Calling All Schools:
It’s Fundraiser Time!
As part of our initiative to work closer with our local schools, The Craft Factory has developed a fundraising opportunity. Read on to find out more:
How does it work?
Each month, The Craft Factory will feature a local school as our Craft-In School of the Month. The school helps to advertise the event to their school community and all their various community partners. People then come to The Craft Factory during our regular weekly drop-in hours and make at least one craft. For every $12 craft someone makes in support of that school, The Craft Factory will donate $2 back to your school. What could be more fun? People get to craft and raise money for your school. Win-win!
How to participate:
Give us a call [(503) 577-4310] or send us an email [craftfactorypdx@gmail.com]! We’re looking for new schools to partner with. Once we’ve decided on the month of our Craft-In with you, we will send you:
- A PDF black & white flyer for you to print and put on the doors of the school, community center, and wherever else you think would be good for it to go
- A full-color social media image for you to use on Facebook, Twitter, in a newsletter, in an email, or any other digital space where you can advertise this event
- The Craft-In logo in color and black & white, as well as The Craft Factory logo, in case you would like to create your own marketing materials
- A PDF of a half-page color flyer that can be printed out for students to take home
Then we both promote! Your school will be advertised in two newsletters over the course of the month (which has over 1300 readers), on our Facebook page throughout the month, on our Twitter account throughout the month, and on our website. We ask that you use the materials we sent you to promote via your own networks, and then we share each others’ promotions.
Remember: The more this is promoted, the more people will craft in support of your school, which will raise the donation amount you receive!
Upcoming Schools
April: Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School
About: Le Monde “educate[s] children in a French immersion environment that honors the best international academic traditions and develops students who are inquisitive, reflective, communicative, and caring.”
May: Ainsworth Elementary School
About: Ainsworth “is a Kindergarten through 5th grade school located in the southwest hills of Portland, Oregon.”
Previous Schools:
March: Maplewood School
About: Maplewood is a public school in SW Portland, serving children in grades Kindergarten through fifth, “offering rich activities through their half-time Media Specialist, half-time Music Teacher, half-time P.E. Teacher, and half-time Computer Teacher.”
February: Markham School
About: Markham is a public school in SW Portland, named after the American poet, Edwin Markham, and serving children in grades Kindergarten through fifth.
January: Hayhurst School
About: “Hayhurst School, located in Southwest Portland, is the home of two schools at one site. The Hayhurst Neighborhood School is for kids Kindergarten through fifth grade. The Odyssey Program is a focus option program for grades Kindergarten through eighth grade.”
December: Capitol Hill Elementary School
About: Capitol Hill is a public elementary school, serving grades K-5 in the SW Portland-area.
November: Portland Jewish Academy
About: PJA is an independent pre-school through 8th grade school, providing an extraordinary Jewish and secular education.
