Great things happen when you read!
This Read-A-Thon Fundraiser will take the students of Forest Park Elementary School on an incredible journey of discovery across the World, inspire a love of reading, awaken their imagination, build their confidence and enhance their reading skills. Help this school get off to a quick start by contributing right away. Contributions made by friends and family will motivate the wonderful students of this amazing school to power their way through their virtual adventure and build skills to last a lifetime.
Challenge:
CAN THE STUDENTS OF FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READ ACROSS THE WORLD IN JUST TWO WEEKS?
Challenge accepted!
Fundraiser Event Dates: Monday, April 18th, 2022 to
Friday, April 29th, 2022
To find out if they've completed the challenge, subscribe to this campaign and you will receive updates throughout the event!
How to help?
STEP 1: CONTRIBUTE!
From Monday, April 18th,
2022 to Friday, April 29th, 2022
Step #1: Click on the
"CONTRIBUTE" button above
(if you contribute more than
$10, you will get access to Mind Growth Education's Digital
Sponsor Coupon Sheet as a thank you gift!)
OR Step #2: To attribute your
contribution to a specific class/division - Scroll down to the
bottom of this page to find the class/division and click! You'll
be able to "CONTRIBUTE" to that particular
class/division that way!
Step #3: Under "Your
Message", please write an encouraging little note to the
student (if you wish).
STEP 2: SHARE, SHARE, SHARE!
From Monday, April 18th, 2022 to
Friday, April 29th, 2022
Once you have contributed, please help by getting the word out to your friends and family and tell everyone about this "Read-A-Thon" Fundraiser. Ask them to support this school by making a contribution!
Reading across the World
Starting on Monday, April 18th, 2022
to Friday, April 29th, 2022
, the students at Forest Park
Elementary School will start a virtual, global road trip via an
innovative program from Mind Growth Education to complete their
reading challenge.
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 different countries.
Will they be able to complete the
challenge by April 29th, 2022? Stay tuned to find out!
Fun facts!
After completing this Read-A-Thon
Fundraiser, a participant will have had over 200-1,000 additional
minutes of reading and will have planted real trees in Canada in the process!
GREAT NEWS! Mind Growth Education has partnered with One Tree
Planted
#onetreeplanted
. One Tree Planted will plant a tree for every 25% of the
reading challenge a class completes along their "Read Across
the World" reading adventure route. There’s no extra work or
cost for the student/families — Just make sure you keep reading! #greatthingshappenwhenyouread
How will the funds be used?
85% of the net funds raised will help purchase new books, makerspace materials, technology and anything else to inspire the love of reading. The remaining 15% goes towards Mind Growth Education to help cover costs such as subscription cost, certificates of achievement, administrative fee + the Paypal or Stripe payment processing fees and transaction costs.
Friends and family -
Let's show we are a community that cares
about this school!
See "Fundraisers" below to
contribute to a specific division or contribute to the whole school!
Thank you for your support!
Fundraisers
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About Forest Park Elementary School
Our school is located in central Nanaimo, British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island. We currently enroll around 400 students from Kindergarten to Grade 7.
Forest Park Elementary is one of 29 elementary schools in the Nanaimo / Ladysmith school district #68. This district is located in Nanaimo, B.C., on the east coast of Vancouver Island.
Forest Park is a welcoming community with a diverse population. We have an amazing staff and PAC who provide many wonderful opportunities for the students of our school. We also have a Boys & Girls Club on-site.
VISION STATEMENT:
To provide a positive, caring, and stimulating environment where children are encouraged to achieve their potential in academic, creative, physical, and personal development.
MISSION STATEMENT:
Forest Park School is committed to fostering in each child academic excellence, social responsibility, and the joy of life-long learning as a shared responsibility of home, school, and community.
Source: Forest Park Elementary, https://fp.schools.sd68.bc.ca, April 24th, 2021
We’ve tried to answer many common questions below, but if you need additional help, please get in touch with your Mind Growth Education representative, Isabelle, at fundraising@mindgrowtheducation.com.
