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La Crosse Public Education Foundation selects new Executive Director
LA CROSSE, Wis., (December 21, 2021) – The La Crosse Public Education Foundation (LPEF) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Nell Saunders-Scott has been selected as the new LPEF Executive Director. Saunders-Scott most recently served as the Fund Development Director at The Parenting Place in La Crosse. She brings
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LPEF GRANTS OFFER $49,143 TO IMPROVE READING SKILLS, PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND MORE.
LA CROSSE, WI, December 7, 2021 – The generous support of community donors will offer students at every grade level in La Crosse schools a chance to learn new skills and expose them to new ideas — everything from traditional Hmong music, creating an outdoor classroom, to using photography to
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2021 Bowtie Classic
2021 Bowtie Classic raises $33,000 for La Crosse schools Presented by Other Top Sponsors Forest Hills provides a beautiful setting for the annual Bowtie Classic. A spirited group of 108 golfers gathered Saturday, Sept. 4 at Forest Hills Golf Course for the ninth Charlie Miller
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LPEF Executive Director David Stoeffler leaving after seven years of successful leadership
David Stoeffler, executive director of the La Crosse Public Education Foundation, is resigning from his position, effective Sept. 30, 2021. A search for his successor will begin immediately. Stoeffler will be leaving La Crosse to become the Chief Executive Officer of a new nonprofit being formed in Springfield, Missouri, where
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Grants for physical fitness, servant leadership, and character development will be funded through Randy and Lynn Nelson Endowment
La Crosse school students will have the opportunity to participate in projects involving physical fitness, servant leadership, and character development due to an endowment fund established by retired School District of La Crosse Superintendent Randy Nelson and his wife Lynn. Beginning this fall, teachers in the School District of La
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Community donates $500,000 to create RAK Forever Fund in LPEF’s largest-ever campaign
School District of La Crosse students with basic needs for clothing, school supplies, eyeglasses, hygiene supplies or help affording fees for field trips will get help – forever – due to community support for a new endowment fund created by the La Crosse Public Education Foundation (LPEF). LPEF announced July
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Helping students experience benefits of being in nature is focus of new grant funded by Kathie and Rob Tyser
La Crosse school students will enjoy field trips to explore nature, urban gardening projects, hiking, birding, kayaking, geo-caching, classes in outdoor survival techniques and many other opportunities due to a new grant program of the La Crosse Public Education Foundation. Retired educators Kathie and Robin Tyser have created a new
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Trust Point funds special grant for artists in residence for Hamilton-SOTA I reopening
The grand reopening of Hamilton-SOTA I School will be celebrated through the arts due in large part to a special La Crosse Public Education Foundation Gold Star Grant being funded by Trust Point Inc. The $5,200 grant funds visits by two instructors involved in theater, arts and dance to work
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Board of Education member joins LPEF Board
Annie Baumann, elected in April to the Board of Education for the School District of La Crosse, has joined the Board of the La Crosse Public Education Foundation. She will serve as an ex officio member of the LPEF Board, replacing Brad Quarberg, who served six years as the representative
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Latest LPEF grants offer $41,800 to improve reading skills, promote space exploration, and more
The generous support of community donors will offer students at every grade level in La Crosse schools a chance to learn new skills and expose them to new ideas — everything from traditional Hmong music, to fly fishing, to simulated flights among the stars. Pre-schoolers will get a chance to