Beat the Eagle

🦅 Can You Beat the Eagle? Eastover’s FASTEST Fundraiser is Here!

Get ready to race, run, and rally—because Beat the Eagle is BACK and bigger than ever for 2025! 

This year, our students will take on the Eastover Eagle in THREE epic Fund-Racing challenges:
 🏃 Lap Challenge – Can you outrun the Eagle?
 🧗 Inflatable Obstacle Course – Speed through and dodge your way to victory!
 💥 Sonic-Style Relay – Collect rings and race to the finish!

🦅  BEAT THE EAGLE FUND-RACING CHALLENGE: APRIL 10TH  🦅

8:30-9:30 am – Kindergarten & 1st Grade

9:40 – 10:40 am – 2nd Grade & 3rd Grade

10:50 – 11:50 am – 4th Grade & 5th Grade    

🖐️ Calling All Parent Volunteers!
 We need your help to make this event a success! Sign Up to Volunteer Here

🙌 Cheer on our Fund-Racers at carpool over the next few weeks to keep the energy high!    

🚦 Help out with our Race Challenges

⛑️ Assist at the First-Aid Station

🦅WE HAVE A $40,000 FUNDRAISING GOAL FOR 2025!🦅

Beat the Eagle is our marquee Spring Fundraiser! Funds raised go directly toward supporting Eastover Elementary—most importantly funding our classroom tutors who provide 1:1 and small-group instruction in Math and Literacy to Eastover students each week! 

There are lots of ways to get involved and help achieve our fundraising goal! Thank you in advance for your support of our school!

💥 NEW FOR 2025: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising 💥                                

Eastover students are in the driver’s seat as we raise money to support our school! Students can set up their own individual fundraising pages and invite family and friends to support their fundraising efforts! Visit our Beat the Eagle campaign and register your student to participate – it’s quick and easy! Get Started Fundraising! 

🎟️ Principal and Assistant Principal for a Day Raffles!                                  

Our student-favorite raffles are back! Purchase raffle tickets and enter your students for a chance to spend a day in the shoes of one of our esteemed leaders! Students can purchase multiple entries to increase their odds of winning!  Purchase Raffle Tickets here!    

💸 Direct Gifts & Company Match                                                                            

We are always appreciative of direct gifts to Beat the Eagle. And if you work for a company that will match your gift, be sure to enter that information when you donate! 

To make direct gifts via credit card or eCheck, click here!

To make direct gifts via check, make payable to Eastover PTA (*Note “Beat the Eagle” in the memo) to 500 Cherokee Road, Charlotte, NC 28207.

Your contribution is fully tax deductible. TAX ID 56-1281364 

🍕 Thursday Beat the Eagle Nights at Hawthorne’s                                           

Join Eastover families for dinner at Hawthorne’s Pizza and a portion of the proceeds from your meal will benefit Beat the Eagle! Beat the Eagle Nights are the following: 

📍 Hawthorne’s Pizza, corner of 7th St. & Hawthorne Ln.                                             

📅 Every Thursday through April 10th! 

  • March 20th
  • March 27th
  • April 3rd
  • April 10th

🎉 Toy Mania Spirit Week March 31-April 6                                                           

Shop at Toy Mania anytime between March 31st – April 6th and mention Eastover at checkout – 20% of all sales will go to Beat the Eagle! This is a great opportunity to get a jump on spring holiday shopping or refresh your warm weather toys while also supporting our school!

🦅 Four Weeks of Fun & Fund-Racing!                                                                                                                         

To help us cross the finish line strong in 2025, we have four weeks of fun events and challenges, culminating in our Beat the Eagle Fund-Racing Challenge on April 10th!

March 17-23: HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WEEK!

🚀 Let’s make a fast start in our race to $40k!

⭐ Set up your student’s fundraising page here (it’s quick and easy!)

📣 Share with family & friends – Every donation makes a difference!                                                           

🍕 Join Eastover families for dinner at Hawthorne’s Pizza on March 20th to kickoff our Beat the Eagle festivities. Proceeds benefit the Beat the Eagle fundraising campaign. 

🏆 Fast Start Prizes! 🏆                                                                                                                       

🎉 The class with the most Student Fundraising pages by March 23rd will win a popsicle party! 

🍦Students who set up their Fundraising page by March 21st will be entered into a drawing for a TCBY gift card.

March 24-30: WHY WE RUN WEEK!                                                                                        

✏️ Get to know our PTA-supported tutors and learn about how they support Eastover students in small group and 1:1 sessions.

🎟️ Buy Raffle Tickets for super fun prizes, including a chance to be Principal or Assistant Principal for the Day!                                  

🍕 Join Eastover families for dinner at Hawthorne’s Pizza on March 27th to keep up the excitement (7th St & Hawthorne Ln location). Proceeds benefit the Beat the Eagle fundraising campaign. 

March 31-April 5: KEEP UP THE PACE WEEK!

Keep up the energy as we reach toward our fundraising goal!

🎟️ Buy Raffle Tickets for super fun prizes, including a chance to be Principal or Assistant Principal for the Day!                                                                                                                     

🎉 Shop at Toy Mania in Cotswold any day this week! 20% of all sales will benefit our Beat the Eagle fundraising campaign when you mention Eastover Elementary.                                      

🖐️Volunteers Needed! To be part of the event inside the gates, sign-up to volunteer! We need volunteer medical professionals to assist at the First Aid Station and parent volunteers to help out with races!                                                                                                                              

🍕 Join Eastover families for dinner at Hawthorne’s Pizza on April 3rd  to keep up the excitement (7th St & Hawthorne Ln location). Proceeds benefit the Beat the Eagle fundraising campaign. 

April 6 – April 10: FINISH STRONG WEEK!                                                                          

🏁Get pumped up for our final fundraising push and the epic 2025 Beat the Eagle Fund-Racing Challenge!

🎟️ Buy Raffle Tickets for super fun prizes, including a chance to be Principal or Assistant Principal for the Day!                                                                                                                         

🦅Cheer on your student(s) at the Beat the Eagle Fund-Racing Challenge on April 10th! Parents and siblings can watch the racing from outside the gates of the large playground after checking in at the front office!             

⏰Beat the Eagle Race Times                                                                                                                       

8:30-9:30 am – Kindergarten & 1st Grade                                                                                

9:40 – 10:40 am – 2nd Grade & 3rd Grade                                   

10:50 – 11:50 am – 4th Grade & 5th Grade

To be part of the event inside the gates, sign-up to volunteer! We need volunteer medical professionals to assist at the First Aid Station and parent volunteers to help out with races!     

🍕 Join Eastover families for dinner at Hawthorne’s Pizza on April 10th to celebrate all of our Beat the Eagle efforts (7th St & Hawthorne Ln location). Proceeds benefit the Beat the Eagle fundraising campaign. 

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Let’s make this the BIGGEST Beat the Eagle yet! 🦅🔥

Click Here to Start Fundraising!

Click Here to Volunteer! Beat the Eagle 2025 Volunteer Sign-up

Thank you to our corporate sponsor!