Get a Year's Worth of School Fundraisers, Events and Ideas

Hit the road with your PTO besties for the ultimate road trip! Get a year's worth of school fundraising ideas, assemblies, and so much more at the PTO Today Expo, coming to five cities this spring.
Hold a sloth, step inside a giant bubble, and get tons of free samples at the PTO Today Expo!
Get a school year's worth of ideas—along with more swag than you can imagine—at the PTO Today Expo. Each local event is buzzing with energy (dare we say...electric?) and features a unique variety of school fundraising and arts & enrichment exhibitors. Open to all parent groups (PTO, PTA, PTC, etc.), you can get an entire school year's worth of planning done in just a few hours at the PTO Today Expo, so it's the perfect morning out with your board! Plus, the PTO Today Expo is kid-friendly, so you can bring your kids!
Attendees will also have a chance to win amazing giveaways during each event, like:
- A $500 Visa gift card (simply bring three or more members from your group for your chance to win)
- STEM themed classroom prizes, and more
You'll also receive a FREE In My PTO Era T-shirt!
As Franklin Borough School PTO shared, "There’s no better reward for volunteering than seeing all the happy kids, but PTO Today’s Expo sure gave those smiles some competition today! We found a lot of cool companies, went on safari, and a couple brave PTO members handled a beautiful snake!"
Ready to plan your Expo road trip? Get the details for each of our spring 2025 PTO Expo events below.
This spring, we're bringing the PTO Today Expo to five cities, and we can't wait to meet hundreds of local PTO and PTA leaders who are pumped about making great things happen for their school communities!
- Houston (Conroe), Texas: February 25, 2025 9am - 1pm
- Edison, New Jersey: March 4, 2025 9am - 1pm
- Chicago (Oakbrook Terrace), Illinois: March 19, 2025 9am - 1pm
- New England (Marlboro, Massachusetts): March 25, 2025 9am - 1pm
- Novi, Michigan: April 1, 2025 9am - 1pm
Register to attend a PTO Today Expo in your area 👉
So, what do attendees get to experience at a PTO Today Expo?
While exhibitors and giveaways vary by location, you'll get to discover tons of new school fundraisers, arts and enrichment programs and events, all while getting the chance to connect and share ideas with leaders from other local parent group organizations in your area. You'll get to experience live demos in select locations (like the famous Harlem Wizards, a blow-up planetarium, and yes, perhaps even petting a sloth). Your group walk away with tons of new fundraising ideas, service projects, tools, school assembly ideas and more for the coming school year. The types of exhibitors you'll get to discover at the PTO Today Expo include:
- School fundraisers
- Arts & Enrichment programs (with live demos at select locations)
- Playground and recreation
- Yearbooks and photography
- School signs
- Technology (apps, software and more)
- Field trips
- Spirit wear
- Holiday shops
- School supplies, and more
And, because the PTO Today Expo is held during the school day (from 9-1), it's the perfect opportunity for your board to escape for a few hours to connect with other local leaders in your area, share ideas, meet with exhibitors, and get inspired for the coming school year. Below, leaders document their experience at the PTO Today Expo. Check them out below - and then get planning your own Expo road trip this fall!
Make memories with your board on a PTO Today Expo road trip
Lake Hills PTO had a blast with their board. Below, they shared their experience on Instagram...a day in the life of a PTO board at the PTO Today Expo!
This is what happens when you get hundreds of school volunteers in a room...the energy and enthusiasm is electric!
@ptotoday We finished up our spring expo season in sunny southern Cali! We’ll be back on the road again next Sept. so keep a lookout to see if we’re heading to a city near you! #pto #pta #ptomom #ptamom #ptaparent #ptoparents #schoolvolunteer #schoolvolunteer #fundraising ♬ Fun (feat. Bazzi) - Fancy Cars
This one's an oldie, but a goodie: the Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy PTO documented their entire PTO Today Expo road trip and it's too good not to share!