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"Trumpets, jugglers and teachers dashing car to car kicked off a new idea for school fundraising at Marina Village Middle School in El Dorado Hills.\"I'm not used to this much running at 7 a.m. I'm usually at my desk grading papers,\" said Margaret Cartwright, an eighth-grade teacher.Watch report: Crowdfunding replaces old ways of fundraisingThe commotion during the daily school drop-off was part of a crowdfunding kickoff.\"There was a lot of energy here,\" said Jeannette DeCaro, a school parent.Parent volunteers and school administrators say they came up with the idea of trying crowdfunding as a way to raise money for new classroom technology because traditional ideas were becoming stale.Crowdfunding is an effort to seek small donations from a large number of people, often in a short period of time.\"Part of the reason is because of the feedback from parents who were tired of golf tournaments and the crab feeds, not to mention all the time it takes to put it all together,\" said Tameri MacKie, one of the volunteer organizers.Beyond raising money from curbside donations, the school's principal said the school is also accepting donations online at its website in hopes others outside the Rescue School District will be inspired to contribute.\"We want to expand the umbrella out into the community,\" said George Tapanes, Marina Village principal.After seeing how much money raised just during the morning drop-off, one parent is convinced this idea could become the new way of school fundraising.\"I do like crab, but I wouldn't miss the crab feeds,\" said DeCaro."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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