Funding of Supplies and Equipment Purchases

 Due to liability issues, the NSD and Northshore PTSA Council requires that all supplies and equipment are purchased from funds granted to the district. Talk to your treasurer for procedural information. There may be $100 wiggle room on the issue. Check with your PTA treasurer prior to the purchase of goods using PTA funds.

 At about $1/student and staff member will be spent to replace water and food that has expired. (See Shelf Life Rotation worksheet in the Suggested Supplies List).

 An approximate minimum of an additional $2/student and staff member is needed to replace other expired items (e.g. batteries, hand sanitizer), build upon existing supplies/equipment, or replace missing items.

 Fundraising: PTAs have budgets from $0 to $9,000 for emergency preparedness.
  o Often PTA asks parents to provide $3 - $10 per child per year.
  o At elementary, the best response is often received when a flier in the first day papers has an attached return envelope addressed to PTA Emergency Preparedness.
  o At secondary, requests for monetary donations to be specifically used for emergency preparedness are often made via PTA newsletters and at Open House.
  o Fundraiser auctions are done.
  o Fundraiser sales of 72 hour car emergency and first aid kits are done at "Back to School Nights".

 Building principals may be able to divert some building funds for some supplies or equipment.

 Grants can be found, though seldom for supplies, via FEMA, the DOE, and other sources. See the federal government website for emergency preparedness grants, http://www.FedGrants.gov , http://www.Grants.gov and http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/editorial/editorial_0355.xml .