Support Your PTA

You can show your support for Lettie Marshall Dent Parent Teacher Association, Inc. (LMDPTA, Inc.) by contributing financially to support our activities. LMDPTA, Inc. is a nonprofit agency, a 501(c)(3) serving all children. There are opportunities for individuals, corporations, and foundations to play a variety of important roles in helping your PTA achieve its mission.

Why your support is so important

Your contributions to LMDPTA, Inc. will help us continue to:

Identify and promote safe, educational and fun programs for families in our community;

Provide resources to parents seeking to change a local school practice, facility, or environment ;

Speak on issues of critical importance impacting the education, health, and welfare of all children ;

Support legislation that benefits all children; and

Support National PTA in establishing training programs for parents and concerned adults to help them learn to be advocates for their children.

Here's how you can show support for your PTA; all donations to LMDPTA, Inc. are tax-deductible.

Cash—Gifts may be made in person with cash. Please see any Executive Board member at any of our PTA functions.

Check—Gifts may be made with a check. Please make checks payable to National PTA and send to the following address:

LMDPTA, Inc.
37840 New Market Turner Road
Mechanicsville, MD 20659

Estates/Wills/Trusts—By remembering the National PTA in your estate plans, you can leave a meaningful mark on the organization's work that spans beyond your years. In fact, many donors find that through bequests, they are able to make a significant philanthropic commitment more comfortably than doing so during life. As with other methods of making gifts, estate gifts can be unrestricted or designated to a specific program. Also remember that 100 percent of charitable bequests qualify for an estate tax charitable deduction.*

Matching Gifts—Many companies will match their employees' philanthropic contributions. Please check with the human resources department at your company to see if it participates in a matching gift program.

Staples—Finally, a great way to raise money for your school — and teach kids the importance of recycling at the same time. It's Staples Recycle for Education. And it's FREE! Staples® will donate $3 directly to our school for every eligible ink or toner cartridge we collect. That’s money we can use for school programming, improvements — whatever our PTA chooses.

Volunteering—Many people prefer to contribute to the PTA by donating their time, without which we would not be able to facilitate many of our programs. If you are interested in helping your PTA by volunteering please contact us.

Please contact LMDPTA if you're interested in any of these donating options.