I did not want Thanksgiving Day to pass without taking a moment to thank you all for helping to make Endeavor Charter School so great.
The school's strength comes in part from the special role that the parent community needs to play in helping run the school. Without your help day in and day out, the school simply could not function, so your work truly makes a difference.
Each day is a new triumph when you run a dropoff and a pickup carpool without a single injury or accident, when you provide lunch for all the kids in the school each cafe day, when our children can play safely on the playgrounds you created and equipped, and when the teachers are able to use the white boards, cork boards and furniture that you helped make usable for them.
Our latest success happened this week when we met our goal for the Lion's Share Fundraiser by just slightly exceeding our target amount raised. To be sure, your generosity will enable us to implement all the programs we set out in our budget, and for that I am truly grateful.
But I also wanted to thank you for your continued support on committees, volunteering at lunch & recess and all the other ways you volunteer for the school. Please don't forget how important that is - in a way it's how we keep the parents' part of the "charter" in the charter school.
All the best,
JB
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Keep Dribbling the Ball
From the Nov. 13, 2008 "PAW Print" newsletter:
In the 1980s, the Ad Council created a TV spot about the importance of advertising showing a hand dribbling a basketball. When the hand stopped dribbling, the ball predictably stopped bouncing. It created a strong visual impression for the analogy made about the ball (business momentum) and the dribbling hand (advertising). Of course, the goal was to point out how to keep business momentum up by not cutting back on advertising during these tough economic times.
In order for PAWS to do its job, we, too, have to keep dribbling the ball. And the ball in our hand is the "Lion's Share" fundraiser.
We are in week two of the "Lion's Share" and so far we've gotten participation from 25% of our families. While we are extremely grateful to those who've given thus far, we also call upon the other 75% of our families to help make this what is truly the "lion's share" of the fundraising we need to do this year. We cannot do it without everyone pitching in! Any sized donation will be greatly appreciated, and even just a little bit can go a long way towards providing grants for our teachers, infrastructure projects, or cultural arts experiences for our students.
Considering what we've accomplished since July, our momentum as a school and as a parent-support organization is like a basketball bouncing fast and high. And we've done it all together. In fact, just this past week your donations have provided a complete renovation of the playground for the younger kids. They now have a safe and mud-free place to play each day. We are excited about using the additional funds we raise to enable all of the other programs our PAWS committees have laid out for the rest of the year.
This Thanksgiving, I will give thanks for the great little Charter School where my children are thriving, and also for the generosity of the parent community whose support keeps the ball dribbling. What will you be thankful for this year?
All the best,
John
In the 1980s, the Ad Council created a TV spot about the importance of advertising showing a hand dribbling a basketball. When the hand stopped dribbling, the ball predictably stopped bouncing. It created a strong visual impression for the analogy made about the ball (business momentum) and the dribbling hand (advertising). Of course, the goal was to point out how to keep business momentum up by not cutting back on advertising during these tough economic times.
In order for PAWS to do its job, we, too, have to keep dribbling the ball. And the ball in our hand is the "Lion's Share" fundraiser.
We are in week two of the "Lion's Share" and so far we've gotten participation from 25% of our families. While we are extremely grateful to those who've given thus far, we also call upon the other 75% of our families to help make this what is truly the "lion's share" of the fundraising we need to do this year. We cannot do it without everyone pitching in! Any sized donation will be greatly appreciated, and even just a little bit can go a long way towards providing grants for our teachers, infrastructure projects, or cultural arts experiences for our students.
Considering what we've accomplished since July, our momentum as a school and as a parent-support organization is like a basketball bouncing fast and high. And we've done it all together. In fact, just this past week your donations have provided a complete renovation of the playground for the younger kids. They now have a safe and mud-free place to play each day. We are excited about using the additional funds we raise to enable all of the other programs our PAWS committees have laid out for the rest of the year.
This Thanksgiving, I will give thanks for the great little Charter School where my children are thriving, and also for the generosity of the parent community whose support keeps the ball dribbling. What will you be thankful for this year?
All the best,
John
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