The Big Tiger Give is Albert Hill's biggest donation-based fundraiser of the year! The PTA relies on your generous donations to help our school bridge the large public school funding gap in order to cover the cost of athletics, the arts, teacher supplies and appreciation activities, groundskeeping, and much more!
This year, the Big Tiger Give looks a little bit different. In response to popular demand, instead of the PTA collecting email addresses and emailing your contacts to solicit a donation, each student/family will set up their own fundraising page on PTBoard (it's easy--we promise!) and email the link to their friends and family, plus share it on social media, putting the privacy and control back in your hands.
Students will also pledge to complete an activity of their choice (reading a book, running or walking a certain distace, or any other creative act they can come up with) once their goal is made.
We hope students and families have fun with this and enjoy the greater ownership of the process. (And yes, there are still lots of prizes to be won!) Thank you for your support in making our fundraiser successful!
1) Create a campaign page to share with your family and friends.
This year we’re using PTBoard to host our Big Tiger Give Campaign Pages. (It’s the same PTBoard platform we use to create and share our weekly newsletter, The TigerEye, and other PTA announcements.)
If you already have a PTBoard account (most families probably do), log in to PTBoard and follow these instructions to start customizing your campaign page.
If you don’t yet have a PTBoard account, you’ll need to start by signing up here, then you can follow along at the link above.
2) Share your campaign page with your friends and family and ask them to donate to our fundraiser.
Consider emailing your friends and family to share your campaign page with them. We even have an email template that you can use, though of course, you are welcome to write your own email too. Click here to download the email template but make sure you have personalized it with the link to your campaign before you send it.
You can also share your page on social media, if you like.
3) For every $25 donated in your name, you’ll earn a chance to win prizes!
Remember to ask your donors to consider using a corporate matching program if they have one. More details on that can be found here. It might double or even triple their donation and you will earn even more chances to win!
If online donating isn’t preferred by your friends and family, that’s ok! We glady accept cash and checks as well. There will be collection envelopes in the front office, and you will still get credit!
Dear Albert Hill supporter,
I'm excited to announce that we have launched The Big Tiger Give - our fall fundraiser for Albert Hill Middle School.
We are raising money to support our school for the 2024-2025 school year. In years past, we have used an outside organization that kept a percentage of funds and had control of family and friends’ email addresses. This year, we are fundraising on our own, guaranteeing that all funds will go directly to the PTA. In addition, because the PTA is a 501c3, your contribution is tax-deductible.
The PTA uses funds raised to support student incentives and awards, staff activities, classroom supplies, teacher grants, athletics, arts programs, and more throughout the year.
Please support me by visiting my campaign page (INSERT LINK TO YOUR CAMPAIGN PAGE LINK HERE) and making a donation. I am hoping to raise (INSERT FUNDRAISING GOAL HERE) dollars this year. If I meet my goal I will (INSERT PERSONAL ACTIVITY GOAL HERE). Donating through the link will help me reach my fundraising goal.
Large or small, every donation helps! We accept all forms of payment, so if online donation is not your preference, I have an envelope to collect other forms of payment. All checks should be made out to the Albert Hill PTA. We also welcome corporate matching donations.
Thank you in advance for supporting me and my school this year. Your support means a lot to my classmates, my teachers, and me.
Sincerely,
Your favorite Albert Hill Middle School Student
FUNdraisers aren’t FUN without prizes, right?
