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FREE E‐WASTE COLLECTION EVENT
Saturday, March 8, 2014
10am – 4pm
Mission Valley Elementary School
41700 Denise Street in Fremont
Hosted by the MVSA in association with TDR Electronic Recycling
Anything that has wires, batteries or had electricity running through it can be recycled. Also accepting BBQ grills, CDs, VHS tapes, office furniture, Dish TV receivers, phones, speakers, vacuums, metal filing cabinets, and more! Unfortunately, we cannot accept major appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, air conditioners, washers & dryers. For larger items, please call TDR to arrange pickup (credit will go towards the event). For a full list of acceptable items, see http://tdrelectronicrecycling.com/acceptable-items/
HELP RAISE MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY!!!
Starting on February 12 and ending on February 28, the Mission Valley library is having a Titlewish fundraiser. The goal is to raise $1500 for our school library. To help us meet our goal, make an online donation by visiting http://www.titlewish.com/105314 and clicking the Donate button.
All of the money raised will go directly to purchasing new materials for our school library, with an emphasis on fiction and biographies. For every dollar raised (up to $1500), the MVSA will make a matching donation at the end of the event so please give generously!
Mission San Jose and Mission Valley invite you to
Halloween Carnival 2013
Saturday, October 26th
See flier for more details 2013Carnival flier1-MVE
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR IS COMING SOON!
When: September 11-19
Where: Mission Valley School – Room 6
Times: Wednesday-Sept 11 & 18 – 8:15am – 2:00pm
Sept 12, 13, 16 & 17 – 8:15am – 3:45pm
Sept 19 – 8:15am – 12:30pm
Back to School Night- Tuesday, Sept 17 – 5:30 – 8:30pm.
You can also buy books online from September 9 -29.
See the link to the Online Fair.
http://bookfairs.scholastic.
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED: You can sign up at: http://www.signupgenius.com/
This year during our Book Fair, we would like to raise money through “All For Books”, sponsored by The money collected will be given to the teachers in our school to buy books for their classrooms. In addition, Scholastic will match monetary donations with a donation of up to one million books to two non-profit organizations dedicated to helping children, families, and teachers acquire books and educational resources – Kids In Need Foundation and Kids in Distressed Situations.
It’s very easy to donate. Simply send $1 or any loose change with your child to school. Collection boxes will be available in each classroom, as well as in the Book Fair.
Let’s raise a lot of money this year by donating to this worthwhile cause.
Dear Parents, Staff members and friends of
Mission Valley School,
I am so pleased to announce our biggest fundraiser of the year, the Jog-a-thon, was a success! At the end of a school year, where we funded expensive projects, yet had smaller than expected income, it is an enormous relief to have this fundraiser meet its budgeted goal. THANK YOU!
We raised $35,000 and we did it in big ways and small.
Everyone who donated 5 or 10 dollars contributed and everyone who raised enough to become their grade level winner of season passes contributed. All teachers who ran, walked, encouraged, cheered on, shuttled paperwork and personally donated funds, contributed.
The volunteers who passed out cups of water, marked laps, distributed popsicles, counted funds, contributed. Everyone who cheerfully ran for the fun of it, contributed. Our tireless PE teachers Ms. Hughes and Ms. Hilton, who organize this event each year, contributed most significantly.
And everyone, whose sponsors asked their employers to match their donation, contributed doubly!
We can’t thank you enough. We had 446 students participate by raising funds… and that is 64% of our student population! They raised an average of $81 each. We had 234 red playground ball winners, who donated $100 or more.
All students participated by running, jogging, walking and having a good time at the event. Together we marked arms 11,123 times, which is about 1,390 miles logged. That is almost half way across the United States! Jonathan and Alexander (both from Room 28) ran the most laps. They each ran 4 miles (32marks) in 30 minutes. That is fast!
Though no single classroom had 100% participation in the fundraising for Jogathon, Ms. Aidun’s (Room 3) and Mrs. Carlson’s (K2) classes came very close with 27 participants bringing in donations. Mrs. Maryman and Mrs. Bockstiegel’s classes each had 25.
The classrooms that brought in the highest amount of donations in each grade level will be awarded with an ice cream party to celebrate their success. Those classrooms are: Mrs. Carlson’s K2, Mrs. Cowan’s Room 8, Ms. Aidun’s Room 3, Mr. Lotz’s Room 15, Mrs. Maryman’s Room 31, Mrs. Cooper’s Room 28, Mr. Rivera’s Room 19. Congratulations to the winning classrooms.
