fund raising

When The Cupcake Club's members hear that Sadie's basketball coach, Coach Walsh, is sick and must take the year off for treatment, they rally together to raise money for cancer awareness with a huge bake sale goal--20,000 cupcakes and 100,000 dollars.

Describes a time-efficient method designed to help teachers mobilize their resources to organize their ideas, write effective grant proposals, obtain grant funds, and implement their programs.

"Twelve-year-old Zack Delacruz has remained happily unnoticed at his middle school... until now. When he sees his classmate being teased by the school bully, Zack surprises everyone--including himself--by breaking out of his shell and standing up to the tormentor. Somehow this act of bravery gets Zack put in charge of the sixth-grade dance fund raiser with none other than the bully himself! Zack's situation goes from bad to worse when he learns that his best salesperson for the chocolate bar fund raiser has been EATING--not selling--her candy bars. Zack never wanted to be the class hero, but with the hopes of the entire sixth grade on the line, can he come up with a new plan to save the dance?"--OCLC.

Offers information to educators on the process of writing grant proposals for school projects or individual career advancement, featuring a step-by-step guide to planning and writing, and including sample forms and practice programs.

Valentine's Day is near, and to raise money for a charity called Puppy Love, Ellie persuades the other Critter Club girls to join her in selling and delivering singing telegrams.

After a near-fatal car accident, twelve-year-old Ryder's mother needs an operation they cannot afford and while a new friend tries to raise funds, Ryder travels with a grouchy, disabled neighbor, from Yankee Stadium to Turner Field seeking the major league baseball player who might be Ryder's father.

The unlikely friendship between basketball team captain Charlie and robotics club president Nate is challenged when Nate declares war on the cheerleaders over funding that will either pay for new uniforms or a robotics competition.

When each student in Maple Ridge is asked to contribute fifty cents for the schoolhouse's repair, Logan attempts to sell a single buggy wheel that he found and repaired.

Mona and her friends hold a toy sale to help raise money for their local children's hospital. In the process they learn how to use tally marks and different types of graphs to calculate how many toys they have sold and how much money they have made.

With the playoffs over, Devin and her seventh-grade friends decide to try out for a soccer travel team, but friendships are threatened because not everyone makes it on to the tough, competitive team, and in the mean time the girls are faced with a crisis--budget cuts threaten to eliminate the soccer program at the elementary school Devin's little sister attends.