Reminder: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Is Election Day - School Is Closed, But the BAKE SALE Will Be Open!
The sale will be held in the front lobby of the school from 6:15 AM to 9:00 PM. If you can volunteer some time to help at the sale, please contact Susan Panepento at 718-757-8061.
We still need volunteers for these time slots:
11 AM -1 PM
1 PM -3 PM
7 PM-9 PM
We also need 2-3 volunteers to pick up donated baked goods at neighborhood bagel shops and bakeries. These donations will need to be picked up and delivered to the school by 7:30 AM. So, if you are an early riser and can help us out with these pick-ups, please contact Susan as soon as possible.
All sorts of home-made and store-bought goodies will be available at the sale, in addition to coffee, tea and hot chocolate. Please remember to bake or buy something! All baked goods should be delivered to the school as early as possible. Alternatively, you can leave your donation on the table in the back of the auditorium on Monday afternoon.
New York International Children's Film Festival donates money to our PTA for each and every NYICFF ticket you buy! Enjoy great kids' cinema while raising money for our school! Coming up this weekend, October 25th and 26th at Symphony Space, NYICFF presents the best of short film from around the world, Kid Flix Mix, recommended for ages 3 to 8, and Party Mix, recommended for ages 8 to 16. To buy tickets, click HERE, then select PS 29 from the “Select a School” menu. The PTA earns $3 for each ticket you purchase!
NEW YORK INT’L CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS: Kid Flix Mix & Party Mix Can’t afford that family trip around the world this year? Tour the globe with NYICFF’s Kid Flix Mix and Party Mix, the continually updated collections of age appropriate short films. The programs feature audience and jury favorites cherry-picked from the past ten years of the festival, including works from South Korea, Japan, Russia, Germany, Mexico, UK, France, and more.
Azur & Asmar - The Princes' Quest - Extended at IFC Center! Time Out New York called Michel Ocelot's film "absolutely gorgeous" – if you haven't seen it yet (or haven't seen it enough) it’s been extended for another week! For showtimes, more info and to purchase tickets, click HERE.
Established in 1997, NYICFF is North America’s largest festival of film for children and teens and stands at the vanguard of a movement to define a new, more relevant and compelling film for kids. Each year NYICFF scours the globe to present a highly selective slate of the best animation, live action, documentary and experimental film from around the world, with screenings available for ages 3 to 18. Now a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales to these entertaining, intelligent, and culturally enriching films are donated to participating schools - including ours!
Check out Amazon Prime for the holidays - we earn $12 per referral to this service and you get a FREE month of Amazon PrIme for signing up before next Friday, October 31st. Just click and ka-ching!
Buy or renew subscriptions (hundreds of options) AND get your holiday wrapping paper and gifts at our annual QSP sale. We earn 40% on magazines; 50% on everything else! The PTA relies on this sale - and even more so if Mayor Bloomberg carries out his proposed 2.5% across-the-board cut. Please plan for the holidays now!
Amazon School Rewards
If you ever order from Amazon, please shop via our School Rewards link. Control click to save the link to your bookmarks/favorites bar. We earn on all purchases from Amazon and third-party vendors.
GoodSearch and GoodShop
Our school can earn money every time you search or shop online! Check out hundreds of vendors!
We earn 5% on your Broadway and Off Broadway ticket purchases via our Givenik program! Participating shows include The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, A Tale of Two Cities, Gazillion Bubble Show and many more. Click above for full lineup.
Looking for an alternative to blockbuster films for your internationally art-flick savvy kids? Experience the New York International Children's Film Festival, a Cannes- or Sundance-type festival just for kids and teens! Although the festival itself is not until February 2009, NYICFF has a very special fall line-up including premieres, short film collections and classics that you won't want to miss and won't find anywhere else. This weekend see Azur & Azmar at 11 AM Saturday and Sunday at IFC. Click the flyer for details!
And the best news is $2 OF EVERY TICKET YOU BUY GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR SCHOOL – THAT'S 20-30% OF EVERY PURCHASE!
Here's how: Click here and select PS 29 John Harrigan School from the "Choose my participating school" drop-down menu. The rest is automatic! Share the wealth! Be sure to print out the calendar below to share with family and friends. See you at the movies!
Do you have a window sill, tree bed, fire escape, terrace or backyard space to brighten up? Or would you like to donate bulbs for our science teachers to plant with the kids?
