PTA Newsletter -- October 7

Reminders & Upcoming Events

Oct 14 - NO SCHOOL

Indigenous Peoples' Day honors the Indigenous Peoples of the United States including American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiians. It celebrates the people, their history, and culture.

Read the Proclamation which recognizes Indigenous Peoples' Day in Redwood City, signed by Mayor Gee.

Fall Fundraiser ends 10/18

Our Fall Fundraiser has started! This year, our school will be selling Otis Spunkmeyer Frozen Cookie Dough, Popcornopolis - Gourmet Popcorn, and Holiday Gift Collection! All online shopping earns credit towards prizes. SHOP HERE. School ID code = SS8978.

Information and paper orders went home in Thursday folders.

All money and order forms due on Friday Oct 18

Fall Fiesta -- Buy your tickets now!

Fall Fiesta is on Friday, Oct 25, 5-8pm!! Enjoy carnival games, taco/quesadilla dinner cooked by the Dads' Club, bake sale, pumpkin walk, & more!

This year, we are also hosting a Class Pumpkin Contest -- your class can win a pizza party!! Donate one or more pumpkins (mini or larger) for the Fall Fiesta pumpkin walk during the month of October and the class who donates the most wins a yummy pizza party! Just bring the pumpkins to your classroom and the PTA will pick them up for a weekly tally!

We're hosting a bake sale at the upcoming Fall Fiesta and we need your help! Please sign up HERE if you can contribute baked goods to sell at the event.

Volunteers crucially needed the day of the even to make this a success! Please sign up HERE!

Also check out our Amazon wishlist, to help buy prizes for the carnival games.

Online tickets sales are now LIVE -- BUY NOW!

Deadline to buy online is Oct 23. Prices go up at the event, so buy early and save!!

Direct Donation Drive

The PTA funds many programs that our children benefit from every day, and we need your support. Programs such as PE, music, art, field trips, and so much more are funded through the PTA.

Any donation amount is appreciated to meet our funding goals for the school year -- no donation amount is too small! All donations are tax deductible.

Ways to donate:

ONLINE via Credit Card: Click HERE

IN-PERSON: Make checks out to Henry Ford PTA. Cash and Check donations can be delivered to the school office addressed to "PTA Direct Donations".

CORPORATE GIFT MATCHING: Don't forget corporate gift matching! Please email officers@henryfordpta.org if you plan to submit your donation for matching. If you don't know if your company matches, just ask!

Don't forget...

To bookmark our PTA website and subscribe to this newsletter.

There are two ways to be added to the newsletter list:

1) Create an account through Membership Toolkit. This will also allow you to easily purchase tickets to future events.

2) Email ptanewsletter@henryfordpta.org

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