Maus Band Fundraiser Information!
Special Edition of the Maus Band Newsletter!
Fundraiser Starts TODAY!
- Our Maus Band fundraiser starts today and ends on Thursday, October 18th!
- Today, your child learned about all the ways to help with our Maus Band fundraiser. As you can imagine, it's challenging to afford all the opportunities that we want to include for the Maus Band program. In addition to limited budgets from the district and even with registration fees, there are many events that are not able to be covered financially.
- Some items our Fundraiser helps with: purchasing all the food/drinks we give your child for fun throughout the year, books/reeds/musical supplies, transportation, entry fees into contests, affording new instruments and technologies for students, awards for students and more!
- This is our ONLY fundraiser for the year and we appreciate any support you may be able to give to your child's band program! It will turn around and benefit THEM greatly!
- Please be sure to help in some way as it takes everyone supporting the band to continue these great programs we have in the Maus Band.
- For more information, check out Google Classroom!
- Every student that sells 15 items or more, or donates $75 or more, or a combination of the two, will be invited to our exclusive Fundraiser THANK YOU "Fundraiser Fiesta" on Wednesday, November 14th after school until 5 PM. Pizza, movies, COOKIE CAKE and more - all for you as a THANK YOU for your help for the band!
How Can I Help??
WAY #1: You can donate money! We receive 100% of donations and they can be from anyone if out of town family would also like to donate. Donation checks should be made to MMS BBC and can be brought anytime until Friday October 19th. Donations do not count toward fundraiser prizes but they DO count toward class goal charts. Be sure to include your child's first and last name in the memo area of any donation checks. Remember, a donation of $75 or more gets you into the "Fundraiser Fiesta"!
WAY #2: You can sell online with the Great American fundraising company. We receive 40% profit from online and in person sales with the company. This is an easy and fast way to get the word out! Here is the website: http://bit.ly/mausmsband
Our Band Online ID is 4156741
You will want to register and send emails to anyone who would like to help the Maus Band. There are many more items to choose from online as well – holiday gifts, gift wrap, NFL flags, jewelry – you name it! Last year, online sales made a large part of our sales because it's convenient and easy! All sales made online are done online, including payment and shipping! You won’t ever have to collect money or worry about getting items to your customers – it’s all online and you reap the benefits by making sales - even on the class gola charts and for the prizes!
These items should not be indicated on the sales form. Be sure to keep your online sales login information so you can send more emails, track your sales, etc.
WAY #3: You can sell using the brochure and sales order form. This is a traditional (“old school way” as our fundraiser lady called it!) method and many parents have success with this at work, at sporting events where they will see friends, at their religious institutions and at family gatherings.
All items listed on the order form will be paid for AFTER the items come in and there is no need to collect money now. If you choose to collect money early, please make checks to MMS BBC (not the fundraiser company). Please also note that the band directors will not take any early money and will not collect until the items arrive Wednesday, November 14th. These sales also count toward fundraiser prizes and class goal charts!
Parent Help - Social Media and MORE!
- Using Social Media to spread the word to your family and friends is the BEST idea! The more people that have the information and can browse and purchase online, the more you will earn sales toward your goal of 15 items or more!
- Parents! Please post on your Facebook pages and encourage your friends and family to support the nationally award winning Maus Band program! It even helps to take a quick picture of your child holding their instrument and include this as well :-)
- The website to share is www.gaschoolstore.com: Online Store ID#: 4156741
- Parents! Please also consider taking the brochure to work to sell to co-workers. You can share the website with them as well.
- Please also share the sales information with friends on sports teams, coaches, sponsors, friends from your religious institutions, friends at work, neighbors, family that doesn't live close and friends of your family!
THE PRIZES!!!!!!!!
- Every student that sells 15 items or more or donates $75 or more will be invited to the exclusive "Fundraiser Fiesta" on Wednesday, November 14th. This will be the same day as Fundraiser pick up, which is convenient for parents!
- The "Fundraiser Fiesta" will be after school until 5 PM. We will show a movie, provide pizza and COOKIE CAKE!!!! all as a THANK YOU for helping us reach our sales goals.
- See above for all the AWESOME prizes your child can earn!!!!
When are the Order Forms due?
- Order forms will be due Thursday, October 18th. Please be sure to write neatly and legibly when taking orders. We highly suggest you keep another paper with customers' names, addresses, phone numbers and what they ordered. You will receive the order form copy with your items once they arrive, but sometimes students forget who they sold to ;-)
- If you are selling online (which is the BEST way), this will stay open for awhile, so please encourage friends and families to shop online and have items delivered straight to their home!
- Please remind all customers their products will arrive the week before Thanksgiving break. You can deliver items and collect money over the break as the money is due Wednesday, November 28th.
How/When Do I pay?
- Donations are accepted anytime made to MMS BBC. Please include your child's first and last name in the memo area. Remember, $75 donation or more will get invited to the "Fundraiser Fiesta"!
- Brochure sales will NOT collect money now. We will collect money upon delivery. Be sure to ask customers to also write their checks to MMS BBC. If you would prefer, parents can have all customers write checks to them (Mr. Smith, Ms. Jones) and then parents can write 1 LUMP SUM check to the MMS BBC. This is AWESOME as it helps us to ensure less issues with money collection and it's much easier to count. Please consider this method.
- What if I want to pay now? We will not take any money until November 15th, so please wait. Money will be due Wednesday, November 28th.
Tuition Rewards Program
- SELL $100 worth of product to receive $1,000 in College Tuition points through our Exclusive partnership with Sage Scholars
- SELL $250 worth of product and receive a $2,500 Certificate
- Valid at 340+ participating colleges. Donations do not apply
- MORE INFO AT: tuitionrewards.com/GAO
- For a list of participating colleges - click here: https://secure.tuitionrewards.com/index.cfm?p=colleges
Maus Band
Email: lewisk@friscoisd.org
Website: mausband.com
Location: 12175 Coit Road, Frisco, TX
Phone: 469-633-5270
Facebook: facebook.com/mausmsband
Twitter: @twittercommausmsband