D70 Foundation For Excellence

Dear District Families - Here at the D70 Foundation for Excellence, we have had a busy February and start to March! Since our last update, we held our first annual Dad's Bourbon & Golf Event at E9 Club, we brought on new Foundation Founding Members, and we successfully raised the most money ever for Foundation Teacher/Staff Mini Grants!

We have also been busy planning upcoming Foundation events for the rest of the year.

Take a moment to read below for more details!

All the best,

Holland Burton

D70 Foundation for Excellence

Executive Director

Adler received 6 grants totaling @ $2100

Butterfield received 7 awards totaling @ $2,800

Copeland received 5 awards totaling @ $2,400

Highland received 4 grants totaling @ $1,700

Rockland received 3 awards totaling @ $1,100

If you aren't already, follow the D70 Foundation on instagram @D70Foundation to get a look at Allegra, Holland and Superintendent Jenkins surprising teachers with their awards! You will love seeing the excitement!!

In my last update, I talked about the significance of each family donating $70 per year which would give the Foundation approximately $100k a year to go back into our schools! You can see from our Foundation Mini Grant process this year that your DOLLARS DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Our big push to the end of the year will be to collect donations and write a check to District 70 to assist with the Electronic Door Access that will go on ALL internal doors in the district. This is for the safety of our children, teachers and staff.

Join the D70 Foundation for a Ladies Luncheon on April 25th at Ivanhoe. Catch up with old friends and make new ones while enjoying lunch, learning more about the Foundation & listening to special guest speakers focused on Female Entrepreneurship. Formal invitation to follow.

Register here.

On February 24th, we held our first annual Dad's Bourbon & Golf Event. Whiskey expert, Tim Swiat, shared his knowledge with attendees while they enjoyed sipping on a variety of whiskies. Afterward there was a lot of golf and camaraderie with the last guest leaving well after midnight! This is a tradition we hope to continue each year. The night raised $4k for the Foundation fund. We were fortunate enough to have the space donated by E9 Club owners Kyle Hanson and Marty Cappelle.

We are starting a new tradition for the Foundation this year! On the last day of school, we will hold a district wide event at Highland Middle School! Much like we did last year at our launch event in May, we will have food trucks, bounce houses, ponies and a DJ! SAVE THE DATE!!! It will be a fun event for all!!!