We also have grand prize winners from each grade level. They are awarded to the students who raised the most funds. They are: Rohan R. in K2 for Kindergarten, Emily in Room 8 for First Grade, Sai in Room 3 for Second Grade, Ethan S. in room 15 and Anton in Room 16 (a tie) for Third Grade. They will each receive a season pass to Aqua Adventure Park. Eshaan in Room 31 for Forth Grade, Kevin in Room 24 for Fifth Grade, and Kevin C. in Room 20 for Sixth Grade will each receive a season pass to Great America. Congratulations to the big winners.
If you have not yet done so, please check with your company to see if they have company charitable donation matching program. This is the easiest way to, in most cases, double your donation. (Please see below of information on corporate matching.) And, of course, please do not hesitate to donate even though it is past the deadline. The MVSA will gladly accept your donation and put it to good use, no matter when you give.
Thank you everyone for helping make this success possible.
Filiz Crocker and Suman Gill
Jogathon Cochairs
Corporate Matching Information
Did you know that that many employers will match your donation(s) to MVSA? Your company may match dollar for dollar or up to a certain amount for your contributions. All you have to do is just ask!
Here is what you need to do:
- Tell us who you work for.
- Obtain a matching gift form from your employer (usually available on your company’s intranet).
- Fill out your information completely.
- Return the form to MVSA (drop off in the front office).
- We’ll complete our part and mail it in!
For more information about Corporate Matching contact MVSA at board@mvsa-fremont.org
For a list of companies that support Corporate Matching, please see our website, http://mvsa-fremont.
JOGATHON – Our biggest fundraiser !
There is still time to donate !
Please help us meet or exceed our goal of raising $35,000 for Jogathon 2013. This year we have simplified the process by asking for flat rate donations and making online payments an option. Remember to include your student’s name and room number on the memo line. Please be generous! And don’t forget to ask your employers for company matching donations. That often doubles your donation. You can also donate online.
There are fun prizes at every level, and of course, we will still be marking and recording how many laps the students run. If you have time to help us, please contact us at: Suman 510-673-0046, gillsuman@yahoo.com or Filiz 510-249-9590, fcrocker@pacbell.net
Did you know that that many employers will match your donation(s) to MVSA? Your company may match dollar for dollar or up to a certain amount for your contributions. All you have to do is just ask!
Here is a list of the most common ways companies can contribute to our school:
- Volunteer Hours
- Automatic Payroll Deductions
- Registration Fees
- And possibly more!
Here is what you need to do:
- Tell us who you work for.
- Obtain a matching gift form from your employer (usually available on your company’s intranet).
- Fill out your information completely.
- Return the form to MVSA (drop off in the front office).
- We’ll complete our part and mail it in!
For more information about Corporate Matching contact MVSA board@mvsa-fremont.org
Here is a list of companies that support Corporate Matching. If you don’t see your company listed please ask us or check your company’s intranet.
| 3Com Corporation Abacus Capital Investments Abbott Adaptec Foundation ADC Foundation Adobe Systems Inc. Aegon TransamericFoundation AES Corporation Aetna Foundation AIG Albertsons, Inc. Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Altria Group Inc. (Kraft Foods) Allegro Microsystems Inc. Allamerica Financial Charitable Foundation, Inc. AMD American Express Foundation American International Group, Inc Amgen Center Analytics Operations Engineering Anheuser Bush Argonaut Group, Inc. Apple Computer Inc. ARCO Chemical Co. Argonaut Group Inc. Aspect Autodesk, Inc. Automatic Data Processing Avaya Avon Products Foundation Inc. AXA Foundation Bank Boston Bank of America Corporation Bank of New York Bank of Tokyo‐Mitsubishi Bankers Trust Foundation Barclays Global Investors Baxter International, Inc & Allegiance Corp Bay Networks Bea Foundation, The Becton‐Dickinson Corp. Bemis Company, Inc. Bestfoods Black & Decker Corporation Boeing Broadcom Bristol Meyers Squibb Foundation The Candle Foundation Cadence Design Capital Group Companies CBS/Westinghouse Foundation CertCo, Inc. Champion International Corp. Charles Schwab Corp. Chase Manhattan Foundation ChevronTexaco The Chicago Tribune Chubb & Son, Inc. Cisco Systems Citgo Petroleum Citibank/Citicorp/Citigroup Foundation Clorox Coca‐Cola Company, The Cognizant Corporation Comcast Compaq Computer Corporation Computer Associated International, Inc. Consumer