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Market Day

Market Day - a fundraising effort available to all Homestead families and the community at large - is a company that sells delicious frozen food items and donates a portion of each sale to non-profit organizations, like Homestead PTA!  A "pick-up" day is designated for each month when families who have placed orders may stop by the school to pick up their food items.  Check the PTA calendar on the website's home page for Market Day order and pickup dates.

Order forms are sent home in students' Friday folders for families to view and place their orders, and usually include a special of the month.  If families prefer, they may place their orders online with the user-friendly Market Day website (click here to access it).  Market Day donates 10% of each order to the school (not including taxes).   The first order forms are usually sent to the families in the packet that the PTA mails out before the start of the school year.  The last order for Market Day is usually in May or June.

In addition, there are "Bonus" months - certain times during the school year that bonuses are offered to Homestead for specific purchases.  For example, during the Fall holiday, Market Day might run a pie special where, for each pie purchased, Homestead receives an additional bonus donation!  These "Special" months tend to attract a lot of orders, so extra help with unloading the truck and sorting the orders is usually needed during those times

Contact Information
If you are interested in helping with this committee or want to learn more, please contact the committee chair(s) on the : Committees page.

2011 - 2012 Plans and Areas of Focus

So how has Homestead PTA been doing so far this year?  Check out our fundraising thermometer!!  The Market Day goal for the 2010-2011 school year is $4,000.00. Here are our monthly earnings so far:

September, 2010:   $679.91

October, 2010:       $311.14

TOTAL YTD:           $991.05

Keep checking back here each month and watch the mercury in our thermometer rise!
And, just for your information, since the start of Market Day at Homestead in September of 2003, we have raised over $35,000 for the Homestead PTA. WOW!!  How awesome!

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Volunteers:

The volunteers for this committee generally are asked to show up on Market Day pick-up days at 5:00 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose room at Homestead.  A Market Day truck arrives at the school, and the volunteers help to:

• unload the truck,
• sort the products into categories,
• assemble the individual orders,
• double-check to ensure everything was delivered, and
• assist families with order pickup if needed.

The Committee Chair and a Market Day representative are always present to assist and answer any questions.

Committee Chair Responsibilities:

The main role of the Committee Chair is to coordinate and promote the monthly frozen food sale.  This includes:

• Working closely with the Market Day representative to determine pick-up dates.  The dates are generally decided upon at the end of the previous school year. 
• Submitting monthly Market Day fliers and reminder fliers to be placed into Friday folders. 
• (Prior to the monthly sale deadlines) using the internet to place orders received from paper orders returned to Homestead, and
• Recruiting volunteers once a month to help unload the Market Day truck, sort orders and help families with pickup.

It's a fast-paced, but fun environment to work in, and tweens/teens are welcome to help!  And the Market Day food is delicious!!

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