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Let’s Finish Strong – 2 Weeks Left in Our Discount Card Fundraiser!

Discount Card Sales Fundraiser update! Hello FAAM Parents and Families, We’re in the final two-week push of our school’s discount card fundraiser, and we need your help to reach our goal of $60,000! So far, we’ve raised $23,000, which is amazing, but we know we can do even more with your support. Hello FAAM Parents and Families, We’re in the final two-week push of our school’s discount card fundraiser, and we need your help to reach our goal of $60,000! So far, we’ve raised $23,000, which is...

8 SEPTEMBER 2024 The school year is off to a great start, and we are so impressed at the sales of our discount cards already! If you're not new at FAAM, you know that our big fundraiser has traditionally been Boosterthon, which raised $50,000 for our school last year. The downside is that we actually raised over $80,000, but Boosterthon took a huge cut. The discount cards enable us to keep 100% of the profits to go directly toward our school. We are striving for every child to sell 5 cards,...

12 AUGUST 2024 Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year at FAAM! I'm Taten Shirley, the PTA president this year. We are diving into the school year quickly, so I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself and share some useful info and links with you that will help you stay connected. I am an associate professor of humanities at Faulkner University, where I've worked since 2011. My husband, Allen, is the director of operations at the Heart of Alabama Food Bank, and we both have been blessed by...