Fundraising for schools can be a challenge. Learn how Connect Charter School and its parent committee and volunteers have raised $52K with healthy food fnndraisers and how your club, team, or school can achieve the same success.
About Connect Charter School
Connect Charter School is a charter school in Calgary, Alberta. A charter school is a fascinating place, as it is similar to a public school but provides greater autonomy over learning and unique programming beyond the classroom.
While they still follow the approved provincial curriculum, the school adopts additional, more independent educational programs and philosophies. Connect Charter School focuses on outdoor education and technology, spending more instruction time on math, science, and technology and employing a problem-based approach to learning.
Some things that make Connect Charter unique are its status as Alberta’s only Apple Distinguished School, recent projects with local poet laureate Wakefield Brewster, and being one of the first schools to participate in the Government of Alberta’s pilot Mental Health program for students.
Providing these incredible opportunities for students is a costly endeavour, and the school’s Parent-Teacher Association is committed to closing the financial gap. Since 2020, the school has partnered with TeamFund Fundraising to provide local food fundraisers to their families and community to help offset costs.
Ahead of the Trend: Healthy School Fundraising with the Fill Your Freezer
Fundraising is a critical aspect of supplementing school budgets to pay for learning tools, field trips, events, and other costs. This is especially important in a school like Connect Charter, who provide additional unique learning opportunities for their students.
Many schools have been considering selling more healthy food options in their fundraisers as a way to raise money. According to Alberta Health Services, healthy food fundraisers produce profits equal to or greater than profits from unhealthy food fundraisers. And Connect Charter is no different.
![ConnectCharterSchool-April24 Airdrie & District Soccer Association raised over $5800 in their June 2023 Fill Your Freezer fundraiser.](https://teamfund.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ConnectCharterSchool-April24.jpg)
This Fall, Connect Charter School raised over $5,000 to support student learning.
With TeamFund, the school signs up, shares their online fundraising links for parents to shop online, uses our easy online tools to promote and track their results, and shows up with a few volunteers for delivery day!
Connect Charter School is ahead of the trend, offering the Fill Your Freezer to their parents since 2020 and raising over $52,000 for their students and programming with restaurant-quality, healthy grocery staples like 100% fresh bacon, Alberta beef burgers and steaks, and many other tasty options for families.
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2020/2021
June 2020: $4,324
June 2021: $4,104
May 2023
Dec. 2021: $1800
June 2021: $6,745
2023/2024
June 2023: $5,852
June 2024: $2,182
ALL TIME
Over $24K Raised!
$12K+ for Athlete Accounts!
Over $52,000 Raised To Support Students with Tasty School Fundraising
Food fundraising in partnership with TeamFund and tasty local vendors has helped Connect Charter to refresh and upgrade their learning commons and keep providing epic learning opportunities for their students.
Here is what their most recent organizer had to say:
“All went well so… just keep doing the same things!”
Delivery day is always smooth and efficient with TeamFund’s easy-to-follow delivery day process. We love to show up at local deliveries whenever possible, so keep an eye out for Susan, your fundraising expert:
“We had a successful event. Delivery was on time and easy. Susan was awesome and stayed with us until we were well into distribution just to be sure things went well! Awesome!”
We are so happy to be part of Connect Charter’s fundraising strategy and look forward to following the school and its students’ accomplishments!
Ready to be our next success story?
Shop local meats and meals, feed your families, and alleviate financial barriers for your school, sports club, or group!
TeamFund fundraisers are repeatable. While administration changes year over year, “passing the torch” to a new fundraising coordinator is a seamless process and still provides stellar results for the club!
We are here for you every step of the way. Online fundraising means fewer hours inside spreadsheets and more time replaced enjoying soccer games, engaging with the community, and enjoying all the wonderful programming Airdrie & Soccer offers!
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These groups leverage Teamfund's online tools to generate a consistent flow of revenue to support their members and use us as one of their tried and true go-to fundraisers.
Food Fundraising is Easy with TeamFund
Our sign-up process is as easy as 1-2-3!
01 Download a Fundraising Package: Our free fundraising package is meant to be shared with your committee and includes important information, goal calculators, and more!
02 Find Fundraisers in Your Area: Choose a tasty fundraiser for your group, availability varies by area (Delivery to AB, SK, BC, YT, NWT, Winnipeg).
03 Sign Up Your Fundraising Group: Ready to get going? All you need to do is sign up for a fundraiser and start planning.
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