Fundraisers - SCRIPS

I hate fundraisers. Really. I do not need any more gadgets or cookie dough in my house. Gosh, I am helping my child's school, what else do you want me to do?
It turns out the money you and I are spending on normal everyday things can be redirected in ways that raise money and don't require us to spend money on stuff you don't need!
SCRIPS is a great example. When you purchase SCRIPS, you're purchasing negotiable gift certificates that are used just like cash. SCRIPS is similar to a gift certificate or gift card, and is issued by national and local retailers where many of our families already shop. These merchants want to support non-profit organizations like our school, and in return ask you to support them by shopping with SCRIPS at their stores. You can use SCRIPS to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, and other essentials, and with every purchase, they earn revenue for our school.
We have a weekly program for groceries and currently we can get cards from The Merc, Hy-vee, Dillons, and Checkers. Hy-Vee and Dillons can also be used to purchase gas at their 6th St. locations.

Julia

Julia started as a Kindergartener in Ms. Pat's class in 2005, the first year that Prairie Moon started shop. There were four Kindergarteners, Julia, Quinn, Maddy, and Emma. I had first been interested in Waldorf when our oldest child, Ben, was going into Kindergarten in 1998 in Minnesota. He was set to go to school there:
but we had a major problem - it was 45 minutes from our home and we only had one car. So we decided not to send him there.
Our family ended up moving to Kansas in 2001. I was a stay-at-home mom until Julia started school and then I decided to go back to graduate school to earn my Ph.D. in chemistry. I just couldn't see putting my daughter, my baby, in public school. She needed somewhere safe and nurturing and Prairie Moon I think came up on a web search. I ended up emailing Monica Eichler and coming to playgroup a couple of times and said, yes, let's do this. And so it began for our family.
Picture of Julia and Ben outside Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas (October 2008)

How did your family come to Prairie Moon?

We are looking for stories, pictures, video, anything about how your family came to Prairie Moon. These will be the birth stories for our school as we strive to keep it going strong for years to come.