February 25, 2009
Dear Parents:
Please allow us to take this opportunity to thank the students and parents who participated in last year’s LAUSD Sharing Brings Hope Consolidated Charitable Campaign. Parents, students, faculty, and administrators of LAUSD raised over one million dollars for our community. Last year, contributions from the Student (and family) Donation Envelopes, like the one sent home with your child, totaled over $360,000.
On behalf of our children and communities and the continuing tradition of the Knollwood School spirit, we are asking for your support for the 2009 Sharing Brings Hope Campaign. This year’s campaign continues to consolidate all our District’s fundraising efforts to a single annual appeal. All of the charities listed below are licensed and effective charitable organizations and your support funds any or all of these twelve hardworking agencies. This year’s campaign will run from February 25th to March 6th.
The Consolidated Charitable Campaign supports over 400 local agencies by helping fund scholarship, social service, health, and environmental programs throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Please consider giving to the charity of your choice. No amount is too small because together, sharing truly brings hope.
Again, thank you to everyone who gave in last year’s campaign. Your gifts helped to make a significant difference in thousands of people’s lives. By working together, we can make our community a better place to live for everyone.
§ The Asian Pacific Community Fund programs include: student tutoring, adult education and youth leadership programs and supports over 29 agencies.
§ Brotherhood Crusade provides job training and teen counseling. We support families and individuals by promoting health and wellness, providing and enhancing educational opportunities, cultivating economic growth, and building community agencies and institutions.
§ Community Health Charities of California has over 40 member health charities that provide services and information. Their member charities cover the health needs of everyone from infants to seniors.
§ Earth Share of California supports members that promote vital programs for an environmentally sustainable life style for all residents of greater Los Angeles.
§ The Hispanic Scholarship Fund provides the Latino community with more college scholarships and educational outreach support than any other organization in the country.
§ The Kathryn L. Kurka Children’s Health Fund provides glasses, dental care and other medical care for LAUSD students who have no other resources. This fund also supports the PTA Clinics that serve all LAUSD students
§ The Los Angeles Trust for Children’s Health provides essential healthcare services for LAUSD students, improves student health and readiness to learn through access, advocacy and programs.
§ The LAUSD Employee-Sponsored Scholarship Fund is designed to assist graduating seniors who need financial assistance to achieve college degrees or other post-secondary education opportunities.
§ UNCF is the nation’s oldest and most successful minority higher education assistance fund. UNCF funds college educations for deserving students here in California and Nation wide.
§ The United Teachers Educational Foundation funds and supports several programs that prepare, trains and guarantees that LAUSD teachers have the skills to best instruct their students.
§ United Way of Greater Los Angeles is “Creating Pathways Out of Poverty” in Los Angeles County by supporting more that 125 local charities that help youth succeed, strengthen families and assist people in need through learning, empowering, and caring.
§ North Valley YMCA provides daycare before & after school. They also provide free day care at monthly PTA meetings. Our school community benefits from Healthy Lifestyle classes.
Please consider giving to the charity of your choice. No amount is too small, because together, sharing truly does bring hope. And, thank you to everyone who gave in last year’s campaign. Your gifts helped to make a significant difference in thousands of people’s lives. By working together, we can make our communities a better place to live for everyone,
Sincerely,
Barbara Teller Cohen Estela Moreno-Lee
Principal Assistant Principal