Greetings, fellow BWCJA’ians!

Welcome to another exciting school year! As your PTO, we look forward to the fun-filled and inspiring year ahead. For those of you new to our school, welcome! We’re glad your here. In case you’re not familiar with our annual fund drive, the PTO is our collective voice to advocate for our teachers & students — and WE NEED YOUR HELP to accomplish our annual goals. As they say, it takes a village and we’re grateful to have an incredible community at BWCJA.

Budget & Goal: To meet the approved 2023-2024 budget, we’ll need your help to raise approximately $47,000. (Lifts up jaw off ground.) While this amount may sound daunting, it’s reachable when we break it down in to small parts and work together. For example, a quick way to double your donation is to ask your employer if they match donations to 501c3s. Also, if able, sponsor a table at our trivia night (date TBD) and/or donate a item/basket as a raffle item. Every penny counts & all actions help!

How do the funds raised help our school, teachers, and students?

• Enrichment & Beautification ($10,750) - each year we provide each teacher and supporting personal with monies to help set up their class room and teaching environments, creating a more enjoyable and safe learning experience.
• Activities & Other events ($11,605) - student favorites like Field Day; playground/recess equipment; yearbook; celebrations & grade promotions; technology subscriptions; field trips; school events (dance, trunk-or treat, movie night, socials) and more!
• Wheeler Community ($3,750) - we are dedicated to building a stronger community together both inside and outside of our school walls. Volunteers are needed for the following Committees: Caring, Equity & Inclusion, Beautification, and New Families
• Fifth Grade ($15,000) - one of the most treasured experiences at BWCJA is the 5th Grade team building, enrichment trip. The students look forward to this experience throughout their years at BWCJA. Your gift helps create life long memories & friendships.
• Plus more - bottom line, if it’s needed, we find a way to fund it. If you’d like to review the approved budget, please reach out.

How can you help? To achieve our collective goal we need all hands on deck to help collect donations. As a road map, this year we ask that each student sets a goal to help raise $100 (or more). If appropriate, feel free to ask grandparents, aunts, uncles & special friends to help with your donation goal. If you’re curious, we don’t sell cookies, wrapping paper, or popcorn throughout the year.

We appreciate your busy schedules, so we do our best to keep things simple for all involved.

Tax deductible donations can be made through the following methods. Don’t forget to check with your employer about gift matching, please.

• Check - make check payable to “Betty Wheeler CJA PTO”:

• Online through our PayPal account:
  
  

From all of us on your PTO, thank you in advance. Your support and kindness are greatly appreciated.

Go Tigers!!