As you can imagine, COVID and the economic fall-out that has followed (including inflation, increased costs of goods, fuel increases, and decreased discretionary income), has wreaked absolute havoc on our schools and parent/teacher organizations. Our district has been heavily affected by the events of the “COVID years” as well, announcing a 25% decrease in funding to our school for the 2022-2023 school year.

We will be holding a community-wide online auction this fall, launching on September 30th and concluding the evening of October 6th at an in-person event, where we hope to raise enough money to help offset some of the many financial deficits we are facing this school year. With regard to in-kind donations, we will be preparing gift baskets for online auction that include gift certificates and gift cards, swag, prepaid services, consumer goods, and anything else our generous sponsors can spare, with donor recognition in the item listing and promo materials. Because we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit, all donations are tax-deductible.

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