Library Staff Weblog: Help the Schools

November 28, 2005

Help the Schools

Even if you are not a parent you can still still help the local schoolchildren with your grocery store purchases - without spending any extra money yourself.

Safeway - go to escrip.com with your card number in hand and remember to renew each year. Local school ID numbers below. The contribution ranges from 1 to 3% of your monthly purchases. Contributions are made from October through May. Lost your card? Call 1-877-SAFEWAY to get your number.
Giant - you also need your card number. You can find the contribution formula here. Contributions are only made from October through March.
Snider's - receipts can be accepted by some schools for a 1% contribution. You will need to contact a specific PTA to see if it participates.

Schoolpop - if you buy purchases from online merchants using schoolpop as a gateway, the school gets a significant portion of the profits. Major online stores are included - Discovery Store, LL Bean, etc. etc. Please see the entry points for the individual local schools below.

Boxtops offers another online shopping gateway, and the percentage that goes to your school is quite explicit. Some of these can be significant, for example 5% at Target. The program is limited to K-8 schools. escrip also has an online gateway. If you registered your Safeway card you are already registered there.

Some actual box tops are also worth 10 cents each to neighborhood schools that participate in that program. These are mostly from cereal and baking items (pdf list).

Office Depot has its own 5% program, but you must inform the cashier at every check-out and it works only if you are purchasing certain school supplies.

TPMS PTA
Blair PTA
TPES PTA

Safeway (escrip) ID numbers for local schools (some just over the border from Takoma Park)
6658217 John Nevins Andrews School 117 Elm Ave Takoma Park MD 20912
6552798 Piney Branch Elementary School 7510 Maple Ave Takoma Park MD 20912
6559057 Rolling Terrace Elementary School 705 Bayfield St Takoma Park MD 20912
6630575 Sligo Adventist School 8300 Carroll Ave Takoma Park MD 20912
6576175 Takoma Academy 8120 Carroll Avenue Takoma Park MD 20912
6576179 Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School 8204 Flower Avenue Takoma Park MD 20912
6576177 Takoma Park Elementary School 7511 Holly Avenue Takoma Park MD 20912
6583713 Washington-Mclaughlin School 6500 Poplar Ave Takoma Park MD 20912
6539098 Montgomery Blair High School 51 University Blvd East Silver Spring MD 20901
6599069 Takoma Park Middle School

Schoolpop gateways:

John Nevis Andrews Elementary School	Takoma Park	0152094
Montgomery Blair High School	Silver Spring	0119993
Our Lady Of Sorrows School	Takoma Park	0152105
Piney Branch Elementary School	Takoma Park	0120069
Rolling Terrace Elementary School	Silver Spring	0120073
Rolling Terrace Elementary School	Silver Spring	0628408
Sligo Adventist School	Silver Spring	0152106
Takoma Academy	Silver Spring	0152107
Takoma Park Child Development Center	Takoma Park	0624275
Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School	Takoma Park	0636499
Takoma Park Elementary School	Takoma Park	0120066
TPES PTA	Takoma Park	0623551
Takoma Park Nursery School	Takoma Park	0120071
Takoma Park Middle School	Takoma Park	0119859

And if you are a parent with a child in the TP schools, public or private, you can help us by carrying back school library books that have been returned here by mistake.

Posted by library at November 28, 2005 12:06 PM