2012-04-24T15:56:16-04:00 Zend_Feed_Writer http://www.cfef.net 2012-04-24T00:00:00-04:00 2012-04-24T15:56:16-04:00 http://www.cfef.net/news/detail/id/11 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (April 18, 2012) – The Progress Energy Foundation will invest $500,000 this year to fund energy education classroom projects as well as workforce development at high school career academies throughout the state. The funds will support public-education foundations, science centers and career academies. Click here to read more.

2012-02-09T00:00:00-05:00 2012-02-16T14:05:30-05:00 http://www.cfef.net/news/detail/id/10 National Study Reveals 6 of Top 20 U.S. Local Education Foundations Are In Florida. Read the full report here. For a press release on the nation's top 20 education foundations click here.

2011-12-20T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-20T10:15:49-05:00 http://www.cfef.net/news/detail/id/9 More than 2,015 students in 11 school districts will have the opportunity to learn and apply STEM skills beyond the classroom this school year through an Innovation Generation grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation. For more information, click here. 2011-12-05T00:00:00-05:00 2012-01-26T12:35:48-05:00 http://www.cfef.net/news/detail/id/8 Three "STAR” Superintendents and School Board Members in Florida were recognized for their exemplary leadership by the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations December 1 at the 66th Annual Joint Conference of Florida School Boards Association and Florida Association of District School Superintendents held in Tampa. Click here for more information. 2011-12-05T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-05T10:38:10-05:00 http://www.cfef.net/news/detail/id/7 Three "STAR” Superintendents and School Board Members in Florida were recognized for their exemplary leadership by the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations December 1 at the 66thAnnual Joint Conference of Florida School Boards Association and Florida Association of District School Superintendents held in Tampa. Click here for more information.

2011-09-08T00:00:00-04:00 2011-09-08T11:46:21-04:00 http://www.cfef.net/news/detail/id/6 Tampa, FL – (September 6, 2011) – Amscot Financial, a leading provider of convenient, consumer-oriented financial services, announces the successful conclusion of its 2011 ‘Just a Dollar’ fund-raising campaign. In the month of August, individual customers contributed $142,360, donating $1 a time. Their contributions, combined with Amscot’s match of $10,000, mean that $152,360 will be distributed among local education foundations to support students, teachers and public schools in the counties Amscot serves. Read more here.

2011-08-31T00:00:00-04:00 2011-08-31T12:08:49-04:00 http://www.cfef.net/news/detail/id/5 Broward Member Achieves Greatness! Learn more about her story.   source: SunSentinel.com

2011-08-04T00:00:00-04:00 2011-08-31T12:03:48-04:00 http://www.cfef.net/news/detail/id/4 Naples – School starts later this month and for the third consecutive year, Fifth Third Bank is partnering with education foundations in Collier, Lee, Sarasota, Manatee, and Palm Beach counties for its annual Back to School Supply Drive.   more...

2011-07-27T00:00:00-04:00 2011-08-10T14:40:53-04:00 http://www.cfef.net/news/detail/id/2 Over the past five years, Amscot customers and the company have combined to raise close to $400,000 for local education foundations in the counties that Amscot serves.   Tampa, FL – (July 27, 2011) – Amscot Financial, a leading provider of convenient, consumer-oriented financial services, announces the launch of the sixth annual "Just a Dollar” campaign, designed to raise funds for local education foundations in the 15 Central Florida counties where Amscot has branches. Beginning Monday, August 1, and continuing throughout the month of August, Amscot Financial associates will ask each customer if they would like to voluntarily contribute a dollar to their local education foundation. more ...

2011-07-08T00:00:00-04:00 2011-08-10T14:41:12-04:00 http://www.cfef.net/news/detail/id/3 Emily Campbell, the School District of Okeechobee County's 2011 Teacher of the Year, recently received statewide recognition and an award of $1,000 from the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (CFEF) for her efforts to increase business and community investment and involvement in her classroom at Everglades Elementary School.   more...