The Direct Give Campaign (DGC) is the easiest and most straightforward fundraiser Rea View offers to help support the students and staff. It is a non-event, "not strings attached" fundraiser. There are no door-to-door sales, no events to attend, no prizes or gimmicks, and no high pressure tactics. As a HUGE bonus, parents directly give their donations to the PTO, so all funds raised during the campaign stay at Rea View.  

All that is needed from the donor is to provide their donation at either at Rea View’s Open House in August or through the PTO Website through the end of September. To learn more about giving to the DGC, see the "How Do Rea View Families Give to the DGC?" section below.

Donating to the DGC is always optional. We invite families to give to the Donate Your Way at Rea View fundraisers, but the school and PTO do not expect or require donations. Moreover, families are certainly not expected to donate to both of the Donate Your Way at Rea View fundraising options. Maybe a Rea View family chooses to donate to just one of the two fundraisers, and then asks relatives, family friends, and employers/companies to participate in the other fundraiser. If a family is able to donate their contributions are undeniably appreciated, but if your family is unable to or chooses not to participate that is also unconditionally understood as well. We want families to "Donate Their Way" to Rea View’s fundraisers.

The purpose of the DGC is not to be Rea View's biggest fundraiser or to bring in the most donations. The DGC was created for families who want to donate to Rea View, but do not want to financially participate in the Run with Rocky fundraiser and/or want to ensure all of their contribution stays at Rea View. Therefore, for those families, the Direct Give Campaign does exactly what it is intended to do. In addition, the DGC provides the school and the PTO with some much needed funds to use at the beginning of the school year, instead of having to wait for the end of Run with Rocky in November, to purchase anything students or staff might need. So, yes, the Direct Give Campaign is successful because it achieves these two important goals. 

There are are two ways to give to the Direct Give Campaign (DGC)...

• While at Rea View's Open House in August visit the PTO in the Media Center to make your contribution to the DGC. While you are in the Media Center you can also purchase Rea View Spirit Wear, become a PTO member, and learn more about how you can support students and staff at Rea View. Rea View PTO will accept cash, checks, and credit cards* at Open House (all purchases and donations can be made in one transaction).

• You can also give through the Rea View PTO Website with a credit card.* The DGC will open on the PTO Website in August on the same day Open House is held. Starting on that day, you can visist the PTO Website at www.myvlink.org/reaviewpto/, go to the Donate/Shop tab, and click on the Direct Give Campaign page from the drop down menu. The Direct Campaign will be open on the PTO Website for the first two to three weeks of the school year.

*The Rea View PTO is required to pay a transaction fee on all credit card transactions.

Are You Not Sure How Much to Give to the Direct Give Campaign? Here are Some FUN Suggestions For You...

• Ugh, shopping! We don’t want to shop for supplies, so here is the $20 we would’ve used to purchase them.

• Yay, no bake sale! You probably wouldn't want to eat what we made anyhow, so here is $30 to keep us out of the kitchen.

• • What? We don’t have to sell door-to-door? That's awesome! Here’s $40 for the two neighbors we would have visited.

  • Shut the front door! This is the easiest and most stress free fundraiser ever! Here's $50.

  • Bless your hearts! Y'all work so hard that we will give $75. We'll also be asking friends and family to contribute to one of the Donate Your Way fundraisers too.

  • No way! I just heard all the donations from the Direct Give Campaign will stay at Rea View! Here's $125.

  • Good gracious, we’re so tired and just want to be left alone. Oh, and it's also too exhausting to ask friends and families to contribute to one of the Donate Your Way at Rea View fundraisers. Take our $200, and please go away (we asked nicely).

Yes, the DGC accepts both donations directly from businesses and corporate matches. 

BUSINESS DONATIONS

Businesses can give donations. Business can write a check to the Rea VIew PTO or submit the donation through the PTO Website. If the business, is interested we also have Sponsorship packages we can offer for Direct Give Campaign donations. For more information on on Sponsorship packages visit the PTO Website's Sponsorship Page.

CORPORATE MATCHES

A corporate match is when a company agrees to match an employee's donation. After a donor gives a donation to the Direct Give Campaign, they can check with their employer to see if the company will match the donation. If the company will match the employees donation, the donor will need to follow their company's procedures for submitting the match. Once that is complete please email the PTO Treasurer at reaviewpto.treasurer@gmail.com so they can follow up with you on the match. Some companies have a minimum donation requirement that the donor's pledge/donation must meet in order for Rea View to receive the corporate match. 

Rea View & the PTO are grateful for anyway a donor and/or business chooses to donate to Run With Rocky. 

Rea View PTO is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit organization. All donations made to the Direct Give Campaign are tax deductible. Our official name is Rea View Elementary PTO and our organization's EIN number is 83-1550322.

PTO Board Members will help collect donations and provide receipts.  

Email the following PTO Volunteers...

• PTO President: reaviewpto@gmail.com

• PTO VP of Fundraising & Sponsorship: reaviewpto.fundraising@gmail.com