Welcome!
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to our first Read-a-thon sponsored by the Bennett Valley Alliance of Parents and Teachers! We are so excited to bring you Reading is a Blast! – an interactive week of reading and fun for your whole family! All grade levels will participate – from TK to 6th grade. During the week of September 14-18, your students will party with us as they track the minutes they read, participate in daily themes, enjoy nightly district-wide reading time, and much more!
We are also excited to bring you an online auction with fabulous items for parents to browse and bid on throughout the week. We will have individual items, teacher and staff experiences, and packages for auction that will be sure to delight!
All the money raised through this event will help BVAPT fund virtual field trips, technology, teacher and principal stipends, library, sensory materials, community events, PE, teacher grants, and so much more! Keep reading to learn all about the Read-a-thon and how you can help make this a successful fundraiser! If you have questions, contact Ellen Keegan and Cassie Volt at readathon@bvapt.org. Also, visit us online at bvapt.org/readathon.
How to Collect Pledges!
We’ve partnered with 99Pledges again to make donating quick and easy! You will receive an email directly from 99Pledges with your student’s information, or you can follow the steps below to access his/her donation page.
Here’s how it works:
1. Click the RED PLEDGE BUTTON at bvapt.org/readathon.
2. Find Your Student’s Page: Each student has their own donation page already created! Find your student’s page by entering their name in the “search by participant” box. This makes it easy for parents and students to track, share, and donate on their own pledge page!
3. Personalization & Share: Your student’s page has a standard message that can be sent to request donations or you can personalize the message and even add a photo! Then, SHARE! SHARE! SHARE! Send your student’s unique pledge page link to your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers! You can copy and paste this into an email or simply click the “Help Spread the Word” icon to share by email, Facebook, and Twitter.
4. Follow Up: Check your page often to see who has donated and send a reminder to those that want to still donate.
5. Tax ID: Online donors receive an emailed tax deductible receipt that includes the BVAPT Tax ID number.
6. RAFFLE PRIZE!!! We will be raffling 10 prizes to 10 students. For every $10 the student raises by September 20, they will earn one entry.
7. KONA ICE PARTY!!!! The class that raises the most money at Yulupa and Strawberry will each earn a drive-thru Kona Ice Sno-cone party!
Please note:
99pledges is the preferred way to collect donations, but if you have cash or checks please mail them to the district office: BVAPT Readathon c/o BVUSD, 2250 Mesquite Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95405. Label it with your student’s name and teacher.
Count reading before, during and after school.- Count people reading aloud to you. Ask for two bedtime stories!
- Count reading aloud to others.
- Count reading aloud to the dog, cat, or family fish. Pets, stuffed animals, and plants love to listen to stories.
- Count listening to audiobooks.
- Count listening to stories on our YouTube channel at bvapt.org.
- Read instead of watching TV or playing video games.
- HAVE FUN!
Count any reading done before the Read-a-thon begins September 14 or after it ends on September 18.
Important Dates
September 11:
- Collect online donations! Start your student’s 99pledges page off with a donation
- Share the page with friends, family and co-workers via email, Facebook, and Twitter
- Online Auction begins
September 14-18:
- READATHON!
September 20:
- Online Auction closes at 8pm
- Last day to enter the Student Raffle!
- Ways to earn entries:
- Get 1 entry for every $10 in pledges raised by 9/20
- Email completed Reading Log with name and teacher to RATLog@bvapt.org by 9/20 to get 1 entry
- Email completed Bingo Card with name and teacher to RATLog@bvapt.org by 9/20 to get 1 entry or get 2 entries for Blackout bingo
September 22-23:
- Online auction winners pick-up at Yulupa’s car circle, 4-7pm
September 27:
- Fundraiser Ends
October 2:
- Winning classes Kona Ice Party at Yulupa’s car circle, 5-7pm
How to party with us!
Donate to your student’s 99pledges page.- Share your student’s 99pledges page by text, email, or social media.
- Print the Reading Log to help track minutes read.
- Challenge your student to a daily minimum of minutes read.
- Print out the Reading Bingo Card and challenge your student to a Blackout!
- Participate in our daily Reading is a Blast Reading Time with your student from 7-7:30pm.
- Check out and bid on our online auction at bvapt.org/readathon.
- Email a picture of the completed Reading Log and/or Bingo Card to RATLog@bvapt.org and your student will earn an entry for a raffle prize. Blackout is worth 2 entries!
