Come share your fantastic ideas with us at our December MAPA meeting this Friday December 1st at 8:45 am in the conference room. We love to see new faces and old ones and appreciate all the ideas you guys bring. All of our parents are a big part of making our community at MMA such a great place to be!
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Passive ways to Fundraise
Did you know how many amazing ways there are to help raise money for our school with minimal effort? Each of the programs below will help our students by taking advantage of the shopping you are already doing. Take a few minutes of time to follow the steps below, and get set to bring some wonderful benefits to your children at MMA.
See below for step by step instructions that will walk you through signing up with Smith’s Inspiring Donations, Amazon Smile, and iGive.com.
- Smith’s Inspiring Donations
1: Click the link below:
https://www.smithsfoodanddrug.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow
2: Sign in using your current Smiths information, or click Register to create a new account.
If you create a new account, find the Inspiring Donations link at the bottom of the page under Community.
3: Click the “Enroll Now” button
4: Under Inspiring Donations heading click the “Enroll Now” button again.
5: Enter and Save your personal information.
6: Enter MMA’s code US041 in the “Find your Organization” field and click “Search”
7: Select “Maria Montessori Academy” and click the “Enroll” button.
Just like that, every time you shop at Smith’s with your rewards program Smith’s donates to the school!
- Amazon Smile
Instead of making your purchases at Amazon.com, use Amazon Smile and 0.5% of your eligible purchases will be donated to the school.
1: Click the below link:
2: Log-in with your standard Amazon credentials, or create a new account if you don’t have one.
3: Click on the “Supporting” button right under the search bar.
4: Type Maria Montessori Academy in the search field at the bottom and click “Search”
5: Click the “Select” button for our Maria Montessori Academy which will show as located in North Ogden UT.
Only purchases made through the Smile site will work, and unfortunately this option is not yet available in the Amazon App.
Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy right?
- iGive.com
iGive is a fundraising service that allows access to different rewards programs from multiple retailers.
iGive has several different ways it can be used based on your preference. You can use the iGive.com website. You can shop using the iGive App for iPhone, iPad, or Android. Or you can install the iGive Button to your browser, use this link for more information http://support.igive.com/kb/a136/igive-button-how-it-works.aspx about the browser button.
1: Click on the below link:
2: Log-in or create a new account.
3: After creating your account click “Search by Name” in the dialogue box that appears.
4: Enter “Maria Montessori Academy” and click “Search Now”
5: Select our school by click on “Maria Montessori Academy – MAPA” in the list.
Now you have an account and can use any of the shopping methods listed above.
Gratitude Feast
Our annual Gratitude Feast is coming right up. This is a great opportunity for MMA to show it’s appreciation to the organizations that help to make our school successful. Not to mention it’s another excellent way to earn your volunteer hours! Please use the wejoin link below to volunteer. Thank you all so very much for your help!