Northern Illinois District: Early Childhood Rockford Network Meeting
Thursday, March 19, 2015
School of the Month: Concordia, Machesney Park
1 1. Ministry stories were shared about how Jesus was
working and alive in these centers.
2 Legal questions for the next NID Administrators
Conference were solicited for possible inclusion in their next meeting at
Concordia University. As individuals
have other possible legal questions, please forward them to Mike Zimmer at the
NID office or Julie Klopke:
a.
A family
is going through a messy divorce case and one of them ask you to testify for
them in court. Is it a good idea, best
practices and/or necessary to do it?
Featured Topical Discussion:
Fund Raising and Development Ideas
1 Magazine Sales:
Easily done and can be done online easily all year long.
a.
School using this fundraiser: St. Peter
Arlington Heights
2. Upscale Resell-It Shop:
a.
Takes time to set-up and needs strong determined
leadership
b.
Serves as a ministry to the community
c.
Can work great with other collaborative ministries
d.
Volunteer and witnessing opportunities
e.
Can be a large scale income producer
f.
School using this ministry fundraiser: St.
Peter, Arlington Heights
3. Butter Braids
a. Sales immediately before a holiday such as
Thanksgiving, Easter
b. Easy to sell but sometimes people forget to pick
them up and then you have to find
freezer space to store them.
b. School using this fundraiser: Christ the
Rock, Rockford
4. Coupon Books
a. Easy
to implement
b. Often 100% profit
c. School using this fundraiser: Christ the Rock, Rockford
5 5. Sponsoring School Supplies: “Bee Helpful”
a. In-house
effort to purchase the needed school supplies for the classrooms so everything
is provided and unified with the same product.
b. Sample
theme: “Bee Helpful” : have little bees
on a wall with each one listing a very
specific school supply which is being requested. Church and school families/individuals can
sponsor one or more of these supplies by taking the “bee” and purchasing the
exact supply. Gift cards to such stores
as JoAnn fabric, Michaels, Walmart, Target, Hobby Lobby, etc can also be
requested for use throughout the year with other supplies
c. School Using
this fundraiser: Christ the Rock, Rockford
6. Dinner Auctions
a. Gift
Themed Baskets with items donated by families
b. Class made gifts auctioned off
c. Parents
often very easily motivate to purchase items since it directly benefits their
child and their class.
d. Often a
dinner banquet is included in the evening
e. Strive to
always communicate where the money is going and people will be more willing to
participate and bid higher
c. Schools
using this type of fundraiser: Immanuel Belvidere, Rockford Lutheran, Concordia
Machesney Park, St. Peter Arlington Heights
7 7. “Race for Education”
a.
Doesn’t involve “sell items”
b.
First year costs: 20% of the profits and no
costs in subsequent years
c.
Involves individual filling out postcards with
the names of families and friends.
d.
School using this fundraiser: Immanuel Belvidere
and many other Rockford/Belvidere
e.
area public
schools
8. Scholastic Book Fairs
a.
Teachers can fill out “wish lists” or pick out
books and place them in baskets on a table and families can purchase these
books for the classroom libraries.
b.
Schools using this fundraiser: Immanuel
Belvidere, Concordia Machesney Park, St.
Peter Arlington Heights,
9. School Store
a.
Individuals can make online donations to sponsor
school supplies for a particular teacher/school.
b.
Teacher must use the donated funds for supplies
on this website
c.
Great way to earn free school supplies but the
selection of supplies is limited and somewhat pricey.
d.
School using this fundraiser: Concordia,
Machesney Park
10. Selling Tickets to
area hockey games
a. Rockford Ice Hogs- example
b. Families sell tickets to the game and earn
free items; school earns a portion of the ticket sales
c. Invite classes to sing at the hockey game
and even more tickets are sold.
d. Great publicity event for the school
e. School: Rockford Lutheran Academy,
Rockford
e. Rockford Ice Hogs- http://icehogs.com/tickets/fundraisers/
11. Art Project Items
a.
Art museums online which focuses on and celebrates every student’s artwork
b.
Teachers can scan art work made by the students
and send it to one of these companies, who will offer it to parents for sale on
mugs, tote bags, etc. Percentages of the
profits go back to the schools
c.
Schools using this fundraiser: Concordia,
Machesney Park, St. Peter Arlington Heights
12. Cookie
Dough
a.
School using this
fundraiser: Immanuel Belvidere
13. Barnes
& Noble Book Fair event
a. Could do a field trip to the store during
the day
b. Could be an evening event for the whole
family
c. Teacher serve guest readers throughout the
event
d. Can have student groups perform/sing/read
e. Can hang student artwork in the store
f. Great P.R. event for the school
g. Schools using this fundraier: Concordia,
Machesney Park, St. Peter Arlington Heights, St. Andrews Park Ridge
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