Get a Free PTO Planner for 2024-2025

Our planner includes 45+ editable pages to help you organize and plan for the school year. Just customize, print, bind, and distribute to your board!

Which Fundraising Platform Is Right for Your School?

Online donation platforms help groups raise more money and make the process easy-peasy. Here's a look at three popular providers: 99Pledges, Get Movin' Fundraising and School-A-Thon.

DEI Guide for Parent Involvement

More inclusion leads to more involvement! This guide will give your group a framework to make DEI efforts an everyday part of running your group.

Focus on Parent Involvement for a Great Year

Make building involvement your main goal at back-to-school time. Small steps can make it happen.

How To Prioritize PTO and PTA Involvement

Why parent involvement matters—and how your group can make it a priority.

Why Parents Don’t Volunteer (and What You Can Do About It)

No-nonsense advice on why people stay away from your parent group—and how you can get them to be part of it.

Volunteer Recruitment Ideas To Kick Off the School Year

Tips from school parent group leaders (and resources from PTO Today) to start your recruitment efforts right.

16 Volunteer Recruitment Strategies for PTOs and PTAs

Get and keep more volunteers for your parent group with these approaches.

Level up your group with free online courses!

Join us for free educational sessions on topics that matter most to parent group leaders, from fundraising and event planning to involvement and volunteer recruitment.

2 Hour Power Pledge Program

Scratch "not enough volunteers" off your list of stressors. Our 2 Hour Power school volunteer recruitment program has all the steps and tools you need to build your base—2 hours at a time.

About PTO Today

PTO Today magazine is loaded with informative articles, helpful advice, and creative ideas for your group. It’s published 4 times a year, and every K-8 public school automatically receives one free subscription addressed to the parent group president. To make sure your PTO or PTA receives its copy, update your officer info or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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