Wishes Granted
Bethel District News, November 8, 2010, By Pat McGillivray Meadow View’s Jan Guianen was one of dozens surprised with BEF grants last February.
Biting into the BEF Apple Campaign
Bethel District News, October 7, 2010, By Pat McGillivray Oregon Community Credit Union’s Barger branch displays some of the BEF “apples” purchased by its customers.
On With The Show
Bethel District News, October 7, 2010, By Pat McGillivray Willamette staff brought down the house with their Shake It routine.
Bethel Staff Talent Show A Huge Hit
Bethel District News, Sep 22, 2010, By Pat McGillivray Among the most popular acts was Malabon’s “Westerners” performing the Bread Smellin’ Sass.
Pictures from the BEF Rocket Station at the “We are Bethel Celebration”…
Todd Lipkin, BEF Treasurer Taycee Lipkin, BEF Fundraising Chair Pat McGillivray , Ex-Officio Board Member Brooke Cottle, BEF President
Bethel Schools Get Much Needed Boost From Grants
KVAL News, Feb 5, 2010, By Molly Blancett EUGENE, Ore. — It’s been a rough budget year for the Bethel School District. “The year started difficult,” said Bethel Superintendent Colt Gill. The budget was so bleak teachers agreed to work for free, take a salary freeze and cut school days. Almost all elementary and middle…
Pictures from the Bethel Education Foundation Prize Bus…
Fairfield teacher, Cory Jacobs, couldn’t contain her excitement when she received her mini-grant. BEF Board Member Dawnja Johnson looks on. Teacher Emily Snider from Willamette High School was happy to receive her certificate from BEF Board Member Denise Prewett.
Schools Receive BEF Donations
Bethel District News, January 13, 2010, By Pat McGillivrayThe Bethel Education Foundation will award mini-grants in February. Nearly $2,000 has been donated directly to individual Bethel schools through the Bethel Education Foundation. While BEF’s initial fundraising efforts brought in more than $10,000 for its mini-grants fund, the nearly $2,000 was designated by donors to go…
Give a Day’s Pay for Schools
The Register Guard, September 15, 2009, Letters in the Editor’s Mailbag, by Janis Brew, Springfield Bethel School District teachers’ decision to work without pay on Sept. 8 is an example of the many ways teachers give unselfishly to our children and society and should not be taken for granted. Every year teachers throughout our…
EDITORIAL: Bethel gets on board, forms a local school foundation | Forming a local school foundation
The Register Guard, September 5, 2009, Editorial Good for the parents of students in Bethel schools. They’re forming a Bethel Education Foundation to solicit money and provide small grants for the schools. These private sources of help are all the more useful now that a recession is squeezing normal public funds. In making this move…