Redwood City Education Foundation eNews

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

LOCAL BUSINESS SUPPORTERS
Brick Monkey, David Amann of Edward Jones, Fastsigns, Hellbent Marketing, Linda Thomas PR, REI, Spectrum Magazine

GIVE AS YOU SHOP SUPPORTERS

Kepler's Books, Key Market, HoneyBear Trees

MEMBERSHIPS

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

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Peninsula Covenant Church, Peninsula Sunrise Rotary, Redwood City 2020, Redwood City Mothers Club, Redwood City Womans Club, Sequoia Hospital, Serve the Peninsula

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President:

Jo-Ann Sockolov

Vice President:

Elaine Park
Treasurer:
Rick Hunter
Secretary:

Erika Pretell

Mark Askins
Caryl Athanasiu
Michelle Beatty
Cammie Edwards
Dan Gibson
Tim Kreidler
Rick Hunter
Carol Lashman
Zeke Mead

Barbara Pierce
Deb Shea
Jane Taylor

Advisors:

Judie Boisvert-Gutierrez, Walid Naja, Barry Schnur, Linda Thomas

BBF 2011 Chair:

Zeke Mead

Save our School Music Campaign Chairs:
Georgia Solkov Jack, Lois Hanko

Bookkeeping Services

Michele Haussler

RCEF eNews March 7, 2011

Wells Fargo Presents:

BENEFIT FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE 2011

May 6, 2011 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Pacific Shores Club at Pacific Shores Center
1100 Seaport Blvd, Redwood City

An evening of fun, conversation, and opportunity in support of our amazing students.

Sponsorship and volunteer opportunities still available!

PRESENTING SPONSOR: Wells Fargo

PROGRAM SPONSORS:Google, Port of Redwood City

VENUE SPONSOR: Pacific Shores Center

INVITATION SPONSOR: Hellbent Marketing

EVENT SPONSORS: Stanford University; Erika Pretell Marketing; Laurie Reynolds, Fagen & Friedman: Lyngo: San Mateo Credit Union

HONORARY HOST COMMITTEE: Ken Jones, Regional Vice President, Wells Fargo; Steve Penna, Spectrum Magazine; Barry Jolette, San Mateo Credit Union; Jeff Ira, Mayor Redwood City

INVESTOR AWARD RECIPIENT: Port of Redwood City

INSPIRATION AWARD RECIPIENT: Come and find out!

For more information contact Zeke Mead at

(415)793-5760 or zeke.mead@gmail.com

or visit www.rcef.org/brighterfuture

NOMINATE YOUR VOLUNTEER INSPIRATION

We are accepting nominations for this year's Pat Crawford Inspiration Award.

This award is presented at Benefit for a Brighter Future and recognizes volunteers in our school district who stand out for their service and ability to inspire others to take action.

For information on how to nominate a candidate, please visit Pat Crawford Award. Nominations are due March 30, 2011.

THANK YOU WELLS FARGO & ART IN ACTION

Celebrate Art, an on-going display of work by our talented student artists, opened March 5 at a well-attended reception at Wells Fargo's Veterans Boulevard branch. All Redwood City branches will host displays of student art with different schools showcased each month. In addition to work created during Art-in-Action classes, art from Kennedy Middle School and the SEPTAR Drawn Together program will also be on display. We thank our partners Wells Fargo and Art-in-Action for making this opportunity possible.

GET READY FOR 4th OF JULY FUN RUN

Sequoia Stampede April 2, 2011 9:00 am

Sequoia High School

This 5k Fun Run/Walk in support of Sequoia High School's atheletes is a great way to start your training for the 4th of July Fun Run.

Redwood City After School Sports: Ready, Set, Run

The City's Ready, Set, Run program is a character-building running program that trains children ages 8-13 to participate in the 4th of July Fun Run. Registration deadline is March 16, 2011.

PARTNER NEWS

Whole Foods 5% Community Giving Day for San Carlos Education Foundation!

On Tuesday, March 8th, Redwood City Whole Foods will donate 5% of all sales to the San Carlos Educational Foundation! Come for your grocery shopping, get some dinner, and enjoy the fun activities.

GIVE AS YOU SHOP MERCHANTS

These merchants give us an automatic donation when you make a puchase.

Shop through our website at: Amazon.com, Kepler's Books, and iTunes.

Shop in person at: Kepler's Books and be sure to mention the RCEF. Bring your reusable shopping bags to Key Market.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Donors Choose connects teachers directly to donors to fund projects. Teachers: Add your projects at: www.donorschoose.org/teachers.

JOIN US

Interested in volunteering or joining a committee? Want to become an RCEF board member? Find out how!

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.