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Gina Hartley Scholarship Fund

Purpose of the Gina Hartley Scholarship Fund  Honoring and lifting up Gina’s legacy of community involvement in the Edgewater community and inspiring the next generation of Jefferson Saint graduates to... Read More

Four More Years

  Today marks four years of serving with the Edgewater community and supporting our local schools. On March 13, 2013 our board signed the incorporation documents to launch our nonprofit.... Read More

Thriving Schools, Thriving Community: 2016 Highlights

Collective Thank You Our 2016 highlights would be impossible without the people and organizations that are partnering with our mission of thriving Edgewater families, schools and community. So with this... Read More

Edgewater Talent Show

  To kick off the Edgewater Community Festival, we are organizing an Edgewater Talent Show for Friday night, May 12 at Jefferson Junior/Senior High School. This talent show will be... Read More

Training Up the Next Generation: Looking for Interviewers

We are working with Jefferson Junior/Senior High School and the American Job Center to train and equip Jefferson Senior High students to be prepared for the workforce. On January 25,... Read More

Reading Initiatives Don’t Stop in Third Grade

Though we focus a lot of energy on increasing grade level reading by the end of 3rd grade, reading initiatives don’t stop there. We were honored to support the efforts... Read More

Rockets and Inspiring Teachers

This fall, I was inspired as I watched National Geographic’s television show “Mars” with our daughters. The last scene in the show is Space X founder Elon Musk watching one... Read More

Give a Book: Jefferson Area Teacher Reception

One thing we have heard loud and clear from teachers is that they need high quality books for their classrooms. With our work with the Jefferson Success Pathway and the... Read More

Thank You!

  Thank you so much for your support and donations on December 6 for Colorado Gives Day! Thanks to your support we raised $3,755 which will be matched by our... Read More

Educate Local: School Bridges

This week we have been writing about our three focus areas for connecting our thriving community to our neighborhood schools so they will thrive. We are raising up School Champions... Read More
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