Your Summer Shade Send-Off
Wow, wasn’t Stevenson Rocks great fun? That kind of organization, involvement and attendance is incredible and a tribute to our community and school. And a special word of gratitude to everyone who stopped by the Sun Safety committee’s booth to find out more this effort and how to get involved.
The Sun Safety committee is working at full steam to accomplish the goal of building outdoor shade improvements at our school and needs participation from each family and extended family of Stevenson pupils, staff and alumni to guarantee success. With the primary focus of realizing the first shade installation on the playground by the beginning of the school year in August 2010, it is important to increase eScrip registration to include all Stevenson families right away. eScrip is the primary source of funding for this endeavor. In addition to the monies raised through eScrip (including Von’s & Macy’s program contributions) and Albertson’s and Ralph’s community fund raising programs, the committee is also researching and writing for grants and corporate donations to add to the monies needed. And soon, a program from GLscrip will be added to the mix. The first structure is estimated to cost $27,000 and to date we have raised $5,000.
Mission Statement:
As the Sun Safety Committee, our mission is to raise sun safety awareness, to educate children and parents on ways to stay safe in the sun.
We will accomplish this by providing shade structures for play and eating areas, low-cost UV-safe apparel and also by implementing a comprehensive Sun Safety Education program at the school.
Remember that signing up for these programs costs you nothing and sign up is safe and secure. By registering your loyalty cards to these stores, a percentage of your purchases will be earmarked for R.L. Stevenson Elementary and will go directly into this fund.
You can either give your loyalty card numbers directly to any committee member (in fact, you can email them to Michelle Thornsberry right now (shandy_michelle@yahoo.com) who will register for you or you can go online and register your own information in about 10 minutes. Find easy instructions at www.StevensonPirates.net/madeintheshade. Even if you have registered at some time in the past, it is worth taking a moment to log on and make sure your information is up-to-date and complete. Then, ask your extended family to register. The programs require reregistration yearly, so it’s worth checking it out right now to be sure that community monies that can be going into the school are not languishing untouched!
With that and this last edition of the Stevenson Pirates News, be sure to keep your hats on, sunscreen handy and enjoy the summer safely.
Log on to www.escrip.com.
Click on “Sign Up – It’s Free”
Enter your info.
Identify Families For Stevenson (141523068) as the group you want to support.
Confirm the school selection.
Step 2: Enter your contact information.
Step 3: Register your Vons card by putting the card number in the appropriate box.
Step. 4: On the next screen you can register your Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, ATM & Diners Club.
Step 5: Register your Macys card.
Step 6: Confirm your registration.
ALBERTSONS
Log on to www.albertsons.com.
1. On the bottom navigation bar, click on ‘In The Community.’
2. On the right navigation bar, click on ‘Community Partners.’
3. If you haven’t visited this site before, it’ll ask for your zip code
And then loop you back. Go through steps #1 & #2 again.
4. Enter your card number and telephone number.
5. Click on ‘Sign Me Up.’
6. Click on ‘Find A Partner.’
7. Enter Families For Stevenson – ID # 49001017076.
8. Click on ‘Update Now.’
RALPHS
Log on to www.ralphs.com
1. Choose Welcome & create an online account or log on to your existing account.
2. Click on My Account (top right).
3. Select Community Contribution Programs.
4. Find Families for Stevenson – ID # 90972
5. Confirm your selection.
6. Save changes.