Dear Friend,
This is the season of giving. Last week we celebrated Thanksgiving and today is Giving Tuesday. Now we are into the holiday season, the traditional time of giving gifts. It is also the time when many charities will ask you for financial gifts to help them with the vital work they do all year long.
We at the Alameda Education Foundation (AEF) understand that you get many requests from worthy charities that do important and vital work.
Dear Friend,
Generosity. When I first joined the AEF board in 2008, we made a grand total of 39 Adopt A Classroom presentations for the 2008-2009 school year. This September alone, we made 62 and by the end of October we expect to have made 131. We are well on our way towards our 2014-2015 goal of 170. I am overwhelmed at the generosity of our community who so values our students,
Dear Friend,
Thank you for making impact on thousands of student lives during the last school year through your support of the Alameda Education Foundation (AEF).
You certainly helped Ron.* Ron is an English Language Learner at one of our Alameda high schools. Ron would be the first in his family to attend college. Although he is very bright and capable, he and his mother (who does not speak English) were unaware of the value of a college degree.
Dear Friend,
Recently, I was contacted by a former student. Let’s call her Alisha. Alisha is a student I knew very well while a principal at Wood Middle School and Encinal High. Let’s just say that when a principal knows a student as well as I knew Alisha, it is not always for good reasons. Alisha spent much of her middle school years just one step away from suspension. Imagine my delight –
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Dear Friend,
You may think I am getting ahead of myself from this email’s subject line, but I do mean back to school. AEF is getting a head start launching
Equipped 4 Success, Alameda’s community wide school supply drive.
Our goal is to support 1,000 homeless, formerly homeless and very low income Kindergarten – 12th grade students with new backpacks and grade-appropriate school supplies that they need to be ready to learn on the first day of school.
Dear Friend,
Salute to Education on April 25th was once again a magical evening. This is such a special evening that highlights programs and volunteers across Alameda. I enjoyed seeing old friends again and meeting new ones. I thank all of you for all you do to support our students. A special thank you this year to our chair, Pam Riley Chang, who did such a great job that we’ve already recruited her to chair again next year!
Dear Friend,
I would like to cordially invite you to join me on Friday, April 25th from 6:00 – 9:00 pm at Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Ave., for Salute to Education. This is AEF’s annual event celebrating public education in Alameda. Salute to Education honors an innovative program and a selected volunteer from each of Alameda’s 20 K-12 public schools, which are showcased at the event on posters and in a showcase program.
Dear Friend,
As we head into Spring, though we could still use rain, I am proud of our many AEF accomplishments so far this school year and of the many upcoming programs ready to bloom.
Just to mention a few:
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