Gratitude to our community

The last few weeks have been unprecedented in many ways, and as a colleague recently shared, “This is not a sprint or even a 10k. We are preparing for a marathon.” While Impact on Education sprung into action as if this was a sprint, we are now realizing that this crisis will continue on not just for weeks, but likely for months. We know that students depend on their schools for much more than simply their education, and that’s why we immediately set up our Critical Needs Fund.

As of April 1st, we’ve raised over $250,000 for our Critical Needs Fund. This was made possible by our generous matching donors Dave and Suzanne Hoover, joined by Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor, and by the 500 individual and corporate donors who contributed.  

Please take a moment to watch this video from our Superintendent, School Board, Executive Director and Board members, as we share our gratitude to those who have helped us:

Over the past three weeks, we have:

We are working in very close partnership with BVSD and have been so impressed by the hard work of their entire team. You can read Impact on Education’s public statement of admiration in our Executive Director’s letter to the editor published in Thursday’s Daily Camera.

We are committed to supporting all students in the BVSD community. Will you continue to support our work?

We invite you to learn more about our Critical Needs Fund. We welcome your help spreading the word to family, friends and neighbors about the important needs we are meeting during these challenging times.

We are grateful for the support of this amazing community! We truly are #AllTogetherBVSD

To make a financial gift click here

CURRENT NEED– FACE MASKS: BVSD is providing care to children of “Essential Employees.” We must help these teachers and children stay safe, so we’re asking for volunteers to donate face masks that we’ll distribute to students, teachers and other building personnel.

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Addition Resources:

Please click here to learn more about BVSD’s Home Learning Kickoff Plan

Please click here to learn more about BVSD’s Materials and Food Distribution Plan

Please click here to learn more about Emergency Food Distribution

Please click here to learn about the Boulder Valley School District’s response

Please click here to learn more about resources in Boulder County

Please click here to learn about the State of Colorado public health and action plan

Read reporting on BVSD and IoE efforts to support students

Read in Broomfield Enterprise: Broomfield Community Foundation awards first round of coronavirus-related grants

Read in Daily Camera: BVSD’s Impact on Education collecting cloth masks for emergency childcare centers

Read in Daily Camera: BVSD is showing that school is a community

Read in Brad Feld blog: Boulder Non-Profits to Support for Covid-19 Relief

Read in Daily Camera: BVSD, SVVSD launch remote learning with schools closed amid coronavirus

Read in Daily Camera: BVSD starts Chromebook distribution ahead of home learning during coronavirus

Read in Daily Camera: A note from the publisher to Daily Camera readers

Read in Broomfield Enterprise: Impact on Education announces $100,000 Critical Needs Fund Match

Read in Daily Camera: BVSD hands out about 1,450 bags of food amid coronavirus pandemic

View: Photos of BVSD Sees Increased Demand for Food While School is Out

Read in Daily Camera: BVSD, SVVSD provide updates on at-home learning plans

Thousands Receive School Supplies from Impact on Education

As soon as the spread of COVID-19 required schools to close, Impact on Education jumped into action. As the Foundation for Boulder Valley’s public schools, we created our Critical Needs Fund to support students and schools in a variety of ways during the unprecedented school closures. And in just under two weeks we have received over $70,000 from 400 generous supporters.  This support has been overwhelming, and we are deeply moved by our community’s commitment to education and our students.

Because of these financial contributions we have:

Our Critical Needs Fund remains flexible to meet the emerging needs of this crisis and we are prepared to fund tutoring and enrichment programs so students don’t fall behind.

Will you help us build the Critical Needs Fund so we can continue to help our students and families during this time of need? All gifts made now through the end of March will be matched dollar for dollar up to $100,000 thanks to generous gifts from Suzanne and Dave Hoover, joined by Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor.

Please make your gift today and share your support with others to help us secure $200,000 for the Critical Needs Fund before the end of March.

