Alameda’s Island Running Festival took place on September 24, 2023. Event organizers were excited to bring the Island running festival back after a 3 year break. All events began and ended on the historic and transformed Alameda Point, with a 5k, 10k and Half Marathon that utilized many of the new trails that have opened up since the last event.
AEF Board members and staff manned a booth at the event to encourage runners.
Thank you to the Bank of Marin for granting $5,000 to Alameda Education Foundation to support AEF Teacher Mini Grants! With a specific focus on need, Teacher Mini Grants provide an opportunity for AUSD teachers to apply for items that will benefit their students but that are not covered in the school budget. Many of these grants focus on teachers at Title I schools and special programs, such as Special Ed and English Language Learning.
From Edison PTA President Tara Navarro:
“Edison School PTA recently held a Spring Auction & Gala 2023 to raise money for programs such as art and garden education, field trips and assemblies, classroom supplies, school and academic support, reading interventionist support, and much more. Because of COVID, this was the first time the event has been held since spring of 2019. The PTA chose to have an 80s-themed prom event which, in addition to helping to raise funds,
AEF is sending a big thank you to local commercial space company, Astra, for chosing AEF as it’s first featured nonprofit to donate 10% of its retail store profits to. Over $500 was raised for AEF’s After School STEAM Classes across Alameda’s Title I schools through Astra shop purchases made in May 2022.
Astra believes that ubiquitous access to space starts right here in Alameda,
The Alameda Education Foundation is very grateful for Bank of Marin’s $5000 donation to our Equipped for Success programs. We couldn’t provide support for educational opportunities and equity in Alameda public schools without the backing and collaboration from Alameda community organizations and individuals! Thank you!
Read an article in the Alameda Sun about this donation here.
This is a post AEF made in 2014 showing how Supervisor Wilma Chan was a long term supporter of Alameda Education Foundation, along with numerous other community organizations. She will be missed tremendously.
Supervisor Chan recently donated $3500 to the Equipped 4 Success school supply drive. Early childhood education is a critical element in Supervisor Chan’s “New War on Poverty” initiative. Supervisor Chan’s donation will support incoming Alameda low-income kindergarteners with backpacks and age appropriate supplies so they are ready to learn the first day of school.
At its regular meeting on July 21, the City of Alameda’s Public Utilities Board presented a check for $13,239.29 to the Alameda Education Foundation (AEF). The check represents funds collected by Alameda Municipal Power (AMP) Power Up 4 Learning, a joint program of AMP and AEF. These funds support technology education in Alameda public schools.
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