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Impact on Education erases BVSD families’ child care debt
Colorado Hometown Weekly
To ease financial stress on struggling families, we stepped in to eliminate the child care debt for 53 BVSD families. The combined debt of $25,000 was paid through our Student Academic Support fund.

Impact on Education erases BVSD families’ child care debt
Daily Camera
To ease financial stress on struggling families, we stepped in to eliminate the child care debt for 53 BVSD families. The combined debt of $25,000 was paid through our Student Academic Support fund.

Impact on Education collects more than 6,000 books as holiday gifts
Daily Camera
Impact on Education set out to brighten the holidays for Boulder Valley School District children by hosting a book drive from Nov. 30 to Dec. 14, and its goal was to collect 1,500 books to stock the bookshelves at Share-a-Gift’s annual Holiday Toy Shop for BVSD families. Instead, the group collected more than 6,000 books in just two weeks.

Impact on Education provides Student Academic Support grants
Daily Camera
Manhattan Middle School counselor Zennia Jennie turned to Impact on Education while trying help three students who weren’t engaging as the district switched to online only instruction in November.

Local school districts work to solve internet access challenges
Daily Camera
Moore said it helped that the district had already been working on the issue before the coronavirus pandemic hit. For the families still without access, the district — with the help of its foundation, Impact on Education, and a Boulder Public Library grant — has provided hot spots and covered…

Local school districts work to solve internet access challenges
Longmont Times-Call
Moore said it helped that the district had already been working on the issue before the coronavirus pandemic hit. For the families still without access, the district — with the help of its foundation, Impact on Education, and a Boulder Public Library grant — has provided hot spots and covered…

Impact on Education distributes school supply kits to BVSD students
Daily Camera
Lafayette’s Rosana Trujillo didn’t participate in past school supply distributions because her parents had always helped buy all the notebooks, crayons, markers and other supplies on her three children’s lists. But this summer…

BVSD school supply kit distribution set for this week
Daily Camera
Impact on Education, the foundation for Boulder Valley Schools, is distributing school supplies this week at drive-through locations to families. No documentation is needed to pick up the supplies, but organizers note they’re intended for students in need…

Summer Shuffle school readiness program goes virtual
Daily Camera
Teacher Kathy Luna drops off kits of school supplies and books on Monday mornings, giving families of preschool-age children living at Boulder Housing Partners sites the materials they need to participate in a virtual school readiness program…

SVP Announces New Catapult Program Investee
SVP Boulder County – Blog
Social Venture Partners (SVP) Boulder County announces the most recent investee in its multi-year Catapult program. “In our efforts to support local nonprofits with a variety of programs and resources that strengthen strategy and management, the Catapult…

Crayons to Calculators school supply drive seeks donations
Daily Camera
The annual Crayons to Calculators school supply drive for Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley students is asking for monetary donations only to buy wholesale supplies for the coming school year. Because of social distancing restrictions…

Emerald Elementary teacher wins early career teacher of the year award
Daily Camera
Emily Trujillo, a kindergarten teacher at Broomfield’s Emerald Elementary, ended her first year with an award from Impact on Education as the early career teacher of the year…

Boulder Valley School District Foundation Helps Struggling Families During Coronavirus Pandemic
CBS Denver
As school districts across the state look to make plans for the fall, some are taking the summer to make sure their most vulnerable students have the means to make it through…

A massive undertaking
Daily Camera – Print
Cydnee Melville planned a move to Lafayette from Longmont and enrolled her two children at Alicia Sanchez Elementary before the coronavirus pandemic prompted shutdowns. She moved into an apartment near…

BVSD volunteer outreach team delivers food, gift cards directly to families
Daily Camera
Cydnee Melville planned a move to Lafayette from Longmont and enrolled her two children at Alicia Sanchez Elementary before the coronavirus pandemic prompted shutdowns. She moved into an apartment near…

Community steps up to support BVSD students during pandemic
BVSD
Shortly after schools closed in March, Liquid Mechanics reached out to Impact on Education, to let the Boulder Valley School District’s foundation know that they were planning to donate a portion of their proceeds…

Broomfield Community Foundation awards first round of coronavirus-related grants
Broomfield Enterprise
The Broomfield Community Foundation last week distributed more than $10,000 to local nonprofits through its Disaster Relief Fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Foundation’s goal is to raise more than…
BVSD’s Impact on Education collecting cloth masks for emergency childcare centers
Daily Camera
Impact on Education, the foundation for the Boulder Valley School district, is collecting handmade fabric masks for kids and workers at the district’s three emergency childcare sites. Masks can be dropped off at a bin…
Open Forum
Daily Camera – Print
It’s easy to focus on the dark in scary and uncertain times. Thankfully, it’s also easy to see how this crisis is bringing out the very best in our community. When schools had to pivot to supporting students…
Please help unlock matching funds for BVSD students
Prairie Mountain Media
I have written recently about the outstanding efforts of Impact on Education, the foundation for Boulder Valley Schools, in mobilizing support for our students and schools…
Letters: No time for agendas; put Cuomo in charge; praise for BVSD; modern-day fairy tale
Broomfield Enterprise
It’s easy to focus on the dark in scary and uncertain times. Thankfully, it’s also easy to see how this crisis is bringing out the very best in our community. When schools had to pivot to supporting students…

BVSD starts Chromebook distribution ahead of home learning during coronavirus
Daily Camera
Claudia Borlovan picked up a Chromebook on Wednesday at Lafayette’s Ryan Elementary School for her daughter, along with a second one for a neighbor’s child. With four daughters in elementary, middle and high…
Boulder Valley’s Impact on Education announces $100K critical needs fund match for coronavirus impacts
Broomfield Enterprise
Impact on Education, the foundation supporting Boulder Valley schools, recently announced that all donations, up to $100,000, will be doubled for its critical needs fund to help students impacted by closures to prevent…
BVSD, SVVSD provide updates on at-home learning plans
Daily Camera
The Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley school districts are providing updates on at-home learning in the event school closures are extended beyond spring break — a possibility that looks increasingly likely based…

Southern Hills special ed teacher to receive lifetime teaching award
Daily Camera
Congratulations to Sue Taddeucci, the 2020 Blake Peterson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.