Fundraising
2024-2025 Empowering Extraordinary Campaign
The Empowering Extraordinary Campaign is the annual fundraising campaign for the Sedgefield Middle School PTO. The fund provides important financial support to ensure that all Sedgefield Spartans and educators have the tools they need for success. Specifically, these funds help the school sustain and grow academic offerings, enhance enrichment programming, and support athletic activities – all of which provide real and meaningful opportunities for young people in our community.
Individual and Family Giving
It’s time to support our school by contributing to the Empowering Extraordinary Campaign, the annual fundraising campaign for the Sedgefield Middle School PTO. The fund provides important financial support to ensure that all Sedgefield Spartans and educators have the tools they need for success. Specifically, these funds help the school sustain and grow academic offerings, enhance enrichment programming, and support athletic activities – all of which provide real and meaningful opportunities for young people in our community.
Funds raised this year will go towards:
- Academics
- Additional teacher training and professional development
- Guest speakers for family education
- iReady student diagnostic and assessment plus additional subscriptions required by subject
- Enrichment
- Continue and expand collaborative experiences with partners
- In Reach support through Spartan Fund
- Resources for clubs and student/teacher recognition
- Focused Journals and supplemental novels for each grade
- Athletics
- Uniforms and equipment for athletes
- Renovating the track for safe school and neighborhood use
- New scoreboard for football/soccer field
- Campus Improvement
- Update sound system, acoustics and lighting for musical and theatrical performances
- Murals throughout building
- Sun shades
ARE YOU READY TO EMPOWER EXTRAORDINARY?
Make your donation by October 1st.
Donate via CheddarUp with this link
2024 Empowering Extraordinary Spartan Spirit Nights
Join your Spartan family for a night out for a good cause!
- Wednesday, 9/4: All day @ Inizio – Dilworth
- Monday, 9/9: 5-9 pm @ Brixx – Dilworth
- Wednesday, 9/18: ALL DAY @ Shake Shack – Park Road (Take Out and Gift Cards included)
- Tuesday, 9/24: 5-7 pm @ SMS Home Football Game “BLUE OUT” with Food Trucks
- Monday, 9/30: 5-9 pm @ Taco Mama – Dilworth (Take Out and Gift Cards included)
2nd Annual Spartan Parent Party
Join us for the 2nd Annual Spartan Parent Party as we wrap up this year’s Empowering Extraordinary campaign. Tickets can be purchased here.
October 9th, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
MidTown Tavern, 1500 E 3rd St, Charlotte, NC 28204
- Tickets are $25 per person
- Light appetizers included.
- Drinks will be available for purchase at the bar
- Silent auction items available for bidding
Purchase tickets here
Questions? Contact campaign chairs:
April Whitlock or Jenny Jordan
Corporate Sponsorships
Contributions from sponsor organizations account for half of our annual fundraising goal and are an important way to show a business’s neighbors and customers their commitment to building a strong community.
Funds will go towards:
- Academics
- Additional teacher training and professional development
- Guest speakers for family education
- iReady student diagnostic and assessment plus additional subscriptions required by subject
- Enrichment
- Continue and expand collaborative experiences with partners
- In Reach support through Spartan Fund
- Resources for clubs and student/teacher recognition
- Focused Journals and supplemental novels for each grade
- Athletics
- Uniforms and equipment for athletes
- Renovating the track for safe school and neighborhood use
- New scoreboard for football/soccer field
- Campus Improvement
- Update sound system, acoustics and lighting for musical and theatrical performances
- Murals throughout building
- Sun shades
Are you ready to empower Extraordinary?
Make your pledge by September 1st, 2024 to be included in promo materials.
Donate via CheddarUp with this link
Sponsorship levels
Platinum: $5,000
- 3 full-color signs (1 on football field, 1 on baseball field, 1 in basketball gym)
- Company logo and web link on PTO website
- Company recognition on social media pages, including Facebook, Instagram and X
- Company logo and Sedgefield Middle School spirit wear shirts, distributed to more than 500 students
- Logo on ad in Spartan yearbook and “Sponsor Spotlight” 4 times in our PTO Spartan Express newsletter
- Company logo on Empowering Extraordinary sponsorship banner hung prominently at school
Gold: $2,500
- 2 full-color signs (1 on football field, 1 on baseball field)
- Company logo and web link on PTO website
- Company recognition on social media pages, including Facebook, Instagram and X
- Company name listing on Sedgefield Middle School spirit wear shirts, distributed to more than 500 students
- Logo on ad in Spartan yearbook and “Sponsor Spotlight” once in our PTO Spartan Express newsletter
- Company listing on Empowering Extraordinary sponsorship banner hung prominently at school
Silver: $1,000
- 1 full-color sign (baseball field)
- Company listing and web link on PTO website
- Company name listing on Sedgefield Middle School spirit wear shirts, distributed to more than 500 students
- Listing on thank you advertisement in Sedgefield Spartan yearbook
- Company listing on Empowering Extraordinary sponsorship banner hung prominently at school
Questions? Contact campaign chairs:
The Sedgefield Middle School PTO is a registered 501(c)(3), Tax ID # 82-1698628.