Pencil Me In For Kids
Tax deductible
This is the time of year that PMIFK has traditionally purchases back-to-school supplies for West Seattle public grade school kids.
A little history: We started as a fundraiser at Illusions in 1996 raising just over $1,800 and in 2002 West Seattle Rotary helped take it on as a project. Our goal has always been to get the specific small items where each school knew they would have a shortage; not, just what we “thought” would be helpful. This has always made PMIFK different from other fund raisers. In all this time, we have been able to purchase supplies at discounts from then Morton’s Drugs to more recently from Staples in Westwood that have totaled tens of thousands of dollars if not much more. Through the years, we have had a booth at the Street Festival for many years, had all our printed material donated by Liberty Bell Printing, held dinners at the West Seattle Eagles, held haircutting events at Illusions, received cash donations from Fauntleroy Community Church and the West Seattle Helpline, many donations from Illusions clients sometimes in the manner of our “Round Up’ pricing in August, donations from West Seattle Thriftway summer BBQ’s, along with money from the WS Rotary annual fund raising events. Obviously, things have changed this year. Many events had to be cancelled and there is need everywhere.
Along with limited funding this year, each school is still in the throngs of figuring out exactly how the school will look in a month from now. We have decided to buy a few of the most needed items that are requested each year and hold back most of what we have for right now. We want to find out from each school, after a few weeks, what is needed in this year of the pandemic. The problem is there aren’t many funds this year.
We are asking for help. We are asking anyone who can afford a few dollars to help us out this year to please
A little history: We started as a fundraiser at Illusions in 1996 raising just over $1,800 and in 2002 West Seattle Rotary helped take it on as a project. Our goal has always been to get the specific small items where each school knew they would have a shortage; not, just what we “thought” would be helpful. This has always made PMIFK different from other fund raisers. In all this time, we have been able to purchase supplies at discounts from then Morton’s Drugs to more recently from Staples in Westwood that have totaled tens of thousands of dollars if not much more. Through the years, we have had a booth at the Street Festival for many years, had all our printed material donated by Liberty Bell Printing, held dinners at the West Seattle Eagles, held haircutting events at Illusions, received cash donations from Fauntleroy Community Church and the West Seattle Helpline, many donations from Illusions clients sometimes in the manner of our “Round Up’ pricing in August, donations from West Seattle Thriftway summer BBQ’s, along with money from the WS Rotary annual fund raising events. Obviously, things have changed this year. Many events had to be cancelled and there is need everywhere.
Along with limited funding this year, each school is still in the throngs of figuring out exactly how the school will look in a month from now. We have decided to buy a few of the most needed items that are requested each year and hold back most of what we have for right now. We want to find out from each school, after a few weeks, what is needed in this year of the pandemic. The problem is there aren’t many funds this year.
We are asking for help. We are asking anyone who can afford a few dollars to help us out this year to please
Organizer
DAVE NICHOLS
Organizer
Seattle, WA
West Seattle Rotary Foundation
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically 100% tax deductible in the US.
