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CALENDAR

Want to add an event yourself?

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  • To ADD A FREE EVENT or MEET-UP, hover over the date on the calendar and click the plus sign ( + ) when it appears. On a desktop view, there is also a plus ( + ) sign on the top menu of the calendar (alllllll the way on the right hand side). Examples of events that qualify for "free" or "meet up" are park dates, meet ups at places that are "pay at the door" or have existing family memberships like zoos, children's museums, etc., free field trips, or other events that you need an RSVP for because of group number limits, supplies, or just knowing who is coming.

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  • Absolutely NO events may be held in residential homes at this time for both the safety of the homeowner and the attendees. If a residence operates as a business (such as a microfarm or onsite art studio), the homeowner must have proof of liability insurance.

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  • Absolutely NO events are drop off (i.e. parent leave the site)for minors under 16 years old. If teens are 16 years old with a valid full drivers' licenses (not provisional), teens may drive themselves to activities. Adult supervision must be provided by the adult submitting the event. If a teen is submitting an event for other teens (for example a coffee meet up or D&D game time), an adult must be identified as the point of contact and supervisor, on behalf of or with the teen.

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  • ​To ADD A PAID EVENT (and collect money in advance through our website), fill out the extra form with details below for review, and it will go to the local community leader(s) for submission review. Once approved, the community leader(s) will contact you for any clarity or questions, then approve the event. We allow paid events:

    • Offered by adults/parents who would like to offset or cover supplies for the activity​

    • Offered by adults/parents who would like to make income from their expertise/trade/profession and teach families about what they do

    • Offered by organizations or businesses who would like to offer a discount to the local community of AnySchoolers (We do NOT accept events that are at regular rates of service by businesses. To put the event on our calendar, you must be offering a discount or special service to the AnySchoolers community.)

    • Offered by kids or teens who are being supervised by adults. When kids can teach what they know, it means they have mastery of the skill, content, or subject! 

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Why use our website for events?

To add a meetup, social, park time, coffee shop, group attendance at a local festival or event, or any other unpaid event, click on the date "+" on the calendar above.

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FOR PAID EVENT SUBMISSION, please gather all of your details and text content, then submit the form below.

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Paid Events Only - Submission Form

A parent volunteer will review your submission and enter it on the calendar if all details match our mission. We generally suggest completing this form a minimum of 6 weeks before the event to allow accurate entry on the calendar and time to publicize to families. 

This event submission is a:
in-person class with a host business location (business must have a general liability insurance policy for their site).
(KANSAS CITY ONLY) in-person class to be hosted at the AnySchoolers Classroom Space (based on availability), which is provided by a mental health practice in the center of the city.
Live Virtual Class hosted on your own hosting platform (a space to provide the link is below). For free class event hosting, we recommend Google Meet.
Field Trip or Discounted Group Buy
Other (Please specify what you'd like to add to the calendar)

Enter either the hosting business name or if you are an individual teacher/parent, put your name.

We suggest a quick catchy title, but also consider a subtitle that hints target ages, content, etc.

Please give a short teaser to appear under the Class Title on the calendar that is 0-300 characters. More details will be in a different place.

For recurring events, choose the FIRST date of the class.

Start Time of the Event as you'd like it listed on the calendar:
Time
HoursMinutes

This is the time that you would like participants to show up for the event.

End Time:
Time
HoursMinutes
Venue Address (Where are people going physically?) This is important! The calendar has a map feature that helps people search for events in their area!

Here's where you put ALLLL the important information! Please be sure you've included absolutely everything, so we can copy/paste into the calendar. Please format it as you would like it to appear on the website. Below are some upload options for you to include an image or file upload.

How do your participants register and pay?
On the AnySchoolers website after I finish this submission form, then AnySchoolers will reimburse me or pay a venue directly.
On a venue website with a special link or code:

Please note: This option is not to be abused by outside businesses to bring in business for regularly priced and offered events. It is an option for businesses that are providing AnySchoolers families with reduced prices or additional benefits/programming/resources that are different than regular offerings. If this option is abused, it will result in a ban for your business. Please treat our nonprofit platform with respect.

