Ridgewood Education Foundation

Daniel Fishbein, Superintendent of Schools,
Lisa Garvey, REF Vice President and Grants Committee Chairperson, Anna Spalckhaver, incoming Grants Committee Chairperson, and
Elizabeth Gordon, REF President.

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For a message from the REF President, click here.

Free lunch! Volunteers are needed for this year's Barclays FedEx Cup Playoff Tournament, held August 26- 29 at Ridgewood Country Club. Many of the "jobs" do not require any golf knowledge, just a willingness to help out. Your volunteer package includes a golf shirt, a hat, a free grounds pass for you and one free guest pass for each day of the tournament, as well as lunch vouchers on the days you "work". In exchange for your service, the PGATOUR will make a donation to the Ridgewood Education Foundation. Over the last two years of REF's involvement with this event, the PGATOUR has donated $37,000 to REF to fund our classroom grants and Arts Fund programs! Your help is needed to make REF the leader in volunteerism, as we were two years ago when the tournament was last at Ridgewood Country Club. So, spend a few days on the golf course this summer and join in the fun! Click here for the volunteer application, committee descriptions, and a special offer for volunteers. If you are unable to pay the $50 volunteer package but want to volunteer, please complete the application and mail it with a request for payment to REF, P.O. Box 575, Ridgewood NJ 07450. Thank you for your service!

Golf tee TICKETS Fore CHARITY at The Barclays is another way you can help raise money for REF! That's right, you can attend The Barclays golf tournament AT THE SAME TIME you are helping kids!!! 100% of the net proceeds from ticket sales under this program go to charity: 75% will benefit the selling organization (that's REF), and 25% goes to The First Tee of Metropolitan New York.
Tickets are offered at $50 for a weekly grounds pass if purchased before June 30, and daily grounds passes are available July 1 - August 25 at the special rate of $45. That's 50% off for weekly tickets - this is really a great deal and for only $5 more than a daily ticket you will have a ticket for the entire tournament! So treat your foursome to a great day of golf while you're doing a good deed! To purchase tickets under the TICKETS Fore CHARITY program, please log on to www.buytfc.com, click on the Barclays button, and select "buy tickets". Ticketmaster is the host of this site.

Ridgewood Education Foundation Awards Fall 2009 Grants

At the November 2, 2009 Ridgewood Board of Education meeting, the Ridgewood Education Foundation presented nine classroom grants for seven schools totaling $10,035.69.

Please click here to view a pdf of the press release, which includes descriptions of the winning grants.

At the April 6, 2009 Board of Education meeting, the Ridgewood Education Foundation (REF) through its Arts Fund presented a grant totaling $9,069.55. To view a pdf of the press release, please click here.

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Spring 2009 Grants Awarded

Fall 2008 Grants Awarded

2008 Arts Fund Brochure

Spring 2008 Grants Awarded

	Ridgewood “Jibbitz”are here!
The Ridgewood Education Foundation is offering customized Ridgewood “Jibbitz®”! To pre-order yours, please send a check for $3 for each Jibbitz® “R” (design shown above is not actual size) with this form to: The Ridgewood Education Foundation, P.O. Box 575, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 For those of you that do not have small children at home, Jibbitz® are shoe charms that fit into the holes on the wildly popular Crocs™ clogs. The Crocs™ clogs come in a variety of styles and colors and are available at several local retailers. All proceeds from the sale of the Ridgewood “R” Jibbitz® go to support the Foundation’s classroom grants and programs.

For more information about membership and our programs, please email us at rsilbernagel@ridgewood.k12.nj.us.org, or call 201-670-2700 ext 10562.

The Ridgewood Education Foundation is an IRC § 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. All contributions are deductible to the fullest extent of the law.