Welcome to Poe PTO Read-a-thon 2022
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Read-a-thon is a fundraising initiative that provides family and friends with an opportunity to give directly to Poe Elementary while promoting literacy and education. This is a direct investment in each of our student’s daily educational experience. Our goal is that thru the encouragement and support each of our students receives from family, friends, teachers, and classmates during this reading adventure they will develop and foster a love of reading for many years to come.
Become a Poe Read-a-thon Sponsor
Click here to become a sponsor!
Business Sponsorship Opportunities
Click here to become a business sponsor!
Become a Read-A-Thon business sponsor for as little $100.
Our Read-A-Thon last year had 1840 sponsors and our site was viewed 44,235 times!
We are also looking for a business or individual sponsor to match a portion or all of what we raise as a school.
For more info please contact Read-A-Thon Co-Chair Janine Chalitsios and Meredith Kottler at read-a-thon@poepto.org.
Read-A-Thon Goals
Educational Fundraiser:
Read-A-Thon promotes literacy while raising money for Poe and benefiting our kids educationally.
Minutes Read Goal:
To have each of our 797 students read a minimum of 30 minutes a day during the school week and to exceed the 552,842 minutes we read last year to 600,000, for a total 10,000 hours, or 416 days of reading.
Fundraising Goal:
Our fundraising goal is $79,700! These funds will have a direct impact on your student and enable the PTO to help bridge the gap on any funds needed due to HISD budget cuts.
How we do it:
Have each of our 797 students obtain an average of $100.00 in sponsorships from friends, neighbors, colleagues, and extended family. (That is only 4 sponsors at $25.00.)
Business Sponsorships & Volunteering:
If you have a question about a business sponsorship or would like to volunteer to help with Read-A-Thon please contact Janine Chalitsios and Meredith Kottler at read-a-thon@poepto.org.
Thank you all for your participation in this wonderful fundraiser!
The Raven - $5,000+
The Sasaki Family
The Poet - $2,500+
The Maag Family
The Fenner Tsavachidou Family
The Kottler Family
Anonymous
The Sparker Family
The Toumelin-Campos Family
The Vilar-Iniesta Family
Jeremy & Jesse Grant-Skinner
The Olsen Family
The Storyteller - $1,000+
The Kelly Family
The Lilly Family
Justin & Katherine Smith
Marcos Cortez and Dana LeDoux-Cortez
The Plascencia-Catani Family
Anonymous
Eric & Jessica Johnson
Andrew Kenworthy
Nielsen Family (To Honor Ms. Pierre)
Kah & Brenda Nguyen-Swisher
Joe & Amy Shahda
Hsieh Family
The Butkus Family
The Hagegard Family
The Tutos Family
Nevermore - 500+
Chalitsios Family
The Guzofski Family
The Flack Family
Ethan & Jennifer Perry
Dustin & Jufei
The Martin Family
Anonymous
The Chen Family
The Moran Family
Collings-Hewell Family
Jessica & Stephen LaCross
Mario & Angela Chairez
The Soulas Family
Benavides Family
Chamber Door - $250+
The Gilmore Family
Jason and Jen Smith
The Buening Family
Lisa Nguyen & Viet Do
The Powell Family
Anonymous
Tobin Family
Huang Family
Anonymous
McWilliams Family
Gorelick Family
Diya McDonald's Family
Sarah Shull & Sabi Balkanyl
Lenoble Family
The Meadows Grimm Family
The Bells - $50 or More
The Robinson Family
The Gottlieb-Miller Family
Oyervides Family
The Sultenfuss Family
Aditya Sriram Racharla
Kenneth Fair
Aaron Chang & Geneva Li
Hinojosa Family
The Mollet Family
Luis-Torres Family
Morgenstern Family
Milosevic Family
Borasino Family
Barnes Family
Kimbrough Family
Patel Family
Jennifer DeLange & Joel Szulc
