FUNDRAISING REQUIREMENTS

Fundraising and volunteer hours are mandatory for the 2023-2024 school year. There will be three mandatory fundraisers, two in the fall and one in the spring.

Walk-a-Thon

Each family is responsible for raising $75 in sponsorship for the annual Walk-a-thon (during October 2023).

Car Raffle:

Our Lady of Czestochowa and Charity Parish and Our Lady of Charity School will be raffling a 2024 Chevy - Trax LS. Drawing will be on December 25th, 2023 at 2:00pm in Makuch Hall, 3010 S 48th Ct.

Each family will be responsible for selling 13 tickets for $20/each.
Each family will therefore be responsible for selling $260 of tickets in the fall.

Chocolate Sale:

Each family will be responsible for selling 3 boxes of chocolate in the spring.
Each box is $60, therefore each family will be responsible for selling $180 of chocolates.

*Families will be billed for the fundraising balance before each fundraising event to ensure participation.*

Volunteer Service – Parent Commitment:
All families are required to offer 25 hours of volunteer service to the parish and/or school. These hours can be completed in a variety of ways including chaperoning class events, parish clean-up days, coaching, assisting teachers with projects, lunchroom volunteers, Assisting on committees or volunteering for school fundraising events, catechism teachers, and many other opportunities.

Hours not completed will be charged in May 2024 to a family’s FACTS account at $20 per hour.

Volunteers must have a VIRTUS account as part of Safe Environment compliance (virtusonline.org).

Protecting God's Children Volunteer Requirements:

All volunteers 18 and older must complete all Protecting God's Children requirements before volunteering at OLC.

Safe Environment Compliance Guidelines Chart

1. Complete the online background check. Click here

2. Complete the Code of Conduct Form- Return the signed form to the school you are volunteering. To be completed every year

Code of Conduct Form 3

3. Complete the CANTS form and return it to the school you are volunteering (Please do not send it to DCFS). To be completed every year

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