Throughout the school year Countryside holds a variety of Silent Fundraisers. These do not require any selling or extra buying on the part of the student or family.
Drop bins for all Silent Fundraiser items are located on the wall to the left of the main office, across from the gym.
Following are our Silent Fundraisers and how you can participate:
• Kemps Milk Caps -
When you buy Kemps milk the cap will have a label on it which says "Nickels for Schools" Our school can redeem these caps, with the label intact, for 5 cents apiece. Last year we made $2000! How much milk does your family drink? These caps add up and it is cash for our school.
Our caps are counted by volunteers. Here's how you can make their job a little easier:
Please rinse your caps and let them dry before bagging them - counting shouldn't be a stinky job.
When you send your caps to school please keep them separate from box tops, they go to different people for counting.
A cap with no label is of no value, please don't send it.
The plastic bag from your daily newspaper is an excellent bag for collecting milk caps and bringing them to school. Re-using at its finest!
Kemps "Nickels for Schools" logo can be cut off other Kemps products which come in cartons.
We can also redeem Land O Lakes milk caps. If you have collected both, sending them to school in separate bags would be helpful.
Next time you are at a Starbucks ask them if you can have their saved milk caps. They just might hand you a bagful.
If you own a business which ships UPS and would be willing to pick up the cost of shipping our Milk Caps to Stacy, MN, please contact us.
• Box Tops for Education-
Look for the 10¢ Box Tops coupon on hundreds of your favorite products. You can find Box Tops on brands such as Cheerios®, Betty Crocker®, Pillsbury®, Ziploc®, Kleenex®, Hefty® and more! They're everywhere!
Our Box Bops are sorted by volunteers. Here's how you can make their job a little easier:
- Clip your Box Tops near to the dotted line.
- Please keep Box Tops separate from milk caps. They are counted by different people.
- Expired Box Tops cannot be redeemed.
- Consider sending your Box Tops to school in an envelope which could be re-used or recycled. Why waste an expensive bag.
• Cell Phone Recycling-
Old cell phones and cell phone accessories can be re-used or recycled and it is cash for our school. Don't throw them out - send them to school!
• Ink Cartridges-
Empty ink cartriges can be recycled and it is cash for our school. Don't throw them out - send them to school!
• Gift Cards To Go-
An easy way to buy gift cards, Simplified Scrip has hundreds of gift cards from which to choose. Order on-line and they are mailed to you. Our school gets a percentage of all sales. Go to www.simplifiedscrip.com to register.
• Target VISA-
Register for a Target VISA and you can make a difference for your favorite school — Target VISA makes it easy. Through the Take Charge of Education School Fundraising program, Target will donate a percentage of each of your Target VISA purchases to the eligible K-12 school of your choice. Hopefully that is Countryside, but when your last child graduates from our school you can change your account to benefit another school. The donation is:
Already have a Target VISA? Make sure Countryside is getting all the benefits of Take Charge of Education. Click on Countryside to make us your designated school.