Fast Start Kit

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Parent outreach

A preview until your school’s link is issued after acceptance. Copy a message, paste it where it goes, and fill in the brackets. It also prints, on four letter pages.

Fundraise less. Fund more.

Skip the Fundraiser, a Kithix program

Parent outreach

Preview

These messages are previews until your school’s link is issued after acceptance. Until then each one points at [your school's Kithix link]. Please do not send them with the placeholder still in.

Six messages for the parents who buy technology at work.

Each one is written as you, to your own families. Change anything that does not sound like you. The four steps and the fine print are worded carefully, so those are worth keeping as they are.

What to send, and when

  1. Launch emailTo every family, the week your link arrives
  2. First follow-upAbout a week after the launch email
  3. Second follow-upAbout two weeks after the launch email
  4. Newsletter paragraphFor the school or PTO newsletter
  5. Social postFor the parent group or the school page
  6. A note to one parentText or email, to someone you know buys technology

Fill in before you send

[your school's Kithix link]
The link issued to your school after acceptance
[School name]
Your school
[PTO / booster]
What your organization calls itself
[Your name]
Whoever is signing
[First name] and [Company]
In the personal note only

What to expect after you send

Most families will not be the right reader, and that is fine. You are looking for the few who buy technology at work. If nobody buys, nothing arrives.

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Launch email

To every family, the week your link arrives

SubjectDo you buy technology at work? It could help fund [School name]

Hi [School name] families,

This is not a catalog, and no family is being asked to buy or sell anything.

Our [PTO / booster] has joined Skip the Fundraiser, a Kithix program. It runs on something a few of you already do at your jobs: choose the cloud, security, internet, phone, or AI services your company uses.

If that is you, this is all we are asking:

  1. 1.You share the projects your company has already planned and budgeted, one or several. It is a short form.
  2. 2.Kithix introduces suppliers that fit. You decide whether to talk to any of them.
  3. 3.If your company buys, it buys direct from the supplier at its normal price. Kithix is never on the contract or the invoice.
  4. 4.Our [PTO / booster] receives a donation every quarter after those invoices are paid, while the referral stays active.

Your company pays nothing extra. The donation comes out of what the supplier side pays Kithix for the introduction. We see the donation amount and which referral it came from. We never see the contract, the pricing, or the invoices.

Start here: [your school's Kithix link]

If you do not buy technology at work, you are off the hook. Please forward this to someone who does.

Thank you, [Your name] [PTO / booster], [School name]

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First follow-up

About a week after the launch email

SubjectOne work project could help fund [School name]

Hi [School name] families,

A short follow-up to my earlier note. If you help choose cloud, security, internet, phone, or AI services at work, you can share the projects your company has already budgeted. You are not buying anything new, and your company pays the supplier its normal price.

Kithix introduces suppliers that fit, and you decide whether to talk to any of them. If your company buys, our [PTO / booster] receives a donation every quarter after invoices are paid, while the referral stays active.

Start here: [your school's Kithix link]

Thank you, [Your name]

Second follow-up

About two weeks after the launch email

SubjectLast note about this, for parents who buy technology at work

Hi [School name] families,

This is the last time we will email everyone about it. The link stays open, so if you make or influence technology decisions at work, you can share the projects your company has already budgeted whenever it suits you. It costs your company nothing extra. If your company buys, our [PTO / booster] receives a donation every quarter after invoices are paid.

If this is not you, there is nothing to do, and thank you for reading this far.

Start here: [your school's Kithix link]

[Your name]

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Newsletter paragraph

For the school or PTO newsletter

Do you buy technology at work? Our [PTO / booster] has joined Skip the Fundraiser, a Kithix program. Parents who buy technology at work share a project their company has already budgeted, and Kithix introduces suppliers that fit. If the company buys, we receive a donation every quarter after invoices are paid. Companies pay nothing extra, and no family is asked to buy anything. Start here: [your school's Kithix link]

Social post

For the parent group or the school page

Do you buy cloud, security, phone, or AI services at work? A project your company has already budgeted could help fund [School name]. Your company pays nothing extra, and there is nothing for families to buy.

Start here: [your school's Kithix link]

A note to one parent

Text or email, to someone you know buys technology

Hi [First name],

I think you handle technology purchasing at [Company]. Our [PTO / booster] is part of a program where a project your company has already budgeted can turn into a quarterly donation for [School name]. Your company pays nothing extra.

Would you take a look? [your school's Kithix link]

No pressure either way. [Your name]

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