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Friends of Wilbur (FOW), our parent-run all-volunteer booster club, is the non-profit organization that supports Wilbur. FOW pays for computer, art, science, and music, none of which are currently funded by Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). FOW is 100% run by parent volunteers, and your involvement and support are vital to Wilbur’s continuing success.

Our Amazing Programs

Thanks to the support of our generous Wilbur families, FOW is fortunate to provide amazing programs to our students. With your donations, here are just a few excellent services and community events FOW will fund this year:

PE classes with three Coaches
Music classes with Ms. Kim
Art classes with Mrs. Schwartz
Generation Genius
Halloween Trunk or Treat
“Wilbur’s Got Talent” Show
Spring Carnival
Holiday Show
Field Trip buses
Valentine’s Day Dance
Movie Night
And more!

How to Get Involved

FOW is strong because of parents like you, and we are always looking for volunteers. You can help in many ways: as a room parent, event volunteer, donor, and active attendee and participant in school programs. Any amount of time, involvement, and support you can give is greatly appreciated and goes far to help FOW and Wilbur.

We are busy planning fun community events and fundraisers for this school year. Here are the best ways to stay connected and make sure you never miss an update:

We are excited about the upcoming school year and celebrating our kids and teachers being back in classrooms! Thank you for your continued support, and welcome back!

Annual Fund

The “I HEART WILBUR” pledge drive is FOW’s biggest annual fundraising event and enables us to continue supporting these programs that your children and their teachers love. The goal of the “I HEART WILBUR” pledge drive this year is to raise $175,000. We have increased our goal this year due to rising prices in line items such as payroll, insurance, and materials, which have affected our overall budget. Every dollar counts towards reaching this goal, so if you cannot give the suggested amount, we appreciate gifts of any amount. EVERY BIT HELPS! DONATE NOW!

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Where Does the Annual Fund Money Go?

You probably know that the Annual Fund supports our art, music and computer programs, along with the holiday show and field trip buses (two per year for each grade level!). But did you know it also pays for community events like Trunk or Treat and the Math and Science Bonanza, in addition to student achievement awards, teacher appreciation gifts and other important expenses to make our school as great as it is! These expenses are not paid for by LAUSD, so your donation is crucial! Take a look below to see the breakdown.

Download the Friends of Wilbur 2023-2024 Budget

23-24 Tour Flyer

Best Week Ever!! 📚

E-wallet with Scholastic is the easiest way for kids to pay for their items.  It’s easy to set-up and easy for kids to use.  You can give the kids the barcode printed sheet or have them give their name and teacher at the registers.  Set-up e-wallets here

Remind your kids that sales tax needs to be added to all purchases.  To keep the registers moving in a timely manner please, help your child change their bags of coins for cash, or set up an e-wallet for them.  Kids are shopping during recess and lunch which is not a lot of time.  Parents can shop with children after school in the library Monday through Thursday.

Share the Fair
We are doing ‘Share the Fair’. This helps provide books for the teachers classroom libraries.  Purchases are requested to be rounded up.

Volunteers
Thank you to everyone who has signed up as volunteers for the book fair!  It takes a village to make the book fair happen.  There are a few spots still available, sign up here.

Wilbur Night at Blaze Pizza Encino 🍕

Tomorrow is our next eatery event! And it’s a brand new one for us. Blaze Pizza in Encino will donate 20% of proceeds on Wilbur-generated purchases on Tuesday, September 24th. Just mention Wilbur or present this flyer when you order. Share this with your friends and family and make it a pizza night!!

Let the Grade Competition Commence!

The ‘I ❤️ Wilbur’ Annual Fund grade competition is off to a great start after the first week.  Thank you to everyone who has already contributed.  We appreciate your support of Wilbur.

Which grade will get the popsicle celebration?!? 🍧🍦🍨

The standing as of Saturday has 4th grade in the lead, with Kindergarten close behind, followed by TK!  A grade needs to get to 100% participation to win!

Show your support by September 30th to be included in the competition, participate in the raffle and banners.

Suggested donations requested: $700 – $1100 – $1500
*$50 min. donation to participate in the grade competition.

Donate online here or place a check or cash in the office lockbox or you may send Zelle payments to friendsofwilbur@gmail.com

Support Wilbur and let’s have some healthy, clean fun!!

DONATE TODAY

Corporate Business Banner Program is OPEN!

Our Corporate Business Banner Program is officially open for business. Do you own or work for a company that would be interested in supporting our incredible school, while also advertising your business? Then this is the program for you!

In accordance with District parameters guiding business banner promotions, Friends of Wilbur is streamlining the Corporate Business Banner Program. As details are finalized, we are happy to share that we are turning the clock back to 2019 with cost efficiencies. Please see the single rates for 2024-2025 below:

  • $2,050 for Gold Level Sponsors**
  • $900 for Silver Level Sponsors
  • $700 for Bronze Level Sponsors 

**Gold Level Sponsors will enjoy additional opportunities for visibility this year; all Gold Level commitments must be booked by September 30th.

Please contact Michelle Eskenazi-Wasser (Director of Corporate Sponsorships and Outreach Programming) via email for all your corporate business banner questions at friendsofwilbur@gmail.com.

Get Your Wilbur Wear! 🐬👕

Spirit Wear Fridays are every Friday during the school year. Make sure you have your gear ready to go. Place an order online by 8pm on Thursdays at the Wilbur Wear Shop and your order will be delivered to your student’s classroom on Fridays.

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*NEW* Wilbur Website 💻

Hey, did you hear the news!? Wilbur has a *NEW* and improved website! Save Wilbur’s new website to your favorites list! Check it out HERE for all the latest updates and announcements that come from the office.

Generation Genius

Friends of Wilbur is excited to offer a new science and math teaching resource for all grade levels this year! Thanks to the generous support of our Gold Level Sponsor Logix Federal Credit Union and its Tarzana branch location, which has fully underwritten the cost of this program, Wilbur teachers have access to all that Generation Genius has to offer and are incorporating it into their lessons. This program, which was started by a scientist with a Ph.D. in biochemistry and an Emmy-winning former president of Marvel TV & Animation, aims to bring “school science standards to life through fun and educational videos paired with lesson plans, activities, quizzes, reading material and more.” Their videos, which are produced in partnership with the National Science Teaching Association, are designed to meet school standards, with different lessons and activities tailored for each grade level.

https://www.generationgenius.com/
https://www.logixbanking.com/branches/tarzana