Ridgeline Montessori Public Charter School is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our tax ID number is 93-1296441. Go here to support our capital fund and help our school buy a new home.

All contributions to Ridgeline Montessori are sincerely appreciated, whether gifts are meant for our general fund, are earmarked for specific uses, or are for Ridgeline Rising, our new-home fund. Thank you to all our donors!

Ridgeline wins $25,000 grant (May 2011)

Thanks to the support of our community, our school won $25,000 in round one of the 2011 Chase Community Giving contest! Many thanks to all who clicked—and the volunteers who made it possible. Click here to watch our contest video.

Support Ridgeline by shopping at one of 1,000 online merchants

However, we do encourage you to register your debit and credit cards with eScrip to support Ridgeline whenever you shop at other merchants (we get 1–4% of sales at Safeway and the Market of Choice). Go to http://www.escrip.com and follow the prompts to join using Ridgeline ID # 6288709

Ridgeline's fundraising calendar 2011–2012

OCTOBER: Read-a-thon, October 17 – November 18

This year Ridgeline will hold its first ever Read-a-thon! Students and families will be encouraged to collect pledges, read every day, and help raise money for the school as they celebrate their love of reading. Teachers will integrate reading and literacy activities into the classroom, students will record the total minutes they read each day, and Ridgeline will benefit as everyone reads, reads, reads! Stay tuned for more details, including a pajama day and a read-a-thon family night.

NOVEMBER: Book Fair at Barnes & Noble, November 18

Shop all day and a percentage of your purchase goes to Ridgeline. Come to the bookstore between 5:30-8 pm to enjoy entertainment by Ridgeline students and staff. Friends and family around the country can also make purchases and support Ridgeline by giving the store cashier our book fair ID number (the ID # will be available on flyers prior to the book fair). Teachers will have wish lists at the store if you would like to purchase books and donate them to the classrooms.

DECEMBER: Unique Eugene Scrip Sales, beginning in mid-November (watch for dates in the eNews)

Jump-start your holiday shopping, support local Eugene businesses, & earn money for Ridgeline! Unique Eugene Scrip can be used at the following businesses: Dot Dotson's, Down to Earth, Eugene Toy & Hobby, Greater Goods, Harlequin Beads & Jewelry, Newman's Fish Market, Oregon Art Supply, Passionflower Design, Paul's Bicycle Way of Life, Rainbow Optics, Smith Family Bookstore, Sundance Natural Foods, Tactics Boardshop, The Kiva, Saturday Market, and the Holiday Market. Buy Unique Eugene Scrip and Ridgeline gets 10% back from the sales.


JANUARY: Territorial Seed Sale, January 13 – February 3

Get an early start on your spring vegetable garden. Order seeds from a special fundraising order form, and 45% of your purchase goes to Ridgeline! Invite friends and family to participate. Catalogs will be sent home with each student.

FEBRUARY: Spaghetti Dinner Direct Donation Drive kick-off on February 24

This year's kick-off party for the Direct Donation Drive (DDD) will be a community building spaghetti dinner at Dunn. Bring your donation and enjoy spaghetti and an opportunity to socialize with other Ridgeline families.



The DDD is Ridgeline's annual fundraiser. This is a month long campaign, asking families and friends of Ridgeline to donate money directly to our school. There is no selling of gift wrap and cookie dough! All monies go directly to the school. The goal for the DDD is $15,000. If each family is responsible for bringing in $100, whether they donate the money directly or ask extended family and friends, we will more than make our goal. Of course families can also set up automatic, monthly donations through their bank. The DDD ends on Friday, March 23rd. All donations are tax deductible.





MAY: Jog-a-thon on Friday, May 18

Ongoing "free" fundraisers

eScrip: Register your debit and credit cards to earn money for Ridgeline! Join at http://www.escrip.com. Follow the prompts to join and use Ridgeline ID # 6288709 We get 1–4% of sales at Safeway and the Market of Choice.

Goodsearch: Ridgeline gets 1 penny every time you search from Goodsearch.com. Join at www.Goodsearch.comhttp://www.goodsearch.com. 

Goodshop: Go to http://goodshop.com. Follow the prompts for online shopping, and a percentage of your purchase will go to Ridgeline. 

Campbell's Labels for Education: Campbell's Labels for Education is a program that helps schools obtain free educational merchandise in exchange for proofs of purchase collected from eligible Campbell brands. You can help by saving and forwarding proofs of purchase to your local school. School's will redeem them for free merchandise such as computers, software, physical education equipment, musical instruments, library books, or even a minivan from Campbell's Labels for Education. 

SeQuential BioFuels: Shop or get gas at SeQuential gas station on McVay Highway in Eugene. Request that your purchase go to benefit Ridgeline Montessori, or drop off your receipts in the Ridgeline office. We get .05/gal or 5% back on each purchase. 

Box Tops: Clip boxtop coupons from grocery store items such as cereal boxes, Kleenex, granola bars, etc. Bring boxtops to receptacles in either office. Ridgeline gets 10 cents per boxtop. 

Capella Market Scrip: Watch for upcoming opportunities to buy scrip from Capella Market on Willamette St. Ridgeline receives 5% return on all Capella Scrip sold.