October 30, 2002

Dear University Community:

The Falk Laboratory School of the University of Pittsburgh, a kindergarten through grade 8 elementary school located on the University campus across the street from the VA Hospital, provides a progressive, dynamic and diverse learning environment.  Students who attend Falk School receive individualized and meaningful learning with a class size of approximately 11 students to 1 teacher.

We would like to thank the community for their generous support of our fundraising endeavors.  Thanks to many of you, our computer cartridge recycling program is a huge success, raising nearly $2000 over the past year and growing!  We encourage you to continue to collect used laser and inkjet cartridges and donate them to the Falk School. 

We are, again, asking for your support of another very important and EASY fundraiser – the Giant Eagle Apples for the Students program.  This program provides our school the opportunity to earn points towards valuable technology products just by shopping at Giant Eagle and registering your Advantage Card.  The program begins on Sunday, November 3, 2002 and runs for 20 weeks.

Donating your points to the Falk School is easy to do – it takes only 3 steps:
    1)       Call 1-800-474-4777 or register at www.gianteagle.com.  Have your Advantage Card available.
    2)       Enter the Falk School ID # 0335.
    3)       Shop with your Giant Eagle Advantage Card!

To learn more about the Falk School and/or our fundraising projects, please contact Nancy Glynn, PTA Fundraising Coordinator at epidnwg@pitt.edu or 412-825-6545 or Barbara Bianco, Falk School Computer Specialist at bbianco@pitt.edu or 412-648-8459.

Thank you for your generous support of the Falk School!

Sincerely, Nancy W. Glynn, Ph.D., PTA Fundraising Coordinator