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Q.       I work full time, how do I get my volunteer hours?

A.       Volunteering is not meant to be a burden but a way for parents / families to assist at their children’s school or at events or at planning meetings.

          * You could attend PTA meetings held once a month from 6:30-8:00 pm. Child care is provided at $1.00 per child. Families receive 1 service hour for each meeting attended.

          * Planning meetings for events like the Silent Auction, Kick off Water Festival, and Art Walk, are usually held in the evenings and sometimes on the weekend.

          * Twice a year there is a Book Fair and Recylced Uniform Sale. We are always looking for parents to assist with those, including setup, tear down, manning the fair and clothing sales. There are some evening hours for this event.

          * At home projects such as volunteer lists, classroom basket coordinators for the Silent Auction (doesn’t mean you have to be in class).

          * School work or clean up days – check with the front office for when these are scheduled. Usually held on a weekend – where some serious cleaning or work around the school is scheduled.

          * Hospitality Committee is always looking for families to donate food, whether store bought or fresh made, for special teacher functions, or events where food is provided.

Q.       I’m a single parent with a small child, the school will not allow me to bring my child on campus while I’m volunteering. How do I get my hours?

A.       The safety and education of all our children at school and the safety for your small child is our utmost concern. There are many ways to participate – see above. You may contact Susan Wong our parent liaison or any of the PTA committee chairs to see how you might participate.

Q.       I volunteered my time how do I get credit?

A.       Congratulations! Your child directly benefits from your participation in our volunteer program. You can bring your completed volunteer card to any of the scheduled card logging dates or drop off your completed card in the parent center in the locked “mail box”. Just be sure to write your child’s name on the front of the card or we won’t know who to credit the hours to.

Q.       How do I find out how many hours I have logged?

A.       The list of completed hours is posted in the parent center – look for your child’s name and the hours completed are shown.

Tax Credits are so important for Ward Traditional Academy, as the money funds so many important activities. The money is not used for food but for activities that directly impact education. The benefit to you as the donor, is you get dollar for dollar credit on your Arizona tax return in either a refund increase or a decrease in the amount you owe.  It is not too late!!! You have until 12/31/09 to get your tax credit in - just send it over to the district office designating Ward Traditional Academy as your school of choice and you will receive a receipt in the mail. You can even designate a program you want the money to go to. Such as orchestra, or band, or government club (for the DC trip) or no designation - just general use. We need you, we need your tax credits! With the decrease in funding for education, many programs are being looked at to possibly cut. Please help!

In addition, Tempe Schools Credit Union will provide an interest free loan for your tax credit. Yes, you have to have an account, but you can open an account for $25.00. The loan will become due on May 1st, 2010 and you can pay it back with no interest charges or make payments ( interest will be charged on any loans not paid back by May 1st). You can even close your account and pull your $25.00 out.

As of 10/20/09 we have $16,765.00!!!

It’s not too late to participate - you can make a donation of any amount at any time! Your donations are creating a better school environment for our children and we have the best families around!  Keep sending those donation envelopes in!

Pizza Party update —— Participation closed on Oct 8 and     ……….   drum roll please …………..

The class with the highest participation percentage is Miss Farlett’s Class with 52.2%!!!!

Thank you for your generosity!

Patti Wade

Fundraising Chair

Thursday September 24th

Join us for the WTA Picnic in the Park!  Bring your picnic blanket and some dinner and hang out with other PTA families (at Rotary Park, next to the school).  You can even support WTA by buying dinner at Dilly’s Deli on Southern, be sure to mention Ward.  They will donate a portion of their proceeds that evening to WTA-PTA.

Our Pure Profit Fundraiser in full swing.  Donation envelopes are located in the WTA office. Donations of any amount will be accepted  between August 8th-October 8th, and should be placed in the PTA barrel. 

Click here for more information about Pure Profit Fundraising