PTO In Action
Community Appreciation Event: Breakfast with Buddies
Thank you so much to everyone who came out for Breakfast with Buddies! Around 350 people came out for a lovely morning together with tasty food and quality time. PTO would like to send out a special thank you to everyone who volunteered their time to help. Also special thanks to all of our sponsors and the local businesses who donated or significantly discounted things for us - Torchy’s Tacos, LaMars Donuts, Black Rock Coffee, Starbucks at Lucent, Sprouts, and King Soopers.
FREE Rockies Tickets!
Last week, PTO gave away 200 free Rockies tickets to the NRE community for games in May! We will have tickets for June games soon, stay tuned for details!
The PTO now gets free Rockies tickets for select 2025 games—and they’re available to NRE families at no cost! To get a shot at tickets, you must be opted in to PTO text messages. When tickets are available, you’ll get a text with instructions to email PTOsecretaryNRE@gmail.com. Tickets will be given out on a first come, first served basis.
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Upcoming Events
GiftCrowd - End of the school year staff thank you opportunity
GiftCrowd has become a special way to give end of the school year gifts to our amazing NRE staff. If you haven’t tried it yet, now’s the perfect time! Families can contribute any amount to staff members they’d like to recognize. The combined gifts let teachers choose one or more gift cards they’ll love. Gift Crowd giving will end at 3:30pm on May 23. At that time, the gifts will be sent to their respective recipients. Click here to join in the gift giving fun!
EPI Fall School Supply Sale!
Educational Products, INC (EPI) is providing the NRE community the opportunity to purchase school supply packs for next fall. The sale will begin in May, more details to come soon!
PTO Corporate Sponsorship Program
PTO is starting the process of securing Corporate Sponsors for next school year. If you own a business or are connected with a business that would have interest in knowing more about what this program entails, please email PTOvicepresidentNRE@gmail.com. See the flier below for some details about the program.
Ongoing Impact: Year - Round Fundraisers
Wee Meditate
Wee Meditate is an evidence-based meditation/mindfulness platform created just for kids. A subscription to Wee Meditate provides web-based access to an entire library of meditations, music, and bedtime stories, all designed to help kids feel better. As a Douglas County business, they are donating 10% back to NRE PTO when our fundraising code is given at checkout. Please see the attached flier for more information.
Plum Print - www.plumprint.com - $25 OFF
Transform your children’s artwork into custom books. Northridge earns 20% cash back
for every sale made with discount code: NORTHRIDGE
King Soopers Rewards
Enroll into the King Soopers rewards program - every time you shop at King Soopers Northridge will receive a small donation! Please read the program enrollment directions in the flier below.
Pride Rock
Paint the Rock to recognize birthdays or other special occasions for $20.
Restaurant Nights
Desert Donuts - 2nd Friday of the month - next one May 9th
Mod Pizza - May 21
Qdoba - May 22
May 23 - Last day of school:
Kona Ice @ NRE from 9:00am-12:30pm
Tiger Den Boba @ NRE from 10:00am-1:00pm
Several restaurants will be participating in a NRE giveback day for lunch or dinner. So far those participating include: Cuba Cuba, Modern Market, Panda Express, Tiger Den
Krispy Kreme Digital Dozens - Starting May 1st, we will be participating in a Krispy Kreme Digital Dozen fundraiser! The fundraising campaign will run throughout the summer ending on August 31st. We have a goal to hit 100 dozen sold during this timeframe! The price of a dozen is $15.00 with $7.50 (50%!) donated back to Northridge Elementary School PTO for each dozen sold! Please use this link to the ordering website between May 1st and August 31st to get your dozens and support NRE! https://www.groupraise.com/offer-campaigns/57591-northridge-elementary-school-pto-krispy-kreme-digital-dozens
Last Day of School - PTO is coordinating with several nearby restaurants to host “Spirit Nights” on our last day of school, May 23. If you plan to buy lunch from somewhere nearby for our end of the year picnic, or take your family out for dinner to celebrate the start of summer, let us know where! We will contact those local businesses and ask them to join in our “NRE Spirit Day”. Email PTOvicepresidentNRE@gmail.com with ideas.
Volunteer Opportunities
Fall Event Committees - PTO is forming committees for our fall events. If you would like to help plan the Winter Coat/Halloween Costume Drive, Veteran’s Day Breakfast, Breakfast with Buddies or the Holiday Shop, please reach out so we can get you plugged in! PTOpresidentNRE@gmail.com
Paint the Rock - PTO is looking for volunteers to paint the rock for families using this paid service. Funds support NRE PTO. Interested? Email PTOtreasurerNRE@gmail.com.