Addition Resources:

Please click here to learn more about BVSD’s Home Learning Kickoff Plan

Please click here to learn more about BVSD’s Materials and Food Distribution Plan

Please click here to learn more about Emergency Food Distribution

Please click here to learn about the Boulder Valley School District’s response

Please click here to learn more about resources in Boulder County

Please click here to learn about the State of Colorado public health and action plan

Read reporting on BVSD and IoE efforts to support students

Read in Daily Camera: BVSD is showing that school is a community

Read in Brad Feld blog: Boulder Non-Profits to Support for Covid-19 Relief

Read in Daily Camera: BVSD, SVVSD launch remote learning with schools closed amid coronavirus

Read in Daily Camera: BVSD starts Chromebook distribution ahead of home learning during coronavirus

Read in Daily Camera: A note from the publisher to Daily Camera readers

Read in Broomfield Enterprise: Impact on Education announces $100,000 Critical Needs Fund Match

Read in Daily Camera: BVSD hands out about 1,450 bags of food amid coronavirus pandemic

View: Photos of BVSD Sees Increased Demand for Food While School is Out

Read in Daily Camera: BVSD, SVVSD provide updates on at-home learning plans

Ensuring Boulder Valley Students are supported in this time of need

While we are collectively facing a time of unprecedented stress and uncertainty, we could not be more proud to be part of such a caring and committed community. 

These challenging times have put our mission as the foundation for Boulder Valley’s Public Schools to the test. And, we are happy to say, our pillars of support do not waiver, even in times of crisis.

Now that schools must remain closed until at least April 17, we know that the needs will continue piling up.

Our safeguards and action plans are solid, and our relationship with the Boulder Valley School District is strong. With your help, we can handle this crisis and provide the essential tools our students need right now while also planning ahead to create mechanisms of support so that students do not fall behind.

During this unprecedented school closure, Impact on Education is:

How you can help now:

Make a contribution to our Critical Need Fund.- this allows us to immediately tackle the district’s need in the three areas above.

Stay up to date on what we’re doing and how you can help by reading our newsletters, following us on social media and coming back to our website often.

Share these needs and our website with friends, colleagues, family and neighbors.

We are grateful to be part of a community that is so committed to education and to helping support our neighbors.

Other Resources: 

Please click here to learn more about Emergency Food Distribution

Please click here to learn about the Boulder Valley School District’s response

Please click here to learn more about resources in Boulder County

Please click here to learn about the State of Colorado public health and action plan

Read Daily Camera reporting on BVSD and IoE efforts to support students

Read: A note from the publisher to Daily Camera readers

Read from Broomfield Enterprise: Impact on Education announces $100,000 Critical Needs Fund Match

Read: BVSD hands out about 1,450 bags of food amid coronavirus pandemic

View: Photos of BVSD Sees Increased Demand for Food While School is Out

Read: BVSD, SVVSD provide updates on at-home learning plans

Impact on Education is in direct and constant communication with Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) to ensure that our students and families are supported during these uncharted times.

Currently, all schools in Boulder Valley School District are closed until April 17th.

We are working closely with District leaders to ensure we are able to provide food to the families who rely on school for meals. At the same time, we are raising critical funds to prepare for the possibility of remote learning for students without access to technology. 

As the Foundation for Boulder Valley School District, we at Impact on Education are stepping up to help support students and schools in unprecedented ways.

We are focusing our efforts in these three places:

We are working closely with BVSD Food Services to line up volunteers to assemble bags that will be distributed to families in need next week across our community. Many students rely on school for breakfast, lunch, and weekend nutrition. With our partners at BVSD, we are committed to ensuring that students and their families receive nutritious food while students are unexpectedly out of school. If you’d like to volunteer, please sign up here. Please understand opportunities are fluid, based on pending needs and potential group gathering restrictions.

In case school closures extend beyond spring break, we are getting tens of thousands of school supplies and backpacks ready to be used to support ongoing learning among students without access to technology.

Once this is all behind us and kids are back in school, Impact on Education is looking for creative ways to fund after school/weekend enrichment to help our kids catch up and make sure that the gap in learning doesn’t become a permanent deficit.

How you can help now:

We are grateful to be part of a community that is so committed to education and to helping support our neighbors. 

Thank you from all of us at Impact on Education

Read the Daily Camera reporting

Other Resources: 

Please click here to learn more about Emergency Food Distribution

Please click here to learn about the Boulder Valley School District’s response

Please click here to learn about the State of Colorado public health and action plan

From the Department of Public Health & Environment:

Social distancing is an effective public health tool for preventing the spread of disease, but it’s still important to connect with friends & loved ones. Try video chats or just give them a call. Remember to keep 6 feet between you & others if you do need to go out in public.

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