This fall finds all of us at AWS welcoming change and preparing for an amazing year together. You’ll hear an echo of community in the voices of the Awareness contributors this month. You’ll see a community focus in Streamlined Giving and in our school store.
Our goal for Streamlined Giving is to make it easy for each and every family to contribute to some area of the school that is important to them in a way that feels organized and rewarding.
Streamlined Giving raises the funds to open events like Holiday Faire—without cost for admission. It provides many other savings incentives to preschool families and grades families alike. It is a reciprocal gesture of gratitude in both the giving and receiving, a real relationship made possible through thoughtful Development planning.
You are already enjoying the benefits of this relationship! Streamlined Giving funds free childcare for many events at the school; this month, it will provide free directories to the parents; it will provide free school t-shirts to each child. The reciprocal momentum has already begun.
The idea for Streamlined Giving stemmed from a recognition that fundraising can be burdensome in our busy lives. Streamlined Giving promises to limit fundraising at AWS drastically. Every school participates in fundraisers...this is our attempt to rethink that system. Through our school store, we will only sell parents things they are already using or buying: water bottles and lunchboxes, for example. We will work toward eliminating the need for parents to pay for field trips and snacks. We are trying to do away with the supply wish list so that extra classroom needs can be funded through Streamlined Giving. Join us in making a commitment to this new plan. Every gift counts. All families are needed. Send in your pledge card today or give online at www.alabamawaldorf.org.
*Don’t forget an added bonus—your Streamlined Giving is tax deductible!
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