Christ Child Society Adopt-A-School Program is a unique partnership between the Society’s guilds and the inner city schools.
The guilds, subgroups of Society members, create a special, supportive relationship with their assigned school. Guilds provide a range of support to the school including tutoring, books, equipment, teacher appreciation events, etc. The Society is excited to announce the Adopt-A-School partnerships for the 2008-2009 school year!
Adopt-a-School Project Ideas
Here are a few ideas that Guilds can use as they develop their "adopted school plans."
- Staff Luncheon (potluck/pizza/sandwich platters)
- Staff Breakfast (juice, fruit, muffins, bagels)
- Participate in the Christ Child Society’s Annual Beautification Day.
- Help gather, coordinate and distribute winter coats to schools in need.
- Help 1st-8th graders with reading, writing and math skills.
- Staff school library.
- Eighth Grade Student Retreat - help pay for students to attend a day or overnight retreat.
- Christmas Gifts - provide gifts to families most in need.
- Field Day - organize games and activities with food and drinks.
- Spring Fair and Raffle - sponsor food (such as Armand’s Pizza Truck) and donate items (such as a bike, Game Boy Advance) for fairs at schools.
- Christmas Shop - help students shop and select their presents at school.
- Classroom gifts – provide board games to classes as Christmas gifts
- Provide Playground Equipment (basketball, sidewalk chalk, jump ropes).
- Provide Emergency Kits for classrooms (flashlights, first aide kits, batteries, etc.).
- Offer Services for School Renovation (replace carpets, paint offices, repair facilities, and donate funds for air conditioning).
- Help Organize and Maintain Resource Rooms (computer room, library, video/audio room, etc).
- Shelving for school library
- Establish Special Fund to help handle emergency transportation needs for children.
- Books for Christmas - organize a time for students outside of the Consortium Catholic Schools to collect new books to donate to students that CCS serves.
- Snacks for Students - set up emergency pantries at schools for students who do not come with breakfast or lunch. Support covers the purchase of nutritious snack foods through Giant’s Peapod program (or school counselor) to be maintained and distributed at schools.
- Dance Uniforms – provide leotards, tutus and slippers for new ballet program.
- Summer Reading - collect new and "gently used" books for students (K-8th grade) that can be presented to them in goody bags at the end of the school year, encouraging students to read the books they receive.
- Educational Equipment - pay the cost of equipment (such as a die cutter for creating bulletin boards) for teachers.
- Provide Classroom Supplies (dictionaries, thesauruses, globes, and Bibles)
- Provide Individual Books - provide books for each student, by grade level, to assist with D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) program.
- Provide Art Supplies (construction paper, glue, scissors)
- Library Support - provide library support by staffing, stocking and organizing materials.
- Field Trip Transportation – provide funding for public transportation for school field trips around the D.C. area.
- Gift Certificates for Thanksgiving – provide gift certificates for Thanksgiving dinners to families in need from the adopted school.
- Uniforms – supply extra belts and ties for students at the adopted schools
- Non-Uniform /"Tag Day"- allow students to wear casual clothes instead of their uniforms in exchange for making a small monetary donation for that privilege.
- Bingo Night - host this activity for Guild members and their family/friends to attend.
- Dinner - host dinner at a member’s home and have a raffle along with door prizes.
- Wine Tasting Party
- Donations
- Fundraiser at a local restaurant – charge admission fees and a fixed percentage of the restaurant receipts are donated to the guild
- Filing Cabinets
- Rugs
- Shelving or Small Furniture
- Food Certificates for Families in Need
- Assistance with Rental Payments for Emergencies
- Religious articles for the school –donate religious artwork, statues to the adopted school
- Donated pianos