In a statement announcing the rescue, Charlotte Multer, the foundation’s president, said, “Our goal is to support students and teachers with the critical funds needed to ensure essential educational needs are met in the district.”

The 20-year-old foundation, which hosts fundraising events to collect cash for schools, gave $61,000 to preserve library programs last year.

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This year, cyclists may have made the final ride through the hills of Santa Cruz County as part of the annual Mountain Charlie Challenge.

Organizers from the Scotts Valley Educational Foundation have run out of energy organizing the 100-kilometer and 50-kilometer rides that completed their seventh year in April.

“We need a whole new crew to step up,” organizer Charlotte Multer said. “We’ve said right now that unless we have a new crew, it’s not going to happen.”

April’s ride netted about $19,000 for the SVEF.

Previously, the ride had brought in between $25,000 and $30,000 each year — the largest single fundraiser for the SVEF.

The foundation makes a lump donation each year to the Scotts Valley Unified School District to support Brook Knoll and Vine Hill Elementary schools, Scotts Valley Middle School and Scotts Valley High School.

The ride helps raise money that significantly helps the district maintain one program that might be on the chopping block each year.

This year, the SVEF gave the district $32,000 to help pay for a music teacher’s salary, and the year before, a donation of $64,000 helped keep school libraries open full time, Superintendent Susan Silver said.

However, the number of organizers has ebbed from eight or 10 annually to a core group of three: Paula Twisselman, Sally Kamian and Multer.

“We’ve done it for seven years,” Multer said. “We originally did it for years like this, with bad budget shortfalls.”

The first year, with only 12 riders, the race netted $10,000. It has grown since then and annually gets between 70 and 100 riders.

But the door is not completely shut on the race’s future if volunteers step up.

Multer said she is not actively seeking volunteers to help organize the race, but if enough people are interested in taking over the organizational duties, it could still happen.

For information, e-mail charlotte@svef.net.

The Scotts Valley Educational Foundation Mountain Charlie Challenge will kick off at 8 a.m. April 26 to raise money for Scotts Valley schools.

The program has raised more than $100,000 for school programs since it began five years ago. Riders may bike 50K or 100K distances starting at Skypark in Scotts Valley .

There will be a family lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with live music and dancing. Money can be raised through corporate sponsorships and raffle ticket sales, but riders are also asked to raise $500 individually.

For more information, contact Charlotte Multer at charlotte@svef.net, or visit www.svef.net