Welcome to St. Patrick's 1st Raise Craze Fundraiser Kindness Challenge! This is a unique way for us to raise money for our school while making a big impact in our families and our community. 

During this fundraiser, students will ask friends and family for donations via the online Raise Craze platform while paying it forward by serving others by performing Acts of Kindness. 

Acts of Kindness can include many things such as writing thank you cards to your local fire department, baking cookies for your neighbor, or even telling a friend what they mean to you! The possibilities are endless, and no act of kindness is too small, so get creative! What a great way for us to teach our students the importance of kindness and gratitude, especially during Lent. 

Here is a quick 2 minute video you can watch as a family that describes what Raise Craze is and how your child can help make the world a better place one Act of Kindness at a time:

REGISTRATION STEPS
Registration Link: my.raisecraze.com/AR2VWBM 

- Enter your student’s name/classroom teacher
- Select at least 3 Acts of Kindness from our list or make up your own
- Enter 5-10 email addresses of potential supporters. Raise Craze will send all emails, reminders and thank you notes. (Emails will never be shared with third parties or used for marketing.)
- Share your child(ren)'s fundraising page on social media to reach more family and friends.
- Start completing Acts of Kindness & log them on your fundraising page!


Dates: March 1 - March 31 
Our Goal: $10,000 

INCENTIVES - KINDNESS BINGO
As a little encouragement, we have (2) incentives that we're offering for students/families who participate! We're attaching a Raise Craze Bingo Card to this email (see image and pdf below). Please print one out for each participating child. As your child achieves a goal, help them mark it off on the Bingo card (ex: Log 3 Acts of Kindness, Raise $50, etc). When you've completed your Bingo card, email a picture of it to parentorg@stpatrickssi.org:

1. Complete the Bingo card by Monday, 3/8 and send it to us - your family will be entered into a drawing for a delicious St. Patrick's Day meal (serves 10) from Fanelli's Eltingville Meats (generously donated by the Fanelli Family!) The winner of this drawing will be called on Tuesday, 3/9 so they can arrange their meal with Fanelli's in time for St. Patrick's Day.
2. Complete the Bingo card ANYTIME during the month of March and send it to us - your child will receive a free dress-down day!

CLASSROOM CONTEST 
Each day, as your children log their Acts of Kindness on their fundraising webpage, we will be tracking the classroom results. The Kindest Classroom of the Day will be announced by Mr. Sadowski each morning and that class will be presented with the school Kindness Trophy for that day!

If you are posting your Acts of Kindness on Facebook or Instagram, please tag St. Patrick School or @stpatsparentorg and use the hashtags: #spskindness2021 and #shamrockstrong

We are excited to see all of the ways our students choose to serve others!

With any questions, please email Tara Kelly at parentorg@stpatrickssi.org.
Thank you in advance for your support and participation - let's share our Shamrock Pride with our families and our community!