Don't forget to order bulbs from our first PS 29 flowering bulb sale! Print and fill out the forms and return with a check to your child's classroom teacher or place in the PTA mailbox in the main office. We earn 50% on each order! Pictured: Crocus tommasinianus.
The PS 29 PTA has found extraordinary flower bulbs at unbelievable wholesale prices - and, what's even better, the PS 29 PTA will earn 50% of each order!
Plant some this fall for a lovely spring. Bulbs should go in the ground here in NYC in mid‐ to late‐October. Or, you can force bulbs indoors, plant them in a window box, or become a PS 29 Garden Angel and donate some to the school.
Please include a check (made out to the PS29 PTA) or cash for your order in an envelope. You can click and print the forms below. Don’t forget to include your name, your child’s name and classroom number! Bulbs will be delivered in October. You can pick them up at a table in the front lobby, or they will be given to your child and sent home with them. Please feel free to email parent and fundraiser organizer Marion Gropen with any questions or call her at, 718‐596‐5354.
SAVE THE DATE: PS 29 will have a table with face painting, PS 29 merchandise and more at the 34th Annual Atlantic Antic, on Sunday, October 5th! To volunteer, please contact co-chairs Kathleen Cavalaro and Providence Hogan.
Spanning Atlantic Avenue, from Hicks St. to Fourth Avenue, the Antic is a great family-oriented festival, offering plenty of pony rides, face painting, balloon sculptures, live storytelling, music for kids and more! Ten live musical stages offer free performances all day.
The New York Transit Museum's 15th Annual Bus Festival also will coincide with the Antic, taking place at the midway point of the festival, on Boerum Place. A collection of vintage buses dating back to 1917 will be on display and ready to board, and visitors can enjoy free admission to the museum, one block away on Schermerhorn Street.
The Antic features foods from around the world, from baklava and funnel cake, to grilled sardines and pulled pork sandwiches, to street fair favorites like fresh lemonade, fried mozzarella, and roasted corn.
Atlantic Avenue's restaurants and boutiques along with a host of local vendors, craftspeople, and nonprofits offer fabulous merchandise, too.
Please come support the PTA and have fun while you're at it!
With hundreds of green items to choose from, our new Amazon Green School Rewards link makes it easy to find what you're looking for, while benefiting PS 29. Find items in the following categories:
Eco-Friendly Cleaning Supplies
ENERGY STAR-qualified Office Electronics
ENERGY STAR-qualified Lighting
Now through the end of August, PS 29 also earns 10 percent on Amazon gift card referrals, 15 percent on Endless Shoes purchases on Amazon, and we receive $12 for each person who signs up for a free two-month trial of Amazon Prime shipping. Please visit these areas via the links below. Of course, we also benefit from your back to-school shopping!
For the month of August only, the PS 29 PTA earns 10 percent on referrals for purchases of Amazon.com Gift Cards. Eligible for millions of items, Amazon.com Gift Cards are easy to give and fun to get. There are three ways to give Amazon.com Gift Cards: • Email for immediate delivery • Print at home • Send in the mail
Amazon has great back-to-school savings, too! Thank you for supporting our Amazon School Rewards program!
The remarkable generosity of PS 29 families led to an impressive total of $72,533 in donations to the school's 2007-2008 Annual Appeal! A huge thanks to all who helped make this past academic year an amazing success for the Appeal!
The PS 29 PTA is pleased to announce that we now earn 15% in referral fees on Endless.com shoe and handbag purchases. With free overnight & free return shipping, 110% price guarantee, and 365-day returns window on over 500 brands, Endless.com, via our Amazon School Rewards program, is a great new way to support the PTA.
PS 29 will have a booth once again at the Atlantic Antic in the fall! In an effort to plan ahead, we're seeking a Chairperson for PS 29's fundraising, community-building efforts at the fair, which takes place Sunday, October 5th (10 AM- 6 PM).
Last year, we had shifts of volunteers helping to sell PS 29 merchandise and coffee, serving as face painters and overseeing the "decorate your own cupcake" activity (a big hit for the last couple of years!). If you can chair the event or can help on the day-of, please email us HERE! Thank you!
You can benefit PS 29 when you book your family's summer vacation! Please click HERE to check out all the travel sites, hotels, airlines, car rental companies and others that offer the school a percentage!
