Merchants Support LCF Educational Foundation Every 15th

The La Cañada Flintridge Educational Foundation is dedicated to helping LCF schools stay on top. The volunteer-run organization works with the community to raise funds that directly support school programs, projects and even staff salaries. LCFEF also runs an endowment focused on providing for the long-term needs and goals of the schools.

Foundation of the 15^th encourages you to help your schools by simply shopping with merchants who have agreed to donate a portion of that day’s profits to the foundation.

According to Lindsay McGregor of LCFEF, the idea behind the monthly day of donation came from Charlie Kamar of , who for years has donated one cent from every gallon of gas sold on the 15^th of each month. Thanks to community response and Kamar’s commitment, the penny per gallon program has raised over $1,000 per year of LCFEF.

Last summer, Kamar and Susan Stranger of and the newly formed La Cañada-Flintridge Merchant Connection worked together to expand the program to include a number of in town merchants and vendors.

Like Kamar, some businesses donate a flat amount per transaction, while others, like and the , fork over 10 to 15 percent of their daily sales. Businesses can also help the foundation’s good works just by honoring a flat donation per month, as Behr Construction does.

“Foundation of the 15^th is tailored to each individual merchant,” Stranger told Patch through email, “We made it very easy to get merchants to participate – every little bit helps.” She noted that the foundation will be revving up its campaign to get more merchants involved as the school year starts.