How to party with us!
Set a goal for total minutes read for each day and the week!- Ask your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbors, and friends to sponsor you.
- Participate in daily dress up themes.
- Participate in daily Reading is a Blast Reading Time from 7-7:30pm.
- Complete the Reading Bingo Card
- Have a parent help you go to bvapt.org/readathon and push the ORANGE button to be connected to our YouTube channel. There you can listen to BVUSD teachers, staff and parents read stories.
- Have your parent email a picture of the completed Reading Log and/or Bingo Card to RATlog@bvapt.org and you will earn an entry for a raffle prize. Blackout is worth 2 entries!
Day Themes
Monday
Reading is a Blast Kick Off Party: Dress in your best party clothes.
Tuesday
Read My Shirt Day: Wear a shirt with writing.
Wednesday
Favorite Character Day: Dress up as your favorite book character.
Thursday
Hat’s Off to Reading Day: Wear a hat of your choice.
Friday
Cozy Up to a Good Book Day: Wear your coziest pajamas.
Student Raffle!
- 10 awesome prizes to win!
- Get 1 entry for every $10 in pledges raised by 9/20
- Email completed Reading Log with name and teacher to RATLog@bvapt.org by 9/20 to get 1 entry
- Email completed Bingo Card with name and teacher to RATLog@bvapt.org by 9/20 to get 1 entry or get 2 entries for Blackout Bingo
- Drawing for winners will be September 21!
Thank you to our Silent Auction donors:
- Adventure City
- Art & Soul Music School
- Asian Art Museum
- Aurora Theatre Company
- Balletto Vineyard
- BAT Improv
- Bay Area Discovery Museum
- Berkeley Recreational Sport
- Bernstein Orthodontics
- Billy Jones WildCat RailRoad
- Bob Baker Marionette Theater
- Boomtown Hotel
- Cache Canyon River
- Cal Skate
- Chipotle Mexican Grill
- Cinnabar Theatre
- Citizen Flannel
- Code Zone Escape Room
- D’Argenzio Winery
- De Young Legion of Honor
- DogPatch Boulders
- Double Decker Lanes
- Dr. Eric D. Fraser, DDS, MS-Fraser Orthodontics
- Dragon Theatre
- Emperor Norton Tour
- En Garde Fencing
- Flying Frog Academy
- Galileo Camp
- Harrah’s Harveys Lake Tahoe
- Hiller Aviation Museum
- Hornet Sea, Air, Space Museum
- Hotel Healdsburg At Spoon Bar
- Humboldt Roller Derby
- Junior Gym
- Kosta Browne
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Luther Burbank Home & Gardens
- Marin County Fair
- Marine Science Insitute
- Matanzas Creek Winery
- Morton’s Warm Springs Resort
- Moxi The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation
- Museum Of Making Music
- National Automobile Museum
- North Bay Basketball Academy
- Omni Hotels & Resort San Diego
- Paintball Jungle
- Parkpoint Health Club
- Platypus Tours
- Pump It Up Santa Rosa
- Punchline
- Rancho Obi-wan
- Rebounderz
- Recess Monkey
- Reno Acers Baseball Club
- Reno Axe
- Reno1868 FC Soccer
- Rubios
- Russian River Adventures
- Sacramento Zoo
- San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum
- San Diego Children’s Museum
- San Diego International Film Festival
- San Francisco 49ers
- S.F. Botanical Garden
- San Francisco Giants
- San Jose Sharks
- Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch
- Sapphire Hill
- Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) San Diego
- Scandia Family Center
- School of Rock
- Seaside Cottage
- SF Playhouse
- SF Vampire Tours
- Singing Dog Vanilla
- Spirit Works Distillery
- St. Francis
- ST. George Spirits
- Steve and Kate Camp
- Stockton Heat
- Sunnyside Cottage
- Tahoe Adventure Company
- The Broad Museum
- The Freda B Schooner
- The Lawrence Hall of Science
- The Marine Mammal Center
- The Tabard Theatre company
- Total Wine & More
- Train Town (Sonoma County)
- Underwood Bar and Bistro
- UCLA Athletics Department
- Un-Scripted Theatre Company
- USS Hornet (Alameda, CA)
- USS Mildway Museum
- Vertex
- Walt Disney Family Museum
- Winchester Mystery House
