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FUNDRAISING
Goal: $350,000
Raised: $460,000
MAJOR SUPPORTERS
Oracle
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Wells Fargo
Westly Foundation
INTERNET PARTNERS
Amazon, iTunes,
eScrip, Keplers
PROGRAM PARTNERS
Art-in-Action, City of Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission, Joy Family Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Music for Minors, 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
Jigsaw Java, Kastrop Group, Kepler's Books, Key Market, MARHZ the salon, Ray's Auto, Whole Foods
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:
Rick Hunter
Members: Caryl Athanasiu
Michelle Beatty
Cammie Edwards
Tim Kreidler
Rick Hunter
Carol Lashman
Zeke Mead
Barbara Pierce
Erika Pretell
Jane Taylor
Advisors:
Sheldon Chavan, Judie Boisvert-Gutierrez, Walid Naja, Georgia Solkov Jack |
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RCEF eNews August 27, 2010 |
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Welcome to the 2010/ 2011 School Year! |
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WHOLE FOODS 5% DAY SUPPORTS MUSIC
September 14, 2010
Our local Whole Foods is dedicating proceeds from its 5% Day on September 14, 2010 to support the Save Our School Music campaign. This is a great opportunity to stock up and help our students at the same time. Be sure to stop by between 4 and 7 pm to pick up some BBQ for dinner and enjoy some musical entertainment by our own RCSD music students! |
RCEF NOW SUPPORTS MUSIC FROM GRADES 2 - 8!Thanks to the many dedicated volunteers of the Save Our School Music campaign, the RCEF is able to fund one full-time middle school music teacher for grades 6 to 8 in the 2010/11 school year.
As a result, the middle school Instrumental Music program now has 3 teachers: Vivian Euzent, who is based at Kennedy, and Carol MacNamara and Esther Hollander who share responsibility for Adelante, Clifford, Hoover, McKinley, North Star, Roy Cloud and Selby Lane schools.
In addition, the RCEF will fund the entire Music for Learning general music program for grades 2 through 5. This is the first year for 5th grade, and new curriculum has been developed by our Music for Minors partners to create a program that will encourage and prepare these students to continue with Instrumental Music in middle school. |
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RCEF BOARD ADDS NEW MEMBER
We are pleased to announce that Erika Pretell has joined our Board of Directors. Erika has been a frequent volunteer with the RCEF in addition to being active at Orion School. At the same time, we are sad to see Walid Naja and Judie Boisvert Gutierrez depart. We will miss Walid and Judie very much and thank them for their years of service to our students.
There is still room for new members on the RCEF Board. 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 dedicated people!
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GRANT NEWS: SMART GRANTS AND MUSIC
The Westly Foundation has made a $20,000 contribution to support arts projects funded by our SMART Grants in 2010/11. With this latest gift, the Westly Foundation has contributed almost $90,000 to this program since its inception in 2008. Oracle has supported the Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) portion of the SMART Grants, providing $40,000 since 2008. We thank these RCEF partners for their commitment to keeping innovation alive in our schools in these challenging economic times.This year's SMART Grants will be available starting January 2011, with all information available on our website at: www.rcef.org/SMART. The Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission has honored us with a $7,500 grant in support of our music program. The City has supported music in our schools since 1998, and we thank the Commision and citizens of our town for their ongoing caring and generosity. |
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OTHER GRANT NEWS
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation is offering $500 grants to public school teachers to enhance classroom and after-school arts programs. These grants are supported with funding by the Westly Foundation. Learn more. |
 Benefit for a Brighter Future 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 , 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. |
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