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Our annual letters to principals and checks
to school coordinators were mailed Friday
August 29, 2008. We had 690 schools submitted
their year end report on time. (reminder those
schools that did not submit are eligible for
$100 matching grant once your Haas report
is submitted).
We are excited about working with you to support
students for whom a little financial support
will make a big difference in keeping students
engaged in school. We encourage you to use
the lavender section (knowledge bank) in your
self-service portal with your login and password
protected extranet site. As we celebrate our
45th year of service statewide, please help
by creating awareness about the immediate
needs of students.
Experience tells us during tough economic
times the students needs will increase. Working
together we can support more students. As
a reminder, in addition to the August grant
schools are eligible for a matching grant
for up to one half of their August grant.
(note: this is limited to the first $70,000
in requests. We suggest to submit your matching
request early, as we anticipate running out
as early as April.) Thanks to your leadership
and help, this past school year we supported
15,423 students! We look forward to another
great year.
Bonnie Hilory,
Executive Director
206 352-1199
bhilory@haasfoundation.org
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Introducing the Newest Haas Educator Ambassador Program (HEAP) Members
Please welcome Mike Hansen (Counselor,
Tahoma
Schools),
Michael Tolley (High School Director with
Seattle Schools),
Scott Raab (Vice Principal, Chelan
Schools), as our
newest HEAP members.
HEAP members volunteer on an advisory
committee,
guiding the direction of the Haas
Foundation in three
areas: increasing the visibility of the
Foundation
throughout the state, identifying potential
board
members and donors, and supporting the
statewide
fundraiser for the Foundation. HEAP
members meet twice a year with our
Board, our next meeting is October 17th.
It's important that all regions of the
state are
represented by HEAP. We are still looking
for one
member from each of these ESDs: 101,
105, 112, 113.
114, If you'd like to serve with this
interesting, fun group of people, please
contact
Bonnie Hilory, Executive Director :
(206) 352-1199
Bonnie: bhilory@haasfoundation.org
Haas Educator Ambassador Program; HEAP commission
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"..to help promising young people at critical times
in their lives. To do that which otherwise would not
be timely done." - Saul Haas
Please consider forwarding this on to others who have a keen interest in our students success. Thanks!
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Jazz legends are coming together to
support Haas Foundation for our 2nd Jazz
with Haas event. Musicians will be
performing just for us on
Friday night, October 10th.
This past school year we updated our
Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQs) page to the self--
service portal extranet
(password secured) section of our
website. FAQ's will provide answers to
questions about administering the
grant and recording information on the
year-end report. This will allow you to get
information immediately. If you have
questions that are not
included in the FAQs, please e-mail them
the Haas
support team at
(staff@haasfoundation.org) so they
can be added to the list.
Haas Foundation is going to be offering
webinars and
go to my meetings all virtual (using the
internet and phone). Stay tuned for the
schedule of topics and dates. In the
meantime, if you
need support please remember that our
Haas
support team may be of service T-W- Th
from 10 am to
4 pm. 206 352-1199.
The Haas School Fund is available to help
all needy
students whether or not they are from a low
income
family or are on the free/reduced lunch
program. The
following is the definition of "needy"
students: 
As Haas Foundation strives to meet the
organizations needs the goal for Haas
Foundation to raise more funding is
apparent. In May, the Board approved a
budget which included supporting the
hiring of our first full-time development
director. 