FUNDRAISING – Mother’s Day gifts
Cake and
bun sale Mother’s Day (Sunday 30 March 2025) has its
origins in the historical Christian festival of Mothering Sunday – a day when people would visit their ‘mother church’. This was either their local church or the one where they had been baptised. It fell on the fourth Sunday of Lent, three weeks before Easter, and was a time to break the fast and enjoy celebratory food. To revive this tradition, hold a traditional PTA cake (and bun) sale. Produce some baked goods, ask for donations, order them from a local baker or see what the supermarkets have to offer. Traditionally, these treats would have included Simnel Cake with marzipan decorations or yeasted iced buns topped with sprinkles. In Bristol, the buns are known as Mothering Buns, and you can fi nd recipes for them online.
Breakfast
in a box Any lie-in is a treat for busy mothers and
others, even more so if someone serves them breakfast. Prepare special breakfast boxes which children, fathers or carers can pre-order for collection the Friday before Mother’s Day. If you’re an exceptionally effi cient PTA with a highly localised community, you could even run a delivery service. Include a fresh croissant – always best eaten on the day – or other pastry, jam and butter, juice and fruit, with dietary alternatives as necessary. Otherwise, fi nd items that will stay fresh for longer.
Personalised
presents Some of the companies that produce PTA
Christmas cards also run a similar scheme for Mother’s Day. Ask the school to get involved and allow the children to create their artwork during the school day. Once the image is uploaded, families can choose from a selection of gifts, including coasters, mugs and bars of chocolate.
An indulgent cream tea A takeaway cream tea makes an extra- special treat for Mother’s Day afternoon. Acquire suitably sized scones, cupcakes and biscuits by requesting help from the bakers in your community, asking a local fi rm or supermarket for donations or buying wholesale. Box them up with some fancy tea, small pots of clotted cream and jam, and anything else that makes it unique – a tea light, for example. It can be quite a bit of work, so round up those volunteers!
Cut the costs ● Hold an after-school craft workshop for children to make cards for their mothers and other special people. Gently encourage the children to write something personal about why their special person matters to them.
● Show your committee’s appreciation for all the mums by compiling free goody bags. Ask local supermarkets, garden centres and any other local contacts for bulk donations of small items such as chocolate or small plants and pop them in paper bags. Ask the children to write a special message on the gift tag. Avoid throwaway plastic where possible.
Include everyone ● Make your Mother’s Day celebrations more inclusive by aiming it at ‘wonderful women’ or ‘mothers and others’ so that children can choose someone else to receive a gift. For example an aunt, grandparent or carer.
● Mother’s Day is marked across the world but not all countries celebrate it on the same day. Teach the children to say ‘I love you Mum’ in as many of the languages represented in your community as possible.
● Ask the school if any pupils are recently bereaved or have parents with a terminal diagnosis and work together to handle their situation in a sensitive manner.
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