There are lots of ways to help
Hover over the boxes below to see what each booster activity entails
Giving Campaign
The Giving Campaign is Richland's annual fundraiser which raises money to pay for many things that LAUSD doesn't cover. A full breakdown can be found on our Fundraising page. This committee generally manages:
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Work with boosters to decide on fundraising goals, donation amount, and content for the campaign
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Proof and update website copy
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Promote campaign at events and run donation tables during drop-off
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Send updates via email and fliers throughout the campaign


Giving Campaign
Back to School Picnic
The Back to School Picnic happens in the Richland Garden. Families are encouraged to bring their own picnic, and boosters provides snacks, games and other activities. This committee generally manages:
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Budgeting for activities and getting funding approval from boosters
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Advertising for the event and encouraging families to attend
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Obtaining, delivering, and setting up picnic-style snacks
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Planning and running games, activities and crafts


Back to School Picnic
Trunk-or-Treat
The Trunk-or-Treat event takes place between Richland Campus and St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, with families decorating their vehicles and handing out candy along the road. This committee generally manages:
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Advertising the event and encouraging families to donate candy
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Organizing volunteers to set up and manage trick-or-treating route
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Setting up a staging/home base area at either Richland or the church
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Planning a mini-party at home base area
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Getting sign-off from neighbors (a few of them will participate too!)


Trunk-or-Treat
STEM Canned
Food Drive
The We CAN Build It! STEM and canned food drive event combines science and engineering with our annual food drive to benefit the Westside Food Bank. Each year we donate nearly 1500 pounds of food from this fun STEM competition. This committee generally manages:
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Advertising the event and encouraging families to donate canned food
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Organizing volunteers to act as judges and to pack/transport food.


STEM Canned
Food Drive
Book Fair
The Book Fair is an annual fundraising event usually held in the school library. We work with a vendor to sell books in French and English.
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Work with the vendor to curate book lists for our student demographic
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Advertise the book fair
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Organize volunteers to help set up / tear down book fair
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Organize volunteers to help run the book fair each day


Book Fair
Walk-a-thon
This is an annual event where students seek sponsors to support their participation as they walk/scoot/ride bikes around the blocks between Richland and St. Andrew's Lutheran Church. This committee generally manages:
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Advertising the event and encouraging families to find sponsors for their children
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Solicit local businesses for sponsorship opportunities
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Managing day-of logistics for the event


Walk-n-Roll-a-Thon
Staff Appreciation Week
Boosters organizes a week of appreciation for Richland teachers and staff, which involves small gifts/surprises each day and ends with a luncheon to express the families' gratitude. This committee generally manages:
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Budgeting for the week and getting funding approval from boosters
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Planning and delivering small gifts and surprises for each day
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Organizing and managing the staff luncheon


Staff Appreciation
Week
Spring Gala
The Gala is a night out for the parents with food, drinks and socializing, which coincides with the launch of the online auction. This committee generally manages:
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Finding and securing a venue for the gala
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Organizing food/beverage/ticket sales
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Creating a theme and advertising to Richland families to both attend and donate to the auction
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Collect and organize items for our silent auction (held during the gala) as well as set up the online auction


Spring Gala
Spirit Gear
Support Richland by showing up in school colors! This committee generally manages:
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Promote Richland's online store
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Organize Richland gear for in-person purchase at Boosters events
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Introduce new ways to spread Richland cheer (stickers, buttons, patches, hats, mugs, etc.)


Spirit Gear
French Support
The French Support committee explores ways to support Richland students in their learning of the French language. This committee generally manages:
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Organizing the French lending library
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Creating tools to support learning French such as flash cards
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Organizing events and enrichment activities that promote learning French
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Academic and French homework support
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Finding ways to increase French language exposure


French Support
Ongoing Fundraisers
Ongoing fundraisers are generally programs offered by shopping platforms (websites, apps, physical stores, etc.) such as Amazon Smile and Ralph's Community Contribution Program. Families can sign up and every time they shop, a small percentage (or flat fee) of what they spend is donated to Richland Avenue Boosters. This committee generally manages:
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Encouraging and reminding families to sign up for these programs
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Create visuals to help explain how and where to sign up
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Research additional programs that Richland isn't taking advantage of and introduce them to the community


Ongoing
Fundraisers
Campus Beautification
This section is coming soon!


Campus
Beautification