Great things happen when you read!
Welcome to Bayview Community School's Read-A-Thon Fundraising Event!
How could you help?
STEP 1: CONTRIBUTE!
For every dollar raised results in our class reading for one
minute! To contribute to our class,
Step #1: Click on the "CONTRIBUTE" button above. By
contributing directly from this page, your contribution will be
automatically attributed to our class.
Step #2
: Under "Your Message", please write the name of the
student you are associated with or an encouraging message to the
class (if you wish).
STEP 2: SHARE, SHARE, SHARE!
Get the word out to your friends and family and tell everyone about this "Read-A-Thon" Fundraising event. Ask them to support this school by making a contribution towards a class ! It's as easy as asking 5 people for $10, 2 people for $25, or any combination you can think of!
Post about your contribution using the hashtag #mindgrowtheducationfundraiser and tag your friends!
Reading across Canada
Starting on Monday, April 19th,
2021 until Tuesday, May 4th, 2021, our classes will start a
virtual, cross-Canada road trip via an innovative program from Mind
Growth Education to reach our reading goals.
Example: If a class raises $500, they will need to read 500
minutes collectively. Which province will each class end up in?
Their daily reading sessions will take them on a storybook
adventure across this great country, building more reading skills
while exposing them to all sorts of fun and educational facts about Canada.
Fun facts!
After completing this Read-A-Thon event, students will have had over 200-1,000 additional minutes of reading during the school year. This has proven to increase their reading speed, comprehension and higher thinking level - a wonderful byproduct is that they frequently increase time they spend in recreational reading providing a great alternative to video games and social media content.
How will the funds be used?
85% of the net funds raised by this Read-A-Thon will help rebuild Bayview Community School's playground and purchase new playground equipment. The remaining 15% goes towards Mind Growth Education and is used to help cover costs such as subscription cost, administrative fee + the Paypal or Stripe payment processing fees and transaction costs.
About Bayview Community School
Mission Statement
Bayview School is a community school of children, staff, parents, volunteers, community members, and outside agencies who come together to provide a safe, caring, mutually respectful, challenging and welcoming environment that enables learners of all ages to develop their intellectual, physical, social, emotional and aesthetic potential.
Source: Bayview Community School, https://www.vsb.bc.ca/schools/bayview/About-Us/Mission-Statement/Pages/default.aspx
March 4th, 2021
About Mind Growth Education
Mind Growth Education was founded by Isabelle Baril, a wife, a mother, a classroom teacher and an entrepreneur raised in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada but now lives on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Isabelle and her team create interactive and fun reading log programs that can be used at home or in the classroom, combining social studies and daily reading, making reading log programs fun again! After her first year in business, Isabelle recognized a huge need for an easier, educational and virtual way to fundraise money for schools and organizations; therefore she created Mind Growth Education's Fundraising Program: Read-A-Thon. Spend time reading not selling! This unique concept is breaking down the barriers of the traditional fundraiser and powering their way through their virtual reading adventure and build skills to last a lifetime.
