All Saints Children's Center

Parent Participation

ASCC PARENT PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES

              Parent Participation is a commitment made by the parents in supporting All Saint Children’s Center.

                Parents may choose one of the following three plans to satisfy the participation requirements:

PLAN A THE FUNDRAISER SALES / VOLUNTEER PLAN

Pledging “special event” sales totaling $300 which includes

Wreaths at $10 per wreath / Coffee at $10 per 2 bags sold

Silent Auction items (minimum value $30 each)

A total of 15 hours volunteered in helping at center events:

Center Work Days

Fund raising events – planning, set-up, clean-up, etc.

for Wreath / Coffee Sale and Silent Auction.  (This does NOT include time spent selling or procuring items for Silent Auction.)

Folding, stuffing, stamping, mailing fund raising letters

PLAN B          LEADERSHIP PLA

Sitting on the Fund Raising Committee and chairing one or more of the fund raising events:

    Spring Fling / Silent Auction   Wreath and Coffee Sale

    and other events decided upon by the fundraising committee

OR

  Becoming a Classroom Parent Partner     minimum 2 people   maximum 4 people (per classroom)

A. One parent partner will be a representative on the fund raising committee and will be responsible for chairing a sub-committee of at least one event, (i.e. Spring Fling / Silent Auction, Wreath and Coffee Sale, Fall Event, etc.) and will be responsible for recruiting parent volunteers as needed

B.  One parent partner will represent the classroom

Welcoming new parents to the center

Maintaining communication with parents through emails

Classroom meeting / potlucks (i.e. Stone Soup, Week of the Young Child)

Coordinate events for staff appreciation:

Birthday, Holidays, Staff Appreciation Dinner / Lunch

PLAN C THE BUY-OUT PLAN

A monetary pledge separate from any other charitable support will satisfy the

requirements in full:

$1,000 for 1 child

$1,500 for 2 or more children

                         Payment schedule:             lump sum payment due by 10/15; or

½ of amount due by 10/15 with other ½ of amount due by 3/1; or

$100 per month for 10 months ($150 for 2 or more children) September thru June

The Parent Participation obligation must be fulfilled during the period of September 1 through May 31.  One-half of the pledge of time and/or resources should be completed before December 31, and the remaining half of the hours/items should be completed by May 31.

Pledges of time and/or resources are made by completing the checklist which is a part of the Payment Agreement signed by parents upon enrollment.  Parents are responsible for recording pledges fulfilled in the Parent Participation Log available in your child’s classroom.

**Parent service hour/item pledges not fulfilled will be billed cumulatively in December and May at the rate of $30.00 per month