PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

News and Updates August 2023
August 2023
President's Message here
The first day of school can be full of excitement, nervousness or hesitation. Even though my son was not real excited about school starting, like many other classmates, he was happy to see friends that he had not seen for two months. For parents with a kindergartener, watching your child walk through the school gates was filled with a bit of apprehension as you let your little one go. For me, my sixth grader now wants to be dropped off with no hug goodbye in front of his friends and picked up out back with the "big kids." He loses out on the hug goodbye, but does get picked up on the backside of Park School.
I want to thank the AEF community for voting AEF #1 Favorite Non Profit Organization from the San Gabriel Valley News Group Reader's Choice Awards. Our ALL volunteer Board of Directors work hard everyday to enrich the lives of all students in the Alhambra USD and will continue to do so. Thank you again and please do not hesitate to become involved with AEF as a Board Member to continue us achieve our goal. http://sgvn.readerschoice.la/



Make your reservation by calling our office or going online for the 17th Annual "Service to Education" Gala on Saturday, September 16, 2023 at the Los Angeles/San Gabriel Hilton. This year's honorees are an outstanding selection of individuals, businesses and organizations within our community who have given back to education. Please plan on attending this fun and exciting evening.

Shopping Extravaganza tickets are on sale for a day of shopping at the Citadel Outlets. This is a great day to start your Christmas shopping early since everyone who purchases a ticket receives extra discounts on top of already marked down pricing. AEF receives $25 for every ticket sold as well as additional money from the raffle tickets sold if we have a minimum of 100 shoppers who attend the event. September is a busy month so plan ahead to attend and/or refer a friend or colleague to go out and shop for the day! Buy tickets now at https://citadelshopx.com/.

Pumpkin Run 2023 will be held on Sunday, October 29, 2023 in Downtown Alhambra. This will be the 10th Anniversary for the run and we hope you will join us for a great morning to run or walk on Main Street and then enjoy the City of Alhambra's Harvest Festival afterwards. AEF has once again partnered with the Downtown Business Association of Alhambra for this event. https://runsignup.com/alhambrapumpkinrun

I want to give a BIG THANK YOU to all of our staff that made AEF Summer School a wonderful experience for over 1,000 students who attended at Ynez Elementary School and San Gabriel High School. I read our parent feedback and want to thank you for taking the time to fill out the form to allow us to continue to provide the best possible program available. It's hard to believe that we are already planning for next year and will keep you all posted of start date, classes and other programs we will offer.

On behalf of the AEF Board of Directors, thank you for your continued support of not only AEF, but also the AUSD and our students. As a community we make living in Alhambra, San Gabriel, Monterey Park, Rosemead and South San Gabriel a much better place with our great schools!
Stay safe & healthy!
Steve
Stephen R. Perry
President
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED...
We were thrilled to have your children join us at the K-8 Academy. We look forward to seeing you again next summer!



Service to Education Awards Dinner & Gala
September 16, 2023

18th Annual Shopping Extravaganza
September 30, 2023

Pumpkin Run 2023
October 29, 2023
The Alhambra Educational Foundation is the official fundraising partner of the 
Alhambra Unified School District (AUSD), and has given more than $3.3 million to benefit our schools and students since 1993. We are the only non-profit that raises funds to benefit all AUSD schools and every student.  AEF is a nonprofit that relies on your tax-deductible donations to help support all AUSD schools and students. 

Contact AEF
To contact us with any questions about our programs or to make a donation:
AEF Office: (626) 943-3080
General email:  support@aef4kids.com
Summer High School and K-8 Summer Academy:  summerschool@aef4kids.com

Address: 1603 Chestnut Street, Alhambra, CA 91803
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Tuesday & Thursday: 7:00am - 3:00pm
1603 Chestnut St.
Alhambra, CA 91803
(626) 943-3080
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