Central Elementary School
61 Woodside Road
Riverside, IL 60546
(708) 447-1106

Fundraising

Riverside Gift Cards – Order Now

Posted Mar 10, 2010 | Category: Fundraising

Buy Riverside Foods Gift Cards and earn 5% for Central PTO.

Order your gift cards to Riverside Foods by Friday (3/12) and receive them on Monday (3/15).

Gifts Cards must be ordered in $25.00 increments.

E-mail your order to Samantha Durst. You will receive a confirmation of your order, arrangements for payment pick-up will be made and the gift cards will be delivered to you by Monday evening.

Thanks for your support of the Parent Teacher Organization




Riverside Foods Gift Certificates – Order Now

Posted Feb 17, 2010 | Category: Fundraising

Buy Riverside Foods Gift Cards and earn 5% for Central PTO.

Order your gift cards to Riverside Foods by Friday (2/19) and receive them on

Monday (2/22).

Gifts Cards must be ordered in $25.00 increments.

E-mail your order to Samantha Durst. You will receive a confirmation of your order, arrangements for payment pick-up will be made and the gift cards will be delivered to you by Monday evening.

Money raised will help restore budget cuts to Garden Gurus, Science in a Can, 5th Grade T-shirts, Programs, Cameras for the Teachers, and Jr. Great Books.

Thanks for your continued support of Central Elementary PTO.




Riverside Food Gift Cards Reminder

Posted Feb 8, 2010 | Category: Fundraising

Buy Riverside Foods Gift Cards and earn 5% for Central PTO.

Order your gift cards to Riverside Foods by Friday (2/12) and receive them on Monday (2/15).

Gifts Cards must be ordered in $25.00 increments.

E-mail your order to Samantha Durst. You will receive a confirmation of your order, arrangements for payment pick-up will be made and the gift cards will be delivered to you by Monday evening.

Money raised will help restore budget cuts to Garden Gurus, Science in a Can, 5th Grade T-shirts, Programs, Cameras for the Teachers, and Jr. Great Books.

Thanks for your continued support of Central Elementary PTO.




Deadline for Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief – Tues. at noon

Posted Feb 5, 2010 | Category: Fundraising, Reminders

District 96 Day at the Movies Opening Day Event
Percy Jackson and the Olympians:
The Lightning Thief Movie

based on the award winning series by Rick Riordan

Friday February 12, 2010 at 1:00pm
( February 12th is an early release day)
Classic Movie Cinemas
North Riverside Mall, 7501 W Cermak Road
Film has been Rated PG (due to Scary Monster Scenes).  The movie may be inappropriate for younger audiences, thus the rating.  If you hesitant, we encourage you to view the trailers on-line.

Price: $7.00 per ticket for Central Families

Central is adding a 1.50 per ticket as a tax deductible donation to Central PTO.
All proceeds from the service fee will support the 2009/10 Cultural Arts Writing Workshops.

Deadline to pre-order tickets is NOON Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tickets will be distributed in the Central Library:

Wednesday, February 10 – 3:05 to 3:30 and
Thursday , February 11 – 8:00 to 8:30

Contact Kathy Dudek – phone number in School Directory for a different pick up time.

Central Families are encouraged to support the Hollywood Schools fundraiser and purchase drawing tickets. The price is $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00 drawing tickets can be purchased the day of the show, until 15 minutes before Showtime

Send your pre-order and payment by backpack mail in an envelope marked “THE LIGHTNING THIEF” or drop it off at the Central Office.
Name: ___________________________ Phone: _______________________
I would like __________ Tickets @ 7.00 (the $1.50 is a tax deductible donation to Central School PTO and have enclosed $_____________________.

Please make checks payable to Central School PTO.
All Children Must be Accompanied by an Adult and be Properly Supervised.




Lightning Thief Movie Fundraiser 2/12, 1:00pm

Posted Feb 1, 2010 | Category: Fundraising

District 96 Day at the Movies Opening Day Event
Percy Jackson and the Olympians:
The Lightning Thief Movie

Friday February 12, 2010 at 1:00pm
( February 12th is an early release day)
Classic Movie Cinemas
North Riverside Mall, 7501 W Cermak Road
Film has been Rated PG (due to Scary Monster Scenes)

Price: $7.00 per ticket for Central Families

Central is adding a 1.50 per ticket as a tax deductible donation to Central PTO.
All proceeds from the service fee will support the 2009/10 Cultural Arts Writing Workshops. Hollywood School is fundraising by selling Drawing Tickets

Deadline to pre-order tickets by NOON Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tickets will be distributed in the Central Library:

  • Wednesday, February 10 – 3:05 to 3:30 and
  • Thursday , February 11 – 8:00 to 8:30

Contact Kathy Dudek – phone number in School Directory for a different pick up time.

