Fundraising
Friends of Palms provides many services to Palms Middle School. In turn, Friend of Palms needs your support.
In addition to planned events and activities, some for fun and some to raise money for our school, Friends of Palms runs ongoing fundraising programs that make it easy for you to participate.
- Family Annual Donation - your most important donation
- Westside Saver Cards
- Dining for Dollars
- Palms Gear
- Box Tops For Education
- FarmFreshToYou (see details below)
- eScrip (see details below)
- Ralphs shopper programs (see details below)
- Staples program (see details below)
To learn about these programs, contact Friends of Palms, read the weekly email, and attend the Friends of Palms/PTSA monthly meetings.
Donations
An online donation to Palms is the most effective way to support your school, and one of the easiest too! Palms students also hold fundraisers. Please support them too!
Friends of Palms is a 501c3 Non-Profit. For our Fundraising Information Card see the Friends of Palms page.
Aiming for Our Donation Goal
We seek donations, pledges, corporate matching donations, and local business donations.
As of October 2023, we have raised $19,978.
Our fundraising goal for 2023-2024 is $70,000.
Palms families, we need your support! If you haven’t donated yet, please do so now so we can reach our budget and continue all the wonderful programs for our children.
Donations are tax deductible, so donate today!
- Donate additional amounts at any time
FarmFreshToYou
At FarmFreshToYou.com, add promo code PALMS to your account and FarmFresh will donate 10% of each delivery order to Friends of Palms, as no extra cost to you!
Labels for Education
How to participate:
- Clip and save UPC labels and caps from participating products.
- Turn them into your homeroom teacher. Please put them in a baggie labeled with the student's name, homeroom number, and homeroom teacher's name.
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Palms Gear (Spirit Wear)
Look cool, stay warm, show your school spirit, and help fundraise, all at the same time!
Help Palms When You Shop at Ralphs
When you scan your card at the store you receive your same discounts as always and the store makes a donation to Palms. Relatives, friends, and neighbors can sign up, too!
Ralphs (online signup)
Your previous registration expires each year on August 31. You must re-register for each school year starting September 1.
Sign up online as follows:
- Go to the Ralphs Community page.
- Click or tap Sign In and log into your Ralphs account. If you don't have an account, click or tap Register and follow the instructions to enter an email address and choose a password.
- Click or tap the tab that says Welcome (your name).
- Under the Community Rewards section, click or tap Enroll.
- In the search box, fill in 83460 (our organization number) and click or tap Search.
- Select Friends of Palms and click or tap Enroll.
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Staples Classroom Rewards
The Staples Classroom Rewards program donates funds to teachers who sign up. After shopping at Staples in person or online, simply register your purchase on the Staples website. You still get your own Staples rewards if you are a member.
Office Depot 5% Back to Schools Program
Palms will earn credits equal to 5% of your school or office supply purchases at Office Depot if you give our school ID every time you shop at an Office Depot store or at officedepot.com.
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When you Shop at Office Depot, tell them:
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For more details, download the flyer.
Escrip
By signing up for eScrip you can earn over $150 for Palms each year, at no cost to you! Read how it works.
To sign up, go to the sign-up page and follow the instructions to register your grocery cards, credit cards, and/or debit cards. Where it asks you to select a school, type "Palms Middle", pick Palms Middle School - Friends Of Palms from the pop-up menu, and check the checkbox next to Palms Middle School - Friends Of Palms.
Participating markets include Fresh & Easy.
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