Endowment Campaign for East Lansing Public Schools

The East Lansing Educational Foundation is proud and excited to announce the Endowment Campaign for East Lansing Public Schools, a $1.3 million endowment campaign to directly improve public education in East Lansing Public Schools forever. That's the beauty of an endowment fund - once you've helped us raise this $1.3 million endowment, we'll use the interest to award $65,000 to our students and teachers every year, forever! Your tax-deductible investment today makes you a benefactor for East Lansing education in perpetuity.

This endowment campaign will raise and manage funds for four areas that are key to preserving (and expanding) East Lansing's tradition of excellence. In recent years, these areas have been affected by budget cuts and will be bolstered by endowment support:

Academic Excellence - you may choose to support professional development for teachers, dynamic learning experiences in and out of the classroom, or grants to teachers to support their creativity and expertise.

Excellence in the Arts - you may choose to support art, music and drama classes as well as musicals, comedies and dramas performed in our state-of-the-art auditoriums at the middle and high schools.

Technological Excellence - you may choose to support a technology renewal fund or a professional development fund so our students have fully functioning 21st century tools to work with in every subject area.

Athletic Excellence - you may choose to support physical fitness, including health and wellness opportunities, to help our students become healthy and active citizens.

We will work with the Capital Region Community Foundation to manage and invest our funds. Planned gifts of stock, life insurance or other financial instruments are welcome. And remember, your donations are tax-deductible and may also be eligible for a substantial Michigan tax credit!

Invest now and leave an education legacy! Help us build a solid and impressive foundation for our public launch in early 2009.  Contributions can be mailed to Ann McDaniel, Treasurer, East Lansing Educational Foundation, 841 Timberlane, East Lansing, MI 48823.

Please note that it is the policy of the ELEF to hold 5% of designated endowment funding in our general endowment fund to help sustain the mission of the foundation.

For more information, please contact Dorsey Gude, Development Coordinator, East Lansing Educational Foundation, 517.333.7413, gude_dw@elps.k12.mi.us.