East Palo Alto Kids Foundation
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Target demographics: Low-income students (K-8) in the Ravenswood area of East Palo Alto, California
Direct beneficiaries per year: approx. 220 teachers and 4,500 students
Geographic areas served: East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park, California
Mission:
As a community-based non-profit organization, East Palo Alto Kid’s Foundation’s mission is to promote educational opportunities and academic success for East Palo Alto children by providing micro-grants to teachers and schools. The needs addressed by EPAK grants are for materials and activities which would not otherwise be available to children living within the community served by the Ravenswood City School District, but which are identified by educators as being important to supporting students’ knowledge acquisition for meeting state standards.
Results:
EPAK has given over $1.5+ to classroom teachers since its inception in 1994.
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darcyhanson
12/19/11
I am a brand new teacher in East Palo Alto and was given $250 to start building my classroom in the beginning of the year. This grant is specificly for new teachers in the district. This was an amazing gift from EPAK that allowed me to start gathering materials that my students and I needed to ...
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Liza S.
06/05/11
EPAK (East Palo Alto Kids Foundation) provides $500 grants for classroom teachers twice yearly (Fall and Spring). Each year I have been able to purchase $1000 worth of books and hands-on enrichment materials for my first graders. EPAK requires that the materials bought have to stay in the ...
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jmfortes
05/31/11
EPAK is an awesome grant provided to teachers who work in the East Palo Alto district. It provides an opportunity to teachers to purchase necessary supplies, tools, and even field trips for all their students and to help them learn and grow as people in society. EPAK has given my students the ...
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