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RCEF 2009 Annual Donor List

Posted Mon, 03/08/2010 - 13:13 by kpunter

RCEF Choice One Bank 2009 Annual Checking Statement

Posted Mon, 03/08/2010 - 13:12 by kpunter

RCEF 2009 Alumni Annual Report

Posted Sat, 02/27/2010 - 14:29 by kpunter

2009 RCEF President's Annual Report

Posted Sat, 02/27/2010 - 14:15 by kpunter

RCEF Website annual report 2007

Posted Sun, 04/19/2009 - 14:13 by jsickles

4 December 2007

To: RCEF Trustee Board

Subject: Annual Report for the Ravenna Community Educational Foundation (RCEF) Website

1. I was tasked with establishing a web site for RCEF that would allow the community to view the activities of the foundation in a passive mode, allow the board to give detailed RCEF information to the community and also give an opportunity for the public to donate on line to RCEF via the Community Foundation of Muskegon County. These mandates have been accomplished.
2. The website is www.RavennaFoundation.org or www.RavennaFoundation.com). It has an edit capability and certain parts of the pages can be edited as events change and as new information needs to be added.
3. No money has been spent to date on the website. The 20 August 2007 RCEF board meeting allocated $1,000 or less to be spent in calendar year 2007 for the establishment and maintenance of the website. Thus far, Sickles Consulting (Jeff Sickles) has not submitted for payment, though charges will probably be forthcoming around the first of the year. Sickles Consulting is located in East Hampton, CT.
4. There will always be annual costs associated with maintaining a website. There is a small annual fee to continue to own the website addresses. Most of the cost in a website however is found in building the actual website and any major revisions that are performed thereafter.
5. Goals for 2008. It is expected that the website will be utilized to allow people to signup for the upcoming flag football tournament. The site will allow participants to see the football rules, get directions and pay on-line. Another goal for 2008 is to establish an archival area where all past minutes of RCEF meetings will be housed. Additionally, any significant documents for RCEF will be housed there.

Respectfully submitted,

Ken Punter
RCEF Trustee

RCEF Grant Scholarship Committee 2007

Posted Sun, 04/19/2009 - 14:12 by jsickles

December 17, 2007

Ravenna Community Educational Foundation
Grants/Scholarship Committee
2007 Annual Report

Committee Members: Ken Punter, Jason Helsen and Karen Barker

We developed Grant and Scholarship applications. As we were just forming and financially we needed to get our first $10,000 donated to be a true part of the Muskegon County Community Foundation, we decided to only give out one student scholarship this year. It was as much a public relations issue as helping a senior get help with college. We wanted people to know the RCEF had been formed and in the process of taking donations to make a difference in our educational sites in the community.

Attached are the applications we adopted as a board. Our first recipient of the RCEF Student Scholarship was John Miller who is attending Grand Valley State University. The scholarship was in the amount of $500.

When the RCEF gets the $10,000 to be “established” according to Muskegon County Community Foundation we will talk about beginning our teacher and student grants that can be used in the schools and classrooms and increase the number of grants as money allows.

Respectfully submitted,

Karen Barker, Chair
Grants/Scholarships Committee

A Year in Review from RCEF President 2007

Posted Sun, 04/19/2009 - 14:10 by jsickles

A Year in Review from RCEF President, Karen Barker
December 27, 2007

It has been a busy year forming the Ravenna Community Educational Foundation. This foundation is something that could have been beneficial sooner, but never got started until now. As the former high school principal, I knew other communities had their educational foundations and Ravenna needed to have one as well. I wanted to get this foundation started for our students. I see this being good for the future of Ravenna schools and its students.

We have partnered with the Muskegon County Community Foundation to help with getting established which was a very good move. To date, we have received donations to go above our first year goal of $10,000. We have the word out that RCEF is here and ready to help our schools and students.

We have a logo, mission statement, bylaws, brochures, membership categories, grants and scholarships, and even a website; but, we have only just begun. We have so much more to accomplish for the betterment of our educational process here in Ravenna. I can only hope our next year will bring in even more donations as more people hear that RCEF is here. Now that we are seeing how we are functioning as a Board we can review our bylaws, membership, and brochure to see that they are meeting all the needs for the betterment of RCEF. Remember, getting RCEF established was the first step. Keeping RCEF going in the right direction, for the benefit of Ravenna students is our next step.

I want to thank our Board members for making this a priority in their life as well. It takes a great deal of time and devotion to form an organization and make everything work and function correctly. We saw two people start, but couldn’t make RCEF their commitment. Then three others joined us. We don’t have a full Board, but we have ten people who have dedicated their efforts to help establish RCEF and get this Foundation off the ground. I thank you all for helping RCEF become a reality.

I hope 2008 will be a year to spread our news even further and RCEF will grow to great potential.

Respectfully,

Karen R. Barker
2007 RCEF President