Simi Valley Students Receive $11,000 in scholarships and endowment scholarships from Simi Valley Education Foundation

Each year, the Simi Valley Education Foundation grants five deserving students $1,000 scholarships so that they can attend college, technical or vocational schools. One student is chosen from each of the four local high schools -- Apollo High School, Royal High School, Santa Susana School High and Simi High School, and one from Moorpark Community College.

In addition, the Simi Valley Educational Foundation awards three two-year community college scholarships ($1,000 per year) to students enrolling in a local community college each fall. This Endowment Program was established to honor the wishes of the original donor to provide community college scholarships for students who cannot afford to fund their own education.

These 2-year scholarships are awarded to students who demonstrate a strong desire to succeed by obtaining a college education. These scholarships are intended to offer an opportunity or create a turning point in a youngperson's life that inspires them to become an asset to our community.

The Simi Valley Education Foundation is committed to supporting the continuing education and success of our students. By providing financial support, the Foundation ensures that our students are able to pursue their

goals and dreams.

The 2010 Scholarship and Endowment Scholarship Recipients are:

2010 Scholarship Recipients

• Matthew Cianciullo -Apollo HS
• Kelly Ross-Royal HS
• Kevin Callaway -Santa Susana HS
• Alisa Samakapiruk-Simi HS
• Vaibhav Thotapalli- Moorpark College

2010 Endowment Recipients

• Tiffany Hendrix-Apollo HS
• Breana Rivas-Apollo HS
• Destinee La Fountain-Royal HS

2009 2nd Year Endowment Recipients

• Victoria Robles -Moorpark College
• Nick Romeo - Moorpark College
• Laura Zepeda - Moorpark College

The Simi Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing additional resources to students in Simi Valley's public schools. Our yearly fundraising programs provide money for our

scholarships and endowment program, as well as grants for teachers and schools. For additional information about programs and events, please visit the website at: http://www.svef.org/, call 877.SIMI-KID.

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Community Partnership Dishes Up Great Success for Local Schools

With public schools having to do more with less money from the state, it’s nice to see that a local business in Simi Valley stepped up to partner with and help provide cash-strapped PTAs with a little extra money this year.

Simi Valley Education Foundation and Domino’s Pizza are proud to announce the completion of a new unique partnership that is designed to bring more money to Simi Valley public schools.

Domino’s Pizza – with two locations in Simi Valley – created a Pizza Night Program. Unlike traditional pizza nights, each store offered discounted prices weekly to a participating school – one on the east side and one on the west side of Simi. In addition, for every order, Domino's donated a portion back to each of the schools.

While this is a new program – we are happy to announce that this joint venture resulted in more than $2600 going back to the schools that participated. We expect more schools this coming year to be involved with even more money going to our local students.

The Simi Valley Education Foundation has created an Affinity Partners Program with businesses, like Domino’s Pizza, who support the work the Simi Valley Education Foundation does in the community.

This program was created to provide another vehicle for local businesses to partner with the Simi Valley Education Foundation to support the important work we do for the local public schools.

For more information on the Simi Valley Education Foundation, visit the website at www.svef.org or call 877-SIMI-KID.

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