Fort Wayne Area PTA Council is working for (and with) you!
Learn what we are up to, how to help, and who to contact below!
Advocacy
Maria Norman has dedicated her life to helping student's and advocating for them at every level of education. She has joined Council as our Advocacy Chair. Look for posts and emails from her with helpful insights into the upcoming budget year.
Is there something you see going on in your school that you would like to see addressed? Is there something you would like for us to fight for or along side? PTA's purpose is advocacy! Bring your ideas to us! We will support you in the process of where to go next.
Want to join our Advocacy committee or talk to Maria? Please email her here.
To learn more about Indiana PTA's Advocacy Plan and Stances visit their webpage here.
Is there something you see going on in your school that you would like to see addressed? Is there something you would like for us to fight for or along side? PTA's purpose is advocacy! Bring your ideas to us! We will support you in the process of where to go next.
Want to join our Advocacy committee or talk to Maria? Please email her here.
To learn more about Indiana PTA's Advocacy Plan and Stances visit their webpage here.
Awards and Recognition
Indiana PTA has brought back their Awards and Fort Wayne Council is following suit! This committee is going to be working off of the information turned in to Indiana PTA, but also wants to build off of that up here! We need ideas for awards we can offer! Are you creative and want to help us call out all of the awesome work our units and volunteers are doing? Email Shelley with ideas and to help! [email protected]
Community Relations
Tiffany Eckert, our Community Relations Chair, has been connecting the PTA Council, and in turn our units, with community groups and businesses. When you see the Council at events such as FWCS Block Party, Open Streets, Passport to Pre-K and other community events, Tiffany has worked behind the scenes to make sure everything is running smoothly.
Want to join her crew and help get PTA to be a household name of positivity in Fort Wayne? Send Tiffany an email at [email protected]
Want to join her crew and help get PTA to be a household name of positivity in Fort Wayne? Send Tiffany an email at [email protected]
Diversity and Inclusion
Kathy Toliver, oUr Diversity and Inclusion Chair, has teamed up with our membership committee and FWCS's Denita Washington to get our reach out farther. ALL parent, guardians, staff, students, community members are welcome and ENCOURAGED to join! Be a part of your student's education. You have a voice!
Kathy and her team will be working with local groups to grow PTA and change our approach. She will be making sure we keep a great connection with the FWCS translators and get paperwork translated as needed.
Want to join Kathy's team? Email her at [email protected]
Kathy and her team will be working with local groups to grow PTA and change our approach. She will be making sure we keep a great connection with the FWCS translators and get paperwork translated as needed.
Want to join Kathy's team? Email her at [email protected]
Grant and Fundraising
Janelle Tulley is our Council Committee Chair for Grants. She is eager to help our Fort Wayne units the information they need to get that free money from National PTA! Grants are usually open for about 1 month between the end of August and beginning of October and Janelle is here to answer any questions you may have. She is part of Shawnee PTSA's Anti-Vaping initiative that all started with a $1200 Grant they won in the 23-24 school year! Want to learn more about grants and grant writing?
For the first time in since 2019 Council has brought back fundraising. With our activities low during (and just after COVID) we have not needed to bring in funds, but we are back in action and ready to support our families more than ever. To do all of the activities we would like to that takes some money. We have a few, district wide, fundraisers planned so far this year and would like to hear your ideas for more.
Want to help with either of these? Email Janelle to chat at [email protected]
For the first time in since 2019 Council has brought back fundraising. With our activities low during (and just after COVID) we have not needed to bring in funds, but we are back in action and ready to support our families more than ever. To do all of the activities we would like to that takes some money. We have a few, district wide, fundraisers planned so far this year and would like to hear your ideas for more.
Want to help with either of these? Email Janelle to chat at [email protected]
Male Engagement
Fort Wayne PTA has had one of the strongest Male Engagements in PTA, nationwide. Let's get back to that! We are rebuilding and regrouping! Keep an eye out for our callout meeting in December! We are ready to get rocking and rolling!
Our first Male Engagement Committee event will be January 9 at the FWCS Trailblazers meeting.
Want to join this committee and increase our male involvement in PTA and our schools? Want to spearhead this committee? We would love that too! Please email council at [email protected]
Our first Male Engagement Committee event will be January 9 at the FWCS Trailblazers meeting.
