FUNDRAISING

Since tuition at SPBS does not cover the actual cost of educating each student, our school provides fundraising activities, to help supplement tuition and to provide for annual operating expenses. It is, therefore, expected that school families each raise a minimum of $350 Profit Dollars per year. “Profit Dollars" are the net monies received by the school through family participation in one or more of the specified “Profit Dollar" fundraisers.Profit Dollars are automatically tracked and credited to each family's Profit Dollar account by the SPBS Accounts Manager. An accounting of each family's Profit Dollar amount is indicated on the Family Ledger on the family Gradelink account, and is also periodically supplied by the school through the Family Envelope system for your convenience, and the dates are listed on the school calendar. 

SPBS does not coordinate fundraising programs whose goal is to financially benefit for-profit organizations, other non-profit organizations, or groups outside of the school, with the exception of the SPBS Outreach Ministry or other SPB parish ministries. Our SPBS fundraising is designed to directly support the programs and students of SPBS and our parish, while helping maintain our tuition at a reasonable level.

NOTE: By the end of May, the minimum of $350.00 needs to have been raised. Any family who has not met their $350.00 profit dollar obligation will be billed, and is expected to pay the invoice promptly. Note: Not all SPBS fundraisers count for “Profit Dollars".

Some Major SPBS Fundraisers Are:

• Parish Festival Men's Club Raffle is held annually in October (Profit Dollars)
• Classroom Wish List is published in November and December
• Jog-a-thon is usually held in spring (Profit Dollars)
• Raise Right electronic script program (Profit Dollars) 
• School Auction Event
• Certain Auction Raffles may occasionally be used for Profit Dollars.
  
  The school may occasionally need additional goods and services, which may be considered as full or partial fulfillment of the Profit Dollar requirement for a family. Arrangements for these good and services must be approved, in advance, by the Principal on an individual basis. ​
  
  

VOLUNTEER HOURS PROGRAM (PARENTS)

Purposes:

• To encourage family participation in supporting the school
• To provide volunteer support, which in turn helps keep school operating costs at a reasonable level and builds community
• To model stewardship for our students
• To build a sense of community among school parents
  
  Each family is expected to contribute a minimum of 40 Volunteer Hours in service to the school each year; 10 of these hours may be for parish activities, but a minimum of 30 hours MUST be directly related to the school. Families who have not completed this requirement will be billed $30.00 for each uncompleted Volunteer Hour at the end of May. Failure to conform to this expectation of involvement, without prior arrangement with the Principal, may result in a student not being allowed to return to SPBS the following year. 
  
  Volunteer Hours are computed from June 1st through May 31st each school year.  SPBS utilizes the program “Helper Helper" for Families to sign-up for and log their family service hours which are then submitted for approval to the school.
  
  The Safeguard the Children office at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has mandated that all volunteers working with children must be VIRTUS trained.  The VIRTUS certification is valid for four years, a re-certification course must be completed.  In addition, the Safeguard the Children Archdiocesan office requires all parents who plan to volunteer with children on a regular basis to also be fingerprinted by the ADLA Livescan office.  This includes all SPBS Coaches, Health Screening Volunteers, and Field Trip Chaperones.​