The Leffell School PTO
Volunteering at the Book Fair
Our Book Fair wouldn’t be possible without the help of our wonderful parent volunteers! We would love your help making this year’s event a success. We know that many of you will especially want to volunteer during your own child’s class shopping visit, and we love having families be part of that experience! We also need lots of helping hands to set up the fair, keep things running smoothly on Sunday, and break everything down afterward.
If you sign up for your child’s class visit, please also consider signing up for at least one set-up, Sunday Book Fair, or breakdown shift. Every bit of help makes a difference, and we truly appreciate our wonderful school community coming together to make this event special! Please sign up here.
Annual Leffell School Read-A-Thon Instructions
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Since October of 2023, we have added a read-a-thon fundraiser / initiative to our book fair month! This year, the fundraising efforts will go towards Leffell Lower School recess equipment - some new and fun items and some necessary replacements!
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How the read-a-thon works:
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1. Spread the word! Your parents, grandparents, cousins, aunts/uncles, neighbors and best friends can all be solicited for read-a-thon fundraising pledges
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2. Each person will pledge a dollar amount per number of pages read or number of books read (depending on age/reading level) over the course of a few weeks. For instance, for a third grader: Mom and dad pledge $5 for every 20 pages read, Auntie pledges $2/for every 20 pages read and Saba and Sata pledge $10 for every 20 pages read. For a fifth grader, maybe that's per book and for a kindergartener, maybe it's 5-10 pages that you read to them. You can decide as a family.
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3. The read-a-thon will run from today through Sunday, November 2.
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4. This read-a-thon form should be filled out for your reference only in order to keep track. It does not need to be returned to school.
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5. Once the read-a-thon has ended, participants and/or pledgers can send the amount they earned and collected or pledged by sending money via Zelle to Leffell.pto.financial@gmail.com and filling out the memo with the child's name and "read-a-thon.”
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Any questions? Please reach out to anyone from the book fair committee or your class parent.
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Happy reading!!
