Spotlight On
Just a Dollar Campaign |
For the third year, Amscot Financial has shown their support for education by running their unique "Just a Dollar" fundraising campaign. As school starts, for the month of August Amscot offers individual customers the opportunity to donate $1 at a time for their local schools. Through this effort, this year individual customers contributed $70,947. Combined with Amscot's match of $10,000, a total of $80,947 will be distributed to local education foundations throughout Amscot's service area.
More than $20,000 of that will come to Hillsborough County to support literacy and scholarship programs. The Hillsborough Reads program is one of the programs benefiting locally. Ian MacKechnie, founder and CEO of Amscot, said: "We are extremely pleased with the response by our customers. We believe it reflects the importance of education in their lives. They know how vital education is and they've chosen this gesture to help strengthen education in their local community." We couldn't have put it better and truly appreciate the community spirit and generosity of Amscot and its customers! Amscot - You're OK with Us! |
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Upcoming Events
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Grants Are Online Till October 6th!
School district personnel are invited to apply online for the following grants:
1. Classroom
2. School Excellence
3. Technology Match
If you should have questions, please call (813) 231-1901.
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Do you know what career pathways are available and what courses your children need to take in High School for the career they desire?
Do you want to know what postsecondary options are available upon graduation for your children?
For answers to your questions, join us at the 2nd Annual Career & College FEST and discover what career opportunities await your children!
Dates & Locations
October 8, 2008
Jefferson High School
5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
October 9, 2008
Bloomingdale High School
5:30 - 8:30 p.m
Questions:
(813) 231-1860
CTE.mySDHC.org
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Note From The President
We're entering the 13th year of our early literacy program, Hillsborough Reads. Funded partially by a Volunteer Florida Americorps grant and the Children's Board of Hillsborough County, this is a very successful one-to-one tutoring program for Kindergarten through 3rd grade. The reading advancements of students who participate in this program are dramatic - read the complete report on Hillsborough Reads and the results on line. These early years are critical to a student's future success in school - as the saying goes, they need to "learn to read so they can read to learn" as they continue into the higher grades.
Through the generosity of private donors, we were able to grow the program last year from 7 to 12 elementary schools. This means more struggling readers in more classes were able to advance their reading skills. This was only possible due to the foresight of supporters, the cooperation of school personnel, and the hard work of volunteer tutors. The benefits to the students are measurable and apparent. We look forward to serving more students with this very effective program. |
Bucs Annual School Supply Drive
 What do the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Hillsborough Education Foundation have in common? Both want fans to show their spirit at the Bucs vs. Green Bay Packers game on September 28th, by bringing schools supplies to donate to the Teaching Tools for Hillsborough Schools program.
This is the 5th year the Hillsborough Education Foundation, the Glazer Family Foundation and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have teamed up to help at-risk students, their teachers and schools to score a touchdown, by providing them with the "equipment" needed. Donations will be collected at gates: A,B,C,D, Club East and Club West. |
Thank You For Helping 'Stuff The Bus'
Teaching Tools for Hillsborough Schools has enjoyed an exciting summer of product donations from organizations throughout the county. More than 80 businesses, churches and civic groups held supply drives to stock our "teacher store" with back-to-school basics for the highest-need students of the Hillsborough County Public Schools. Our store is nicely stocked and our warehouse is full with backpacks, pencils, paper, glue, erasers and scissors, to help provide a great start to the 2008-2009 school year.
We loved the creativity in the supply drives. A chiropractor performed complimentary adjustments to patients who brought in school supplies. One corporation had a competition between their branches, which netted the program 400 stuffed backpacks!