Two dozen PS 29ers ran and walked the Brooklyn PTA 5K Run For Schools on a gorgeous Friday the 13th! The PS 29 contingent combined forces with 175 other participants - including many elementary school-aged children - from PS 10, 107, 146, 39, 139, and 261 to benefit each school's PTA!
Ask the kids who ran, and they'll tell you they saw the moon, kites, and two red-tailed hawks in the sky on their adventure around the park. For adults, it was a great way to ACTIVELY combine forces with other schools to raise money. The PS 29 PTA gives huge thanks to Stephanie Manske, chair of the Wellness Committee and parent coach of the PS 29 Running Team, for coordinating the PS 29 effort for the race!
The Brooklyn PTA, which initiated and sponsored the event, is a new association formed in response to recent DoE budget cuts. Given the success of Friday's run, the event is sure to be bigger and better next year!!! So get your sneakers, and we'll see you on the RUN!! (Photos by Nina Chan Jalowayski)
The PTA earns 6% on Amazon Gift Cards – perfect for your favorite grad! Just click the banner! The PTA also earns 10% on MP3 downloads and 20% referrals on Unbox Video downloads during June! There have been over 600 purchases via our School Rewards program since last December!
NEW SHOWS! This May, Givenik kicked off a partnership with Ticketmaster that allows them to offer Tickemaster shows on the Givenik website. The PTA is pleased to offer Givenik tickets to all three Disney shows – Mary Poppins, The Lion King and The Little Mermaid. Givenik is the only place you can book tickets for September – November to all three shows and get a fantastic discount, plus earn 5% for PS 29!
We’re also thrilled to offer Givenik tickets this summer to the family-friendly extravaganza Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy and the wildly inventive, critically acclaimed new musical-about-making-a-musical [title of show]. Also, don't miss the final weeks of both Curtains and A Chorus Line - great savings are available on both. And, of course, more new shows are to come!
GROUPS! If you organize group outings for clubs and friends, book your groups through Givenik & earn 5% for the PTA! Givenik sells groups to all Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. Wicked, Jersey Boys, Billy Elliot and Shrek are a few of the hot tickets that have exclusive discounts available only for groups.
With Father’s Day just around the corner, it's not too late to get dad the perfect gift. The PTA earns 6 percent on Amazon.com Gift Card purchases just in time for Father’s Day, June 15, 2008. (Gift certificates are great for grads, too!)
Eligible for millions of items, Amazon.com Gift Cards are easy to give and fun to get. There are three ways to give Amazon.com Gift Cards in time for Father’s Day:
Email for immediate delivery
Print at home
Send an e-card (with a Gift Card attached, of course!)
Despite the blistering onset Saturday of the current heat wave, Ariane Ben Eli impressively juggled PS 29's first foray into the world of the Flea Market -- managing five tables laden with generously donated items, not to mention juggling every aspect of setup, selling, taking down, transporting, and then finally donating $9,000 worth of items to Housing Works (plus more to the Salvation Army).
The PTA extends an enormous thank-you to Ariane for her herculean efforts and for taking the initiative to plan this event!!! Caroline Petersen, Frederick Fooy, Cricket and John Powell, and Ariane's little brother also merit special thanks for their extraordinary efforts and good nature in the wilting, shadeless heat of the schoolyard. Next time, folks, we need to rally more volunteers (on a cooler day!).
Buy/renew magazine subscriptions; get wrapping paper, candy and gifts! 47% of every purchase goes to PS 29! Just click and shop!! Counts towards students' prizes through Oct. 14th!
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Recycle Laser Cartridges for PS 29 Cash!
Drop Box is in the main lobby!! We earn cash for your empty cartridges! Keep them out of landfills!
NEW! Recycle Your Cell & Benefit PS 29!
Drop your old cell phone, PDA, digital camera or iPod in the DROP BOX in the school lobby and do good for the environment and the school! Or donate online.
Buy a $10 one-year subscription (12 issues!) to Time Out New York Kids and the P.S. 29 PTA receives 50 percent — $5! Click the logo or HERE to place your order!
Recognize this? Cheerios, Ziploc, Scott tissues, towels, and Kleenex are among the popular brands that have this symbol. Here are more brands! Each Box Tops = 10 cents for PS 29!! Drop Box is in Main Lobby!!
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