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:

Work with boosters to decide on fundraising goals, donation amount, and content for the campaign
Proof and update website copy
Promote campaign at events and run donation tables during drop-off
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:

Budgeting for activities and getting funding approval from boosters
Advertising for the event and encouraging families to attend
Obtaining, delivering, and setting up picnic-style snacks
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:

Advertising the event and encouraging families to donate candy
Organizing volunteers to set up and manage trick-or-treating route
Setting up a staging/home base area at either Richland or the church
Planning a mini-party at home base area
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:

Advertising the event and encouraging families to donate canned food
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.

Work with the vendor to curate book lists for our student demographic
Advertise the book fair
Organize volunteers to help set up / tear down book fair
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:

Advertising the event and encouraging families to find sponsors for their children
Solicit local businesses for sponsorship opportunities
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:

Budgeting for the week and getting funding approval from boosters
Planning and delivering small gifts and surprises for each day
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:

Finding and securing a venue for the gala
Organizing food/beverage/ticket sales
Creating a theme and advertising to Richland families to both attend and donate to the auction
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:

Promote Richland's online store
Organize Richland gear for in-person purchase at Boosters events
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:

Organizing the French lending library
Creating tools to support learning French such as flash cards
Organizing events and enrichment activities that promote learning French
Academic and French homework support
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:

Encouraging and reminding families to sign up for these programs
Create visuals to help explain how and where to sign up
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

There are many ways to support our Richland community. The events listed above evolve every year - our bullet points act as suggestions / descriptions of past events, not required expectations. If you have a way of making these events more efficient, bigger, or better, feel free to exercise your creative muscles!

If you have an idea for a new event or way to support our community, please let us know! However, be prepared for us to ask you to be the first to volunteer ;)

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