More than $50,000 Raised at Enumclaw Full Day Kindergarten Event

In an email update sent this past Thursday, Full Day Kindergarten event chair Nancy Merrill reported that last Saturday's Full Day Kindergarten Dinner/Auction netted more than $50,000 for at least 20 full day kindergarten scholarships for entering kindergarteners in the 2013-14 school year.

Click here to view some sights and sounds from the event.

In the last five years that the fundraiser has occurred, the Enumclaw Schools Foundation has raised enough money to fund more than 100 full day kindergarten scholarships for students. As noted by ESF President Johna Thomson in the link above, the Enumclaw Rotary Foundation is responsible for funding 23 of those scholarships.

"The Enumclaw Rotary Foundation has provided full scholarships at $2,500 each, for students who are in need of the enriched curriculum and adjustment that takes place in a full day kindergarten classroom," Thomson wrote.

For the 2013-14 school year, several couples were also recognized for contributing an amount that covers a full scholarship:

• Rob and Mary Alicea
• Kevin and Kim McKeighen
• Jim and Nancy Merrill
• Mike and Britt Nelson
• Alan and Sue Reiter

There's Still Time to Help

If you weren't able to make Saturday's event and/or would still like to make a donation toward the 2013-14 school year, you have until April 30 to ensure your donation is applied next year. Just click here to visit the ESF website and click on the "Donate" button.

See Also:

Enumclaw Schools Foundation

Enumclaw Schools Foundation on Facebook