Originally delivered on 4/21/2025 12:58 pm

SUBJECT: Tails from the Bark Side - 4/21/25

April 21, 2025
This Week at Hicks

Today - Thursday: 

  • Husky Hustle Shirts for sale in the front office during school hours. 
    • Shirts are sold IN PERSON only (no online sales - shirts are not delivered to classrooms). 
    • $15/each (youth and adult sizes available). 
    • We can accept cash, credit cards or Apple/Samsung Pay (NOT Venmo or Zelle). 
    • Kids are welcome bring cash and we will help them select their size. 
    • Pro tip: Bring CASH in exact change for the fastest buying experience. Please note: We cannot accept any bills larger than $50.
    • IF we have more available - they will also be available for sale at the Hustle - but we can not guarantee this. 

FRIDAY: 

  • The last day to book a BIRTHDAY MARQUEE greeting for May Birthdays.

  • Oh... and also a little thing called the HUSKY HUSTLE!


Check out all the good stuff coming up on Happenings (including BINGO next week!): 

Husky Happenings
Husky Hustle THIS FRIDAY
Get ALL of the answers on our Husky Hustle Page!

Answers about Event Day: 

- Are spectators allowed?
- What time will my student's class run? When should I show up?
- Do you need more volunteers?
- Are t-shirts still available? 

Answers about fundraising and PRIZES: 
- What are the levels to earn charms?
- Do matching gifts from my company count? How can I make sure my kid gets credit for those?
- What about cash or checks?
- I turned in cash. How come my student hasn't received charms for it?
- How many raffle tickets will my kid get to win prizes when the event is done?
- What does the top fundraising class in each grade win? What about in the whole school?
- When is the fundraising deadline to earn those prizes?

- WHAT IS THE HUSKY HUSTLE? 

Husky Hustle Details

The 5th edition of the "Hustle Report" came out last Friday - 90 seconds of all the news you need! 

To our Hustle VOLUNTEERS

If you signed up to be a volunteer on event day... please check your email for an email from huskyhustle@hickscanyon.org sent this morning. Didn't get it? Let us know! Can't volunteer anymore? Let us know! 

About those CHARMS

We pull the prize report every MONDAY at 10 AM - and make charms deliveries during the week to each class. 

Please note that if you turned in cash Friday or today - it will credit by NEXT week's charm deliveries! 

  • Set up your fundraising site and send 10 "easy emails" through MyBooster - earn a PAW charm! 
  • Raise $25 - earn a PAW charm
  • Raise $100 - earn a HUSKY charm
  • SO MUCH MORE... find the full list on our Hustle Page


Get hyped up with Stellan's sizzle real for our prizes! 

https://flic.kr/p/2qVs2nz
Marketplace Receipts - EEEK!

Only 2 more weeks - let's finish strong! 

Keep saving those receipts to turn them in at the front office or enter them online!*  

If you plan to turn in receipts in the office - please get them in no later than FRIDAY (bring them to the Hustle and put them in the box at the front office) - we need time for our volunteers to enter them before the program closes on the 30th! 

Here's a few things you might have forgotten that count toward Earn & Learn: (I only have one more week of this... I'm excited.)

  • Handel's Ice cream for the post-hustle celebration!  
  • Sunglass Hut. Summer's coming. Gotta look cool.  
  • Total Wine & More. You know why. 

Receipts from EVERY store/service in the Marketplace counts! We're aiming to the be the TOP school in TUSD - let's win this thing! 

*If you enter them online yourself, please DON'T also turn them in... we don't want to double-enter. Need to save your original receipt? You can give us a copy to enter! 


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Ralphs Club Shoppers

1) Visit www.ralphs.com and log in to your Ralphs account. 

2) Go to "my account" and then "community contributions". 

3) Search for us (“Hicks Canyon Elementary PTO”) OR use our ID: KU262… and click “Enroll”.

Each time you scan your rewards card at the store or use your phone number, HCEPTO will benefit! 

Box Tops For Education

Download the app... select Hicks Canyon Elementary as your school.... scan your receipts... donations go straight to HCE PTO... no clipping boxes necessary! 

Donations are earned for all qualifying purchases (Cheerios, Pillsbury, Nature Valley, and LOTS more!) 

Minted.Com - you save, we benefit!

Shop for invitations, holiday and greeting cards, gifts and more: You save 20% on your order... and Minted donates 15% to the PTO! Visit www.minted.com to shop - use code FUNDRAISEHICKSCANYON when you check out.

More ways to support!
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Join The PTO
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