Teaching Tools for Hillsborough Schools would like to thank the many generous donors who bought a little extra, or let us use their business, clubhouse or church as a collection site. Every donation is significant to the teachers and students who are served by the Teaching Tools for Hillsborough Schools program. The students and teachers will be using all this - so our need continues - contact us if you'd like to do a supply drive. | |
2008-2009 Ida S. Baker Diversity Educator Awards
Come join us as we are "Celebrating Our Brightest Stars" at this yea r's Ida S. Baker Diversity Educator Awards dinner. The Foundation will be hosting the dinner and awards ceremony at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay on Tuesday, October 28, 2008. Horus Construction Services, Inc. has joined us as the new Title Sponsor for this very special event. Hillsborough County Public School's educational stars will be shining as educators nominated from each school are recognized for going above and beyond to positively impact the lives of their diverse student population. Please contact Mindi Zink or call (813) 231-1952 for sponsorship opportunities. |
Honorary Principal For A Day
What do Corporate Leaders and School Principals have in common?
Many of our community executives will find out the answer to that question when they 'pair up' with a local school principal to serve as an 'Honorary Principal' for the morning at their school. Providing a unique opportunity to see first-hand the many rewarding experiences and challenges that a principal encounters each day while handling a large and diverse staff and student population, the participants will spend the morning visiting classrooms and talking with students, teachers, parents and school staff.
Principals and their 'honorary principal' will then gather at area luncheons for a de-briefing to reflect and share their ideas and thoughts learned during the morning session. A great opportunity is available as an 'Exclusive Sponsor' for each of the area luncheons. To learn more about this unique sponsorship opportunity, click here! |
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Comedy Night A Success!
Pictured left: Comedian, Brian Bradley; Comedy Night Committee Member, Charlie Stutts and a Comedy Night guest performed a bit of improv on stage for the attendees of our Amscot Financial 8th Annual Comedy Night.
Thank you to our Comedy Night Committee, our many sponsors and supporters who make this event so successful. Since inception, over $300,000 has been raised and invested in programs for at-risk students. | |
Thank You To Our August Supporters
Marion Albanese
Amscot Financial
AVI-SPL
Back to Wellness Chiropractic, Inc.
Bank of America
Bank of America Foundation
The Bank of Tampa
Bayside Engineering Inc.
The Beck Group
Beta Sigma Phi/Delta
Books are Fun, LTD
Jim Boris
Michael V. Bradford
Richard Brandewie
Greg Brown
Caldeco Air Conditioning & Heating
Camden Property Trust
Capital One Services, Inc.
Channelside Cinemas, Inc.
Cox Fire Protection Inc.
DeBartolo Family Foundation
Dwight Darby & Co., PA
Doretha Wynn Edgecomb Campaign Fund
Ernst & Young, LLP
Christopher L. Frankel
Candace Garcia
GE
Golder Construction Services, Inc.
John Hardin
Hewlett-Packard Company
Hillsborough Teacher Leadership Consortium
HOST
HSBC Mortgage Services
Humana Inc.
IBM
Jacarlene Foundation
Jones, Edmonds & Associates
Keenan, Hopkins, Schmidt and Stowell Contractors, Inc.
Kforce, Inc.
Kiwanis Club of Greater Brandon
Lexus of Tampa Bay
Little Red Wagon Foundation, Inc.
Long & Associates Engineers Architects, Inc.
The Martin Garcia Family Foundation
Morrow Steel Erectors, Inc.
The Mosaic Company
Julio C. Muniz
James A. Murman
National Graphic Imaging
Northern Trust Bank of Florida, NA
Oniex, LLC
Optimist Club of Tampa
Mahesh Patel
Elizabeth Petterson
Michael C. Poland
Progressive Insurance, Riverview
Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.
Ellen Robinson
Rotary Club of Tampa DTO
State of Florida
Suncoast Architectural Studios, Inc.
Sunrise Landscaping Contractors, Inc.
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa Convention Center
The Tampa Tribune
Taylor & Mathhis
Time Customer Service, Inc.
Paula F. Todd
Trey Traviesa
USPS - CFS
Verizon
Verizon Wireless
Alton C. Ward
William O. West
Wheelabrator McKay Bay Inc.
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
Yale Lift Trucks of Florida |
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We hope you enjoyed our E-newsletter. Please send us your comments and story ideas.
Bill Hoffman
President
Hillsborough Education Foundation |
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