We love the teachers and staff at our Edgewater area schools! This time of online learning is hard on both teachers and students as relational connections are so important for education. You can see it in the video above as Lumberg families came out to support their teachers and staff as they drove through the Edgewater community. This time is hard relationally for teachers and staff, but also hard on their household finances.

Through the COVID-19 pandemic, we are listening to the needs of teachers and staff at our local schools as their family or household finances are impacted by the pandemic. We’ve heard some of our teachers and school staff are going through financial struggles as roommates or partners have lost income and the bills are still coming in.

Our focus is on Edgewater Elementary, Jefferson Junior/Senior, Lumberg Elementary and Molholm Elementary. So far, we have donated King Soopers gift cards to teachers and school staff that need extra financial support through this time. Our hope is to continue supporting our schools in this way through the end of the school year and into the summer. Our dream is also to put funding toward big teacher and staff parties as they start the 2020-2021 school year!

You can donate to the Jefferson Area Teacher and Staff Encouragement Fund here.