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Farm Burger Give Back Night Sept. 12 2018

Post author By LEAP
Post date September 10, 2018

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Join us on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at Farm Burger in the Red Hill Center for our first Give Back Night of the year! 10% of all proceeds between 5 and 9 PM will be donated back to LEAP.

Passive fundraisers brought more than $9,000 to our district last year and all of this money goes straight to enrichment for the children in the Lagunitas School District.

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Money Well Spent

Where money comes from and goes…

Post author By LEAP
Post date August 23, 2018

Who is LEAP?

LEAP is US! We are the parents, grandparents and community members of the Lagunitas School District. LEAP is the umbrella fundraising organization for our district.

We raise money in the three main ways:
• PLEDGE – recurring contributions where the donor decides how to direct the funds
• ACTIVE FUNDRAISING – fundraising events, such as, Valley Visions (Feb 2, 2019), Give Back Nights, Book Fair, etc…
• PASSIVE FUNDRAISING – companies will give a portion of your purchases to LEAP

Where does the money go?

Pledged funds go directly to the program of the donor’s choice.
Passive funds are divided among the programs based on the number of students in the program.
Active fundraising goes into allocations for the programs ($12,000 for 2017/2018). It also pays for the district wide music program which includes instruction and no cost instruments for kids to take home. LEAP provides “mini-grants” to teachers for materials, field trips, projects… whatever the teacher wants for her or his class.

Some example of recent spending highlights:
• All middle school students will now receive Spanish instruction!
• LEAP was able to deliver $12000 to each program in 2017/2018 (this is ON TOP OF PLEDGE)

Help us bridge the gap between state funding and what it actually takes to produce happy, well-rounded, well-adjusted kids. We need you to participate in any way that you can!

How can you help?

Please support your district financially! Pledge is the most important piece of the fundraising puzzle. In addition to pledge, come to our events. Just buy a ticket and have a great time with your community. Lastly, don’t forget to use SCRIP cards at Good Earth and United Market. 3% of whatever you spend will be donated back to LEAP.
Please volunteer to help LEAP. You can Join the LEAP Board, it’s really not that big of a commitment and we need parents from each program. Help with specific fundraisers, such as, Valley Visions, Book Fair, the Spring Fundraiser…

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How to sign up for Smile.Amazon.Com

Post author By LEAP
Post date December 14, 2017

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Amazon will give .5% (that’s point five percent) of your purchases to LEAP! All you have to do is sign up at smile.amazon.com and be sure to start your purchases at http://smile.amazon.com (the SMILE part is important!). It may not sound like much but if we all use it regularly it will add up to a significant donation to our schools.

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Give Back Night at Arti Cafe

Post author By LEAP
Post date August 29, 2017

Come join your community as we eat, drink and Give Back! September 14 at Arti Cafe. Arti Cafe is generously giving LEAP 10% of take out sales all day long and 10% of dine-in dinner from 5-9PM. Hope to see you there!

Money Well Spent

Thank you for a GREAT year!

Post author By LEAP
Post date August 16, 2017

Between Give Back Nights, Clothes Off Your Back, Read-a-thon, Scrip and Valley Visions we acheived FABULOUS results. You can see all the numbers in Rebecca’s year end newsletter.

Your dollars contributed to so many wonderful programs, such as, the Bobcat Band, art for all kids, field trips, in-classroom aides and so much more.

LEAP is already hard at work on plans for the 2017-2018 school year! Our district is facing a HUGE hurdle this Fall and LEAP will be in the forefront of the effort to ensure that all of the kids in our district continue to have the wonderful education they deserve.

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Visit the Book Fair! March 6-10

Post author By LEAP
Post date March 7, 2017

Come by the Multi Purpose Room on the Lower Campus to visit our amazing annual book fair! Expertly run by LEAP’s very own Marlene, there are books for all ages and interests. The proceeds go to LEAP which means the money goes to our kids. Do you have some kids birthday parties to go to soon? Come buy a book! Baby shower> Buy a book! Need something to do during power outages? Buy a book and read by candle light.

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2017 Valley Visions

Post author By LEAP
Post date March 1, 2017

Get your disco on at Valley Visions, LEAP’s primary annual fundraiser, The theme this year is Studio 54, so feather that hair, shine those sparkles and get ready to get down.

Tags Fundraising, Give Back, Papermill, Valley Visions

Featured Fundraising

Clothes Off Your Back Success!

Post author By LEAP
Post date January 22, 2017

This past weekend’s Clothes Off Your Back fundraiser was a success! We brought in $3000 for the Lagunitas School District! Huge thanks to all of our generous clothing donors, COYB shoppers that found that perfect something for themselves or someone else, our AMAZING volunteers and Stephanie Mohan of Creative Portraiture. Setting up shop in Stephanie’s downtown Fairfax studio for the weekend allowed us to pull in funds from people other than you guys. COYB will continue to benefit others not in our district – what clothing we had left has gone to Glide Memorial, St Rita’s and the Salvation Army. We also want to thank Fairfax Market and Pacific Coast Craft Brewing for donating delicious food and unbelievable beer to our opening night!

Tags clothes, fundraiser

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Shopping Online? Here is a no cost way to donate to LEAP

Post author By LEAP
Post date December 9, 2016

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Shopping online?

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Please consider taking a no-cost extra step and donate to the Lagunitas school while you are at it.

– eScrip

– iGive

– Amazon Smile

What is this all about? Passive Fundraising is FREE money for Lagunitas School. Various businesses will donate a percentage of their sales to LEAP.

Who benefits? Passive Fundraising money will be distributed to the programs upon a per child basis at the end of the school year.

When to use these opportunities? Each time you shop on line.

How do I do it? Follow the links above to sign up for the various offers. We promise, they are easy to use.

Ask a LEAP member or contact donate@leap4education.org for help in set up.

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4 Easy Steps to Happy Kids

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Give Back Night at the Papermill! Dec. 16 7PM

Post author By LEAP
Post date December 7, 2016

Come join other school district families at the Papermill Saloon on Friday December 16 at 7PM. Come out, celebrate, kick off the holidays and raise money for our kids!