April 1, 2016From: Marty Heiss, 2015 President of Ravenna Community Educational FoundationSubject: 2015 End of Year Report1. Our major fundraiser was again the “Taste of Ravenna.” The November 2015 event was well attended and generously supported by friends from the Ravenna community and surrounding areas. We had baskets of wonderful goodies donated by each Board […]
Posted Sun, 12/13/2015 – 19:08 by kpunter The Ravenna Community Educational Foundation has named Kevin Drake as recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Alumni award. Kevin is a 1976 graduate of Ravenna High School and 1980 graduate of Western Michigan University; he earned his masters degree in biology and environmental science from the University of Memphis […]
October 13, 2015 Dear Fund Holder: Enclosed is your Fund Statement for the quarter ending September 30, 2015. The investment return on your fund for the 3rd Quarter was -5.06%, and -3.77% year-to-date. Vanguard chief economist, Joseph Davis, recently wrote “we believe investors should continue to participate in the markets and stick with their asset […]
RCEF continued its tradition of giving back to the community by handing out over 1,000 bottles of water at the Ravenna Cruise-In car show held Friday, 17 July 2015 in downtown Ravenna. The event was well attended and the bottles were distributed in just over 1 1/2 hours. The hot and humid weather made the […]
Our 2014 year-end fund balance was $145,349.63. With a beginning balance of $123,202.18, we surpassed the $125,000 milestone in fund balance in 2014, another major financial accomplishment. We received $25,001.87 in donations, experienced $6,548.62 in investment gains as the stock market had another good year, paid $1,925.89 in investment and management fees, and disbursed $7,477.15 […]
February 5, 2015From: Marty Heiss, 2014 President of Ravenna Community Educational FoundationSubject: 2014 End of Year Report 1. Our major fundraiser was the “Taste of Ravenna.” The November 2014 event was the best attended and most profitable to date indicating continued and increased support from the Ravenna community and surrounding areas. We again had baskets […]