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National Study Reveals 6 of Top 20 U.S. Local Education Foundations Are In Florida

Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012
Category: Public News
Summary: National Study Reveals 6 of Top 20 U.S. Local Education Foundations Are In Florida more…

CFEF Member Foundations Awarded Grants for Motorola STEM Solutions Project

Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Category: Public News
Summary: 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. more…

Three Outstanding Superintendents and School Board Members Receive Statewide “STAR” Recognition

Date: Monday, December 5, 2011
Category: Public News

Annual Amscot 'Just a Dollar' Campaign Surpasses Half-Million Raised for Local Education Foundations

Date: Thursday, September 8, 2011
Category: Public News
Summary: 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... more…

Fifth Third Bank Back to School Supply Campaign Expanded To 13 CFEF Member Foundations

Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011
Category: Public News
Summary: 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…

Amscot Financial Invites Customers To Give ‘Just a $1’ In August Campaign

Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Category: Public News
Summary: 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. more…

Okeechobee Teacher Named 1st CFEF ‘Champion of Children’

Date: Friday, July 8, 2011
Category: Public News
Summary: 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…