Points and Fundraising: An Overview
Fundraising is an unfortunate necessity for Catholic schools. While public schools are funded by local, state and federal tax dollars, parochial schools must be 100% privately funded. A top-quality education is expensive: the actual cost to educate one SHS student exceeds $8,000 per year. Clearly, tuition cannot be expected to cover the full cost. Therefore, Sacred Heart School runs a variety of fundraisers throughout the year, enabling it to continue providing the excellent education our families expect.
In recent years, a Fundraising Assessment Points system has been instituted. The system's purpose is two-fold:
- To increase participation in the school's vital fundraising efforts by every family in a way that gives "credit where credit is due" to those who already participate actively; and
- To provide families with opportunities to serve (i.e. give of themselves) rather than writing a check.
As a relatively new concept at SHS, the Fundraising Assessment Points system has been evolving over the past several years, with it's most dramatic change occurring in 2007/2008 with the elimination of Bingo.
The concept is simple.
Each family must achieve ten (10) Fundraising Assessment Points (FAPs) during the academic year. Three of the points are made by donating baskets valued at $50 each to each of the following events: the Tricky Tray (1 point per $50 basket), the Spring Auction (1 point per $50 basket), and the Calendar Party (1 point per $50 basket). The remaining seven (7) points may be achieved by choosing from a variety of fundraisers and service opportunities (see the tab titled "Points Chart", in the "Parents" tab on the website for full details or CLICK HERE).
Here's the math
3 mandatory FAPs + 7 additional FAPs of your choosing = 10 total FAPs
You may wonder why the mandatory events were selected. In short, they were chosen because they are the most profitable events SHS runs each year. Providing even bigger and better prizes for our guests at these events is a win-win situation. They go home happy; we work smarter, not harder, to raise the funds we need.
Families who do not wish to participate in the Fundraising Assessment Points system are required to pay a fee of $500.00 by February 1 of the school year in lieu of meeting the requirement.
Important note: No partial credit is given for families fulfilling some but not all of the Fundraising Assessment Points requirements. If ten (10) points are not achieved by April 1 of the school year, the full $500.00 Fundraising fee will be assessed.
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