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LEAF’s first award goes to Mark Bragelman. Mark is an Apollo High School and St. Cloud State University graduate.It is the intention of LEAF to recognize outstanding District 742 alumni who have made the St. Cloud area their home and have had a positive impact on the community. The award criteria is: • Must be a graduate of a District 742 High School. • Mu…

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 be…

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 Car…

As part of our United Way grant in support of the summertime PAKRAT bus program, we report the number of children that are impacted by our efforts.  Sara Martini has compiled our June numbers to be submitted to the United Way.  During June, 980 children checked out 2,690 books from the PAKRAT Bus! Attached pictures from the PAKRAT Bus show our intern Sean…