PTA HEALTHY LIFESTYLES GRANT PROGRAM – TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CALL
Join National PTA on Monday, August 30th to learn tips and techniques to apply for PTA’s Healthy Lifestyles Grant. These grants provide up to $1,000 to support PTAs in increasing access to and awareness of healthy foods, increasing physical activity for students and families, providing healthier food in schools, and engaging family members in promoting physical activity and good nutrition. To learn more about Healthy Lifestyles Grant program, click here.
During this call, National PTA staff …

Registration for the 2010–2011 Official PTA Kit is now open!
All local, council, district, and region PTAs must register to receive their Official PTA® Kit. The incoming 2010–2011 PTA president or other authorized PTA leader must fill out the registration form to select the preferred shipping address and date for the kit. The order form will be available through …

When someone embezzles your PTA’s funds, they aren’t stealing from your organization—they are stealing from your kids. Don’t the kids deserve better? AIM—Association Insurance Management— offers complete insurance solutions for your PTA.

PTA Officers:
Avoid the pressure; ease your tasks
Now’s the Time!
Just Between Friends knows how pressured you feel when you have to meet deadlines. So, this year we’re encouraging all units to begin adding members for the 2010 – 2011 school year – NOW. This will help to ease your workload as you ease into the new school year.
As you know, Just Between Friends enables you to streamline your member management, communications, directories and volunteer management. It was developed to simplify your life and strengthen your PTA. …

How successfully is your PTA achieving the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships? Share your success story by applying for the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Family-School Partnership Awards!

The National Standards provide a roadmap to help PTAs, schools, and communities work together to more effectively connect family and community engagement to student success. All local PTAs that submit a complete award application demonstrating achievement in one or more of the National Standards will receive a Family-School Partnership Award of Merit. For representing the best in one of the six National Standards, six PTAs will receive an Award of Excellence, with a $500 monetary award. One PTA will receive the Outstanding Family-School Partnership Award, with a $2,000 monetary award, for demonstrating significant achievement in all six standards.