Source: San Jose Mercury News
Since its inception 23 years ago, the East Palo Alto Kids Foundation (EPAK) has helped teachers in low-income, East Palo Alto schools with numerous micro grants totaling over $2.5 million. Awarded to educators each semester, these $300 to $600 gifts help them pay for materials books, and field trips for their students.
Erin Gonce Wakshlag, a reading interventionist specialist at Brentwood Academy, was recently awarded a $600 grant for 300 books for first and second graders. Brentwood Academy is part of the Ravenswood City School District, in which 75% of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch and 18% are homeless or in shelters.
Without a wealthy parents association to fill the funding gap, the East Palo Alto Kids Foundation played an indispensable role in helping Wakshlag effectively perform her duties as an educator.
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