A Note from our Executive Director during the Coronovirus Crisis and School Campus Closures:
Dear Friends,
The Education Foundation, in partnership with the school district and with the support of our donors, are working on meeting the most urgent needs of our students during the Coronavirus crisis and subsequent school campus closures. We are focusing our efforts on making sure school families in need receive weekly grocery gift cards, and supporting the district’s efforts to ensure all students have access to online learning. Thank you for being so responsive and amazing in providing support to our school families!
With the recent information that on-campus school will be suspended until the end of the school year, we’re faced with the challenge of providing grocery gift cards for an additional eight weeks and maybe longer. Sonoma Valley school district food services distributed 9,080 breakfast and lunch meals last week, and demand is steadily increasing every day. Our grocery gift card program enables school families to supplement these meals with other food items and essentials each week.
A second challenge for our school district is implementing online distance learning when all students don’t have access to reliable internet service at home. Through some very generous donors, the Education Foundation is funding the first 200 wi-fi hotspots to give every high school and middle school student internet access. The first WiFi devices were distributed this week, and online instruction is underway at the high school! A program addressing elementary school students is also in place and will be rolled out over the next several weeks.
If you have the ability to help, please consider a donation to the gift card program or online learning access today.
Thank you, and our best wishes and hopes that you are doing well during this difficult time.
With gratitude,
Mary Favaro, Executive Director
The Education Foundation, in partnership with the school district and with the support of our donors, are working on meeting the most urgent needs of our students during the Coronavirus crisis and subsequent school campus closures. We are focusing our efforts on making sure school families in need receive weekly grocery gift cards, and supporting the district’s efforts to ensure all students have access to online learning. Thank you for being so responsive and amazing in providing support to our school families!
With the recent information that on-campus school will be suspended until the end of the school year, we’re faced with the challenge of providing grocery gift cards for an additional eight weeks and maybe longer. Sonoma Valley school district food services distributed 9,080 breakfast and lunch meals last week, and demand is steadily increasing every day. Our grocery gift card program enables school families to supplement these meals with other food items and essentials each week.
A second challenge for our school district is implementing online distance learning when all students don’t have access to reliable internet service at home. Through some very generous donors, the Education Foundation is funding the first 200 wi-fi hotspots to give every high school and middle school student internet access. The first WiFi devices were distributed this week, and online instruction is underway at the high school! A program addressing elementary school students is also in place and will be rolled out over the next several weeks.
If you have the ability to help, please consider a donation to the gift card program or online learning access today.
Thank you, and our best wishes and hopes that you are doing well during this difficult time.
With gratitude,
Mary Favaro, Executive Director
The mission of the Sonoma Valley Education Foundation is to enrich the student experience by partnering with
the Sonoma Valley Unified School District as the primary fundraising and volunteer resource for innovative programs.
We focus on results and report to our donors and community.
the Sonoma Valley Unified School District as the primary fundraising and volunteer resource for innovative programs.
We focus on results and report to our donors and community.