eScrip: Register your credit cards and merchant cards (Safeway, Macys, etc.) and when you shop at participating retailers, they donate a percentage to Sequoia. It's free, easy, secure, and makes a big difference! Visit escrip.com to sign up. Our school id is 137613466.  Scrip: Purchase Farmer Joe's gift certificates from Sequoia, and they donate a percentage to our school. Download order forms here. SchoolPop: If you shop online, make your purchases count there as well. Sign up and/or register your credit cards at www.schoolpop.com Our school id is 104077. Target: Apply for a Target credit card next time you shop there, and select Sequoia as your designated school. Our school id is 33906. You can also apply online at www.target.com.  Boxtops for Education: Save the symbols from specially-marked packages (click logo above for a list) and turn them in to the office. Boxtops also operates like SchoolPop with an online marketplace. Purchase Magazines or renew subscriptions at any time at QSP.com. (Click 'Shop Now' and enter our school id: 710326450 Holiday Shopping: Purchase wrapping paper, candles, candy and holiday gifts in our Fall Fundraiser―packets are sent home with kids. Spring Shopping: Bid on wonderful prizes at our Silent Auction, or shop at our Rummage Sale for super deals! | Grants: We accept dedicated grants, general grants, and matching grants gratefully. Please contact principal Kyla Trammell to help choose the right school organization (Field Trip fund, FOSS, Dads' Club, etc.) Financial Donations: All groups and teachers also welcome donations of any size. Please send a check to: Sequoia Elementary 3730 Lincoln Ave. Oakland, CA 94602 Online Donations: Click here to donate to the Dads' Club, a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit organization: Donate your Goods or Services: Please consider donating your valuable goods to our spring Silent Auction. Drop off used household goods and clothing at the school on May 2nd for our Rummage Sale on Friday, May 3rd & 4th. Classrooms always welcome donations of tissues, healthy snacks, and school supplies in class sets (25-30). Donate Food: Food donations are welcome for our Welcome Back Picnic in September, the Pancake Breakfast in May, and our Silent Auction in the spring. Please contact the Dads' Club. To ask for donations from businesses, please download our Auction Donation Kit or our "General Donation Letter". | Please register your interests by signing yourself up on our Family Database (community and alumnae welcome, too!). We will email you when volunteer opportunities you might enjoy arise. 10 Reasons to Volunteer "100 Ways to Volunteer" Volunteer Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month at the school: Dads Club - 7-8:45 p.m. Contact Chuck Seliger at 530-1542 Friends of Sequoia School - 6:30-8:30 p.m. Contact Kristen Caven at 534-1415 Multicultural Parents' Group - 7 to 8pm. Contact Joy Villafranca at 531-4245 School Site Council - 6:00. Contact Wendy Larson at 879-1510. Watch our weekly Newsletter for the Principal's "Shout-Outs" to volunteers! |