The Camas Educational Foundation was founded in 1997 based on the belief that partnership between community and schools is the most certain means to achieve excellence in education. We are a non-profit, 100% volunteer group of parents, educators, and community members dedicated to raising money and awarding grants in support of academic enrichment programs impacting over 6,000 students in the Camas School District.
Over the past 15 years, CEF has given over $900,000 to Camas Schools: roughly one-third of which went to strategic grants program and the rest to "mini-grants." Our recent auction netted $65,000 which will go directly for innovation across the district.
Members of the CEF board, along with teams of fund raising volunteers, are hard at work to raise more money than ever for Camas Schools. "In order to enhance the education experience beyond what the state and school district can fund, we as a community must join together to give the children the tools they need to reach educational excellence," said CEF Board Past-President Kelly Cooper-Slayton. "We want to turn the funds back around into the classrooms as quickly as possible and make a real difference for the students, staff and parents."
