Coin Wars

Get ready to celebrate the love of reading with our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair! We hope you can visit the book fair during the Halloween parties and during conferences! The kids will also have a chance to shop during the day on November 5 & 6.

This year, one of our goals is to ensure as many children as possible receive books and have access to books.  One of the ways we can do that is through the All for Books program/coin war. With your help, all of the money collected goes to purchasing books for children who can not afford to buy a book, and to boost our classroom libraries. We are also hoping to give certificates for free books as prizes for each classroom to give away.

Not only does your donation help our cause but Scholastic Book Fairs will match monetary donations raised with a donation of up to one million books to two non­profit organizations ­ Kids In Need Foundation and Kids In Distressed Situations, Inc. (See below for more information about these organizations.)

Since the Michigan vs. Michigan State game is coming up, we thought it would be fun to see which team can raise the most money in a coin war! There will be containers marked Michigan, Michigan State, and Other (for those of you who want to support a different team). The coin war will run from October 20 ­ 23. The winner will be announced at the end of the day on the 23rd. On Friday the 24th, the Bauer staff will wear the winning team’s colors and we encourage you to dress in your favorite team’s apparel!

We encourage you to send in loose change or cash for your child to put in one of the containers. This is a win­-win-­win: Bauer students get free books, our school gets book fair credit, and kids in need receive free books!

On behalf of the students and teachers of our school, THANK YOU!