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Wise Owl October Annual Giving Campaign
What is the Wise Owl campaign? The Wise Owl campaign is an essential fundraiser for our school community, which seeks to raise money through family donations. Along with the BoosterThon in February, it is the biggest way we generate funds to directly impact Irwin classrooms! Donations are used to purchase classroom materials, support teacher grants and travel, and are also used to support school improvement projects like the new water fountains. Let’s lessen the burden on our teachers, so they don’t spend their hard-earned money on classroom materials and also make Irwin a better facility. This year’s goal is to raise $50,000.
What donation amount is recommended?
Based on the annual PTA budget, these donation amounts are recommended:
- $100 donation for Families with 1 Irwin student.
- $150 donation for Families with 2+ Irwin students.
Because of the diversity of our school, we want to ensure we include a variety of opportunities for families to solicit funds which will support their children. See our upcoming weekly activities for the month to raise money towards our goal.
- Week 1: Penny Wars Challenge - Encourage your students to bring in those pennies. Do a penny hunt, search the couch, the car, maybe even take a walk. This is a month-long event, and classes will tally their pennies each week. Keep an eye out on the leader board, because the winning classes will battle it out for a Pizza or Movie Party.
- Week 2: Double Good Gourmet Popcorn Fundraiser
- Week 3: Direct Donation + Corporate Matching
- Week 4: Raffle + Penny Wars Finale (represent your house, employer, or grade)
Corporate Matching Gifts
Make your gift go even further with your employer’s matching gift program.
We’d like to remind you to please request a matching gift, if your employer provides them. If this is done with a separate form, you can send it to the school, “Attention PTA Treasurer”. If your employer has an online system, you can usually find us as Irwin Academic Center PTA, and possibly as PTA NC Congress d/b/a Irwin Academic Center PTA. (IMPORTANT NOTE: Please do not choose Irwin Academic Center or Irwin Open Elementary School, as the match will not be confirmed.)
Below is a list of businesses that match charitable donations.
- Albemarle Corporation
- Alight
- Ally Financial Inc.
- Ameriprise Financial, Inc
- Bank of America
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
- Boeing
- Cardinal Health, Inc.
- CDW Corporation
- CIGNA Corporation
- Duke Energy
- Fifth Third Bancorp
- Foundation for the Carolinas
- Getty Images, Inc.
- Global Payments Inc.
- Host Hotels & Resorts
- IBM - International Business Machines
- KeyCorp and subsidiaries
- LPL Financial
- Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
- Regions Financial Corporation
- ServiceNow
- Silicon Valley Bank
- Stanley Black & Decker
- State Farm Insurance
- The Home Depot
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- TI - Texas Instruments
- Truist Bank
- U.S. Bancorp. / US Bank
- UBS AG
- Willis Towers Watson
- Workday
Please contact your Human Resources department to find out if your company participates in a matching gift program. If you have questions regarding matching a donation made to the Irwin PTA, please email our Treasurer at: [email protected].