BESCA BULLETIN
November 18, 2024

📅UPCOMING EVENTS

🌽Monday, 11/18 to Friday, 11/22 - Second Harvest Online Food Drive

💻Tuesday, 11/19 - BESCA General Meeting (Virtual)

🍽️ Wednesday, 11/20 - All Day Dining Night Out @ Local Kitchens 

🍓Thursday, 11/21- Teacher Treats

🦃Wednesday, 11/27 - Friday, 11/29- Thanksgiving Break, No School

📢 ANNOUNCEMENTS

BESCA GENERAL MEETING
Please join BESCA next week for our General Meeting on Tuesday, 11/19. This is a great opportunity to stay informed about everything happening at Booksin. Please use this link to join - we look forward to seeing you there! 

SHOPRAISE 
Did you know that BESCA has a partnership with ShopRaise to turn your everyday shopping into support for your favorite cause all at no additional cost to you?  Whether it’s shopping for daily essentials or getting head start on your holiday gifts, the ShopRaise app lets you raise funds when you shop for your cause online. How ShopRaise works: https://vimeo.com/740503015

    •  Download the ShopRaise app (from your mobile device or desktop):   
         https://shopraise.com/support/mybesca (or search ShopRaise on your app store)
    •  Sign up for an account, and select “BESCA” as your organization to give back to.
    •  Anytime you want to shop, go to your favorite store on ShopRaise to raise money for FREE 
    • You can even buy gift cards on ShopRaise!

BOOKSIN ALL DAY DINING NIGHT OUT
Join friends and family for Booksin’s next Dining Night Out on Wednesday, 11/20 at Local Kitchens in Campbell.  Please see below for all of the important details!  

TEACHER TREATS
Each month we like to show support for our wonderful teachers and staff by providing themed snacks and drinks in the staff room. On Thursday, 11/21, we are making a yogurt parfait bar! We need your help to make this month’s teacher treats a success!  Please use this link to sign up to bring an item for the yogurt bar. Please drop off your items at the cart by the front office Thursday, 11/21 by 8:10.

SECOND HARVEST FOOD DRIVE
Each holiday season, BESCA partners with Second Harvest of Silicon Valley to make a difference by ensuring that everyone in our community has the food they need. Second Harvest distributes food through a network of nearly 400 partners at more than 900 sites across Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. This food drive is ONLINE only. Your gift to Second Harvest offers a crucial source of stability in a time of uncertainty for neighbors struggling to get by. A gift of $1 helps provide enough food for 2 nutritious meals. Between now and November 28th, all gifts made to the fundraiser will be matched, increasing the impact of our fundraiser. If you'd like to learn more about Second Harvest, feel free to watch a video here. To donate to our giving drive for Second Harvest Food Bank, click this link.

2024-2025 YEARBOOKS
Yearbook preorders are now open! Preorder your yearbook now through April 18th with discounted early bird pricing through January 31st! The early bird price is $30 for a softcover and $50 for a hardcover. Please include your student's name and classroom from the dropdown menu so we can deliver your yearbooks to the correct classroom. After you order your book you have the option to add personalized pages to the end of your book for an extra cost. 

Important Dates:

SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS
Take a peek on the mybesca.com website under Yearbook for specific instructions on what types of photos should go to your classroom's yearbook volunteer and which photos should go to the community pages through the Picaboo link. If you submit photos to your classroom's yearbook volunteer please DO NOT upload those to the community pages. Otherwise we may have duplicate images in the yearbook. Email Karen Wong at yearbook@mybesca.com for any yearbook related questions.

BOOKSIN'S MINTED.COM PROMO CODE
Still haven't ordered your Holidays cards? Shop Minted.com to get a great discount while supporting Booksin! Whether you're ordering beautiful holiday cards, gifts, or decor, you can save 20% on everything Minted.com sells, and give back to our school!  Just use the code FUNDRAISEBESCA at checkout, and Minted will donate 15% of your purchase to our school. It's the perfect way to make holiday shopping extra meaningful. Thank you for supporting our community, and happy shopping!

WALKATHON SPONSORS

We’d like to take this opportunity to appreciate each of Booksin’s 2024-2025 Walkathon Sponsors. This week, we’d like to thank our Platinum Sponsor: Michael Mulcahy for San Jose City Council