“We are very excited to have teamed up with Vroman’s Bookstore to bring books to kids experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness who are part of the Pasadena Unified School District’s Families in Transition program. Through books we learn new ideas and share in the experiences of others. Books are essential,…...
Learning Kits Support Summer Learning
Recently Pasadena Educational Foundation volunteers and board members helped assemble and distribute learning kits to our Summer Enrichment Program students. PEF was forced to cancel our much-loved, in-person summer enrichment program due to the restrictions of coronavirus stay at home orders. These kits accompanied professionally-curated, online summer lessons which we…...
PFAR Supports PEF Response Fund
Local Realtors Team with Education Foundation to Assist Students with Distance Learning [Courtesy of Pasadena NOW] The Pasadena-Foothills Association of REALTORS has joined an initiative aimed at assisting local school kids as they transition to distance learning. The real estate agent organization says it teamed with the Pasadena Educational Foundation…...
PFAR Giving Supports PEF Response Fund
Thank you Pasadena-Foothills Association of REALTORS® ! On Thursday, May 14, the Pasadena-Foothills Association of REALTORS® unveiled PFAR Giving, an initiative centered on investing in the community. Partnering with the Pasadena Educational Foundation (PEF), the program’s first effort will support local educational resources through PEF’s Education Response Fund. “We are excited…...
Celebrating our Teachers with UTP and Chiquita Bonita
May 13, 2020, is California’s Day of the Teacher and this year’s theme is California Teachers: Inspiring Generations. Whether in person or at a distance during the global pandemic, the educators of the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) make a difference every day in the lives of our students. PUSD…...
Innovating to Protect Critical Workers and Volunteers
[Article courtesy Pasadena NOW] As news across the globe pronounced a shortage of protective equipment for critical workers, the Pasadena Educational Foundation turned to its longstanding 3D printing program in Pasadena Unified (PUSD) to focus on solutions. Soon after schools closed and distance learning went into effect, staff collected 18…...
Celebrating Our Volunteers
Volunteer Spotlights National Volunteer Week 2020 National Volunteer Week 2020 feels particularly important this year. It gives us an opportunity to celebrate the compassion and generosity of so many of you in our community. Our volunteers stand beside PUSD food service workers providing meals to make sure our students won’t…...
Volunteer Spotlight: Sylvio Montoya
Volunteer Week Spotlights: Sylvia Vega | Val Zavala | Community Groups by Brianna Chu Silvio Montoya has been a familiar face at Don Benito Fundamental School and Field Elementary School for a decade now. A Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) parent himself, Mr. Montoya started running errands for the teachers managing…...
