Employee Campaign

GISD Employee Campaign 2011
September 26 – 30, 2011
Get with your campus representative and make your pledge today.

This year the goal of the 5 day effort will be to again raise at least $100,000 for the BEST Education Foundation. The donations will be used to generate and distribute resources to support and enrich education for all students in the Garland Independent School District through grants and scholarships...Employee Pledge Form and Donation Form

An employee campaign is conducted in the fall each year. District departments and campuses compete to see who can raise the most money to contribute to BEST. The campaign is an opportunity for employees to help each other.

An employee after 60 seconds in the cash machine. The school campaign leader who brings in the most money for the foundation is rewarded with 30 seconds in a money machine. They get to keep all they can grab.

"This funding can, will and DOES make a most significant change in a teacher’s life and classroom right here within our own district."

Employee Campaign 2010- 2011 “The BEST Gets Better”

The 2010 Employee campaign reinforced why our district is a “Recognized District”. Everyone just bands together to get the job done. In spite of the downturn in the economy and resources being tight the employees of Garland ISD continue to show their support and generosity towards making ours the BEST district to be in.

Campaign Numbers: September 27 – October 1, 2010

Goals:	$100,000.00 Raised	4,000 Participants
Actual:	$102,325.50 Raised	4,130 Participants
Top Dollars Raised:	Sachse High School $ 6,223.00
Top Departments:	Student Services - 1st Place
Top Departments:	Special Education- 2nd Place
Top Campuses:	Elementary Schools Armstrong - 1st Place Beaver - 2nd Place
	Middle Schools Bussey - 1st Place Sam Houston- 2nd Place
	High Schools Rowlett - 1st Place Sachse -2nd Place

*** The 1st Place department & campus representative from each area won the opportunity to get in the Money Cube for 30 seconds on December 2nd at Team GISD and they got to keep all the cash they were able to grab .

100% Participation Campuses and Departments

Departments

Employee Benefits
Bilingual/ESL
Business Office
Community Liaisons
Div. of Ed Op
Fine Arts
Health Services
Human Resources
Instructional Resource Center (IRC)
Information Systems
Internal Audit
Oracle
Parent Enrichment/Volunteers
PIP
Payroll
Planning, Research, and Evaluation (PRE)
Risk Management
Secondary Ops
Special Ed
Student Serv./Comm. Rel.
Student Srv/Enrollment

Campuses

Armstrong Elementary
Beaver Technology
Bradfield Elementary
Caldwell Elementary
Club Hill Elementary
Cooper Elementary
Davis Elementary
Dorsey Elementary
Handley Elementary
Herfurth Elementary
Kiberlin Academy
Liberty Grove Elementary
Pearson Elementary
Roach Elementary
Sewell Elementary
Stephens Elementaryy
Vial Elementary
Walnut Glen Elementary
Watson Technology Center
Williams Elementary
GISD Alternative Education Center (GAEC)
Brandenburg Middle School
Houston Middle School
Hudson Middle School
Lyles Middle School
O'Banion Middle School

Campaign Summary

The BEST Education Foundation is proud to announce that 4,130 employees stepped up to contribute $102,772.50 for grants and scholarships for our staff and students. This has been the third straight year that the Campaign has generated more than 100K. The Foundation has been able to increase it’s giving in all areas to the students and staff based on the overwhelming support of our people. In the past few years we have created new programs and scholarships in several areas to help meet the needs of our district.

The exemplary employee support not only helps to make our district stronger, but it also demonstrates to our supporting community business, alumni, and friends that G.I.S.D. is worthy of their financial support.