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Introduction
There are many ways that
you, your friends and the community can support Buen
Dia. When
you support the school, we are not only able to upgrade classroom supplies,
make improvements to the school facilities, develop curriculum, and invest
in teacher enrichment, we are able to continue providing scholarships. These scholarships are an integral part
of creating a diverse, dynamic and representative community for our
children. Together we are able to
accomplish far more than we could do on tuition alone.
There are two types of
fundraisers: annual fundraisers and on-going fundraisers.
Annual fundraisers
Annual fundraisers
include the annual auction and/or art show and three mail invitations to
support specific funds. The Annual Auction/Art Show held in the spring
benefits the Scholarship Fund. This
major spring event is organized by the parents for current families, alumni
and the community. Parents solicit
gift certificates to restaurants and local businesses for the auction, children's
art is displayed and there is some kind of live entertainment to look
forward to.
Mail invitations to
support the school include the Classroom/Curriculum Fund, the Annual
Scholarship Fund and the Buen Dia
Counts Endowment Fund.
On Going Fundraisers
On going fundraisers are
in coordination with local retailers.
These retailers give Buen Dia a designated percentage of all purchases made at
their store. We have programs set up
with local grocery stores, including Rainbow, Good Life, BiRite and Safeway, and Peet's
coffee, Cole Hardware and The Ark, a local toy store. Scrip to be used for grocery and coffee
purchases can be mailed to you or your friends directly from Buen Dia each month, or it
can be picked up at school.
Donations to Community
Thrift and workplace United Way Donor Option Plan benefit Buen Dia most directly. Buen Dia is also registered with schoolpop
and escrip to receive a percentage based on your
online and credit card purchases through these sites.
Community Thrift
Please donate your used clothing and household goods to Community Thrift, a
non-profit organization, located at 623 Valencia Street. Our number is 195
and we earn 80% of the selling price. This is a good way to support two
local groups!
Rainbow Grocery SCRIP
It looks like monopoly money but it's just like cash! When you buy $100.00
of SCRIP, it is worth $100.00 to you and when you shop, you receive cash in
change. What's great for Buen Día
is that for each $100.00 of SCRIP, Buen Día earns $10.00 (10%). This is an easy way to support
the school; encourage friends and family to buy some too. We have SCRIP at
school so you can buy it when you drop off or pick up your child or order
it by calling Buen Día.
SCRIP comes in $50's and $20's.
Good Life Grocery SCRIP
It also looks like monopoly money, but it's just like cash! When you buy $100 of SCRIP, it is worth
$100 to you and when you shop you receive cash in change. What's great for Buen
Dia is that for every $100 of SCRIP you buy, Buen Dia earns $7. This is an
easy way to support the school; encourage your friends and family to buy
some too. Good Life SCRIP is good at
both Good Life stores.
Bi-Rite Market
Bi-Rite Market, located at 3639 18th Street, will donate 5% of your purchases to Buen Dia. To participate,
please inform the cashier at the beginning of your transaction that you are
a friend or family of Buen Dia.
Peet's Coffee Gift Cards
Purchase
gift cards for all your coffee purchases!
The cards are just like cash cards--the cost of your purchase is
deducted from the card. For every $100 of purchases, Buen
Dia earns $10. Corporate accounts can also use
coffee cards for orders placed at stores and online. Cards can be requested in many
denominations. We have $20 cards at
school.
United Way Donor Option Plan
We are a member of the United Way Donor Option Plan which means that you
can write Buen Día's
name as your designated non-profit organization. Often companies will match
the amount so we get twice as much!
Cole Hardware
When you shop at Cole Hardware, give our number *88 and Buen
Día will receive a credit to our account with 2%
of the amount spent.
e-scrip and Safeway
Register online and sign up Safeway and/or credit cards at escrip.com. When you shop at local
participating stores - e.g. Safeway grocery with your Safeway card - a
percentage of your purchases will be designated to us. If you prefer, you
can sign up with your Safeway card right here at school. If you register
your credit cards with them, a portion of all your purchases will be
donated to us.
If you have any questions regarding these programs, have other fundraising
ideas or are interested in working on the Fundraising Committee, please
contact Buen Día at
(415) 431-3535 or email us at buendia@bdfs.org.
B U E N D I A T H A N K S
Y O U !
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