Fundraising is essential.

We need to raise $30,000 to meet the fund raising line item on the income side of our school budget. This portion of the total funding mix is crucial. Every family is expected to participate in fund raising activities.

Two Major Fundraising Events

Each fall, in the spirit of service to our community, the school sponsors a Work-a-Thon. Families participate by soliciting $125 in pledges, and then gather to clean up leaves from the yards of those who need assistance from within our sponsoring Parish cluster. In February, SEAS holds a Calendar Raffle. Students are asked to sell raffle tickets, which are then collected and drawn weekly over the course of the next year. Winning tickets earn the purchaser cash prizes.

Those families who do not wish to participate in the fundraisers may elect the option of a donation of $125 for each of these events. The donation option earns student prizes that would be received from the equivalent profit from sales.

Commercial Programs

In addition to the two major fundraisers, St. Elizabeth's earns fund-raising dollars from Big G Box Tops for Education, Kemps milk caps, Coborn’s Food Club labels, and Target’s Take Charge in Education program.

(Two related income sources that are NOT part of the fund raising line item but provide important dollars under the "other income" category, are employee United Way designations to St. Elizabeth's and straight donations.)