Most of you know I am PTO president at my kids' elementary school. I have thus far avoided using my blog as a place to ask for PTO things, but I know many of you own your own businesses and might have something you could donate to our school! Here is what I am looking for:

We have our annual Teacher Appreciation Week coming up and would like to have some gift cards/prizes to give out to the teachers throughout the week. We have a lot of fun stuff planned, but would LOVE to be able to have drawings throughout the week where we give away gift cards or items donated from various businesses.

We will take anything-$5 gift card or a free car (if you are up for donating one from a dealership or something). We need items they can redeem online or locally in Omaha, or that I can get from you through mail in the next week.

We will recognize all businesses that donate in our school newsletter! (And I will recognize them all on my blog and social networks as well!!)

IF you have anything you could donate, PLEASE let me know ASAP by emailing me at beckeesdeals@gmail.com

I really appreciate you considering this and helping out! Thank you!!!!

If you own a company and would like to donate anything for us to auction off at the Silent auction to benefit the Smith family, please contact me directly and I will send you our official letter and information! We are trying to collect items to auction off as quickly as possible!

Thanks you and please contact me at beckeesdeals@gmail.com

My 12-yr-old brother is doing a very cool service project that he just emailed me about. I think it is a very good cause, and worth donating too. I do not have a lot of money to donate, but recently I have gotten a lot of great toy deals, and I cannot think of a better place for those toys to go than to this project! Please read this post through and if you are willing and able to donate, please email me at beckeesdeals@gmail.com and I will let you know where to send donations! Thanks you for reading this and considering a donation! Here is the email from my brother:

Hi everyone:
I am doing a service project for Hope of America, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club.

I have decided to collect items for the Kidstar Program at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Hospital. This is a great place that helps kids who are having trouble with depression and other emotional things. Kidstar is the school program for kids younger than 12. Some of the kids stay at the hospital all the time and some just come during the day for school. I have a friend who was helped a great deal by this program, and his mom said they really need some things for the kids at the school.

The items needed are (appropriate for 3-12 years old): legos, toys, puzzles, board games, dress-ups (boys and girls), and dolls. If you have any of these things you can contribute, either new or gently used (please make sure all pieces are there), I would really appreciate it. If you would rather send me a gift card or cash donation, I will turn those into one or more of these items.

If I am able to collect enough card/cash donations, I am going to buy some roller blades, which is a special physical activity reward given to kids staying in the hospital.The kids don't get to keep the roller blades, but they use them in the gym at the hospital.

If you can help, please respond to this email, and I will arrange to pick up the items, or tell you where to send them. I would like to have everything collected by April 18 so that I can deliver by April 28.

Thank you very much for any help you can give.

Sincerely,
Spencer