school.

Pennies for Patients

Watkins Mill ES students raised $3190.19 for Pennies for Patients for LLS this year. Our students did amazing! The top 2 classes for collections who won the Pizza Parties were Mrs. Cooney's fourth grade class and Mrs. Doan's second grade class!

If you would like to make a donation online, please visit the Watkins Mill ES fundraiser site at:

http://nca.sy.llsevent.org/WatkinsMillElementarySchool

Article in the Gazette:

http://www.gazette.net/article/20120307/NEWS/703079955/1157/1157/watkins-mill-elementary-school-students-collect-pennies-for-patients&template=gazette

Watkins Mill Elementary School

19001 Watkins Mill Road « Montgomery Village, MD 20886

WMES PTA

PTA Executive Board 2011–2012

Newsletters

Mixed Bag Designs Online Fundraiser