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How to Increase PTA Attendance and Fundraising Participation



Having a great, educational and successful school goes hand in hand with having a great PTA. With a strong PTA, parents get more input in what the kids are doing and what they will do in the future. It is also a great way for parents to unite with other parents; this is often hard because we all lead such busy lives.

Schools with active PTA’s naturally have more successful PTA Fundraisers. It does not take rocket science to know that the more you can involve parents in all aspects of school life the more successful PTA fundraising ideas seem to be.

If your PTA meetings have begun to dwindle, there are a few simple ways on how to increase PTA attendance. A strong PTA means a strong school and a strong school means happy and healthy kids. It all starts with you.

There are several ways that you can go about raising attendance. The first and most popular way is marketing and advertising. Send out newsletters to every parent in the school. This way they will know what is going on at school. The parents will definitely appreciate this, and may decide to become a part of a group that cares so much. Flyers, posters, and pamphlets are also great ideas to help promote the PTA. Many parents do sign up to be a member of the PTA, but it is getting them to the meetings that seem so difficult. If you are holding the meetings at the school’s cafeteria, you might want to think of having it some where else that may attract more people. A restaurant is always a great place, because everyone loves to eat. You could also have at a park, and hire a few babysitters to watch the kids while the parents attend the meeting. This is a great idea, because it allows the parents to bring the kids and not have to worry about them.

Another great way to increase attendance is get the parents involved with one another. Let them all become friends; this way when ever the meetings will come around they will want to see them. You should also hold activities outside of the PTA meetings. You can have bowling night, movie night, or craft night. This is great because it gives the families something to do rather than sitting at home. You need to make sure that the parents realize that the PTA is more than a once a month meeting. Show them how much fun it can be, and how much good the PTA does.

Remember you are dealing with busy people. They have limited time so you need to earn their time. Give them something worthwhile attending and you will be surprised at how many will attend. After all their kids are usually at the top of their priority lists.

If you follow these steps you will stop wondering how to increase PTA attendance and start wondering where you will fit everyone. PTA: Come and join the fun.
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