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Way to go Kiddo! School fundraiser meets goal
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| Kira Keane, left, Kiddo board chairwoman; Deborah Holley, center, vice chairwoman; and Jackie Broad, right, Kiddo Annual Giving Campaign chairwoman, pose with signs placed to thank the community for its generosity to Mill Valley schools. |
By Soren Hemmila, Marinscope Newspapers
The Mill Valley School District’s main fundraising arm, Kiddo announced last week it has reached this years goal. Now it needs its supporter to follow through on the donation they pledged.
According to Kiddo Executive Director Trisha Garlock, the $2.4 million includes $420,000 pledged by supporters, but not received. “We want to thank all of our supporters who have sent us their contributions, and we urge those who have not yet done so to fulfill their pledges so we can, in turn, fulfill our commitment to Mill Valley’s schoolchildren,” said Garlock.
Kiddo board of directors Chairwoman Kira Keane said that in these times of budget cuts to public schools, private funding becomes even more important to maintaining high levels of student learning in Mill Valley’s kindergarten to eighth-grade schools.
“In 2011, Kiddo responded to unprecedented state budget cuts to our public schools,” said Keane. “Thanks to exceptional community support we are able to maintain our arts programs and increase funding for additional programs that are no longer funded by the state. We are lucky to live in a wonderful community that places a high value on providing our children with an excellent public school education.”
The group of parents, teachers and business owners that make up Kiddo has raised over $20 million for local schools since 1982.
Funds raised by Kiddo provide students with instruction in art, music, drama, dance, poetry and technology. Kindergarten-through-fifth-grade students receive an hour per week of specialized small-group art instruction for the school year.
The district employs specialists that support its technology needs — specialists provided by Kiddo. The district has five 30-laptop mobile computer carts used at its elementary schools as well as 20 computers for the middle school library. The program also pays for the lease of 150 computers for the teacher laptop program.
The $2.4 million includes $197,000 raised by the Kiddo Business Partnership Program, which allows business owners to demonstrate their commitment to education and the Mill Valley community and promote their businesses at the same time. The partnership allows marketing opportunities and visibility as local businesses show support for schools.
Shopping programs eScrip and the Mill Valley Market’s Shop and Give raised $35,000 this year. The Kiddo Endowment Fund produced $144,000 in interest that went toward this year’s goal.
Kiddo is an independent nonprofit public-benefit corporation whose mission is to support the arts and educational programs in the Mill Valley School District.
Contact Soren Hemmila at shemmila@marinscope.com
According to Kiddo Executive Director Trisha Garlock, the $2.4 million includes $420,000 pledged by supporters, but not received. “We want to thank all of our supporters who have sent us their contributions, and we urge those who have not yet done so to fulfill their pledges so we can, in turn, fulfill our commitment to Mill Valley’s schoolchildren,” said Garlock.
Kiddo board of directors Chairwoman Kira Keane said that in these times of budget cuts to public schools, private funding becomes even more important to maintaining high levels of student learning in Mill Valley’s kindergarten to eighth-grade schools.
“In 2011, Kiddo responded to unprecedented state budget cuts to our public schools,” said Keane. “Thanks to exceptional community support we are able to maintain our arts programs and increase funding for additional programs that are no longer funded by the state. We are lucky to live in a wonderful community that places a high value on providing our children with an excellent public school education.”
The group of parents, teachers and business owners that make up Kiddo has raised over $20 million for local schools since 1982.
Funds raised by Kiddo provide students with instruction in art, music, drama, dance, poetry and technology. Kindergarten-through-fifth-grade students receive an hour per week of specialized small-group art instruction for the school year.
The district employs specialists that support its technology needs — specialists provided by Kiddo. The district has five 30-laptop mobile computer carts used at its elementary schools as well as 20 computers for the middle school library. The program also pays for the lease of 150 computers for the teacher laptop program.
The $2.4 million includes $197,000 raised by the Kiddo Business Partnership Program, which allows business owners to demonstrate their commitment to education and the Mill Valley community and promote their businesses at the same time. The partnership allows marketing opportunities and visibility as local businesses show support for schools.
Shopping programs eScrip and the Mill Valley Market’s Shop and Give raised $35,000 this year. The Kiddo Endowment Fund produced $144,000 in interest that went toward this year’s goal.
Kiddo is an independent nonprofit public-benefit corporation whose mission is to support the arts and educational programs in the Mill Valley School District.
Contact Soren Hemmila at shemmila@marinscope.com
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