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Mar Vista Read-a-Thon Kicks Off Today

November 3, 2014 by Seb Frey

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Support the Mar Vista Read-a-Thon

The Mar Vista read-a-thon kicks off Today! This is a new fundraiser for Mar Vista Elementary School in Aptos, and half the proceeds from the fundraiser go to purchase new books for the school’s library. The remaining funds will go to support the Mar Vista Parent’s Club general fund, which buys things for the school not paid for by the Pajaro Valley School District budget. This includes art and music programs, teacher training, and additional technology in the classroom.

The read-a-thon is a great way to encourage our kids to read, and to show them the importance that their families and community places on reading. It’s easy for people to support the students, as sponsorships are placed on-line. Each student has a web page where they can go to invite their friends and family to support them.

There’s also a page for the school as a whole, where you can see how much money has been raised. Also from this page, you can search for individual students to make a donation for them. It is also possible for businesses to support the read-a-thon, and businesses that do will have their names, logo, and a link to their web site posted on every read-a-thon page.

Click this link to see the Mar Vista Read-a-thon page and support our community’s kids in their efforts to become better readers! The Mar Vista Parent’s Club is an IRS 501c3 non-profit organization, so all donations are tax deductible.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: fundraising, mar vista elementary, parent's club, pta, read-a-thon

Mar Vista Read-a-Thon 2014 Kickoff

October 29, 2014 by Seb Frey

My son Aiden is a kindergartner at Mar Vista Elementary School, and we’re doing a read-a-thon fundraiser, and it’s now time for the Mar Vista Read-a-Thon 2014 Kickoff. The Mar Vista library is in sad shape, and half the funds we raise will go to buy new books for the library. The other half of the money will go to the Mar Vista Parent’s Club general fund, which goes to support music, art, and technology, teacher training, and much more.

We will be starting on:
Monday Nov. 3rd
by www.read-a-thon.com

Donations are 100% tax deductible, because the Mar Vista Parents Club is an IRS 501c3 Non-Profit Organization.

Business Sponsorships

Do you have a business, or know someone who does that would like to market to the beautiful people who make up the Mar Vista Community? Consider sponsoring the Read-a-thon, check this out:

http://www.read-a-thon.com/school/donate.php?q=3051

Thank you so much for your support! And also (shameless plug) – Aiden would love your sponsorship!

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Schools Tagged With: mar vista elementary, read-a-thon, schools

Mar Vista Read-a-Thon 2014

September 12, 2014 by Seb Frey

Mar Vista Elementary School is having its first-ever Read-a-Thon this year! This is a new fundraising initiative being organized by the Mar Vista Parent’s Club (the Mar Vista version of a PTA). Funds raised from the Read-a-Thon will go in large part to the Mar Vista Elementary library, which suffers from limited and outdated reading materials for Mar Vista students. The Read-a-Thon will run from November 3rd through the 14th.

As California seeks to reverse years of declines in academic performance, it has adopted the Common Core curriculum. With Common Core, academic basics such as reading and math are heavily emphasized. Mar Vista Elementary is a California Distinguished School, and aims to stay that way. It is hoped that by further encouraging students to read, academic performance will be further enhanced.

The Mar Vista Parents club is seeking local businesses who are willing to sponsor classrooms for $250 each – approximately $1 per student per day of the Read-a-Thon. Sponsoring businesses will receive:

  • Thanks on the Mar Vista Parent’s Club Facebook page
  • Logo placement on one flyer thanking everyone involved with the Read-A-Thon
  • Logo placement and thanks in an all-school email blast
  • Invitation to meet and greet with sponsored class
  • Placement on a banner outside the school thanking them for participation

In addition, the Mar Vista Parent’s Club is seeking “community readers” – members of the community who can come in to the school and read with the children, and perhaps spend some time talking with them about the reading material. The children would be thrilled to read with fire fighters, paramedics, life guards, law enforcement, doctors, lawyers – anyone with a good story to share and discuss!

If you have a local business and are interested in sponsoring the Read-a-Thon, or if you have a suggestion for someone who would be a good guest “community reader,” please contact Sebastian Frey via phone at (831) 704-6873.

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Filed Under: News, Schools Tagged With: children, common core, education, english, kids, library, literature, mar vista elementary, read-a-thon, reading

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