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Celebrate the Past - Create the Future
On March 18, 2010, the East Lansing Educational Foundation officially launched the $1.3 million dollar Endowment Campaign for East Lansing Public Schools.
The public attended a press conference kicking off the campaign and unveiled a donor appreciation plaque at East Lansing High School’s Performing Arts Center.
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| ELEF Co-Presidents Joan Berardo (L) and Jane Bitsicas stand with the foundation's newly dedicated Donor Application Plaque at ELHS. |
Elementary teacher Lorraine Ware explains how she used a grant from the East Lansing Educational Foundation to take her third graders to the Potter Park Zoo for a week-long Big Zoo lesson. |
Superintendent Dave Chapin thanks the foundation for the work they do on behalf of the school district. |
In the evening, the foundation hosted an invitation-only launch party and celebration at MSUFCU’s beautiful new headquarters. Over 100 guests went ‘back to school’ to learn about the foundation, the endowment and the ways art and technology can enhance East Lansing classrooms.
 View pictures/slideshow of guests 'Creating the Future'!
For more information about the Endowment Campaign for East Lansing Public Schools, please contact Dorsey Gude, ELEF Development Coordinator, 517.333.7413, gude_dw@elps.k12.mi.us. |
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Please Donate!
Please donate to the East Lansing Educational Foundation (ELEF) and give East Lansing students great books, lively technology, interactive math, and messy art supplies. We all can help in this time of budget crisis by donating to the foundation. It feels good to be part of the solution!
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Donate today. Kindergartner
Fanceta, and the other 3,299 EL students, are counting on us.
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ACT Workshop was a huge success!
ELEF thanks the following sponsors of our ACT Workshop held on January 23rd:
Mike Schulte (Sylvan Learning Center)
Garth Hooper (Grand Traverse City Pie Company)
We also thank our community volunteers, and:
Paula Steele
Tom Hunt
ELHS Counselors
Thanks to all of you for making our first annual ACT Workshop possible!
The ELEF is a community-based, non-profit organization that works to raise, manage and distribute private funds to complement the outstanding work of our public school system. Since our inception, ELEF has granted over $200,000 to East Lansing’s classrooms that has provided teachers with innovative and supplemental materials that further engage our students in their process of learning. Please enjoy the information provided to you. We hope you join us in our quest to make supplemental materials and programs available, adding to the exceptional learning environment for which East Lansing is known.
View our 2009 Annual Report
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