Fundraising at Gullett
In addition to the PTA Gecko Fund Appeal, Gullett has several opportunities to raise funds for our school.
March 6: Silent Auction & Movie Night
Contacts: Silent Auction Committee at gullettauction@gmail.com
See the Silent Auction site for more information
Kindergarten/Life Skills Project
Every Friday after school in front of the library for the rest of the year bags of popcorn and bottles of water will available for $1 each. Proceeds will go to the kindergarten/life skills project which will include aviary cages, life skills equipment, seating, a stage, and more. Please contact Laura DiCarlo at 323-6929 or lhdicarlo@yahoo.com if you'd like to help make, sell or clean up popcorn.
Box Tops for Education
If you don't mind signing up at a website, there's a sweepstakes to win 500,000 boxtops ($50,000) for Gullett from General Mills. You can sign up at www.thebigclip.com. Once you're signed up, you can enter everyday. You can also enter other sweepstakes to win box tops.You can also Collect Box Tops for Education labels on General Mills products. Each Box Top is worth 10¢. Place the labels in the Label Collection Box across from the office. This made over $500 last year!
Every little bit helps! Thanks!
Book Fair
Contacts: Susan Moore, Julie Barrett or Jennifer Morales
What better way to raise money than by buying books and helping to instill a love of reading in your children? This event comes in a couple of different forms during the year: a one-day event in Septembers, a week in December, and a half-priced book fair in May.
Gullett Fall Carnival
Gullett's fall carnival is always scheduled for late October or early November. This fun event features games, treats and bands.
In the Fall of 2009, we had world musicians, international food, an exotic petting zoo, a giant climbing wall, a box maze, putt-putt golf, fortune tellers, games of skill, henna artists, origami lessons, the infamous cake walk, Chinese calligraphy, a dunking booth, and pony rides!
Sports Day
Contacts: Bernadette LaWare or Nancy Edwards
Sports Day is in the spring every year and is a lot of fun. The whole school goes out to the grounds to play different sporting events. Funds raised during Sports Day go directly to the P.E. program at Gullett.
Gecko Bucks
Contacts: Carol Brookhart or Dianna Tinkler
We all spend money at HEB, Randalls, Shell, Starbucks, Claires, movie theaters! With gift cards purchased through the PTA, stores give different percentages of money spent back to Gullett. So $100 at HEB will yield Gullett $3 and that adds up if 100 families do that every month! You are not contributing $3/ month, HEB is!
- Think ahead about purchases that you normally make birthdays, teacher gifts, babysitters, clothes, relatives out of town.
- Give forms to family and neighbors and have them give you their checks.
- When planning a major appliance and/or electronics purchase, consider buying gift cards to cover the cost from Sears, Best Buy, Home Depot, or Lowe's.
If you think of a retailer not on our list, check out the glscrip website at www.glscrip.com to view the complete list of more than 400 retailers. You can write it in on the order form. If you want to see it regularly on the form, let us know.
How does it work?
- Gullett PTA buys the cards at a discount and sells them for face value.
- Send in your check payable to Gullett PTA before the dates listed below. Checks will be deposited ON the due date. If received after the deadline, they will go in next month's order.
- Activated cards will be available for pick up at school (2:45-3:00 pm) on the dates listed above!
- Special arrangements can be made for Gullett neighborhood delivery.
- Shop with the prepaid gift cards at any of the retailers on order form on back or check out glscrip.com for other options and write in one we don't have on the form.
- Drop off orders by 3 pm on the due date:
- Use the provided form to order your cards (MS Excel format) .
- Send through your child's folder in an envelope marked "Gecko Bucks". Allow 2-3 days for Gecko Mail to deliver to committee.
- The brown box with flowers on the counter in the office.
- Hand deliver to Carol Brookhart, Karen Miller, or Dianna Tinkler.
- Pick up is at the playground from 2:45-3:00 pm on the delivery date. We can make other arrangements for evening pick up, just let us know.
Mr Gatti's and CraigO's Pizza Nights
The second full week of the month, on Tuesday, is Gullett Night at CraigO's pizza on 2222 and Mopac (in Randall's parking lot). The last Tuesday of the month is Gullett Night at Mr. Gatti's. Both nights, Gullett gets a rebate! The rebate at Mr. Gatti's goes towards carnival, book fair, and other pizza events at school. CraigOs sends us a check! Go and meet some friends or order out or pick up — just mention Gullett!
Campbell's Labels for Education
Collect Campbell's Labels for Education on Campbell's, Pepperidge Farms, Swanson, Franco-American, V8, Pace, Healthy Request and Prego products. Labels can be redeemed for merchandise for our school. Place the labels in the Label Collection Box across from the office.
Randalls Good Neighbor Program
Anyone can link their Randalls Remarkable card to benefit Gullett. You can do this by completing a Remarkable Application Form and the "Good Neighbor Program" section or just the "Good Neighbor Program" section if you already have a Remarkable card number. Applications are available at any Randalls Courtesy Booth. Our Good Neighbor Program account number is 474. Last year ths made close to $800
Target - Take Charge of Education
Target donates an amount equal to 1% of REDcard (Target Visa and Target Card) purchases made at Target and Target.com, and 1/2% of Target Visa purchases made elsewhere to Gullett Elementary. Our school ID number is 96090. Sign up for a Target Visa and/or designate Gullett Elementary
eScrip
Register any one or all of your existing grocery loyalty, debit and credit cards for use in the eScrip program. Participating merchants will make contributions to Gullett based on purchases made by you, just by using the cards you have registered. Some of the merchants: Eddie Bauer, Macy's, Terminix, OfficeMax, Carnival Cruises...
5% Back to Schools
Office Depot gives you an opportunity to help Gullett by giving credits for FREE supplies when you shop at Office Depot. When you check out, just tell the cashier you want your "5% Back to Schools" to go to Gullett Elementary here in Austin.
Tyson Project A+
Collect Tyson Project A+ labels on Tyson products. Each label has a value of 24¢. Place the labels in the Label Collection Box across from the office. Please see the following link for more information about the program and products.
The Soup Peddler
The Soup Peddler takes online orders each week for delivery or pickup the following week. By ordering online, the school gets 5% back! Simply visit the Soup Peddler's website using Gullett's unique link and get some scrumptious soup for you family!
Company Matching Programs
Many local companies will match donations you make to a school. Check to see if your company has such a program; you get a tax donation and Gullett benefits two fold!
Here's how the Matching Gift Program works: You request the "Matching Gift Form" from your employer, complete your part, and send it in to Gullett PTA along with your donation. Gullett PTA will fill in our part and send it back to the company. Please note that the list we maintain is not a comprehensive list. Please check with your employer's Human Resources office to see if they participate in this program.