Recurring Classes Only: Do you want participants to sign up for each date separately or for all of them combined into one commitment/fee?
Each date separate registration, like a stand alone class each time.
One registration for several dates together (like a series of dates).
Other. Please explain:

Please be as specific as possible, so we can get it right the first time to value volunteers' time! Our website takes a 2.5% service fee for payment processing (discounted for nonprofits), so please add that into your price by multiplying your ticket price by .025, then add that amount to the ticket for a total. If children/teens/adults are different amounts, if you have a meal on/off option, if you want to collect different types of tickets (for supplies, t-shirts, etc), please give all info!

Please check which information you'd like collected on each family or child/teen.
REGISTRATION QUANTITY
Unlimited number of registrations and tickets/supplies
Limited number of tickets/supplies

Be sure to include:

  • who can come (no drop offs!)

  • links to any required participation waivers

  • directions or parking instructions

  • details on where to go when they arrive

  • what they need to bring along (lawn chairs? picnic? no snacks allowed?)

  • are siblings welcome or not

  • is there any preparation needed before the event

  • what window of time to arrive and what to do if you are late/lost

  • contact number/email for organizer

(OPTIONAL) Would you like to make a donation to AnySchoolers for the volunteer hours put into the tech/admin work involved in this event?
$10
$20
$30

AnySchoolers doesn't have any paid staff. It's entirely parent led and grassroots! It's super encouraging for volunteers to see that their administrative/tech labor is appreciated and fundraises for the nonprofit's goals.

Why use our website for events?​​

We often have the discussion with ​parents: why should I use your website instead of just asking people to reimburse me for fees on Venmo or another cash app? Why should I put my activity under an umbrella like AnySchoolers when I can just do it as an event on a social media platform (Facebook, for example)? Here's a quick read on our volunteer and veteran schooling parents' thoughts on this:

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  • Your participants get a tax deduction out of the activity. Schooling (home, world, road, forest, farm, fine arts, etc) families receive a tax deduction for educational activities that their children participate in through AnySchoolers. By using the AnySchoolers website for registrations, all of their fees collected are documented in the families' user accounts (when they log in to AnySchoolers.com) in a simple, easy-to-access way. The documentation of payments made to an educational nonprofit organization can be submitted with tax filings each year. 

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  • Oversight is not bad​. Many parents who have left the traditional school system are weary of oversight---in a word, anti-establishment---and we are too. Understandable. There's a difference between systemic containment, power, and control; and accountability, reciprocity, and safety. By using the system on our website, you are signaling to other families that they are safe to engage with you because there's a vetting process involved. We require onsite supervision, we don't allow residential activities for child protection and liability protection. We believe that in a system of mutual altruism and reciprocity, we are all accountable to one another for basic safety and respect. That's what AnySchoolers provides as a grassroots platform.

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  • AnySchoolers is a registered 501-c-3 and qualifies for group or nonprofit benefits from businesses that a "group of individuals" cannot receive. We are parents too. The only difference is we did the busy work of filing the nonprofit and maintaining its status year to year, so that you can benefit. We cross all the T's and dot the i's, while providing only basic safety oversight and connection to other secular, inclusive families that school their children in a variety of ways.

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  • Move away from social media. Yea... we said what we said. User information and registration is safer when kept in a PPI- protected account. On Facebook or other social media platforms, anyone can see you, what you signed up for and where you're going with your kids, who your kids are, and more. Facebook is tracking your every click and view. This is just safer. Period. Sorry not sorry.

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  • Last, but definitely the best for you, we take care of the monies for you. This can help protect you from burning out on organizing activities. We collect the funds and distribute with documentation. AnySchoolers files the taxes for the income to its website. You don't have to worry about others using the "right" wording for money transfers, keeping receipts, the IRS asking questions (and taking up your valuable time) about large exchanges of cash in your Venmo account. You don't have to chase down people who haven't paid you yet or match up Venmo/Paypal usernames with Facebook profiles that messaged you. The benefits of this go on... bookkeeping, providing receipts, paying venues, efficiency... Time is valuable.

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AnySchoolers is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization serving the secular inclusive community and advocating that learning happens anywhere, anytime, with anyone in many ways.

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