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# Nuggets: Beyond bake sales - getting to know the PTA
- URL: https://ktna.org/nuggets-beyond-bake-sales-getting-to-know-the-pta/
- Published: 2009-01-07T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2017-10-23T06:16:36.000Z
- Description: If you think of the PTA as an organization that primarily hosts fundraising events to raise extra money for school supplies, you might be surprised to discover it’s real purpose.
- Author: GM
- Tags: Nuggets, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

If you think of the PTA as an organization that primarily hosts fundraising events to raise extra money for school supplies, you might be surprised to discover it’s real purpose. Nuggets Host Charlie Loeb talks with Diane Ziegner of the Talkeetna Elementary School PTA and Tami Hamler of the Su Valley High PTSA about the role of these organizations as advocates for children.

[Getting to know the PTA](https://ktna.org/media/2009/nuggets-20090106-PTA.mp3)