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Adopt-A-Classroom
Adopt A Classroom by September 30th!
September 26, 2024
The District 742 Local Education & Activities Foundation kicks off our Adopt-A-Classroom Project each Fall! LEAF’s goal is to connect businesses, individuals and groups to specific classrooms to help provide needed supplies that the District is unable to fund. Supporters can “adopt” a classroom (Early Education, Elementary, Junior High or Senior High)…
LEAF Receives a generous gift of $10,000 from St. Cloud Golden Gloves
October 28, 2023
The District 742 Local Education & Activities Foundation announces that with a generous gift of $10,000 from the St. Cloud Golden Gloves organization, the fall 2023 Adopt-A-Classroom Project
Chinese Immersion/Adopt-A-Classroom
October 31, 2022
Several parents of Chinese Immersion students collected funds to support the Chinese Immersion teachers by adopting their classrooms. When they brought the funds to the LEAF office they presented us with the “Chinese Knot” as explained below. Due to the generosity of the St. Cloud Community, LEAF has raised over $41,000 in Adopt-a-Classroom gifts and has …
District 742 “Welcome Back Staff”
August 30, 2022
Along with a large number of area businesses and organizations, LEAF had a table at the District 742 Welcome Back Staff event at Tech High School this morning. LEAF offered prizes for staff who stopped by and filled out a card. Hundreds of staff took advantage of the opportunity to stop by, chat with LEAF board members, and register for a Scheels Gift C…
2021 LEAF Adopt a Classroom Gifts Reach $38,000!
November 10, 2021
Because of amazing support from the St. Cloud Community, the 2021 LEAF Adopt a Classroom project has reached the $38,000 level for the first time since the program began in 2011! A total of 152 classrooms have been adopted as of November 10!
Pictured is Sue Williams from the Delta Kappa Gamma Society presents a $750 check to LEAF’s executive director, …
Kiwanis Club Supports Adopt-A-Classroom and PAKRAT!
August 13, 2021
The Kiwanis Club recently donated $1,500 to LEAF. The Club donated $500 of their gift to support the PAKRAT summer bus program. As part of the Kiwanis 100th Anniversary Celebration, $1,000 was donated to the Adopt a Classroom program to be split between four classrooms (100 students). One classroom will be at Lincoln, one at Madison and two at Talahi El…
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