Redwood City Education Foundation eNews

PROGRAM PARTNERS
City of Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission, Joy Family Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Mills-Peninsula, Peninsula Hills Women's Club, Oracle, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tim Griffith Memorial Foundation, Wells Fargo, Westly Foundation,

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Peninsula Covenant Church, Redwood City 20/20, Redwood City Mothers Club, Sequoia Hospital, Serve the Peninsula

LOCAL BUSINESS PARTNERS
A-1 Party Rentals, Anvil Modern Paperie, Brick Monkey, Chavan & Associates CPA, L. Coe Consulting, City Pub, Crouching Tiger, David Amann/Edward Jones, Fastsigns, The Dawg House, Gelb Music, Gray's Paints, Guckenheimer, Hayes Group, Hellbent Marketing, John McAffee State Farm Insurance, Natalie Salon, Ralph's Vacuum & Sewing Center, Red Lantern, Redwood Massage, REI, Shutterfly, Spectrum Magazine, Styles Hair Salon, Dr. Gabrielle Thodas, Linda Thomas PR, Tom's Outdoor Furniture, Virginia City Rail, Whole Foods

REALTOR PARTNERS

Patricia Wright Realtor

GIVE AS YOU SHOP PARTNERS
Celebrate Art, Jigsaw Java, Kastrop Group, Kepler's Books, Key Market, MARHZ the salon, Ray's Auto

MEMBERSHIPS

San Mateo/Redwood
City Chamber of Commerce, Redwood City Downtown Business Group, San Mateo County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Interservice Club Coordinating Council

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President: Jo-Ann Sockolov
Vice President: Elaine Park
Treasurer: Judie Boisvert Gutierrez

Members:

Caryl Athanasiu
Michelle Beatty
Cammie Edwards
Tim Kreidler
Rick Hunter
Carol Lashman
Zeke Mead
Walid Naja
Barbara Pierce
Jane Taylor

Financial Advisor: Sheldon Chavan

RCEF eNews June 15, 2010

RUNNERS! GET READY FOR 4TH OF JULY FUN RUN!

We have already raised more than $68,000 toward our campaign to keep instrumental music in our schools next year.

Here are 4 ways you can help us reach the $100,000 we need:

Make a donation on-line at: rcef.org/music
Mail a check to: RCEF Music, PO Box 3046
Redwood City, CA 94064
Join the 4th of July Fun Run - This 5k run through downtown Redwood City traditionally kicks off the annual 4th of July parade and festivities. Register for the run and collect pledges to help raise money for music by going to: www.rcef.org/funrun.
Buy raffle tickets to win a Tesla Test Drive and Factory Tour or help us sell them. Contact georgia@casajack.com for more information or see our flyer.

We thank the many parents and individuals who have volunteered and contributed to our campaign. We also thank our business partners including: Arguello Caterers, Fox Theatre, Audio Production Group, Tesla Motors, and Bigger Than Texas Films as well as the City of Redwood City and the Sequoia Union High School District for their help and support.

We especially thank the students of the North Star Junior Optimists Club and the 5th grade class of Trinity School for their generosity and commitment to music education.

To see all our music supporters, please visit: www.rcef.org/music.

PLEASE JOIN US!

We are once again seeking new members for the RCEF Board. We are an all-volunteer organization made up of parent and community leaders. We meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month, and request that our Board members also be available to participate in a fundraising, outreach, financial, communication, or other committee.

You can make a real difference in the lives of our Redwood City school children, while working along side some of our community's most interesting and hard-working people!

Please send us an email for more information: info@rcef.org.

WELLNESS NEWS: RCSD RECEIVES GRANT

The Redwood City School District will receive $447,500 next year as part of the Sequoia Healthcare District's (SHD)Healthy Schools Initiative.

This amount will fund one full-time school nurse and other staff as well as restoring the Wellness Coordinator position which was funded by the RCEF, with support from Sequoia Hospital Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, between 2006 and 2009. The RCEF has also provided funding to support the FitFun for Learning Program, developed during the Wellness Coordinator's tenure, and still used by k - 5th grade teachers to bring physical activity into the classroom during the school day.

We are pleased that the SHD has chosen to focus on the health of our children and look forward to working with the District next year.

BBF 2010 SUPPORTERS

LEAD SPONSORS: Google, Wells Fargo

PLATINUM:
Comcast, Pacific Shores Center, Silicon View

GOLD:
Hellbent Marketing, Port of Redwood City

SILVER:
A1 Party Rental, Fast Signs, Guckenheimer, Kid Kare Medical Associates, John Sieling RE/MAX, Palo Alto Medical Foundation

BRONZE:
Gelb Music, Gray's Paint, Informatica, Julie Brodie, Laurie Reynolds of Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost, Lyngso, Peninsula Symphony, Patelco Credit Union, Pete's Harbor, Recology,

Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission, Redwood City Saltworks, San Mateo Credit Union, Shutterfly, Solutions2Projects, Stanford University, Woodside Road United Methodist Church

PATRONS:
Art in Action, Beresford Montessori, Cemex, County Restaurant Supply, Erika Pretell Market Research, FBA, Inc. Structural Engineers, First National Bank of Northern California, Gunderson Dettmer, Laura & Gary Lauder Philanthropic Foundation, Pearl Law Group, Provident Credit Union, Seaport Industrial Association, Vantage Wealth Management

FUND-A PROGRAM GIFT DONORS

Anvil Paperie, Brick Monkey, Cabot Vermont Cheese, Constellation Wines, Costco, Electronic Arts, Main Street Coffee Roasters, Natalie Salon, PDI Dreamworks, Peninsula Symphony Orchestra, Ralph's Sewing & Vacuum, Red Lantern, Redwood Massage, REI, Sigona's Farmer Market, Styles Hair Design,The Dawg House, Tom's Teak Furniture, Virginia City Rail, Walid Naja, Whole Foods

The nonprofit, all-volunteer RCEF has been working since 1983 to help provide the public elementary and middle school students of Redwood City with the education they need to succeed in high school, college, work, and life.

The RCEF eNews is a publication of the Redwood City Education Foundation.