Programs, Inc. CostCo Corporate Software, Inc. CPI Corporation Cray Research CSC Index, Inc. Dain Rausher Foundation Datascope Corporation Deluxe Corporation Delta Deloitte Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation DFS Group Limited Diageo North America Foundation, Inc. Duke Energy Foundation, The The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation Ebay Ecolab, Inc. Electronic Arts Inc. Eli Lilly and Company Energizer/Eveready Battery Co. The Equitable Insurance Companies Equiva E‐Trade Everen Foundation Express Financial Services Fannie Mae Foundation Fireman’s Fund Foundation First Bank Systems First Data Resources Fleet Bank Focal Communications Corp. Follett Corporation Ford Foundation Fort James Foundation Fremont Group Foundation Gannett Foundation, Inc. Gap Geico Genentech General R E Corporation Gillette Company, The Gilman Paper Co. Glaxo-Wellcome, Inc. GMAC‐Residential Funding Corp. Goodrich Goldman Sachs Grand Canyon Association Guy F. Atkinson Company of California Harcourt General, Inc. Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield HJ Heinz Company Home Depot Home Savings of America Hospitality Franchise Systems Honeywell Household International Houghton Mifflin Company IBM IKON Office Solutions, Inc. Info Space Foundation ING Capital Holdings International Business Machines, Corp. Intuit J. Paul Getty Trust The James & Marshall Field Fund John Hancock Financial Services Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons, Inc. Josten’s JP Morgan Chase Foundation Juniper Networks Juran Institute, Inc. Kaiser Family Foundation Kawasaki Motors Corporation Kemper Insurance Companies Kennecott Corp. KeyCorp Knight‐Ridder, Inc. Kimberly‐Clark Kinney Shoe Corp. Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Kraft Foods, Inc. Leo Burnett Company, Inc. Levi Strauss Foundation |
Liz Claiborne Lotus Development Corporation Lyondell Chemical Company Co. Lubrizol Corporation Mass Mutual Life Insurance Co. MasterCard International Mattel Foundation Maytag Corporation Mazda Inc. McDonnell Douglas Foundation McDonald’s Corporation McGraw McKesson HBOC Foundation Merck McMaster‐Carr Supply Co. Meredith Corporation Merrill Lynch Metlife Microsoft Corporation Millipore Foundation Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. Mobil Monsanto Fund MONY (Mutual of NY) Moody’s Foundation, The Morgan Stanley & Dean Witter Co. Morrison & Foerster Mutual of America Mutual Of Omaha NationBank Corporation National Semiconductor Corporation Neiman Marcus Group New York Life, Novartis Newsweek, Inc. Nike, Inc. Nintendo Nokia Nortel Networks, Inc. Norton Company Foundation NYCE Corporation Oak Associated, Ltd. Omni Travel Oracle Corporation Owens‐Illinois, Inc. PC World/IDG Central Services Pacific Gas & Electric Company Pacific Huts & Castles, Inc. Packard Foundation Palm PepsiCo Foundation Perkins Charitable Foundation Pfizer Inc. Philip Morris Pharmacia & Upjohn Foundation Pioneer Hi‐Bred International, Inc. Pitney‐Bowes, Inc. Platinum Technology Polaroid PPG Industries Foundation Provident Companies Prudential Comm. Giving Campaign Putnam Quaker Oats Quantum Corporation Quest Diagnostics Radio City Music Hall Productions, Inc. Raytheon Reader’s Digest RealNetworks Reebok Rejuvenation, Inc. Reuters America, Inc. Ridgewood Savings Robert Half International The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Roche Pharmaceuticals Rockwell Rockefeller Group Rohm Hass Rolm Co. Roosevelt Bank Russell Safeco Corporation Sage Publications, Inc. SAP St. Paul Companies, Inc. Sara Lee SBC Schindler Elevator Corporation Shaklee Corporation Scripps Howard Sephora SGI Sherwin Williams Company Shiva Corporation Silicon Graphics, Inc. SM Global Insurance Company SmithKline Beecham Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony USA Foundation , Inc. Spiegel Sprint The Stanley Works Starbucks Coffee Company State Farm Subaru of America Sun Microsystems, Inc. Synopsys Tenet Healthcare Foundation Textron TIBO Software Tiger Management Corporation Time Warner, Inc. Times Mirror Foundation Tom’s of Maine Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. Transamerica Foundation Tricon Foundation Tupperware Tyco Submarine Systemses, Ltd. Unilever United States, Inc. Union Bank of California Union Pacific Corp. Union Texas Petroleum Uniphase Corporation United Defense LP United Parcel Service of America, Inc. United Technologies Corp. Universal Studios U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Corp. U.S. West The Vanguard Group Vastar Resources, Inc. Veritas Software Verizon Foundation Vicorp Wachovia Walmart Washington Mutual Foundation The Washington Post Westinghouse Electric Corporation Westport & Associates Insurance Services Wells Fargo Bank Whirlpool Corporation W.W Grainger Wyeth Farmaceuticals, Inc. Yahoo Zurich |
