By Annie Carl
Happy November to all of our BFCP families and friends! The first full month of outdoor preschool is joyfully completed and we’re excited for the coming months.
Our wonderful preschool has been doing some really fun fundraisers recently. While fundraising is important, this year it’s about so much more! “This year is a little different with COVID and all the precautions the preschool is taking, we really want to use fundraising as a way to help bring our teams together in a fun yet safe and socially distant way,” said Danielle Jude, Fundraising Chair.
The Deck the Halls Wreath Fundraiser through Stadium Flowers is again providing wreaths, poinsettias, evergreen boughs, and other wonderfully festive decorations for the winter holidays. Items will be ready for pickup at preschool the week before Thanksgiving. If you have any questions, feel free to email fundraising@bothellfamilycoop.org.
We also held the first ever BFCP tee shirt campaign which was resounding success! We interviewed BFCP’s fundraising chair Danielle about the tee shirt sale, which went superbly well. “A huge thank you to everyone who participated,” Danielle said in her email. “We sold 59 items and raised $600 for the preschool.” This money will be used for scholarships, future field trips, circle time speakers, and other programming needs around the school. This was the first year the fundraising committee put the tee shirt fundraiser together, and it went better than expected.
BFCP always places a high priority on giving back to the community. This year’s October Food and Funds Drive brought in much needed food and money for Food Lifeline. We collected $75 in funds and over 300 food items which will help feed over 500 families. These drives are so important for the forthcoming colder months! The Food and Funds Drive ran the entire month of October, and all food and money collected will be delivered to Food Lifeline.
Food Lifeline’s work to end hunger is vital to our communities, more so than ever. Last year they sourced 58,00,000 pounds of food and had almost 18,000 volunteers working with them, according to their website. Thank you to everyone who helped out this year by donating food and money!
The Clothing Swap on October 10th was very successful. Many families and parents found new clothes for the cooler months approaching. Thank you to everyone who participated for donating and picking up clothes!
Our Little Free Pantry also continues. If you are in need or know someone who is, non-perishable food items, baby supplies, and clothing items are available in the cabinet on the preschool’s front porch. If you are able, please consider sharing what you can to keep this resource available!
Thanks to our amazing community for phenomenal participation in fundraising and community outreach endeavors during this challenging year! Together, we can do so much!