The Day After

The sun rose this morning and it was official.  We made it through another "First Day of School".  The drama of what to wear, what to pack for lunch, what time to leave to account for traffic is behind us.  Our kids came back with stories of who they sat with at lunch, what kid they don't like in their class and who their favorite teacher is going to be.  This morning things were a little calmer, still feeling the early school year stress, but somehow we have made it and we likely have all breathed at least a small sigh of relief.

Scott and Tamra Villarreal are breathing a little easier this morning as well.  Their big family is out the door this morning and off to school.  Long time supporters of LTEF, the Villarreal's know how important supporting the Foundation is to the teachers and students of LTISD.  This year we are honored to have them serve as the Honorary Chairs of our Annual Giving Campaign.

Our teachers are ready, thier classrooms full of projects and plans to engage our children and prepare them for thier next step.  No matter what that may be.  Join us today in supporting the teachers and staff of LTISD so they can continue to help build the dreams of our children.

The BIG Picture

What a week!  Like many of you, we are anxiously anticipating the beginning of a new school year.  With that comes quite a bit to accomplish.  This year, LTEF has reached out to the teachers and staff at LTISD in our annual employee giving campaign. We are overwhelmed with the response!  Last year, 1.9% of LTISD staff were donors, contributing about $3,800 to the Foundation.  This year, staff came together and championed our cause.  The result - as I type this 48% of the staff are now Friends of the Foundation and have pledged monthly gifts or made one-time gifts totalling $18,782.  AMAZING!!!  This group of 1000 plus employees is extraordinary.  They are invested in our kids in so many ways and committed to giving our youth the brightest future possible.  We hope you will join them and look over the right side of this page and click the DONATE button.  Your kids, our kids, deserve it!  Thank you LTISD staff!

Working Weekends

It doesn't really matter what day of the week your "weekend" actually is, no one wants to be working on that day.  But sometimes it's just what has to be done.  What began as just a day to catch up - turned into a something more - an unexpected donation!  Pedernales Electric Cooperative has made a contribution of $1,000 to LTEF through their Partners in Learning program.  Thank you so very much!  Not only is PEC providing some of our families the power to light their homes, they are providing our children with power to ignite their minds.  If every working weekend started out this way, I might just find myself in the office on a few more Saturdays.