Target’s “Take Charge of Education” fundraiser has donated over $45,000 Jackson Township Schools
Target Stores have donated over $45,000 to Jackson Township schools to date with their Take Charge of Education program. Through this program, parents can register their target card or checking account to automatically donate 1% of their total purchase directly to their child’s school at no cost to the parent or cardholder. So, for every $100 you spend, target will donate $1.
In these troubling economic times which have seen programs and services fall to the axe of budget cuts, this is just one way to raise money for your child’s school without a cost to taxpayers. In our district, Jackson Liberty High School parents have far out paced all other schools with over $13,500, or 30% of contributions donated since joining the program.
As Jackson residents, all of your target purchases currently help the districts of Freehold, Toms River and Howell, but this is a great way to take some of that money back for our own children. By encouraging parents, senior communities, members or sports and political organizations to sign up for the Red Card program, we can help alleviate some of the tax burdens and cuts we have had to face over the years in regards to public education.
Currently 458 people have signed up for the program which directly benefits Jackson Township Schools averaging $100 in contributions per person. Lets see if we can double this number and get the entire community involved. We all shop at target, there’s no reason not to enroll in this program.
How can you promote this program?
Click the following link for tools necessary to generate flyers, information to present the program, clipart and website banners to be used to help children in Jackson.
https://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-001848
How can local organizations help raise money for our schools through the Take Charge of Education program at Target?
- Visit http://target.com/tcoe to learn more about the program.
- Include information about Take Charge of Education in your next PTO, Sports, Political Club, Business or fundraising newsletter or memo and encourage your members to sign up.
- Make it easy for members to designate your school of choice by providing them with the school’s 5 digit school ID. Jackson Schools are all listed below.
- Offer information for members who do not have or want a target card that the program can link directly to a checking account while the rewards still go to your school.
- Include a Take Charge of Education banner or link on your school, organization, business or charity website.
- Encourage members to speard the information to family members and friends, including aunts, uncles and grandparents.
- Encourage our board of education to promote this program along with other fund raising programs for our children.
School by School Breakdown as of May 21, 2009
CARL GOETZ MIDDLE SCHOOL
School ID:73070
The most recent Target donation to this school (March 2009): $260.46
Total of all Target donations to this school through March 2009: $4939.76
Amount accumulated toward the next Target donation:* $111.33
Number of REDcard holders who have designated this school: 44
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL
School ID:73064
The most recent Target donation to this school (March 2009): $314.47
Total of all Target donations to this school through March 2009: $3936.64
Amount accumulated toward the next Target donation:* $111.56
Number of REDcard holders who have designated this school: 37
CRAWFORDRODRIGUEZ ELEM SCHOOL
School ID:116776
The most recent Target donation to this school (March 2009): $480.0
Total of all Target donations to this school through March 2009: $5279.49
Amount accumulated toward the next Target donation:* $188.62
Number of REDcard holders who have designated this school: 61
ELMS ELEM SCHOOL
School ID:119558
The most recent Target donation to this school (March 2009): $499.5
Total of all Target donations to this school through March 2009: $4448.43
Amount accumulated toward the next Target donation:* $186.52
Number of REDcard holders who have designated this school: 46
HOLMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JSchool ID:73068
The most recent Target donation to this school (March 2009): $303.93
Total of all Target donations to this school through March 2009: $3904.13
Amount accumulated toward the next Target donation:* $84.12
Number of REDcard holders who have designated this school: 38
JACKSON LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL
School ID:123979
The most recent Target donation to this school (March 2009): $216.23
Total of all Target donations to this school through March 2009: $827.02
Amount accumulated toward the next Target donation:* $87.28
Number of REDcard holders who have designated this school: 37
JACKSON MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
School ID:73065
The most recent Target donation to this school (March 2009): $959.38
Total of all Target donations to this school through March 2009: $13640.41
Amount accumulated toward the next Target donation:* $300.07
Number of REDcard holders who have designated this school: 129
JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
School ID:73067
The most recent Target donation to this school (March 2009): $613.68
Total of all Target donations to this school through March 2009: $9264.57
Amount accumulated toward the next Target donation:* $197.67
Number of REDcard holders who have designated this school: 66
Jackson NJ Online going regional
As a transplant in Jackson from Toms River and a lifelong resident of Ocean County, I’ve decided to expand the coverage of this blog to include the towns that directly border Jackson, which are Freehold, Lakewood, Toms River and Howell. One of the unfortunate realizations I have come to is that while Jackson is a great place to live, those other communities play such an important role for residents in Jackson.
