Dear Sponsor,

The Old Saybrook Education Foundation is once again seeking your help in the “2008 Fund Raising Campaign. ” Your contribution is one of the best investments you will make, as it is an investment in the future. No matter how large or small your donation, it will be gratefully received and carefully appropriated to provide educational opportunities for the students of Old Saybrook. Your support may be tax-deductable contributions of cash, annual pledges, memorial gifts, real estate, stocks, planned giving or in-kind gifts. Through your tax-deductable contribution to the Foundation, you can make a difference!

This year’s sponsors will be recognized at the Old Saybrook High School Awards Night which occurs in June, which is attended by over 500 parents and students. In addition to this, your name/company will be published in “The Beacon” our quarterly town-wide school newsletter.

For those of you who have supported the Foundation in the past, “Thank you.” And we hope that once again we can count on your generous support which has meant so much to so many. Donations may be mailed to:

Old Saybrook Education Foundation, 50 Sheffield Street, Old Saybrook, and CT. 06475.

Old Saybrook Education Foundation Mission

“The Old Saybrook Education Foundation will generate and distribute resources to the Old Saybrook School District
for programs and projects that enhance the quality of education and opportunities for students.”

Old Saybrook Education Foundation Purpose

In 1996 the Old Saybrook Education Foundation was created to support the educational programs of the Old Saybrook School District. The Foundation provides funds beyond the normal operating budget for educational programs and activities for students and staff. Foundation funds are used to facilitate student achievement and skill development, recognize and encourage staff excellence and expand community involvement from individual, businesses and civic organizations. The Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt (501(c) #06-1486846 of the IRS Tax Code) public corporation operating independently under a board of directors serving without compensation.

In its ten years of existence, the Foundation has provided over $100,000 to educational enrichment programs and students. Included are many scholarships which helped begin college careers, equipment for program technology improvements, the high school greenhouse, School-to-Career program, Lead the Way program, youth leadership conferences, financial hardship grants to insure that all students in a class could attend major education trips, Goodwin Buddies program, the startup of Boys’ Lacrosse, WISE projects, Quiz Bowl Team, Middle School Lego Team, Destination Imagination, Walk to Cure Cancer, summer student courses and programs in specialized subjects at major universities, any many other grants to meet special student needs.

For more information please feel free to contact: Julie Pendleton, Vice President  at 395-3158.

Thank you for your support!

                          Jan Murray, President                                                                  Julie Pendleton, Vice President

                Old Saybrook Education Foundation                                                 Old Saybrook Education Foundation