OFTP

Benefits of OFTP membership

By joining the Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents, you enable a collective voice for the homeschooling community in Ontario, and provide support for the work OFTP does on behalf of homeschooling families across the province.

See below how membership can benefit you individually as well — and your children too!

To join OFTP, you can contact us to have a membership form sent to you by mail, or you can download it as a zipped Rich Text Format (.rtf) file. You can also print the Membership form directly from our website.

Already a member? Consider volunteering!

OFTP is run entirely by volunteers like yourself. Whether you have lots of time and energy or only a little to spare, there's something you can do to give back to the community of OFTP homeschoolers and help keep our organization strong and proactive. Find out where your help is needed and how you, too, can volunteer for OFTP.

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Benefits of OFTP membership

 

Discounts for OFTP members

These are only some of the discounts that are available. Make enquiries with businesses and organizations using your OFTP membership card and let us know if there is a willing supplier not yet listed.

 

Toy stores on Cumberland (Toronto)

"About 6 months ago I was shopping on Cumberland between Bay and Yonge (in Toronto). There is a toy store on the north side that accepted the OFTP card for a discount and a toy store in the plaza on the south side that gave me a discount for announcing I was a homeschooler." [November 2005]

 

Bongo World

www.bongoworld.com
Email: info@ (add bongoworld.com to complete the email address)
Phone: (613) 296-6252

Online shopping for unique educational toys. OFTP members receive a 10% discount (contact the OFTP website manager for the discount code). Print catalogue also available. Ottawa area shoppers can pickup their orders. You can subscribe to the BongoClub newsletter for exclusive savings and promotions and to get updates on new toys and products.

 

Canadian Automobile Association (CAA)

The Canadian Automobile Association provides reduced rates on all their Membership Programs for OFTP members. Call 1-800-341-2226 and mention you are a member of the Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents to receive Corporate Rates when you join or renew your membership at CAA.

Benefits include Insurance and Travel Services, and Emergency Roadside Assistance.

For further information, please contact Anthony Carroccetto at 416-998-0427 or ac1@ (add caasco.ca to complete the email address).

 

Chapters - Indigo - Coles

Chapters, Indigo and Coles bookstores offer a discount card for frequent buyers. Called iREWARDS, the card is normally $25/year. Teacher discounts of $5 are available to homeschoolers when they have verification of their status as home educators. The OFTP membership card is accepted as verification. Present it when you buy or renew your iRewards card and you will pay $20 for the annual fee of the card. The card, in turn, is used to receive discounts on your purchases as follows:

10% discount on all books and audiobooks at Chapters, Indigo, Coles, SmithBooks, World’s Biggest Bookstore and The Book Company stores in Canada, except during selected promotional periods.

5% discount on all books and audiobooks (except used and out-of-print books) at chapters.indigo.ca.

 

The Learning Tree Educational Store

www.learningtreecanada.com
Cumberland Shopping Square
3300 Fairview Street, Burlington, Ont. L7N 3N7
Tel./Fax: (905) 319-2690, Toll Free: 1-866-319-2690
Email: info@ (add learningtreecanada.com to complete the email address)

OFTP members get the 10% teacher discount. Great selection of resource books, manipulatives, educational games, etc. from major publishers. You can place orders by telephone, fax, email or letter or visit the store, or you can shop from the manufacturers' catalogues online.

 

Ontario Science Centre

The Ontario science Centre has extended a limited-time discount offer to OFTP members. Experience one full year of membership for $15 off of the regular price.

Regular 1 year Family Membership: $120 Your price: *$105*

Top benefits of OSC Membership:

Offer expires May 31, 2008. Not valid in conjunction with other offers. This offer is available online only.

To take advantage of this offer, go to https://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/membership/application.asp and enter the Promotion Code (get the code from the OFTP membership secretary, who will verify your OFTP membership status)

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the OSC at membership@ (add osc.on.ca to complete the email address) or call 416-696-3142.

 

Owlkids

OFTP members receive a subscription rate break from Owlkids: get a yearly subscription (10 issues) for $25.00 (regularly $32.00). These are their publications:

Chirp —Ages 3 to 6

chickaDEE —Ages 6 to 9

OWL —Ages 9 to 13

 

Scholastic Book Club

Homeschoolers can obtain discounts on Scholastic books by running a school-market book club. To run a book club, you will need an account number. Scholastic requires a signed letter of verification stating that you are homeschooling your children. The letter should include the number of children and their ages. Send the letter to: E. Mills Scholastic Canada Ltd., 175 Hillmount Road Markham, Ontario L6C 1Z7. For customer service, call 1-800-268-3860. See their website for details on how the club works: www.scholastic.ca

 

OFTP is a member of the Ontario Federation of Independent Schools (OFIS).

We hope that you can join us to support the valuable work of the Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents.

Quick links:
. Socialization . Curriculum . Letter of intent .
. Teaching methods . Learning styles .

. OFTP Kids . OFTP Teens .
. la FOPE: nos pages pour francophones .

About Us:
. Mission statement . Vision statement . Values statement .
. A brief history of OFTP . OFTP initiatives . OFTP activities .
. Decision-Making Agreement .
Join Us:
. Benefits of membership . Volunteering . OFTP e-lists .

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