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Archives: Community partnerships
  • LPEF, DARE benefit from State Bank Financial Chili Cook Off on Oct. 14

    Posted by David Stoeffler on September 12, 2017

    Get your chili taste buds ready for the 26th annual State Bank Financial Chili Cook Off to be held on Saturday, Oct. 14 at Riverside Park in La Crosse.


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  • Donor-supported grand piano dedicated in style at Logan Middle School

    Posted by David Stoeffler on September 7, 2017

    A grand piano for the Logan Middle School Auditorium was dedicated in grand style Sept. 6 with a concert featuring La Crosse native David Marck, whose family support was…


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  • UPDATED: “SeeMe. ReadMe.” project raises $4,500 to buy culturally representative books for city youth

    Posted by David Stoeffler on August 7, 2017

    More than $4,500 was raised in a first-ever effort to put culturally representative books into the hands of our community’s children. The project was a partnership between the School District…


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  • Join our back-to-school campaign for Random Acts of Kindness

    Posted by David Stoeffler on August 1, 2017

    As students and parents prepare to return to school, the La Crosse Public Education Foundation is looking for help to refill Random Acts of Kindness accounts at schools throughout…


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  • Hamilton students get reading help from tutors funded by LPEF donors

    Posted by David Stoeffler on May 24, 2017

    Travis is really concentrating now. Looking carefully at the words on the page, picking up visual clues and hearing hints from Miss Deborah.


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  • A grand piano is coming to the great hall at Logan Middle School

    Posted by David Stoeffler on April 17, 2017

    Generous community donors – spurred by a challenge from David Marck, a La Crosse native who is an acclaimed jazz pianist – raised more than $42,000 to purchase and…


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  • North Woods Read-a-Thon raises more than $3,500 for literacy projects in Nicaragua

    Posted by David Stoeffler on February 24, 2017

    Students at North Woods International School raised more than $3,500 during their Read-a-Thon March 3 for a school-wide service learning project. More than $650 was raised through online donations…


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  • Photo gallery: 2017 Grants Award Luncheon

    Posted by David Stoeffler on February 2, 2017

    Special thanks to Diane Gebhart, former LPEF Board member, for providing photography at the 2017 Grants Award Luncheon.


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  • Excellence and Equity highlighted at 2017 Grants Award Luncheon

    Posted by David Stoeffler on January 16, 2017

    Recipients of 43 grants honored at 2017 event More than 200 community members and School District of La Crosse employees came together in a celebration of public schools at the…


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  • Celebrate Excellence and Equity in Our Schools at annual Grants Award Luncheon on Jan. 16, 2017

    Posted by David Stoeffler on November 29, 2016

    Superintendent of Schools Randy Nelson will be the featured speaker at the La Crosse Public Education Foundation’s annual Grants Award Luncheon, to be held Jan. 16, 2017, in the…


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