Tulita Elementary School in Redondo Beach has received a $3,000 grant from the Redondo Beach Education Foundation. (Photo courtesy of Vicky Gallion)
With more than $200,000 already raised by parents and families, the Redondo Beach Education Foundation is set to begin the second phase of its annual donor drive. The next phase will focus on the business community.
Here's the press release:
The Redondo Beach Educational Foundation finished the first phase of its annual donor drive last week to help offset upcoming budget deficits that the Redondo Beach Unified School District will face for the upcoming 2010-11 school year. The campaign this year, titled Club 360, will help raise funds and awareness to help prevent the cancellation of crucial programming that could affect Redondo Beach public school students.The campaign is broken into two phases. Part one focused on parent and family participation. During this phase of the drive, all RBUSD schools competed for RBEF grant money awarded to the top four schools with the highest percentage participation for donations received by the deadline.
This year's school winners were: Tulita Elementary School (Champion School winning a cash grant of $3,000 - photo of winning school attached); Lincoln Elementary School (1st Runner Up / awarded $2,000); Jefferson Elementary School (2nd Runner Up /awarded $1,000); and Alta Vista Elementary School (3rd Runner Up / awarded $750).
The Club 360 donor drive has raised over $200,000 during phase one of the fundraiser. The second push will focus on community and business participation. It will run through July 31st. The goal is to match the funds raised by the school portion of the campaign.
"We are looking forward to working with our community members and businesses on the next phase of the campaign to keep our schools great," said Blaise Tracy, president of the RBEF.
The Club 360 donor drive campaign runs through July 31st. For more details about RBEF or how to donate, go to www.rbef.org
