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To
supplement our financial needs, the school sponsors two major fundraising projects
during the year. Our magazine renewal and new subscription drive takes
place in September and we hold and annual Walk-A-Thon
which takes play in May. Last Spring, the Walk-A-Thon was
extremely successful and brought in a profit of over $6,800.
The PTO also holds two fundraisers per year-- in
October and a spring fundraiser. Some of the many activities
supported by the funds raised by the PTO are field trips, assemblies,
end-of-year barbeque and classroom activities and equipment.
Advertise on "The Parking Lot". All funds earned
from the "The Parking Lot" directory of services of goods provided by Mater
Dolorosa parents and family members benefits the School's computer program.
For more information click on "The Parking Lot" logo to the left.
The school and PTO participate in several
fundraising programs where schools earn money simply by parents and students
collecting, using a specific search engine, or shopping at specific stores.
Our school participates in several programs outlined below.
 The PTO is enrolled in the General Mills Box Tops for
Education program. Clip Box Tops from hundreds of your favorite General Mills
products and send them in to the school. Each Box Top is worth 10˘. Visit
Box Tops for Education at
http://www.boxtops4education.com for more
information. The Box Tops website also has a Marketplace where
school's may earn a percentage of purchases from over 100 major retailers.
Click here to view a listing Box
Tops Marketplace vendors and their percentage contribution.
 Mater Dolorosa School is also enrolled in Stop&Shop's A+ Bonus Bucks program.
Simply click
http://www.stopandshop.com/aplus for more information or to register your
Stop & Shop card. Our Bonus Bucks # is 05109.
 Collect
caps from Hood® LightBlock Milk Bottles® and help your school earn up to
$10,000. The school with the most caps (per student) wins a visit from a Boston
Red Sox Player!
 The
Computer Lab is enrolled in a recycling program,
Funding Factory, which recycles cell phones, inkjet and laser cartridges. By
collecting cartridges the school earns points that can be converted into cash
and equipment. Since enrolling in the program, the school has earned over
$4,000. We encourage all students to participate in the program by collecting
cartridges and cell phones from family and friends. If your employer does not
recycle cartridges, please ask them to donate them to the school. For more
information on the program, you can visit the Funding Factory web site and
www.fundingfactory.com.
 www.searchandgive.com
is
an internet search engine sponsored by Scholastics, Inc. and the Microsoft
Corporation. Simply by logging into the web site and doing search, the
school's Computer Lab earns 1˘ for each search. Over the the course of a
year if an individual does 10 searches per day, they will have earned $36.50 for
our school. In school, students in Grades 3 - 8 are using Search and Give
as their primary search engine and free time game site. The web site also
has a Club which allows participants to earn money for the school by playing
games. Just by participating in this one initiative, the Computer Lab goal is to
earn $4,850 by the end of of 2008. Click
http://club.live.com/sg_howtogive.aspx
for more detailed information on how to
participate in this no cost fundraiser. | 
