Fundraising

7 Easy Ways to Help Tall Oaks | Fundraising Principle
Three Compelling Reasons

Three Reasons Why Tall Oaks Continues to Deserve Your Support

The most compelling reason why this school continues to deserve your financial supportis our students and the role Tall Oaks Classical School plays in shaping their hearts and minds. Those present at the Annual Fund Banquet in November, got a glimpse into the hearts and minds of three alumni who shared their memories and perspectives on their Tall Oaks educations. These three individuals, Megan Cathey—’02, Iain Roush—’04, and Brant Hauser—’96, shared how grateful they were to have received a classical and Christian Tall Oaks education. Megan is a compassionate young woman working toward a degree in social work. Iain Roush is studying classical guitar at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and Brant Hauser is an architect at a local firm. Based on their divergent career paths, one would conclude that Tall Oaks doesn’t produce ‘cookie-cutter’ graduates. The common thread they shared was how well they were prepared for college and adulthood because during their years at Tall Oaks, they were taught to think.

The second most compelling reason why this school continues to deserve your financial support is our faculty and staff. God has blessed us with men and women, an extraordinary staff, who give their very best to the Lord and to their students. The daily lives of these men and women demonstrate their desire to glorify God and guide our children into a Biblical understanding of this world. Our teachers fit the lens of scripture before each subject taught at Tall Oaks. These men and women deserve to be compensated at a higher, more competitive rate.

It seems so long ago that our Board of Directors addressed the parents at Tall Oaks about the need for uncommon commitment to the future health and well-being of our school. That was less than a year ago. All praise to God, through many people like you, He not only supplied our financial needs but also brought many new families, staff members, and academic and athletic opportunities to us as well! God supplied our needs and we must not grow weary in persevering joyfully together toward excellence.

If we are to continue with this work, our commitment to support Tall Oaks with our finances, our prayers and our labors must continue.

7 Easy Ways to Help Tall Oaks

	Volunteer Your Time The ability of Tall Oaks to successfully fulfill its mission is dependent upon the commitment of parents to volunteer in various capacities throughout the school year. It is our hope that parents, when made aware of the numerous volunteer needs, would desire to joyfully commit to helping their children’s school experience be as positive as possible.
	Donate to Tall Oaks through Network for Good Tall Oaks will utilize all funds entrusted to it solely for the benefit of the school and its students. We will endeavor to wisely spend the funds raised, always mindful of the love and sacrifice with which those funds have been made available to us.
	Shop online using these links You can shop at over 60 online stores through GoodSearch.com or Box Tops for Education Marketplace. Also, click on Amazon.com or ChristianBook.com for their online stores. A portion of every qualifying purchase is donated to TOCS - all at no additional cost to you!
	Collect Box Tops For Education & Campbells Labels You can make a difference for your school every time your shop for groceries! Just clip the Box Tops coupons and Campbells Labels from hundreds of your favorite products and send them to Tall Oaks.
	Search the internet with GoodSearch Add the toolbar to your internet browser. What if Tall Oaks earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can! GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!   GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting your favorite cause.   Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Tall Oaks Classical School as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!
	Sign-up for the Target® Check Card or Visa®   Help our school through Take Charge of Education®. We’ve discovered a terrific way to raise funds for our school. It’s super-easy, and once you’re enrolled, all you have to do is use your Target REDCard.SM Our school will receive a percentage of the amount of each purchase in the form of a cash donation from Target through the Take Charge of Education program. Just click on the image below to visit Target.com/tcoe, or call 1-800-316-6142 to designate our school. If you’re already enrolled, please consider using your Target REDcard when you shop. Thanks for doing your part to make a great school even better!
	Pray! We must be faithful to seek God’s face as we look ahead to growing the Scholarship Fund, increasing teacher salaries, purchasing land and a building, and doing what else God has for us to do at Tall Oaks.  We need individuals, families and other groups committed to pray for Tall Oaks as we forge ahead toward the future.

 

 

Fundraising Statement of Principle

Fundraising efforts at the Tall Oaks Classical School exist to raise funds not covered by tuition received from parents, but needed to operate the school. Fundraising efforts also exist for purposes of soliciting donations of goods and services, cultivation of a network of committed parents and volunteers and educating the community about the school.

In keeping with the standard set forth in Proverbs 11:1, which says, "The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but accurate weights are His delight," Tall Oaks Classical School will conduct itself with integrity, always presenting the school truthfully in its verbal and written appeals.

Tall Oaks Classical School will utilize all funds entrusted to it solely for the benefit of the school and its students. We will endeavor to wisely spend the funds raised, always mindful of the love and sacrifice with which those funds have been made available to us.