It is time to kick off our annual INVEST In Your Child campaign, one of the most important ways we, as a PTO, support Eakin is through our annual INVEST campaign and our goal for INVEST is $40,000 this year, to cover part of our $92,000 PTO budget.
So, what exactly is INVEST? Eakin is a well-funded school, but what do we spend on our children's school to make it excellent? Here's our estimate for this school year:
| Classroom Support (materials, tech, equipment, software, security needs) | $35,000 |
| Curriculum / IB Support, Training and Development | $14,000 |
| Teacher / Staff Appreciation events, lunches, snacks, shirts | $12,000 |
| Community Building Events and Projects | $7,000 |
| PTO Administration, Website, and Sales Tax | $7,000 |
| Family Support (holiday food boxes, clothing, needs) | $6,000 |
| Facility Support (landscaping, repairs, furniture, signage, custodial extras) | $3,000 |
| Yearbooks (costs above wholesale purchases) | $4,000 |
| Fun Run / Field Trip shirts for every student | $4,000 |
| TOTAL | $92,000 |
The Eakin PTO Invest funds primarily go to supporting your children’s classrooms: Curriculum materials like beads or books, quality software, faculty training and professional development, extra security measures (like a quality two-way radio in every classroom), playground and other equipment needs. We ensure our Eakin classrooms, and the entire school have what they need to ensure the faculty is prepared for each day. Many of these investments are “must haves” for our teachers to provide the excellence in education we have come to expect as Eakin families. We want to continue providing our amazing faculty with what they need to give our children a top-notch education.
We pay no processing fees if you donate via CashApp or Venmo, though Credit/Debit/Apple Pay/Google Pay donations can be processed by using the light-blue box options at the right.
CashApp: $EakinPTO
Venmo: @Eakin-PTO
PayPal: @EakinPTO
Where does the money come from? Here's our estimate for this year:
| Invest in Your Child | $40,000 |
| General Donations | $10,000 |
| Auction Revenue | $14,000 |
| Carnival Revenue | $7,500 |
| Corporate Partners Gift | $7,000 |
| VU Parking | $5,000 |
| Spirit Store Net | $6,000 |
| Interest on savings | $3,000 |
| $92,500 |