Welcome to the Argonne for All Giving Campaign, a tradition that raises 75% of our PTO funds annually.
Your generous donation to the Argonne for All Giving Campaign supports activities that are often the most memorable parts of the Argonne experience, including:
Your generous donation to the Argonne for All Giving Campaign supports activities that are often the most memorable parts of the Argonne experience, including:
- Teachers’ classroom supplies, equipment, software and training
- Additional instructional support through Gardening and PE
- Field trips, including the 3rd-, 4th- and 5th-grade overnights
- School-wide events like Pawpalooza, Field Day and Spring Fair
- Additional staffing for smaller classroom sizes throughout our kids’ Argonne journey
Our Campaign Goals
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In order to continue these activities in 2023-24, we have set our Giving Campaign goal at $235,000 – slightly more than last year’s result as we aim to bring in additional resources for our students and staff. Still, our per-family donation request is $1,500, same as last year.
This breaks down to about $150 a month between now and June. (And a monthly payment option is indeed available on our Annual Giving webpage, so if a large lump-sum donation is challenging, please consider setting up a recurring monthly donation!) |
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If you have more than one child at Argonne, we ask that you consider contributing an additional $500 for each additional student so that we can meet our fundraising goal. And, if your circumstances allow, please consider contributing more than $1,500. Any donation amount over the requested $1,500 will ensure that all students, regardless of financial circumstance, can benefit from what makes Argonne so great. More than anything else, we want you and other families to give what you can.
A second, but equally important, goal is 100% participation. That means that every donation matters, whether it’s $5 or $5,000. We understand not everyone can contribute the full amount, or anything at all. And that’s OK! Whatever your donation is, please show your participation by filling out and turning in the attached form. Each classroom with 100% participation (that means forms completed and submitted by every family) is treated to an ice cream party!
A second, but equally important, goal is 100% participation. That means that every donation matters, whether it’s $5 or $5,000. We understand not everyone can contribute the full amount, or anything at all. And that’s OK! Whatever your donation is, please show your participation by filling out and turning in the attached form. Each classroom with 100% participation (that means forms completed and submitted by every family) is treated to an ice cream party!
Three Ways to Donate to Argonne for All
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For check (preferred) or cash payments: download our Remit Form (HERE), fill it out and return it along with payment to a PTO Co-Chair at Clap-in or to Argonne's front desk
OR For Venmo payments: click on this LINK and please include: "Argonne for All Giving Campaign, Child(rens) Name(s), Teacher Name(s) and Classroom Number(s)" OR For credit card payments: click on this LINK which will take you to our Konstella site to donate online*. |
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Again, you can split your donation into several monthly payments – or give what you can now and add more by Friday 11/17, the last day before Fall Recess and the end of our campaign. Don’t forget to take advantage (and let us know) of any matching gifts your company may offer! Print your donation receipt through Konstella to use for matching gift requests.
Argonne for All Raffle
As an additional incentive to participate, the PTO is organizing a weekly raffle to support the Argonne for All Giving Campaign! Every student who turns in a completed form will be entered into the raffle. The earlier you respond, the more opportunities for you to win!
Each week at Clap-In, we’ll announce a raffle winner! Prizes will be gift cards to your kids’ favorite local shops/restaurants (like Joe’s Ice Cream and Sports Basement) and other fun stuff.
At the end of the Giving Campaign, we will re-enter all participants into the raffle so they’re eligible for the Grand Prize: a stay at the indoor water park resort Great Wolf Lodge (where else for the Wolfpack?), plus a Southwest Airlines gift card, together valued at $1,000!
Each week at Clap-In, we’ll announce a raffle winner! Prizes will be gift cards to your kids’ favorite local shops/restaurants (like Joe’s Ice Cream and Sports Basement) and other fun stuff.
At the end of the Giving Campaign, we will re-enter all participants into the raffle so they’re eligible for the Grand Prize: a stay at the indoor water park resort Great Wolf Lodge (where else for the Wolfpack?), plus a Southwest Airlines gift card, together valued at $1,000!
Thank You for Supporting Our Children
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If you have any questions, contact our Argonne for All Giving Campaign Chair Krista Walton Potter.
With gratitude, Krista Walton Potter Argonne for All Giving Campaign Chair (Everett - 4th, Georgia - 1st, and Ruby - incoming 2027) Lamar Heystek & Carrie Russell Argonne PTO Co-Chairs Mithril Cox & Jacob Strohm Argonne Teachers |
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Gifts to Argonne PTO are tax-deductible.
Non-profit Tax ID #94-3344282 as Argonne Council of Empowerment (dba Argonne PTO).
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Non-profit Tax ID #94-3344282 as Argonne Council of Empowerment (dba Argonne PTO).
Heart Hand image by rawpixel.com on Freepik