Video Story: Foundation Nears Goal in Fundraising for Literacy Initiative
The Foundation for Saline Area Schools is 70 percent of the way to its $70,000 fundraising target.
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Lake Forest Golf Club played host to the Foundation for Saline Area Schools "Read Your Heart Out" benefit Saturday night.
Guests enjoyed a "Taste of Washtenaw County," served by some of the best restaurants and caterers in Saline and the surrounding communities
They participated in games like Name that Tune and Name that Book. They danced to music played by DJ/Pleasant Ridge Principal Brad Bezeau. They bid on many gifts donated, like a football autographed by University of Michigan football star Brady Hoke.
And they held their breath as the winner of the 100 dollar a ticket 50/50 raffle was drawn. (The $6,200 prize was won by an office pool of Saline Area Schools administrative staff.)
But mostly, they were there in support of the foundation's Kids Who Read Succeed Campaign.
The foundation is 70 percent of the way to reaching its fundraising goal of $70,000, in aid of a Saline Area Schools effort to put new books in classroom libraries throughout the district.
Among those interviewed in this video are Cheryl Hoeft, Foundation for Saline Area Schools Board board president; Brenda Said-Wright, Co-owner, Great Lakes Educational Group, Cathy Redies; teacher, Saline Middle School; and Scot Graden, Superintendent of Saline Area Schools.
To donate to Foundation for Saline Area Schools, visit the organization's website.
Randy
2:09 am on Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Isn't it fitting that state rep Mark Ouimet, who took money from schools and gave it to businesses, is the one picking out the winner of a raffle being held to buy books for schools?
At a time when teachers are getting laid off, the district is considering the hiring of a full-time fundraiser to beg for charity and corporate donations.
I am all for paying taxes to fund public education. But don't ask for my money and then come asking for charity. Don't raise pay-to-play fees for my grandkids. Fund the schools like they should be funded and stop making things more confusing than they need to be.