Fundraising at Madrona School

Fundraising is extremely important to Madrona and MIT's ability to provide critical services and support for students and teachers. Click here to read other easy ways to earn money for Madrona.

MIT is a Washington State not-for-profit corporation, recognized under federal tax code 501c3. It is a non-profit so that we can solicit grant money and charitable donations. People who give money to MIT can write their donations off, and they can request matching donations from their employers. Have you explored whether your employer has a company match? Click here for more.

Here are the three main pillars of our fundraising efforts:

Click the Flash modules or the links above to navigate to the individual fundraiser pages.

Other fundraising opportunities:

Save The Earth

Help us earn cash by bringing these recyclable items to Madrona: empty InkJet cartridges, empty laser cartridges used cell phones, laptops (please include power cords), PDAs/Palm Pilots (please include all accessories), IPODs (please include all accessories), www.cartridgesforkids.com. Email: contact@cartridgesforkids.com  Phone 800-420-0235.

Box Tops for Education

Labels that look like this (right) are on most products sold by General Mills. Each of these pieces of paper, usually found on the top of a box (hence the name) is worth ten cents to Madrona School. While each label isn't worth much, since 2002 we collected over $2000 to support the school. General Mills, Betty Crocker, Ziploc and Kleenex are participating household brands.

Boxtops4Education.com

This program was created to give money back to participating schools. While collecting labels is good, making online purchases is better! For all those who do major purchases for work, home, or gifts, using the Boxtops4Education portal returns between 2 and 5% of the money you spend to the school. There are hundreds of retailers participating, including magazine subscription services, Dell Corporation, Office Depot, Barnes & Noble. The trick with this program is that you must always use the Boxtops4Education portal in order to get credit for the school. This takes a little education, but is well worth it. To sign up, go to: www.boxtops4education.com.

Albertson's Community Partner Card

Since 2003, Madrona has received a quarterly check from Albertson's Community Partners Program, generated by people who shop at Albertson's and use their Preferred Savings card.

If you shop at Albertson's, sign up at the scrip table or register online at www.albertsons.com/cp.

eScrip and Safeway Shoppers

With this program, every time you use your Safeway Club Card, Madrona can receive up to 4% of your purchased amount. Visit www.escrip.com to sign up today! Remember to enter Group name: Madrona School and Group ID: 8564372.

(Click here to download the brochure on Madrona's "Secondary Fundraisers.)

Still more ways to help:

Campbell's Labels for Education

Campbell's Soup Company has a label clipping program which has purchased hundreds of dollars' worth of sports equipment for Madrona School over the past few years. In the case of Campbell's labels, look for the Campbell's Kid near a UPC code, and cut off the entire label (front label with the full product name intact). Look for UPC codes on Pepperidge Farm products as well.

Target's Take Charge of Education

Through the Take Charge of Education program, Target will donate an amount equal to 1% of Target Visa and Target Guest Card purchases made at Target and target.com, and 1/2% of Target Visa purchases made elsewhere, to the eligible K-12 school of your choice, subject to Take Charge of Education program rules. For some schools, that's over $10,000 a year. This link provides more information about the program.

WaMoola for Schools

You make a purchase with your Washington Mutual Visa® Check Card. Enroll and earn points with every purchase where Visa® debit cards are accepted – use it for groceries, movies, travel and everyday stuff. At the end of every year, we'll donate cash based on the points you've earned for the school of your choice. You pay nothing to enroll and there are no limits to the points your school can earn. More information through this link!

Office Depot

Buying school or office supplies? Give the cashier at Office Depot (or check the "Want to give 5% to your school" box on the web order confirmation page), and select Madrona School's ID 70106275.

Verizon's Extra Credit for Schools

Every long distance call you make can make a difference. Sign up and Verizon will donate 5% of your long distance spending to any school you choose. They'll send a check to our school every quarter, even during the summer. Start making a difference today. Sign up by calling 1-888-215-5586.

Company Match

Many of the larger employers in the Puget Sound region have charitable programs. Often they involve matching an employee's donation to a qualified charity or non-profit organization.

Each employer is different in how they determine what qualifies for matching funds. Contact your Human Resources department to investigate.

Calling all Microsoft employees

Join a new Madrona email list to learn more about how Microsoft is paying MIT $17 for every hour you volunteer at Madrona! (For example, your humble Web master's efforts to build and maintain the Bear Facts Web site will earned MIT ~ $2,800 in 2006.) Microsoft is also matching any cash donation (i.e. All For Kids) over $25. Please contact Madrona parent, Frank Simorjay at frasim@microsoft.com for more information and to get connected.

Employees of other major companies are also encouraged to join forces in this way to make the most of your company's offers!