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Some Tips For Not Becoming Overwhelmed with Christina Hidek

Being in charge of a group or organization can be a challenge. Especially when everybody has their own ideas on how things should work. When that happens, the group’s priorities can become skewed causing disorganization, which can then cause burnout and the feeling of being overwhelmed. Even if it comes from a place of good […]

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Home Field Advantage with Phil Pederson

Joining Matt Miller in the School Zone this week is Phil Pederson of Home Field Advantage. Phil’s goal with Home Field Advantage has been to engage parents with their student’s education and help them to help their kids set goals and dream big.   “A game plan to empower today’s kids for life.” – Phil Pederson In today’s day […]

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Scholarship Leadership Institute Update with Major Nippy Betz

The rising costs of college can be discouraging for both the student and the parents, causing them to have to decide if furthering their education is even an option. Nippy Betz would say that YES!, it is indeed an option. As a former Commander in the Air Force, Nippy understands the value of diligence with […]

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Farm Fresh Fundraising with Sarah Bailey

Are you looking for a healthy fundraising alternative? Something from the farm? Something fresh? Farm Fresh Fundraising has exactly that! Fresh fruit from their 1,200 acre farm in Reedley, California delivered to your school or organization. They serve all 50 states! Does the thought of fresh oranges, grapefruit, or lemons get your mouth watering? How […]

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Karen Bantuveris: SignUp.com

The School Zone Podcast welcomes Karen Bantuveris, founder and CEO of SignUp.com to the show. The story of SignUp.com begins with our CEO, Karen Bantuveris. As a working-mom, Girl Scout leader, and active PTA member, Karen enjoyed contributing where she could, but the ‘little things’ that made volunteering a hassle and distracted her from the […]

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Sarahi Gomez-McDonough: Score More Funds

The School Zone Podcast is honored to welcome Sarahi McDonough, Creative Director of Advertising and Media Relations of “Score More Funds” to the podcast. Score More Funds is a company solely based on fundraising and is focused highly on fundraising for schools, PTA’s, sports teams, and small businesses. We supply merchandise that we place your school […]

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Barbara Hodge: Deanan Gourmet Popcorn

Barbara Hodge is the president of Deanan Gourmet Popcorn. She is clearly energetic and excited about what she does and her enthusiasm is contagious. The School Zone Podcast is excited to have her on the show. We focus on the fundraising aspect of selling popcorn. We offer popcorn to the schools at an extremely reasonable […]

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John Howe: Administrator’s View of Fundraising

John Howe: Administrator’s View of Fundraising The reality is that funds do need to be raised because budgets are often times inadequate to deal with all of the needs that a school or school district has. There are a lot of different ways that vendors can reach out to a school: My personal preference of […]

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David Holden – Wheels of Freestyle

Wheels of Freestyle has delivered more than 6000 extreme sports performances worldwide, they produce running shows at places like Disney’s California adventure park, Lego land, Silver Dollar City, and Hershey’s Park etc. They also have a BMX show that they do for schools and are impacting kids all over the nation. When we first started […]

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