* Participation
Q: How does your reading log programs work?
A: Teachers and/or students record the number of minutes they’ve
read in class or at home on a daily basis by signing into their Mind
Growth Education account. The program automatically converts their
minutes into kilometres and advances their avatar on a virtual
adventure across the World through various countries starting in
Canada down to the eastern hemisphere and back up again through the
Western Hemisphere and end in United States of America. Every time a
participant/class arrives at one of the major points on their
adventure, a little blurb pops up with educational facts about that
country. The students also get to earn badges and get printable
worksheets as they progress on their reading journey. (Please note:
For every 20 minutes, you will travel approx. 240 kilometres on the
adventure map).
Q: What if a class/student reads across the World before the
event is over?
A: We encourage they keep on logging in those minutes! The
challenge will then be “How many times could you read across the World
until the end of your event?” – You could say something like “Now that
you’ve read across the World once, can you do it twice by the end of
the event?”. The record so far is 3 times by a grade 7 student from
Sudbury, ON.
Q: What if a student or one of the families needs help (i.e.
cannot remember his/her username and/or password). What to do?
A: Just email, Isabelle, your Mind Growth Education
representative, with your question(s) and she’ll be happy to
help.
Email: fundraising@mindgrowtheducation.com
Q: My child cannot log into their reading log account?
A: There are a few things we'd like for you to try:
1)
Make sure you are entering the correct spelling of your login
credentials. (i.e. lowercase and not uppercase, "t" and not
"+", etc.)
2) It might be your browser, try logging in
on a different browser. To use Mind Growth Education’s features and
benefits from your computer, you need the most up-to-date version of
your web browser. For the best experience, update your browser or
switch to another one. Mind Growth Education supports Google Chrome,
Firefox, MS Edge, Safari, and Opera.
3) If both of these
recommendations do not work, please email, Isabelle, your Mind Growth
Education representative, with your question(s) and she’ll be happy to
help.
Email: fundraising@mindgrowtheducation.com
* Fundraising
Q: Can the organizer collect offline funds?
A: Using our online fundraising platform allows you to avoid
having to handle and manage cash. However, if the person is not able
to give online, many organizers have accepted cash or cheques and then
personally contribute the exact amount online afterwards. Contribute
online here: https://fundrazr.com/forestparkreadathon2022
Q: Do the contributors get tax receipts?
A: Unfortunately, no. Contributions made to a personal
fundraiser, rather than a charity fundraiser, are generally considered
to be personal gifts and are not guaranteed to be tax-deductible. But,
you can always check with a tax professional to be sure. You will not
be issued a tax receipt from FundRazr nor Mind Growth Education. That
being said, contributors do receive access to our digital coupon sheet
with great savings on awesome stuff (kid & adult books, candles,
soaps, bath bubbles, digital reading log program, etc.) as a thank you
gift for any contribution $10 or more.
Q: How do I view our school’s online fundraising and reading efforts?
A: Go to your Master Campaign page where you will be able to see
your school’s online fundraising efforts (https://fundrazr.com/forestparkreadathon2022).
We will also be updating the “followers/subscribers” on your master
campaign page a few times a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays)
with a total reading count, also sending encouraging messages and
assigning weekend homework ;) through updates!
Q: How do I make an online contribution?
A: Step #1: Go to the following link: https://fundrazr.com/forestparkreadathon2022. Step
#2: Click on the “CONTRIBUTE” button. Easy as that!
Q: Where do our contributions go?
A: 85% of the net funds raised will help purchase new books,
makerspace materials, technology and anything else to inspire the love
of reading. The remaining 15% goes towards Mind Growth Education to
help cover costs such as subscription cost, certificates of
achievement, administrative fee + the Paypal or Stripe payment
processing fees and transaction costs.
Happy reading, happy fundraising and thank you to those who are supporting this event! :)
