More GIVING Opps
Other Giving Opportunities at SMS!
To ensure success at SMS, we need our families and faith community to donate their time, talent, and treasure to our school.
Following is a quick overview of some of the other giving opportunities available at St. Mary's School. Links are provided for more in-depth information for some subjects.
Ongoing
ARVIG SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
If you’re an Arvig Internet customer, sign up for the School Partnership Program and Arvig will donate $1 each month to SMS at no additional cost to you. Since 2010, Arvig has donated more than $360,000 to local schools through our School Partners.
Ongoing
BOXTOPS & COBORNS MORE REWARDS
SMS participates in several collect-and-earn-money-for-education programs.
- Big G Boxtops for Education-Scan your receipts into the Box Tops App to collect money for our school!
- Coborn's Labels for Learning-Sign up for More Rewards at Coborns and designate St. Mary's School as your charity!
Ongoing
COCA-COLA GIVE
We’re excited to share that our school is part of the Coca-Cola Give program. This opens up SMS to new funding opportunities to help improve learning environments for students. The best part? Donations don’t come out of your own pocket. When you make Coca-Cola purchases, you simply enter the product codes here https://us.coca-cola.com/give/schools/ and our school receives a donation. You can also send in the scan codes and we will scan it at school.
September
CATHOLIC & MATCHING GRANT BREAKFAST
The Catholic Aid Society holds a matching grant breakfast for SMS every year. All proceeds from event go to our school.
January
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK BREAKFAST
Catholic Schools Week falls on the last week of January each year. SMS celebrates with a community breakfast and culminates with mini-courses for the students at the end of the week. One parent from each SMS family helps at the breakfast.
January
MINI-COURSES: CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
On the final day of Catholic Schools Week each year, SMS offers of number of mini-courses for students to sign up for. These mini-courses are taught by our many talented members of the SMS familty and community.
January-March
CATHOLIC UNITED FINANCIAL RAFFLE
Catholic United Financial holds a school raffle each year and donates ALL proceeds to SMS. All parents are asked to sell a certain number of tickets.
March
SPRING SOCIAL MEAL
The Christian Women serve up a delicious meal every spring. Proceeds go to SMS and St. Mary's Faith Formation. All SMS families are asked to buy tickets and help if possible.
FREEPORT STATE BANK GOLF CLASSIC
This annual event raises funds for the school with a fun-filled golfing event. SMS staff, parents, and the greater community participate.
October
GRANDPARENTS DAY
Every year in mid-October, the students of SMS hold a celebration in honor of their grandparents. It includes a special Mass and program. Parent volunteers are always needed to help.
October
PRAYER-ATHON/MARATHON
This annual October event combines a prayer-a-thon and marathon to raise funds for SMS.
Ongoing
ST. MARY'S EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND: A LONG-LASTING WAY TO GIVE BACK
In 1986, SMS created an Endowment Fund and Committee. Today this Fund (through income earned by investments) provides a portion of the annual budget of SMS while protecting the principal received from contributions. Consider giving today. Together, we can help shape tomorrow's leaders in Faith.