Central Families are encouraged to support the Hollywood Schools fundraiser and purchase drawing tickets. The price is $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00 drawing tickets can be purchased the day of the show, until 15 minutes before Showtime

Send your pre-order and payment by backpack mail in an envelope marked “THE LIGHTNING THIEF” or drop it off at the Central Office.
Name: ___________________________ Phone: _______________________
I would like __________ Tickets @ 7.00 (the $1.50 is a tax deductible donation to Central School PTO and have enclosed $_____________________.

Please make checks payable to Central School PTO.
All Children Must be Accompanied by an Adult and be Properly Supervised.




Box Top Program Update

Posted Jan 28, 2010 | Category: Fundraising

Our PTO collects Box Tops from various products and redeems them for cash and other supplies.  Many of our P.E. and recess supplies come from these programs.  The next deadline for submission is the end of February.

The collection boxes are located outside the Central office.  The following flyers list all the box tops that we can redeem for points.

Here is a special Fish Bowl Box Top Flyer for the Box Tops for Education Program. Thanks for all your support this year.  Every dollar and box top counts! If you have any questions please email Michelle Hruska.




Updated Accounting Procedures

Posted Jan 21, 2010 | Category: Fundraising

Our CPA reviewer has to stop reviewing our books due to tightened CPA audit rules.   She recommends forming an audit committee of PTO members.  Our bylaws allow for such a committee and was actually our review process a decade or so ago.  We will be requesting members as our fiscal year June 30th gets closer.

In an effort to be  a self reviewing organization, we need to tighten our cash deposit methodology.  Going forward all deposits must accompany by the Deposit Form. This Deposit Form can be found on the PTO website and in the treasurer’s blue envelope on the office.

Also the following guidelines need to be followed:

  • All cash and checks must be given to the Treasurer within 5 days of receipt.
  • No amounts are to be paid with cash receipts or personal checks to vendors or anyone who needs to be reimbursed.All payments for PTO business should be in the form of a check drawn on the PTO’s checking account.
  • Include the Deposit Form with all deposits given to PTO Treasurer.
  • Include a detailed spreadsheet listing all receipts with name, check number, and check or cash amount.



Riverside Foods Gift Card Reminder

Posted Jan 19, 2010 | Category: Fundraising

Buy Riverside Foods Gift Cards and earn 5% for Central PTO.

Order your gift cards to Riverside Foods by Friday (1/22) and receive them on Monday (1/25).

Gifts Cards must be ordered in $25.00 increments.

E-mail your order to Samantha Durst.  You will receive a confirmation of your order, arrangements for payment pick-up will be made and the gift cards will be delivered to you by Monday evening.

Money raised will help restore budget cuts to Garden Gurus, Science in a Can, 5th Grade T-shirts, Programs, Cameras for the Teachers, and Jr. Great Books.

Thanks for your continued support of Central Elementary PTO.




Riverside Gift Certificate – Earn $$ for PTO

Posted Jan 6, 2010 | Category: Fundraising

Due to the success of our Gift Certificate Program with Riverside Foods, we will continue it through the year.

Buy Riverside Foods Gift Cards and earn 5% for Central PTO.

Order your gift cards to Riverside Foods by Friday (1/8) and receive them on Monday (1/11).

Gifts Cards must be ordered in $25.00 increments.

E-mail your order to Samantha Durst.  You will receive a confirmation of your order, arrangements for payment pick-up will be made and the gift cards will be delivered to you by Monday evening.

Money raised will help restore budget cuts to Garden Gurus, Science in a Can, 5th Grade T-shirts, Programs, Cameras for the Teachers, and Jr. Great Books.

Thanks for your continued support of Central Elementary PTO.




Riverside Food Gift Certificates

Posted Dec 10, 2009 | Category: Fundraising

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Thanks to all who are participating in the Riverside Foods Gift Certificate Scrip Program!!

So far we have raised over $100 to support the PTO.  Every dollar helps toward restoring the budget cuts.

We will continue to sell the gift certificates until the end of the year.  To purchase a gift card, please email Samantha Durst to purchase a gift card.