Thank you Angela Howard for sharing!!!!

GET CREATIVE!!!!!.... (If you don't have a kid find someone who does) DON'T ignore this if your children are in Pre-School, Middle School or High School...these ideas can also work for Band Booster Clubs, Drama, Chorus, Science...etc.

Elementary schools are big on accepting all kinds of support...just ask an individual teacher or PTA Leaders.

Great Ideas!!!!

1.  PTAs sell advertising slots to raise money....be sure to check your benefits....is their newsletter going home monthly?  Is the quality good?

2. Fall Festivals will be just around the corner.....being ready to donate door prizes and set up a table for registrations.  Call me for ideas...

3. Get visible ...even working moms can once a week volunteer 30 mins for reading assistance.

4. Eat lunch with your child ....I am finding there are a lot of moms in the schools at that time....And a lot are professionals!

5.  For the working mom....check with the PTA or just a teacher (this can also work in a daycare or other groups)...donate reams of paper ...you can sometimes buy 2 and get one free in packs of 500....Print Mary Kay advertisement on one side and offer to may copies for the teachers of letters that are going home to parents....you will of course reach more people if it is a school wide letter or PTA announcement. (PLEASE BE SURE TO USE THE COMPANY ADVERTISEMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) GOOD Approach......ask them if they mind using recycled paper from your business!!!

6.  If your child is in an after school program?  At our school the 4th & 5th grade chorus meets till 3pm (30mins after school) with over 100 students needing to be picked up including mine ....just count the number of moms that will see your face once a week for only 5 mins of your time when you have to be there anyway....

****KEY!!!!Volunteer...but volunteer SMART!!!