While always sticking to the core principle of being a Jackson only website, in the future you will find articles and information about things to do in the towns surrounding ours. Freehold is a vital link to Jackson for it’s restaurants, the Freehold Mall, Freehold Raceway and an untold amount of shopping excursions to be had.
Howell to the northeast is home to even more chain restaurants, shopping, Wal-Mart and Target.
Lakewood is the town to our east that will probably always be there, but who can deny the BlueClaws, the industrial park and who gets more of our property tax money than our own residents?
After being here in Jackson for 5 years, I realized most Jackson residents do not go south since many new residents are from the north. Very few people make that terrifying jump from Toms River to Jackson, most people I have met in my travels tend go the opposite direction. Toms River and its surrounding area offer up plenty things to do with less hassle, but nearly the same amount as traffic as Freehold.
When I say talk about things in those towns, I don’t mean politics, news , schools or culture, what I mean is what fun and entertaining activities, parks and recreation areas can be found just a hop, skip and a jump across the Jackson border.
Jackson Snow Day in Pictures
March 2, 2009 by Phil Stilton
Filed under Education, Feature, Jackson Activities, Opinions, Politics
As promised while I was out running my errands today, I snapped some pictures around town.
Day off for the town council?
It’s a snow day and Jackson and it looks like I’m not the only one taking the day off to frolic in the snow. Apparently Councilwoman Bobbie Rivere didn’t get the memo. Today is a snow day! I was hoping to get a picture of some of the council members having a snowball fight, but it looks like they called out too today. Before any political extremists decide to use this picture and say “ZOMG OMG! THEY AREN’T WORKING TODAY! MY TAX DOLLARS ARE WASTED”, just relax and take your Xanax, wait 20 minutes and think about it first.
Jackson Residents begin digging out
All around town every one’s digging themselves out. It took me about three hours to dig our house out, but that includes my unplanned trip to County Line Hardware after the tire on my snow blower came off the rim. I knew it needed air, but I was just too lazy to fill it. This resident on Jackson Mills has the right idea, lawnmower snow plow!
Township Plowing the Way
Township plow trucks were out in full force. The roads major roads were pretty clean at 9am considering how much snow we got. I was hoping to see some Mr. Plow trucks, but for yet another year of my life I need to come to grips with the Simpsons not being real.
Beware of stupid and crazy people
Here we see a crazy person, probably NOT from Jackson, because we’re all nice people in this town, passing me doing about 45 on the right at the intersection of Route 527 and Jackson Mills Road. Keep an eye out for stupid drivers. They’re out there today and you don’t have to look that far.
Jackson Jungle
Jackson Jungle is not exactly the best choice for children to enjoy their day off, well I guess kids are all home playing Xbox and Wii anyway. Do they even know it snowed?
The Toms River
Yep, that’s a shot of the Toms River.. in Jackson. The river passes through Jackson and this vista can be accessed from the road in the NJ State Forestry center on Route 527.
Toms River Again
If you look the opposite way from the picture above, this is the other wonderful view you get. There’s some nice hiking trails along the river here, so when the snow melts and it gets warmer, just remember treadmills are for hamsters. Go out and explore Jackson.
Muhahaha Kids. School should be open tomorrow
Well, I can’t make any promises but school maintenance workers are busy clearing sidewalks, salting and doing their best to open schools for tomorrow. We’ll find out soon enough if the kids will be able to squeeze another day out of this storm or we get to send them off in the morning.
Snowy Road
This is the road leading out of the State Forestry center. Kinda neat I guess.
Neither Rain Nor Sleet or Snow….
Yes, the United States Postal Services comes through for us again.
Mark Seda’s Road to Nowhere
One road that definitely won’t see any snow plows this week is Mark Seda’s road to nowhere. How can we forget our former mayor and his ambitious plan to link Butterfly Road to Johnson Park, ignoring DEP regulations and plowing through a protected wildlife area so the Jackson Day exit traffic won’t be so bad in the future. While most of the road has vanished and been reclaimed by nature, the dilapidated gate at the entrance serves as a reminder of the good old days.
