RAFT

08/30/2026

🛒✨ Let’s Fill the Treat Cart! ✨🛒

Our amazing staff deserve ALL the snacks! 🍿🥤🍫 Help us stock our new Treat Cart so we can keep our teachers and staff fueled, happy, and feeling the love all year long! 💙

📲 Scan the QR code to shop the wishlist!
🏫 Bring items to Open House or ship them straight to the school.

Snack attack starts as soon as the cart is full!

08/29/2026

🎉 Welcome to the Rum River Elementary RAFT page! 🎉

We’re so excited to kick off a brand-new school year and introduce our new team at Open House on Wednesday! 💙 While we may all be new to our roles, we’re looking forward to working together to support our students, teachers, staff, and families to make this a wonderful year for our community.

Be sure to follow this page for updates, upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers, and ways you can get involved throughout the year. Check out our year at a glance below and tell us what you're most excited about this year!

08/17/2026

🏈 Support Rum River RAFT & Cheer on the Vikings! 💙💛 This weekend!

We're excited to share a special ticket offer from the Minnesota Vikings!

Purchase discounted tickets to the Vikings vs. Baltimore Ravens (Preseason) game on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at 12:00 PM, and a portion of every ticket sold will benefit the Rum River Association of Families and Parents (RAFT)!

🎟️ Tickets start at just $22.50 per seat!

Bring your family and friends for an exciting day of football while supporting the programs, events, and opportunities that RAFT provides for Rum River students and staff.

📅 Game: Vikings vs. Ravens
🗓️ Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM
💲 Starting at: $22.50 per ticket

Tickets are available while supplies last, so don't wait!

https://am.ticketmaster.com/vikings/promotional-page?id=MTY4Nw==

Thank you for supporting Rum River Elementary and RAFT—we hope to see lots of Rum River families at the game! 💙💛🏈

07/31/2026

We hope you’re enjoying your summer! If you’d like to spend more time with your family, and less time shopping from store to store, be sure to order your student’s school supply kit before August 15!

🎉 Limited time offer: deadline is August 15
🎉 Each supply kit is tailored to your child’s upcoming grade. Save hours of shopping!
🎉 These kits are teacher-approved: get exactly what your teacher requested
🎉 Impacks will be matching the first $5 of each donation made at check-out!
🎉 Impacks will ship kits directly to the families

Order here: https://shop.myimpacks.com/school/rum-river-elementary-andover-mn

07/08/2026

🏈 Support Rum River RAFT & Cheer on the Vikings! 💙💛

We're excited to share a special ticket offer from the Minnesota Vikings!

Purchase discounted tickets to the Vikings vs. Baltimore Ravens (Preseason) game on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at 12:00 PM, and a portion of every ticket sold will benefit the Rum River Association of Families and Parents (RAFT)!

🎟️ Tickets start at just $22.50 per seat!

Bring your family and friends for an exciting day of football while supporting the programs, events, and opportunities that RAFT provides for Rum River students and staff.

📅 Game: Vikings vs. Ravens
🗓️ Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM
💲 Starting at: $22.50 per ticket

Tickets are available while supplies last, so don't wait!

https://am.ticketmaster.com/vikings/promotional-page?id=MTY4Nw==

Thank you for supporting Rum River Elementary and RAFT—we hope to see lots of Rum River families at the game! 💙💛🏈

07/06/2026

🇺🇸🚤🎂 While we were busy celebrating the 4th of July, spending time on the lake, and planning birthday festivities, our Impacks school supplies arrived right at our front door! 📚✏️🎒

No crowded stores.
No hunting for the last glue sticks.
No last-minute back-to-school stress.
Everything was packed, labeled, and ready to go—giving us more time to enjoy summer and less time worrying about shopping.

If you haven't ordered your child's school supplies yet, now is the perfect time! Skip the hassle and spend the rest of your summer making memories instead of wandering store aisles.

🎒 Order yours today before the back-to-school rush:
Order your Impacks school supplies here

https://info.myimpacks.com/e3t/Ctc/2N+23284/d2tg6n04/Jl22-6qcW7lCdLW6lZ3mqW6s-SqM2Fz-HLN5Z5x6bG8hsrW7PbFqP1pyQ03W8Z3vdT5mBrGpTZmBK4zzrv9W1tzp7f83H73mW7smXY_7w4Sn-W6CdNmY8Ww2NWW8txm4R65rcP2W7qfJvD2mNCPzN4WNRmpwz_S4W2h4stR3GH5lhN8c4zbQq2H2mW1TPs5N9f6j11W49Z31t6TQ8gvV2z2Yz8XTg3jW7Vq0d-80yb43VQJHsK1xGzFBW2mvYkS16Y60tW5ck04R31CmmmW3CkmLd1sDTXfW2VYP9T7p1KwdW4V0f-64NkybcV3PSy67ljpl7f3Mh-N204

Your future self will thank you! 🙌🍎

06/17/2026

Order your school supplies today and be DONE be for the 4th🎇

✂️📓🖍️ Back-to-school shopping made easy! Want to skip back-to-school shopping this summer while saving up to 20% compared to most major retailers? These affordable kits will be delivered right to your home. Be sure to purchase before the deadline of August 15. If you donate at checkout, our school supply partner, Impacks, will match the first $5!

Order today: https://shop.myimpacks.com/school/rum-river-elementary-andover-mn

05/27/2026

🏈💜 MINNESOTA VIKINGS FUNDRAISER 💜🏈

Calling all Vikings fans! Here's your chance to cheer on the Vikings AND support Rum River Elementary at the same time!

📅 Minnesota Vikings vs. Baltimore Ravens
🗓 Saturday, August 22
⏰ Kickoff at Noon

Through this special offer, tickets start at just $22.50, and for every ticket purchased through our link, the Minnesota Vikings will donate $5 directly to RAFT!

Whether you're planning a family outing, gathering friends, or simply looking forward to football season, this is an easy way to support our school community while enjoying a day at U.S. Bank Stadium.

🏈 Tickets starting at $22.50
💜 $5 donated to RAFT for every ticket sold
🎉 Fun for the whole family

Get your tickets here:
https://am.ticketmaster.com/vikings/promotional-page?id=MTY4Nw==

Thank you for supporting RAFT and helping us continue to provide opportunities, events, and resources for our Rum River students and staff. SKOL! 💜💛

05/20/2026

Join us for our last RAFT meeting of the school year, Wednesday 5/20 @ 6:30 in the media center!!

05/20/2026

📣 TOMORROW is your chance to learn more about RAFT and help shape the future of our school community!

As many of you know, the entire Rum River RAFT Board will be turning over after this school year, and we are looking for parents/guardians who may be interested in getting involved — whether in a leadership role, helping with events, fundraising, communications, or simply learning more about what we do.

✨ Come see what RAFT is all about
📅 Tomorrow – 5/20
🕡 6:30 PM
📍 Rum River Elementary
👧 Childcare provided

RAFT plays a huge role in supporting our students, staff, and school community through events, teacher support, family activities, fundraising, and more. We would love to welcome new faces and answer any questions you may have!

Questions?
📧 [email protected]

We hope to see you tomorrow! 💙💛