Holiday shoppers can help their local schools by purchasing presents on-line from www.shopforschool.com., where every sale earns a particular school 2 to 50 percent, double the usual rate of 1-25 percent.

J.C. Booth Middle School is one of several schools participating in the program. According to Booth's fund-raising chairman Mary Kay Rudd, families can shop at name brand merchants like eToys.com, Barnes and Noble, IBM and Lands' End.

To shop for school, visit the web site, www.shopfor-school.com, select your school and shop. The holiday promotion ends Dec. 31.