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While searching for creative ways to raise money for the South Berwyn School District 100 Education Foundation, Dan Lane also found a way to boost local businesses.
Lane is the president of the South Berwyn Education Foundation, which exists to raise money and make donations to District 100. He’s also a spokesman for the district.
Here’s how the current fundraiser works: A person prints a flier off the school district’s website and brings it in to one of the participating businesses.
If a person purchases the services of that business, that business donates a percentage of the purchase to the foundation. The foundation then gives the money to the school district to, according to its website, “directly improve the educational programs of the students.”
The latest business to participate in the fundraiser is Evoluzion, 6340 Roosevelt Road, Oak Park. Evoluzion is an alternative health facility that offers services such as massages, magnet therapy, aromatherapy and skin care, among other things.
Lane said the plan going forward is to partner with other businesses.
“This is going to be hopefully a group of things that are happening that are services for the community, that people will go to,” Lane said.
Lane said the district does not receive the large monetary donations to which other districts may have access.
“We don’t have any of those big guns here so what we have to do is we have to look at other ways, creative ways to get funds here,” Lane said.
One of those creative ways includes partnering with area businesses.
So far, the foundation has already run similar fundraisers with area businesses. One was with Famous Dave’s restaurant in North Riverside, another is currently with the Route 66 Auto Spa car wash, 6840 W. Ogden Ave. in Berwyn.
“I’m just going to the local business that I meet through the (Berwyn Development Corporation),” he said.
The Berwyn Development Corporation is a quasi-public organization that provides economic development and chamber of commerce-like services for the city. According to the Berwyn Development Corporation’s website, it serves about 300 businesses and individual members.
Lane said the fundraisers could steer money toward the businesses that work with the South Berwyn Education Foundation. Though he also admits the money is not exactly a bonanza.
“A little bit of money is better than no money,” Lane said.
A fundraiser partnership with Chilli’s in North Riverside only brought in $140.
“The entire (fundraiser) last year (with) the car wash, we only made $200. But guess what? That’s $200 we didn’t have before,” Lane said.
Fliers for ongoing fundraisers can be found on District 100’s website, www.bsd100.org.
While searching for creative ways to raise money for the South Berwyn School District 100 Education Foundation, Dan Lane also found a way to boost local businesses.
Lane is the president of the South Berwyn Education Foundation, which exists to raise money and make donations to District 100. He’s also a spokesman for the district.
Here’s how the current fundraiser works: A person prints a flier off the school district’s website and brings it in to one of the participating businesses.
If a person purchases the services of that business, that business donates a percentage of the purchase to the foundation. The foundation then gives the money to the school district to, according to its website, “directly improve the educational programs of the students.”
The latest business to participate in the fundraiser is Evoluzion, 6340 Roosevelt Road, Oak Park. Evoluzion is an alternative health facility that offers services such as massages, magnet therapy, aromatherapy and skin care, among other things.
Lane said the plan going forward is to partner with other businesses.
“This is going to be hopefully a group of things that are happening that are services for the community, that people will go to,” Lane said.
Lane said the district does not receive the large monetary donations to which other districts may have access.
“We don’t have any of those big guns here so what we have to do is we have to look at other ways, creative ways to get funds here,” Lane said.
One of those creative ways includes partnering with area businesses.
So far, the foundation has already run similar fundraisers with area businesses. One was with Famous Dave’s restaurant in North Riverside, another is currently with the Route 66 Auto Spa car wash, 6840 W. Ogden Ave. in Berwyn.
“I’m just going to the local business that I meet through the (Berwyn Development Corporation),” he said.
The Berwyn Development Corporation is a quasi-public organization that provides economic development and chamber of commerce-like services for the city. According to the Berwyn Development Corporation’s website, it serves about 300 businesses and individual members.
Lane said the fundraisers could steer money toward the businesses that work with the South Berwyn Education Foundation. Though he also admits the money is not exactly a bonanza.
“A little bit of money is better than no money,” Lane said.
A fundraiser partnership with Chilli’s in North Riverside only brought in $140.
“The entire (fundraiser) last year (with) the car wash, we only made $200. But guess what? That’s $200 we didn’t have before,” Lane said.
Fliers for ongoing fundraisers can be found on District 100’s website, www.bsd100.org.
