PTA drives without
the spreadsheet

Supply drives, teacher appreciation week, classroom fund-a-need, the fall festival raffle basket. One link per list, quantities that count down, and families claiming in two taps with no account. Nobody brings the ninth veggie tray.

Create your first list

Quantities that count down

"Water bottles, need 40" lets eight families each grab a case. Everyone sees what's left instead of guessing, and the drive visibly finishes.

No account for families

Every signup screen loses families, and the ones you lose are usually the ones you were trying hardest to include. Two taps and they're done.

Any store, and plain text too

Paste a product link, scan a barcode, or just type "a folding table" or "someone's truck for an hour." Not everything a PTA needs has a product page.

A list per teacher

Give each classroom its own link so families see only their room. The teacher and a room parent can manage the same list together, and grade chairs share one link each instead of a 200-line master document.

Anonymous claims

Teachers never see which family gave what, and neither does anyone else. That keeps giving comfortable across very different household budgets.

Families can follow it

Back-to-school, appreciation week, the winter party, end-of-year: edit one list instead of rebuilding. Families who follow it get an email when you add something, at most one a day, so each new push doesn't start with chasing everyone down.

What PTAs use it for

Back-to-school supply drives

One list per classroom, quantities on the consumables, and a QR code we make you for open house night. Ask families to pass it to grandparents, the group nobody invites. Teachers stop fielding "did anyone already get tissues?" texts.

Teacher appreciation week

Each teacher lists what they actually want, from any store. Families claim without coordinating, and no one gets a ninth mug.

Event and party supplies

Fall festival, class parties, field day. Plain-text items handle the tables, coolers, and volunteer hours that have no product link.

Classroom fund-a-need

Flexible seating, a document camera, books for the reading corner. Put the big item on the list so one family or a pooled group can cover it.

Start a PTA list

Questions PTAs ask

How is this different from a sign-up sheet?

A sign-up sheet tells you who volunteered for what. A wishlist names the exact product and links to it, then marks it taken so the next family does not buy it too. Families are not tied to the store in the link. They can buy the same item wherever is easiest for them, and quantities mean twenty families can each claim one of the same thing.

Do families need to create an account?

No. Anyone with the link claims an item in two taps. No signup, no app, no password. That matters for a school community where you are trying to reach every family, not just the organized ones.

Can we run one list for the whole school?

You can, but separate lists usually work better: one per teacher, one per grade, or one per event. Each list is its own link, so a grade-level chair can share only what is relevant and families are not scrolling past other classrooms.

Can more than one of us manage a list?

Yes. Whoever creates a list can invite others to help manage it, and everyone invited can add and edit items on the same list. A teacher and a room parent can keep a classroom list stocked together, and a committee can work from one list instead of sending every change through one person. People who help manage sign in to accept the invitation; families claiming from the list still need no account.

Can we collect money for a group gift?

EZWishlist does not handle money. It coordinates who is buying what. For pooled cash gifts, collect through whatever payment app your school community already uses and put the group gift on the list as a single item so nobody buys a duplicate of it.

Where do items ship?

Add the school address to the list. It is shown only to someone who has actually claimed an item, never on the public page, so nobody has to publish a home address to run a drive.

Do families have to keep checking the list for new needs?

No. Anyone can tap "Follow this list" and leave an email address, and after that they get a note when you add something. It is at most one email a day and never one per item, so adding six things in one sitting sends a single message. No account is needed, they can stop in one click, and you only ever see how many people follow the list, never who.

Does the teacher see who bought what?

No. Claims are anonymous by default, which keeps things comfortable when it is the families in a teacher's own classroom. The people managing the list see what is claimed, never who claimed it.

Guides for room parents & PTA volunteers

Teacher rather than PTA volunteer? Start here instead.