Colorado PTA Member Benefits

Now, being a member of PTA is even more valuable –
you can save money and receive special discounts for some of your favorite stores
and products. Colorado PTA and National PTA are working hard to bring you
and your PTA more member benefits than ever before.
Now, through alliances and partnerships with corporations,
we are able to offer tangible benefits to members like you, too.

Benefits for Every Member

There’s always been a value to PTA membership. Whether it’s getting the skills you need to be a better parent, to help your children succeed academically, to learn ways to improve communication with teachers, to speak out about public school needs in your own town, or to keep your neighborhood safe, you have benefited by being a member. These benefits have helped enrich the lives of our nation’s children and adults for more than a century. Check out National PTA’s listing of individual member benefits [requires logon & password from membership card] including discounts with Barnes and Noble, Kinko’s and more…The following apply to Colorado PTA members.

Adopt-A-Classroom

invites the community into the classroom in support of teachers and their students. By adopting a classroom, donors form partnerships with specific classrooms providing financial and moral support. The result is a meaningful contribution to education in which donors experience the impact of their efforts and celebrate in a classroom’s success.

For more information go to the Adopt-A-Classroom Web site.
http://www.adoptaclassroom.com

Elitch Gardens

Each year Colorado PTA &  Elitch Gardens have teamed up for public education. BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE! Proceeds to Benefit Colorado PTA. During the month October Colorado PTA will distribute coupons for reduced price admission to the Elitch Gardens amusement park. The coupons are valid up to six tickets purchased. Colorado PTA receives $1 for every ticket purchased with the coupon. Additional coupons are available in the registration area. You can place them at work, share them with friends and family or take them to your school.

There’s a time to learn…and a time to play!
Keep your eyes open for next spring’s campaign.

Get Away Today Vacations

SAVE BIG ON YOUR NEXT VACATION!!!
Colorado PTA and Get Away Today Vacations have recently partnered to bring you and your family valuable vacation savings! Since 1990, Get Away Today has helped families save on their vacation destinations including the Disneyland® Resort, San Diego, the Walt Disney World® Resort, Hawaii, the Caribbean and more! Their friendly and knowledgeable reservations team is eager to assist you in planning even the smallest of details to ensure your family’s getaway is unforgettable!  For every package booked by a Colorado PTA member, Get Away Today Vacations will donate a portion back to help with our fundraising efforts, so make sure to mention Colorado PTA when booking. In 2007 alone, Get Away Today Vacations donated $88,770 to schools and $73,000 to the Children’s Miracle Network.

Call 1-866-FUN-TRIP or go online to
www.getawaytoday.com to book your vacation today!

Jamba Juice

Register with Jamba Juice to receive a set up swipe cards to pass out. When used, 10% goes to the local PTA and 2% to the national.

Check it out!

Lois Myers
Sales Representative

lomyers@lifetouch.com
www.lifetouch.com

American Mountaineering Museum and Alpine Club Library  

Colorado PTA Members and Partners receive special admission and group rates at the museum as well as discounts in Base Camp Adventure Gift Shop. Please contact us at: 303-996-2755 for more information.   The American Mountaineering Museum and Alpine Club Library take visitors through the historic early days of mountaineering adventure from the use of hemp rope and hob nail boots, to the high tech gear of the present day. Topics in the museum include mountaineering heroism, gear, culture, high peaks, safety, climate change, inspiration and art. All of our exhibits display eye-catching photography that draw the visitor back in time, into the future, and to the top of the world. At the center of our museum is a scale model of the Everest massif with two large screens projecting breathtaking images of high alpine peaks overhead. Along with these images are the sounds of ice axes and crampons crunching on snow and giving our visitors the ability to imagine themselves climbing their way to the summit. Jump a crevasse, climb into a port-a-ledge, and explore our interactive exhibits! The American Mountaineering Museum is a state of the art, one of a kind museum.   Your adventure continues at the Alpine Club Library where you can search and research over 60,000 items devoted to alpinism, ice climbing, exploration, rock climbing, hiking and ski mountaineering. This unique facility is a wellspring of knowledge for the outdoor community, exceptional in both its dedication, to climbing craft and its devotion to patrons like you. The collection is truly extraordinary, home to some of the world’s earliest known mountaineering treasures.   The American Mountaineering Museum and Alpine Club Library is a great place to bring students for unique research projects and experiential learning programs!   Contact us today to plan your visit!

Mountain World Photography

Jake Norton has been invaluable contribution to the causes of Colorado PTA strives to achieve. He is known around the world and has been a friend and colleague to Colorado PTA. The Colorado PTA flag will fly on the most remote peak in the Himalayas in September 2006 and at the top of Mount Everest in April 2007.

For more information and to follow his expeditions go to: http://mountainworldphoto.com/welcome.htm

Panera Bread “Rising Above Award” Honoring Outstanding Teachers

Panera Bread and Colorado PTA present the annual Rising Above Award to recognize outstanding teachers in the state of Colorado. Nominations will be accepted during the month of March from students kindergarten through 12th grade. Students are asked to submit a 100-200 word essay stating why their teacher is special and deserving of the Rising Above Award. Entry forms and contest rules will be available at all 22 Panera Bread bakery-cafes located throughout the Denver Northern Colorado and Colorado Springs–areas, as well as online at www.panera-colorado.com, starting in February. Encourage your schools and kids to participate for a chance to win a grant for the school, a Panera Bread gift card for the teacher, a savings bond of the student, and much more! Winners will be announced in early April and the winning teachers and their nominating students will be invited to read their essays at the annual Colorado PTA convention. For more information, please email risingabove@breadsoftheworld.com.

Red Robin’s Unbridled Acts of Kindness Become a Red Robin U-ACT^TM Champion School

and be awarded up to $20,000 for your school!
Make a difference in your school and community by participating in Red Robin’s U-ACT Champion Program.
So what does ‘U-ACT” mean anyway?
Unbridled Acts – aka – random acts of kindness you bestow upon others.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers wants to inspire and energize young people to be kind to their neighbors and award middle and junior high schools across the country for the amazing things they are doing in their schools and communities.
The 2008-2009 Red Robin U-ACT Champion Program is currently under way and we are now accepting registrations from middle and junior high schools across the country. By participating in U-ACT your schools could earn a grant from $500 to $20,000 at the end of the school year. Milford Junior High School in  Milford, Ohio was the  U-ACT Champion School last year for all the great things they did to promote kindness among their students. We encourage you to reach out to your middle and junior high schools and share this rewarding program.  Schools can participate by registering and sharing Unbridled Acts throughout their school and community!
Schools can register by completing the registration form and emailing it to Mara Wheeler at mwheeler@redrobin.com or mailing it to Attn: Mara Wheeler, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, 6312 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle, Suite 200 N,  Greenwood Village, CO 80111.
Visit www.redrobin.com, click on the U-ACT home page banner for more information and to register your school. See flyer!

Safe2tell

Safe2tell is designed to help you anonymously report anything that is scaring or endangering you, your friends or your family. You don’t need to be afraid to call. You never have to give us your name if you don’t want to. In fact, Colorado State Law guarantees you will remain unknown if you choose [Colorado revised statute 16-15.7-101]. At Safe2tell, there is a trained call taker waiting to help you around the clock. This person will listen to you and get help for your problem. Make a call.

For more information go to the Safe2tell Web site: http://www.safe2tell.org