Make Your School Open House A Hit

What do you think of when you are invited to an open house independent of school, such as for a party or a business? Food? Speaker? Flexibility in schedule? Entertainment? Decorations? Socializing? Displays? Sales? A school open house is to showcase itself just as a business would. The goal of a school open house is…

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Fun Services Joins Forces with Marine Toys for Tots

Fun Services is a proud Corporate Sponsor with Marine Toys for Totsproviding donated gifts for the Toys for Tots Program. When a child purchases a gift “Tagged as Toys for Tots” at a Holiday Gift Shop or Santa’s Secret Shop program, Fun Services will donate a gift of equal value. Fun Services nationally donated $100,000…

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Going Green

What does it mean to, “Go Green?” “Going green means to pursue knowledge and practices that can lead to more environmentally friendly and ecologically responsible decisions and lifestyles, which can help protect the environment and sustain its natural resources for current and future generations,“ according to the Middleton Thrall Library. Fun Services offers ways to…

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It’s for the Children

Sometimes we get lost in fulfilling requests, demands, and details and forget or don’t take the time to reflect on the purpose of a task or project. This is true for schools running Santa’s Secret Shop. Everyone has a different purpose, some run the program as a service to students, some as a fundraiser for…

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Comparing Apples to Apples / Sample Box to Sample Box

Tradeshows for Parent Teacher Organizations Can Be Overwhelming If you have been to a trade show for PTA or PTO, it could be slightly overwhelming with all the different options for fundraisers. The number of options has increased drastically over the years. You can choose from selling food, goods, spiritwear, discounted tickets, organizing fun runs/jogathons,…

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Are you feeling lucky?

Winner Winner Winner Are you feeling lucky? Fun Services likes to have fun, and therefore always creates opportunities for our loyal and new customers to win prizes! Visit one of our Open Houses. We have a traveling showcase at Marie Callender’s locations from Bakersfield to Victorville to San Diego. And of course, we have our…

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5 Ways to Help Fill Parent Teacher Organization Committee Positions

Filling committee positions for parent/teacher groups is always a challenge as members graduate, complete their terms or take on other responsibilities. The key to recruiting is increasing parent involvement as a whole. The more parents are involved, the more parents you have to assess skills, abilities, and availability and the more you can encourage them…

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