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My Tip of the Week: Get Parents To Pledge 2 Hours of Help
Starting to think about back to school and getting parents involved? One of the best approaches I know of for increasing involvement is our 2 Hour Power pledge program.
Parent Groups in the News Round-up - 8/28/10
Hope everyone had a great week. Thanks to those who replied to my Facebook request and sent along article links! Here's the top-line of the most interesting articles of the week.
My Tip of the Week: Thank Volunteers Early
Volunteer appreciation isn't just for spring. Not at all. Sure, a well-organized, larger volunteer thank-you effort is great, but it's actually way more important to build a year-round culture of thanks in your PTO or PTA.
PTO Today Rock Stars: Barb R & Rachel
Woot! Excited to be putting up our very first "Rock Star" blog post. I will doing these periodically to feature the best content from PTO Today Rock Stars in our message boards. Here are two incredibly helpful posts from two terrific community members.
Parent Groups in the News Round-up 11/19/10
What family fun nights does your school do? We'd love to hear about them in the blog comments, on our message boards (add your ideas to the family night ideas thread) or on Facebook.
My Tip of the Week: Give Your Teachers a Valentine
Usually I save my annual "candy bar poem" tip for Teacher Appreciation Week, but I actually think it may be even better as a Valentine's Day gift for the teacher's lounge. With the candy and all, y'know?
Spirit Cups, Spring Fundraising and Product Quality
We've been working with these guys at Spirit Cups Fundraising for a while now, and I really like the product. Might be because I'm a college sports nut, but I know I'm not alone in that. The real reason, though, is the uniqueness and the quality. Plus these folks seem like good guys. Worth a look if you're looking for an add-on spring fundraiser.
My Tip of the Week: Take Steps to Emphasize Healthy Practices at Your School
As you know, it doesn't take much for parents to talk themselves out of attending your events or getting involved at school. A new obstacle I started seeing last year was flu fears canceling or hurting PTO and PTA family events. Ugh.
Get Those PTO Tasks Done Efficiently
It's that time of year. New Year's resolutions abound. One of my resolutions is two-fold: 1) to figure out how to be more efficient with my volunteer gigs so I can 2)lead a more balanced life and enjoy my kids.
Video Blog: Get Healthy School Kids Gift Packs
Sign up now to participate in our 2011 Healthy School Kids program, and you could get health and wellness gift packs to distribute to parents at an upcoming school family event!
Trend Watch: Families Sprucing Up Schools
Parent groups bring new ideas to the traditional school beautification day.
Blog Give-Away: Free House Cleaning & Lysol Gift Pack
To take the sting out of the season we are running a blog give-away. How would you like to win* a gift certificate good towards a professional house cleaning and a gift pack chock full of Lysol cleaning products? Cool, right?!
My Tip of the Week: Provide Parenting Resources to Your Community
Besides providing great family activities and supporting your school with resources and volunteers, are you helping the parents at your school become better school parents? It's an often-overlooked role of the best parent groups around the country.
My Tip of the Week: 3 Fun Ideas for PTOs and PTAs
No real theme this week -- I just thought I'd highlight three of my favorite crazy ideas from PTOs. Fun is good. Can you make one of these work for your group?
Video Blog: Is Your PTO or PTA Serving Parents?
My Tip of the Week: How To Raise More Funds at Your Auction
Quick tip this week, but I'm hopeful it can make you extra hundreds or thousands at your next school auction. I call it the "quickie live auction" -- and it's a great way to make sure you maximize your dollars from your silent auction. (You can find a whole slew of additional auction tips and ideas on our dedicated PTO and PTA auctions resources page.)
My Tip of the Week: Host Family Nights to Build Community at Your School
My Tip of the Week: Share How Your Group is Going Green
No doubt about it -- green is growing. Over the past year or two, we've noticed a big increase in the number of groups going green. Groups are running recycling programs, holding walk/bike to school days, and setting up composting systems at school.
Parent Group in the News Round-up 10/15/10
No shortage of inspiration in this week's news. Here are my take-aways from this collection of articles:
My Tip of the Week: Sign Up for Healthy Product Samples
If your group hasn't signed up for our early 2011 "Healthy School Kids" program yet, you should.

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