THE LONG PITCH

Friends and Family of PWM,

It’s that time of year again! We were absolutely overwhelmed by the support and spirit shown last year - we SMASHED our goal of $20,000, raising over $45,000! Can you believe it?!

Let’s do it again.

So what is the walk-a-thon? It is our school’s BIGGEST fundraiser through our PTO. And the funds raised service our students in a variety of different ways. The main use of this fund is to distribute to our school teachers to be able to provide those additional classroom materials that are needed for a successful school year! Funds also support school-wide reading efforts, buy playground materials, help stock our school library with the latest and greatest books, bring more art supplies into the art room, bring gardening experts into our school garden to teach our students, and so much more! But most important to many of our students: the walk-a-thon supports the PWM PTO’s pledge to make sure that NO student misses any field trip due to financial need! Free busses aren’t always available for our teachers due to financial squeeze of the pandemic on the local charities that usually provide this service. The cost of a school bus for a field trip: $250! 

We have a goal this year of raising $35,000 to support the amazing work listed above and many other projects. And we need your help! Please share our fundraising ask to friends and family, with neighbors and co-workers, with your business and places within your neighborhood that might be able to offer us support. 

The fundraising push starts NOW! Students have been assigned to a team color: RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE and PURPLE. Each team has a classroom within each grade band at our school. We track fundraising individually, as a classroom and as a color team. There are major bragging rights in store for the winners, as well as lots of fun prizes that help make this school year memorable for our students. In the past, administrators have been slimed, had their heads shaved and even eaten worms (eek!) all in the name of fun and fundraising! Classes who raise $1000 will participate in a winter walk-a-thon festival at school. Last year just about every class made this goal, and we’re confident we can do it again!

But most importantly this year, we are looking to encourage and reward funds raised as a classroom unit. This is (hopefully) our first normal school year since 2020. Our classes have missed out on their social time together and this year we want to provide plenty of fun and school spirit swag.

We need your help to not only make the walk-a-thon a memorable and fun experience for our students (it has been the highlight of many years for our students), but also to make it financially successful to support the endeavors of our PWM PTO through the 2022-23 school year! Can you help? Head to pwmpto.org TODAY and make a donation in your student’s name to help them get started. There is no amount too small or too large… it will ALL make a big difference in the lives of our PWM student body!