DISTRICT 742 LOCAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES FOUNDATION

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NIGHT OF THE STARS
VARIETY SHOW
FEBRUARY 9, 2008
3:30 & 7:30
AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE

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2008 Night of the Stars program
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LEAF:  WHO?  WHAT?  WHY?

LEAF was founded in 1993 to provide supplemental financial assistance for the maintenance and enhancement of extra curricular activities in District 742 School.  We are a fully independent, non-profit corporation with 501 ( c ) (3) tax exempt status, governed by a Board of Directors.

 The LEAF Endowment Fund was also established in 1993 and is managed by the Central Minnesota Community Foundation (CMCF).  The fund balance as of June 30, 2007 was approximately $450,000.

 Through a twice yearly granting program begun in 1996, LEAF has provided over $160,000 to K-12 arts, academic and athletic extra curricular projects and programs in the District’s schools.  (In the 07-08 school year, LEAF will grant just under $25,000 to District 742 activities)!  In 2002, LEAF contributed an additional $140,000 through a special fundraising campaign to help save the Junior High School activities program.  A ticket surcharge program begun when LEAF was formed has resulted in additional $135,000 being contributed to the Tech and Apollo activities programs.

The LEAF Vision

The District 742 Local Education Activities Foundation believes that Student Activities Programs in District 742 should be:

·         Perceived by all as an essential component of a comprehensive educational program;

·         Integrated within the education process;

·         Valued by students, parents, teachers, administrators and members of the community;

·         Open and equally accessible to all students who wish to participate;

·         Responsive to changing diversity of need and new opportunities to develop students’ abilities, leadership skills, citizenship and character;

·         Supported by necessary human, fiscal and physical resources.

 The LEAF Mission

The District 742 Local Education Activities Foundation secures resources to financially and in other ways support and enhance student development through student activities.  LEAF carries out its mission by:

·         Fundraising;

·         Promoting the value of a comprehensive educational program;

·         Publicizing the relationship between participation in student activities, student success and the growth and development of healthy, well rounded youth;

·         Promoting public support for student activities;

·         Building links between our schools and the St. Cloud Community.