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  • BEF Funds Beaverton’s Choice Projects for January 2020

    BEF Funds Beaverton’s Choice Projects for January 2020

    With thanks to our generous donors, including the Dave Gettling Technology Fund, Intel Corp., First Tech Federal Credit Union, The Spirit of New Seasons Market Awards, AHS Go Warriors! Opportunity Fund, and the BEF Building STEAM 4 All Program, the Beaverton Education Foundation has awarded $48,223, funding 30 classroom projects so far this academic year. 

    Highland Park Band Music Mentors
    Teacher: Mandy Burton

    Aloha House of Hands-On Learning
    Teacher: Dennis Joule

    Meraki, Southridge’s Literary Magazine
    Teacher: Natalie Ballard Strauhal

    Springville’s If You Give a Kindergartner a Bookbag…
    Teacher: Christine Hunt

    Whitford Renewable Energy Engineering Design
    Teacher: Timothy Livingston

    Cedar Park Band
    Teacher: Jennifer Stenehjem

    Music in the Tech World
    Teacher: Tina Bodnar-Ream

    Kinnaman Coyotes with Sensory Needs
    Teacher: Michelle Milburn

    Thanks to your generous contributions, the dollars raised are enabling enrichment programs in Beaverton schools that otherwise would not be possible. For current programs, please visit Beaverton’s Choice, the hub that brings community and classrooms together.

  • Link Your Fred Meyer Reward Card to BEF and Help Beaverton Students

    Link Your Fred Meyer Reward Card to BEF and Help Beaverton Students

    Thank you to the 172 community households who have linked their Fred Meyer Reward Card to the Beaverton Education Foundation! Because of you, $448 was donated, (4th quarter: October 2019 – December 2019), to BEF through Fred Meyer Community Rewards to help fund projects and programs in all 53 Beaverton schools.

    Not signed up yet? It’s easy! Here’s how the Fred Meyer Community Rewards program works:

    • Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to the Beaverton Education Foundation at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards. You can search for us by our name or by our non-profit number HK006.
    • Then, every time you shop and use your Rewards Card, you are helping the Beaverton Education Foundation earn a donation!
    • You still earn your Rewards Points, Fuel Points, and Rebates, just as you do today.
    • If you do not have a Rewards Card, they are available at the Customer Service desk of any Fred Meyer store.

    Use your Fred Meyer Rewards Card each time you shop and you will help Beaverton students while still earning your Rewards Points, Fuel Points, and Rebates!

  • Broadway for Beaverton Schools – FROZEN

    Broadway for Beaverton Schools – FROZEN

    Join Broadway for Beaverton Schools on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 7:30pm for Disney’s FROZEN at Keller Auditorium. Fantastic seats are available at HERE for a limited time only. Early-bird promo (save $5) when tickets are purchased 12/19 through 12/22 using promo code: BEF

    FROZEN

    Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 7:30 pm
    Keller Auditorium, Portland

    Purchase tickets: here
    Use promo code: BEF

    Tickets on sale Wednesday, January 15 through Tuesday, January 28 or until tickets run out. Use promo code: BEF
    $119.50 – Center Orchestra
    $99.50 – Center First balcony

    A portion of all ticket sales through this Beaverton Education Foundation event will benefit thousands of Beaverton students through the Foundation’s grant programs and is tax-deductible as allowed by law. Disney’s FROZEN is presented March 2 – March 22, 2020 as part of the U.S. Bank Broadway in Portland series.

    Critics are calling FROZEN, “A can’t miss Broadway event” (NBC), and now it’s joining Disney’s smash hit musicals THE LION KING and ALADDIN on tour across North America! FROZEN is an all-new production created for the stage by an award-winning creative team, led by Academy Award® winners Jennifer Lee, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and Tony Award®-winning director Michael Grandage. It features the songs you know and love from the original film plus an expanded score with a dozen new musical numbers.

    FROZEN is an unforgettable, magical adventure, which Newsday calls, “A serious megahit with amazing special effects, eye-popping costumes, and incredible performances.” It’s a theatrical experience like no other, so let yourself go.

  • BEF Funds Beaverton’s Choice Projects for December 2019

    BEF Funds Beaverton’s Choice Projects for December 2019

    With thanks to our generous donors, including the Dave Gettling Technology Fund, Intel Corp., First Tech Federal Credit Union, The Spirit of New Seasons Market Awards, AHS Go Warriors! Opportunity Fund, and the BEF Building STEAM 4 All Program, the Beaverton Education Foundation has awarded $29,502, funding 22 classroom projects so far this academic year.

    Whitford 3D Printing, Robots, and Collaboration
    Teacher: Benjamin Lloyd

    Stoller Tech Lab
    Teacher: Rick Bush

    Mountain View Holocaust Museum & Memorial
    Teacher: Meghan McGill

    Homes for Hounds at Merlo Station
    Teacher: Jon Hauben

    Health & Science School Anti-Hate Campaign
    Teacher: Ericka Backs

    Light Up Our Westview Performances
    Teacher: Carolyn Hindman

    Aloha High School D&D Club
    Teacher: Jack Peplinski

    Healthy Snack Workshop at Raleigh Hills
    Teacher: Colleen Kellogg

    Sato Set Sail
    Teacher: Bettina Curl

    Beaver Acres ISC Sensory & Supports
    Teacher: Becky Rice & Toni Rosenquist 

    Thanks to your generous contributions, the dollars raised are enabling enrichment programs in Beaverton schools that otherwise would not be possible. For current programs, please visit Beaverton’s Choice, the hub that brings community and classrooms together.

  • The New BEF Website

    The New BEF Website

    We are excited to announce the launch of the Beaverton Education Foundation’s newly redesigned website-www.beavertonEDfoundation.org!  Our goal with this new website is to create a user-friendly browsing experience for our community and business partners. We hope you enjoy our new design that is easy to navigate, and more user-friendly. We invite you to explore our new website and learn about the projects and cornerstone programs we work to fund in all 53 Beaverton schools.