You can easily help raise funds

The little things you can do to contribute to various St. Paul fund-raisers can make a big difference. A PTO report shows $45.413 was raised in 2006-07 compared with $36,677 the previous year. These totals include $20,000 raised by the Spring Spectacular in 2006-2007 and $15,000 the previous yeasr. It does not include funds from recyclying and other fund raisers.

Here are just a few of the fund raisers to which you can contribute:

BOX TOP$ FOR EDUCATION
Since 2002 the school has earned money from box tops. It’s easy. Just clip the Box Top$ for Education symbol shown here. Earn cash for our school every time you shop. The school earns 10 cents for each boxtop symbol you send in. A flyer is available which lists products which carry the symbol. The Box Tops for Education must have an unexpired date on the cut out. Deposit the boxtops in the can marked for them in the narthex. Box Top chairperson is Jeannie Fausnight.

www.goodsearch.com
Search the web with www.goodsearch.com and money from Yahoo advertisers will go to St. Paul School without you spending a dime. With each search you launch on goodsearch.com, about 1 cent goes to St. Paul. You simply use www.goodsearch.com for your internet searches. You type St. Paul School - Akron in the block that says "enter your charity here." If 1,000 people from St. Paul searched twice a day for a year, the school would earn $7,300. This is a new program this year.

ALUMINUM AND PAPER RECYCLING
Did you know there are big bins at the edge of the parking lot near the school gym where you can dispose of your cans and papers and help the environment too? There are separate bins for scrap paper and aluminum cans. For more information, call Ron McAvoy at 330-773-7389. The parish received a certificate of achievement from Abitibi for recycling 10.14 tons in 2007.

MARKET DAY
The Market Day program provides a delicious selection of food from appetizers to desserts. Each month you will notice a Market Day flyer listing special food products you can order and special promotions. The flyer lists the deadline for ordering and the pickup date and time. Products are picked up in Boeke Hall. Visit www.marketday.com or pick up an order form in the Narthex. For more information, call Tom Cullison 330-724-3218. Earned $5,513 in 2006-07

G.I.F.T. CARD
GIFT cards are available for groceries, pharmacies, gas and oil stations, fast food outlets, restaurants, family entertainment and home improvement, electronic and general retail stores. Pick up an order form listing more than 75 firms with varying amounts starting at $10. You can order .GIFT cards in the Narthex after all the Masses or from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Paul School. GIFT Card orders are collected on Monday morning and will be in on Friday. You may pick up your order at the school on Friday, or after all the Masses on the weekend. Each card reimburses the school for a percentage of the value of the card. You pay only the monetary value and the business pays the PTO. For more information, call Mary Bachmann at 330-773-7938 Earned $7,905

SALLY FOSTER
Online shopping provides funds. Choose St. Paul for your contsribution.

FAMILY DINNER NIGHTS
Monthly family dinner nights have raised nice funds for the school. You just turn in your receipts from the Family Night at Chuck E Cheese on the Strip or CeCi’s on Waterloo.
Road and the school gets a percentage of your bill. Family Night dates are announced in the bulletin and on Saint Paul TODAY. Earned $276

CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS
The PTO is still collecting Campbell’s Soup Labels which are redeemed for school equipment. The labels must have the UPC label included or Campbell’s will not give us the value of the label. Campbell Soup chairpersons are Sandi Baldwin and Marianne Georges.

Other fund raiser earnings include PTO memberships $252, Breakfast with Santa $1,451, bake sale $286, spring and summer dances $390, Santa Shop $327, Computer Clinic $385,. Entertrainment books $5,727, Sally Foster $1,563, Spring Spectacular $20,000 and Fun Fest $1,070