🎉 WE DID IT, MATES! 💙
✨ Thanks to the incredible generosity of our MATES community, we surpassed our Direct Donation goal, raising an amazing $52,737 with 74% schoolwide participation! 🎉🥳
🙏 We are so grateful to every family who participated. Every single donation truly counted and helped us reach this milestone together. ❤️❤️❤️
✨ These funds will go right back to our students, supporting the programs, resources, events, and experiences that make MATES such a special place for our kids. ✨
❤️❤️❤️ From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for showing up for MATES! We couldn’t have done this without you. 🙏
🏁 The RACE TO FREE DRESS winners are TK, 1st, & 2nd Grade! TK had 100% participation, and 1st and 2nd Grades finished strong with 89% participation for Direct Donation! 🏆
🎭🎶🎤 Alexa Laffen won front-row seats to a SCHOOL PERFORMANCE of HER CHOICE, while Ariel Moss won front-row seats to FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT! 🎥🎬🍿🌙
✨ Congratulations to everyone for such a successful Direct Donation campaign! Thank you to our families for showing up and supporting our school! What an AMAZING community we have! 👏👏👏👏👏
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🫶 Our GOAL is 100% PARTICIPATION!!! 🫶
Our MATES Fence is Filling Up! 25 hearts & counting! ❤️❤️❤️🙏
Our MATES fence is filling with love. Make a $150+ Direct Donation to add your family’s personalized heart to the fence!
Direct Donation is HERE! 
Your donation directly improves the student experience at MATES!
Donor funds help provide library and technology enhancements, music and art programs, teacher wishlists, campus improvements, and MATES favorites like Art@Lunch, STEAM Night, Family Movie Night, Art Gallery, Women in History and more.
Every donation makes a difference, and there are some fun reasons to participate:
Highest grade-level participation: Free Dress Day
$150+: Personalized Heart on the MATES Fence
$250+: Exclusive MCN Water Bottle
Donate by Sept. 11 at 5 PM: Be entered in an opportunity drawing for Front Row Tickets to FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
Donate by Sept. 18 at 5 PM: Be entered in an opportunity drawing for 2 Front Row Tickets to the Grade Level Performance of your choice
Donations are tax-deductible and can be made online or by dropping off a check in the MATES office.
Donate today! Thank you for supporting our students and helping make the MATES experience so special!
$150 donation for a Heart of an Eagle 
$250 donation for a MATES water bottle 
Donate by Sept. 11 at 5 PM: Be entered in an opportunity drawing for Front Row Tickets to FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT 
Donate by Sept. 18 at 5 PM: Be entered in an opportunity drawing for 2 Front Row Tickets to the Grade Level Performance of your choice
❤️ When families give from the heart, together, we create a lasting impact for our school community. ❤️
❤️ MCN thanks you for your support! ❤️
Contact Sara Feinsilber or Alex Williams at Fundraising@matesmcn.net with any questions!
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