Want to join this committee and increase our male involvement in PTA and our schools? Want to spearhead this committee? We would love that too! Please email council at [email protected]
Membership
Emily Croy has joined Council as the Membership Chair! She comes to us from Young & Weisser PTA, who has a very strong membership base. Emily is full of ideas to get parents back involved in "bite size pieces". She would love for you to be part of her crew!
Currently our membership team is working hard with our Diversity and Male Engagement Committees to bring up our numbers and change the look of PTA in Fort Wayne!
Come spring, Emily will be sharing with more information about our boards about membership drives and how to get parents involved! Look out for workshops and more!
One HUGE benefit of joining a PTA unit in Fort Wayne is the discount card with thousands of dollars in savings! We are looking for a Discount Card Chair to head up this crew. This group of volunteers would reach out to local businesses asking them to support PTA. They would also be in charge of staying in contact with the business, posting on our Facebook group to share who is on the card, designing the card, and keeping records. They would work hand in hand with the PR and Marketing team on the webpage.
Find out more about joining Emily by emailing [email protected]
Currently our membership team is working hard with our Diversity and Male Engagement Committees to bring up our numbers and change the look of PTA in Fort Wayne!
Come spring, Emily will be sharing with more information about our boards about membership drives and how to get parents involved! Look out for workshops and more!
One HUGE benefit of joining a PTA unit in Fort Wayne is the discount card with thousands of dollars in savings! We are looking for a Discount Card Chair to head up this crew. This group of volunteers would reach out to local businesses asking them to support PTA. They would also be in charge of staying in contact with the business, posting on our Facebook group to share who is on the card, designing the card, and keeping records. They would work hand in hand with the PR and Marketing team on the webpage.
Find out more about joining Emily by emailing [email protected]
PTA Programs
Our Programs Chair, Caroline Foster, is part of Croninger's award winning Reflections program and has helped out bringing in student partitcipate at Croninger for years! This has proven to be a huge asset in helping out other Fort Wayne units get their Reflections programs off the ground!
Not only is Caroline here to help you with Reflections, but can help you learn more about the other programs National PTA has to offer!
Want to help get the word out about the following?
Notes from the Backpack
Healthy Lifestyles
PTA Connected
STEM Families
School of Excellence
Family Reading Experience
You can contact Caroline at
[email protected] to learn more about any of the programs or to be part of her team!
Not only is Caroline here to help you with Reflections, but can help you learn more about the other programs National PTA has to offer!
Want to help get the word out about the following?
Notes from the Backpack
Healthy Lifestyles
PTA Connected
STEM Families
School of Excellence
Family Reading Experience
You can contact Caroline at
[email protected] to learn more about any of the programs or to be part of her team!
PR , Marketing, and Social Media
Kasey DeLucenay is currently our PR and Marketing Chair. This committee is in charge of any flyers for meetings, workshops, etc. Kasey also maintains the Council webpage. We are looking for 1-2 people to handle each of those aspects. Council can provide any potential committee members with Canva Pro access. Weebly experience is preferred for anyone interested in helping with the website, but not needed. Kasey is willing to teach both Weebly and Canva to anyone who wants to help! Both are very easy programs!
Want to help with getting the word out about PTA? Are you creative (or want to be creative)? Email Kasey at [email protected]
Want to help with getting the word out about PTA? Are you creative (or want to be creative)? Email Kasey at [email protected]
Unit Involvement
Fort Wayne PTA Council is trying a new incentive program to get our units more active in all things Council! Each unit has been given a "punch card" and can earn "punches" at council, trailblazers, and some Indiana PTA events. The units who reach the tiers will be put into a drawing for prizes!
Also part of our Unit Involvement Committee is a potential "borrow box" from our council storage unit. Committee Chair, Shelley Black, is working on stocking up our council storage with items PTA units may want to borrow - cotton candy machines, money counters, popcorn machine, Cricut, etc. She would love help building this up and getting this program off of the ground.
Founders' Day is a huge event that all of our units participate in every winter. Shelley is working hard with this year's host school to get the event ready for you all.
Want to help out with this committee? Email Shelley at [email protected]
Also part of our Unit Involvement Committee is a potential "borrow box" from our council storage unit. Committee Chair, Shelley Black, is working on stocking up our council storage with items PTA units may want to borrow - cotton candy machines, money counters, popcorn machine, Cricut, etc. She would love help building this up and getting this program off of the ground.
Founders' Day is a huge event that all of our units participate in every winter. Shelley is working hard with this year's host school to get the event ready for you all.
Want to help out with this committee? Email Shelley at [email protected]
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