MPAEF AWARDS

The Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation received the 2007 Apple Award for Publications/Communications from the California Consortium of Education Foundations. The CCEF is the nonprofit organization supporting and providing networking for the more than 600 local education foundations throughout California. The MPAEF earned the 2007 award for the email marketing campaign that supported last fall's annual campaign. These were focused, targeted weekly emails designed to encourage participation in the annual campaign by highlighting specific needs which could be met with modest individual donations. Our participation increased by 2/3 over the previous year as a result of encouraging all parents to give at a comfortable level.

Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation (MPAEF) The award recognizes the MPAEF’s new community-building program of Foundation Ambassadors – one in every classroom – at the four schools in the Menlo Park City Elementary School District.

Foundation Ambassadors help to communicate the focus of the MPAEF this year to increase participation among parents in the mission of raising money for essential programs.

“Ambassadors help build understanding among parents and that understanding will help us build a stronger community,” said June Flora, president of the MPAEF, who accepted the award at a special luncheon at the CCEF Conference in San Jose on November 7, 2003. “In the face of growing enrollment and continued economic uncertainty in our state, there is no more important time for parents to understand the integral role our Foundation plays in providing local funding for an excellent education for our children.” Contact: