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Box Tops for Education: No More Clipping!
A new mobile app allows users to scan a receipt to receive credit for participating products.
General Mills Explains Shorter Box Tops Product List
Recent changes to the Box Tops for Education program have gotten PTO and PTA leaders talking. Here’s what General Mills has to say about where the school fundraising program is headed.
Direct Donation Fundraising: How To Make It Work
Is your group considering a direct donation fundraiser? Here are the issues to think about before you get started.
Passive Fundraising Ideas for School Parent Groups
Although a few major national companies have shut down their fundraising programs, many options still remain for enterprising PTOs and PTAs.
12 Ways To Collect More Box Tops
Some tried-and-true methods and a few new twists to increase your clip-and-save collection program efforts.
An End for Campbell’s Labels for Education Program
Labels for Education Program shuts down.
6 Ways To Boost Redemption Program Profits
Helpful tips for maximizing the profit of your collection fundraiser.
Clip-and-Save Fundraisers Go Digital
How schools use technology to boost results from clip-and-save fundraisers.
Direct Donations: Proceed, But With Caution
Kids Are the Winners in the Box Tops Rumble
How To Run a PTO Garage Sale
Valuable step-by-step tips and advice for a smooth, profitable PTO or PTA garage sale.
Rev Up Your Clip & Save Fundraiser
Clip-and-save fundraisers are a popular way for parent groups to support schools without selling anything. The key is to choose the right program and motivate your school community to get involved.
Video Blog: Should Your PTO Charge Dues?
Recently, we had a good exchange on our message boards centered around the question: dues or no dues? Tim is squarely in the "no dues camp" on this question. Watch his video to find out why he believes that dues are a bad idea for PTOs.
Online Dues Payments Never Reached PTAs
The Greenwich (Conn.) PTA Council has joined other school and athletic groups from across the country in seeking funds due from Count Me In, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that collects online registrations and donations for nonprofits.
Box Tops Champs Share Collection Tricks
How one group collected more than 88,000 box tops, using the earnings to purchase teacher and classroom supplies.
Labels and Box Tops: Collect More When Kids Compete
Tips for success, top ways to increase profits, and timesaving tips to make the most of your group’s collection efforts.
My Tip of the Week: Dues or No Dues?
Now that it's November, I imagine your membership drive, if you have one, is over. So my question (and tip) for you this week is, why do you charge dues to belong to your PTO? I personally think it's a bad idea, and I hope you'll discuss it with your group before next year's drive rolls around again.
Do Recycling Fundraisers Still Work?
Used cell phones and printer cartridges aren't as profitable as they used to be, but there's money to be made by smart PTOs.
Secondhand Support
A few parent groups find that running their own thrift stores can bring in steady and substantial income.
PTO Thrift Shop Success
Selling gently used toys and clothing has resulted in a steady stream of profits for one town’s popular thrift shop—and all of it goes to the PTOs.
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