About the CEF Legacy Fund and Legacy Society

Are you passionate about education in our community? Would you like to help ensure that future generations of Camas kids benefit from the kinds of programs made possible by CEF? Are you looking for a lasting way to "give back" to Camas schools? Then you might consider making a gift to the Camas Educational Foundation Legacy Fund, or remembering the CEF Legacy Fund in your will or estate plan.

Since the Camas Educational Foundation's inception in 1997, our community has committed over $1,200,000 to funding annual and multi-year strategic grant programs throughout the Camas School District. The tangible results of this generosity can be seen in each and every school in the district and have touched our children in many ways. It is now time to build a long-term endowment fund which establishes CEF as a permanent and sustainable reality for future generations.

The Legacy Fund goal is to build an endowment fund of $1 million which will then become the primary funding source of our grant programs, reducing the need for annual volunteer-intensive fund raising events. We would be happy to meet with you to discuss a planned gift which can be in the form of: cash, wills & estate planning, stocks & bonds, insurance and even gift annuities which provide you income. There are many options for tax-saving charitable giving.

We wish to honor those who leave a lasting legacy in our community. Those who committed to a gift beginning at the $500.00 level before December 2004 and all those who have remembered the CEF Legacy Fund in their wills or estate plans, will be recognized as members of the "Legacy Society", the founding members of our Legacy Fund. This includes your name engraved on a beautiful leaf of our CEF "Legacy Tree" - a permanent tribute located in the new Camas High School commons area.

Please join with us to support our vision of assisting the Camas School District to build and sustain a world-class K-12 educational system.

To become a founding member of the Legacy Fund, and to be recognized forever as an exclusive Legacy Society member, please contact CEF board member and Legacy Fund Chair Frank Hood.