The Ladera Elementary School PTO participates in many programs that offer Ladera students, families and friends the opportunity to help raise funds throughout the year. Your participation in these programs directly benefits our school. The programs listed below provide families with an EASY and FUN way to support our school.

LOCAL

Go-Bananaz supports Ladera!  Visit every Wednesday from 1:30pm to close.  Mention code “Leopards” and 15% of your entire purchase will benefit Ladera.  Go-Bananaz!! is located at 1084 Irvine Blvd. (corner of Newport Ave. &  Irvine Blvd. in the Ralph’s Shopping Center).  Click HERE for more info.

BOXTOPS

Earn CASH for Ladera simply by clipping Box Tops from General Mills products. Does this really make money for us, you ask? YES! All of those 10 cent coupons can add up, and will help provide additional programs each year for our kids. So help your children clip and bring in coupons to their classroom or Ladera Office BoxTops drawer. Box Tops has helped America's schools earn over $250 million.  See Box Tops 4 Education to learn more.  View a Product List of all Box Tops merchandise.

TARGET

Our school is earning money! It's super-easy, and all you have to do is use your Target® Visa® or Target® Card. Ladera 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. It's easy. If you're not already taking part, please consider doing so--grandparents, alumni, friends and neighbors can help, too.

Ladera’s organization ID is 117383.  Find out how much money Ladera has already received from Target and enroll HERE. 
 

ESCRIP (ESI)

Electronic Scrip Inc (ESI), is a fundraising program that enables participating merchants to contribute a percentage of your grocery card, credit/debit card purchases to our school. Since 1999, the eScrip program has distributed over $120 million to schools and youth organizations across the country. eScrip is proven to be a fantastic resource for fundraising where participating business partners contribute a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards, credit card, and debit/ATM card purchases to the school, group or organization of your choice.

Here's How it Works
	•		You register any one or all of your existing grocery loyalty, debit and credit cards for use in the program.
	•		Participating merchants will make contributions to your chosen group, based on purchases made by you, just by using the cards you have registered.
	•		Your purchases are tracked and available to you online, allowing you to see just how much you are earning on your child's behalf!

Register your VONS CLUB and/or CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS at Escrip’s secure website. Sign up is easy, and Ladera starts earning money on your first purchase. See a sample Merchant List.  You can sign up on-line or by filling out the sign-up sheet and turning it into the front office.

Ladera’s ID # is 500003144. Go to Escrip to learn more about this program and to sign up.

SCHOOLPOP

SCHOOLPOP one of the #1 year-round school support programs now available. They have contributed over $210 million to over 30,000 schools. Shop for everything you’d normally buy each day – just start your shopping at Schoolpop.com and you will earn up to 20% contribution for your school on every purchase! Schoolpop offers hundreds of store, catalog and online merchants where each purchase you make earns a rebate to Ladera. Some participating merchants include: Barnes&Noble.com, Target.com, OfficeDepot.com, and Nordstrom.com. You can also order magazines and earn 40% back to Ladera.

Ladera’s ID# is 122146. Go to SchoolPop to learn more about this program, and to sign up.

FUNDING FACTORY

Support Ladera Student Council. Your old cell phones and printer cartridges = $$$ for our school. Ladera can earn technology, classroom and recreation equipment, and even cash through the FundingFactory Recycling Program. Please drop off all your recyclable cell phones and printer cartridges in the plastic drawers set up in the Ladera lobby. Funding Factory provides all the shipping boxes, shipping labels and picks them up. It’s convenient for your office AND it earns money for our school.

Ladera’s organization ID is 48935. Go to Funding Factory to learn more, and sign up.