California Pizza Kitchen CONTEST

Wednesday, January 19th

All Day

Stop by California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) anytime on the 19th. Bring the flier OR tell them you are with Pueblo

Give them your child’s ACLab teacher’s name and earn points toward a

PIZZA PARTY for your favorite student’s classroom!

The ACLab that brings in the MOST MONEY on the day of the event earns

10 FREE

PIZZAS!

Participate By:

• Getting it “TO GO” using their Curbside Pick-Up Service
• Taking orders from everyone in the office
• Cater in lunch for employees
• TEACHERS can order a $5 lunch special
• Bring your friends for lunch
• Take the entire family for dinner
• Tell your friends and family to eat (or order)

Borders Gift Card Redemption

This is a follow-up to those who've been wanting to donate their Border's Gift Cards to a Pueblo project.  Unfortunately, the bottom line is there is not a project for Pueblo that will post in time for tomorrow's deadline.  Please go ahead and select another worthy school project to donate to before the deadline expires.  We are sorry to miss out on this, but will be better prepared for next year.  Thanks again!  Tracy Oliver, Pueblo PTO
Below is the response from our school librarian who was trying very diligently to get something for Pueblo listed:
I just went on and checked the status and it is still "under review". It won't even post before the cards expire so I say put out an email thanking everyone for helping but to please go on the DonorsChoose website and donate their cards to another school. We didn't realize that the cards had to be used through DonorsChoose and that you had to have a project. We submitted a project last week and it hasn't posted yet. We learned a lot from this. Borders also wasn't happy when I called them because in order for us to order books we would have to order them through the DonorsChoose selected vendor which is Barnes and Noble!! What a fiasco. Sorry for the confusion. We didn't know this is what it was. It sounded like a great way to get some new books for the library.
I guess you can just say in the newsletter that we appreciate their support (we do!) and we did submit a project to the website that redeems the cards but the project hasn't posted and we don't want the cards to go unused so they should donate them to another school. I know there was one other Kyrene school that had a project posted. Thanks PTO!

Car Wash Gift Cards Available

I know sometimes people are hesitant to try a new company, so here is my two cents about the Car Wash:

CleanFreak Car Wash is owned by the Grondin family. The Grondin’s are the people who offered us the delicious treats at our carnival this year (the fresh kettle corn). They came referred to us by a Kyrene family and after meeting with them, I was thoroughly impressed with their professionalism and generosity. (By the way, I HIGHLY recommend their business Pure Concessions – they were GREAT at the carnival!)

Mr. Grondin offered the PTO Board several FREE car washes so that we could actually try out these facilities before presenting this opportunity to our families. I personally visited the wash on Chandler Blvd just east of Dobson and had a wonderful experience. I was most impressed with the cleanliness of the facility and the amazing staff member that greeted me. The attendant was so friendly and helpful that I actually called and let the business know how impressed I was with him. There was no up-selling or pressure to buy more. I used their free vacuums and left with a clean car inside and out.

These car wash gift cards are a GREAT DEAL! I am using them as stocking stuffers (yes, I will be adding a pack to my own stocking) and gifts for neighbors.

Hope that helps your decision making!

-Tammy Schick

Pueblo PTO President

Borders Gift Cards

If you have Borders Gift Cards to donate to Pueblo from the special event over the weekend, please stay-tuned for how to do that!

With the help of our Language Arts Department Chair, Kathie Cigich, we are setting up an account now on DonorsChoose.org and will notify everyone as soon as it is active. Once active, you will be able to donate your $15 gifts cards to the library!

Thanks for your patience with this – we’re figuring it out as we go along :)

Don’t Miss Chompie’s on Monday!

SHOP & Give Back to Pueblo!

Borders gives schools free gift cards worth $15

On Dec. 4 and Dec. 5, any Borders customer making an in-store purchase, whether of a book or a bagel or a latte, will receive a $15 gift card to donate to a public school of choice.

Anyone purchasing the book "Waiting for 'Superman': How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools" will receive a second $15 card.

The much discussed documentary "Waiting for Superman," which offers a harsh portrait of the country's public schools, has inspired a promotional collaboration among the Borders Group superstore chain, an education fundraiser and the publisher of the movie's companion book.

Mariposa Fundraising

Mariposa is having a shopping day at Brilliant Sky Bookstore on Chandler and 48^th St. this Saturday from 10a-8p.  If you are planning to do some shopping this Sat and have a burning desire for some goods from Brilliant Sky, please stop by the Mariposa table and mention Mariposa school when you are checking out.  The school will receive 15% of all Mariposa sales back to the school!