Wendy’s Night: Tuesday, September 1st, will be our first Wendy’s Night. This is a night where you and your family can help support Westwood by eating at Wendy’s in Ankeny from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Westwood will receive 10% of ALL SALES, dine-in or drive-through, during those hours. Wendy’s Night will be the first Tuesday of every month September 2009-May 2010. All dates for Wendy's Nights are posted on the Westwood Elementary Events page.

Fall Fundraiser/PTO Donation: Last Spring a survey was sent out to all Westwood parents regarding continuing with a fall fundraiser or moving towards a family PTO donation. Overwhelming the majority stated they would like to move towards a family PTO donation. So therefore, this year there will be no annual fall fundraiser. During the week of October 9th - 16th donation letters will be sent home with your child. We are encouraging a family donation to the PTO so that we can continue to provide money for new library books, elmo machines, dollars for scholars, various classroom projects, field trips, field day, teacher appreciation, as well as any other needs that arise throughout the year that would benefit the teacher's ability to teach as well as our children's ability to learn.

Entertainment Books: Westwood will be selling Entertainment Books this year so save your money for this coupon book from Westwood students during the week of October 9th – 16th.

Box Tops for Education are a fun and easy way to earn money for Westwood. Please be sure to save and send your box tops to school with your child when ever possible!

All these are at no additional cost to you! Clip Box Tops from hundreds of participating brands. Earn up to 8% back for your school when you shop online and 1% every time you use your credit card.

Last year we raised approximately $3600.  The goal for 2009-2010 is to earn $4,000 in funds through this program. If everyone does a little, we gain a lot.

We encourage you to visit the Box Tops for Education website today at http://www.boxtops4education.com. Register and designate Westwood Elementary as your school to support. You can then shop online through this site, track our progress, download recipes that use Box Tops and print money saving coupons. If you have any questions, please contact DeAnn Cox at dcoxfamily@hotmail.com.