Even though I am not currently on staff at PSF, I am still committed to the group of volunteer fundraisers that I have been a part of for many years. I hope you will continue to use this blog to communicate with each other and share ideas, volunteers and contacts. I will be at Sunnyside Environmental School this year and look forward to working side by side with you and I'm willing to helpout when I can!
Best to you and your families,
Judi Charman
judicharman@gmail.com
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Friday, October 5, 2007
Events this Fall
Auction Resource Night at PSF
Monday, October 8th 2007 7:00-8:30
Presenters were
Jonathan Vail from NW Auction Support
NW auction support will set up your registration, data entry and check-out for auctions with their laptops, printers and assist during the event. They have many local references and are well priced.
Linda Witt from AuctionAssist
Linda and her business partner Benita Perez have years of event planning experience. Linda shared many auction tips that could really affect your bottom line and ease volunteer burnout.
linda.witt@comcast.net
Roger Devine from Tofino Auction Software
This new software company is made up of PPS Dads looking for software alternatives. Steve Zich just happened to be a talented programer, Roger Devine is just the extrovert to let us all know about it. They also have some some very serious IT connections and backround to draw from.
roger@devineassistance
judicharman@gmail.com
Monday, October 8th 2007 7:00-8:30
Presenters were
Jonathan Vail from NW Auction Support
NW auction support will set up your registration, data entry and check-out for auctions with their laptops, printers and assist during the event. They have many local references and are well priced.
Linda Witt from AuctionAssist
Linda and her business partner Benita Perez have years of event planning experience. Linda shared many auction tips that could really affect your bottom line and ease volunteer burnout.
linda.witt@comcast.net
Roger Devine from Tofino Auction Software
This new software company is made up of PPS Dads looking for software alternatives. Steve Zich just happened to be a talented programer, Roger Devine is just the extrovert to let us all know about it. They also have some some very serious IT connections and backround to draw from.
roger@devineassistance
judicharman@gmail.com
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Kick Back the Kicker!
This November the State of Oregon will be refunding a portion of Oregonian’s state income taxes. Oregon's kicker tax provision, which dates to 1979, is the only one of its kind in the nation. Under the rule, which voters put in the state Constitution in 2000, if tax payments rise more than 2 percent above what officials project when they enact the two-year state budget, all the unanticipated money is rebated to taxpayers.
Seeing that our schools are still not adequately funded, we think some of that money should be put back into our schools which are crucial to the future of our communities and the livability of our city. In the last kicker cycle of 1998 LSF’s raised over $300,000 when there were far fewer schools with foundations than there are now.
We hope that Local School Foundations will take advantage of this fundraising opportunity. Use your weekly flyers, email newsletters and direct mail to send this message several times to the families of your schools. I’m sure each school has an example or story of being under-funded that you can tell to encourage families to give. Try putting a Kicker poster in you lobby with a goal and mark the progress to engage donors.
Kicker tax refund checks average $275 and are 18.60% of what Oregonian's paid for their 2006 state income taxes. That is the biggest ever! The checks will be mailed by December 15th-get ready!
Need help? Have questions? please call or email Judi Charman 503-234-5404 X28 judi@thinkschools.org
Seeing that our schools are still not adequately funded, we think some of that money should be put back into our schools which are crucial to the future of our communities and the livability of our city. In the last kicker cycle of 1998 LSF’s raised over $300,000 when there were far fewer schools with foundations than there are now.
We hope that Local School Foundations will take advantage of this fundraising opportunity. Use your weekly flyers, email newsletters and direct mail to send this message several times to the families of your schools. I’m sure each school has an example or story of being under-funded that you can tell to encourage families to give. Try putting a Kicker poster in you lobby with a goal and mark the progress to engage donors.
Kicker tax refund checks average $275 and are 18.60% of what Oregonian's paid for their 2006 state income taxes. That is the biggest ever! The checks will be mailed by December 15th-get ready!
Need help? Have questions? please call or email Judi Charman 503-234-5404 X28 judi@thinkschools.org
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