SVEF Recap and Change

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Tis the season to enjoy all of our holidays, family and friends! I personally wish all of you all the very best for the holidays and a Happy New Year to come.

As I approach the end of my SVEF Presidency, I would like to thank the hundreds of volunteers that help to make the Scotts Valley Educational Foundation a continuing success. We have such great support from our schools, students, families, service clubs and the community. I can’t thank you all enough for you efforts and devotion to the Scotts Valley Educational Foundation

This year we have raised $110,606 that will all go our schools. We raise money through our events and Dollar a Day campaign. See the breakdown below:

  • Mt. Charlie Challenge – $29,608
  • Business Partnership Program – $5,166
  • Dollar A Day Campaign – $57,885
  • Community Day – $14,988
  • Miscellaneous donations – $2,959

We estimate that we will make over $10,000 on the tree lot (not included in the amount above).

I am please to announce that Allison Niday will be the new SVEF President for the New Year. Allison’s energy and commitment will keep SVEF a vital community organization.

We will not hold our December meeting this month will will resume January 20th.

Charlotte Multer

Dollar A Day Statistics

As of January 27th, 2011 our Dollar-A-Donations, which include Dollar-A-Day donations and Community Day, has reached $78,000. That is approximately 8% of our goal to reach $950,000.

Why are we trying to raise $950,000?

The district will be forced to cut this amount for the next school year, 2011-2012, and, again, in 2012-2013 because of the lack of State funding. The following is what is being considered for cuts.

SVUSD expenses to cut

Please note the items starred are subject to negotiations with the teachers union and bargaining units. To meet the financial obligations of the district, these cuts will need to remain for two years.

If you would like to help, we are suggesting $365 per student, however, any amount helps.

There are two ways to donate money by PayPal; click on the paypal button to make monthly payments or click on the PayPal button to make a one time donation in any amount. Click here to donate by PayPal

Checks can be made out to Scotts Valley Educational Foundation and mailed to:

245-M Mt. Hermon Rd, Box 150
Scotts Valley, CA  95066

Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.

Donate to Dollar a Day Today

Because of projected State budget cuts, our District will be forced to cut $950,000 from the 2011-2012 school year and another $950,000 from the 2012-2013 school year. Our schools and our children need your help.  Without it we face the potential of increased class sizes, closure of the libraries, elimination of custodians and even a shorten school year. Read more about it in this week’s Press Banner Article.

We are suggesting $365 per student. There are two ways to donate money by paypal; click on the paypal button to make monthly payments or click on the paypal button to make a one time donation in any amount. Click here to donate by paypal.

Checks can be made out to Scotts Valley Educational Foundation and mailed to:

245-M Mt. Hermon Rd, Box 150
Scotts Valley, CA  95066

Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.

Dollar A Day Reaches $30,000. today

As of today we have raised $30k since May, towards our goal.

Stay tuned for a letter that will inform our families what kind of items will need to be cut next year if we don’t come up with our district’s goal of $950,000. It is really important to all work together to help raise funds and awareness of our current situation. Hopefully we can get a parcel tax, increase Dollar a Day fundraising and work on other alternative cost saving measures now, to avoid cuts later in the school year. Watch for an informative letter the first week of school.

Dollar a day $25,300

We have raised $25,300 for Dollar a Day. Thank you to all of you who have contributed, we are a step forward in helping our schools. Those of you who haven’t had a chance to contribute yet, you can send your tax deductible donation to SVEF, 245-M Mt. Hermon Road, Box 150, Scotts Valley, CA 95066.

Have you noticed the new banners outside of each of the schools? Check it out when you get a chance. We will be updating these as our donations increase.

Dollar A Day Reaches $22,000

We have reached $22,000. for our Dollar A Day campaign! Lets keep working at it. You will soon see banners posted at each of the schools to show the progress through out the year of where we are on our fundraising goals. We are showing the goal of $950,000 for SVUSD, for the school year 20011_12. Hopefully that will be raised in many ways, not only through SVEF but we still will show the full goal for the district overall.

Tell your friends and neighbors to contribute, if they can. Next year it will only get harder to make cuts to a budget that is already way too low. Help where you can. You can go to our “Help Us” page to donate through PayPal, or send in a check to SVEF, 245-M Mt. Hermon Road, Box 150, Scotts Valley, CA 95066

Thank you to all of SVEF supporters!