With plans for a state-of-the-art aquatic center and environmental training facility in the works, the Appoquinimink School District has been looking for new ways to make their visions a reality, which is why they teamed up with local business leaders to create the Foundation for Appoquinimink Schools.
FAS, the district’s first educational foundation, was established in September to provide an opportunity for businesses and individuals to make private, tax-deductible contributions in support of district’s public schools.
The foundation will hold a recruitment and kickoff meeting at Bogey’s Bar & Grille in Middletown, Thursday, July 1, from 7 to 9 p.m., in which residents are invited to learn more about the foundation and how they can get involved.
Rob Gilsdorf, the foundation’s vice president and a former member of the Appoquinimink Board of Education, said the foundation’s main mission is to provide funds for educational projects not financed by the district’s core budget.
“The foundation was created because there are gaps to fill in the educational support system,” he said. “There are certain things that the district values, like administration of scholarships. This is one place where we can congregate to manage them better.”
Also leading the foundation’s executive board are PNC Bank Manager Bonnie Lewis and Vice President of the Wilmington Trust Company Bill Hutchison.
Gilsdorf said the recruitment meeting is intended to enlist volunteers and future board members that will help move the foundation forward.
“There’re always people who say they would like to get involved and give back, and we’re looking for those people,” he said. “If we’re going to be successful, we need to draw on the talent of the community to make it happen.”
Gilsdorf said funding the proposed aquatic center, which is planned for the new campus slated for construction on Old State Road near Odessa and approved in the Dec. 8 referendum, is one priority for the foundation.
“It takes a partnership between the community, local businesses and the school district to make this thing happen,” Gilsdorf said. “It’s not just going to be for the school district. Every group in the population can benefit.”
Gilsdorf said he hopes residents will see the difference they can make for the district and its students.
“The school district benefits and the constituents benefit from what we’re able to do,” he said.
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With plans for a state-of-the-art aquatic center and environmental training facility in the works, the Appoquinimink School District has been looking for new ways to make their visions a reality, which is why they teamed up with local business leaders to create the Foundation for Appoquinimink Schools.
FAS, the district’s first educational foundation, was established in September to provide an opportunity for businesses and individuals to make private, tax-deductible contributions in support of district’s public schools.
The foundation will hold a recruitment and kickoff meeting at Bogey’s Bar & Grille in Middletown, Thursday, July 1, from 7 to 9 p.m., in which residents are invited to learn more about the foundation and how they can get involved.
Rob Gilsdorf, the foundation’s vice president and a former member of the Appoquinimink Board of Education, said the foundation’s main mission is to provide funds for educational projects not financed by the district’s core budget.
“The foundation was created because there are gaps to fill in the educational support system,” he said. “There are certain things that the district values, like administration of scholarships. This is one place where we can congregate to manage them better.”
Also leading the foundation’s executive board are PNC Bank Manager Bonnie Lewis and Vice President of the Wilmington Trust Company Bill Hutchison.
Gilsdorf said the recruitment meeting is intended to enlist volunteers and future board members that will help move the foundation forward.
“There’re always people who say they would like to get involved and give back, and we’re looking for those people,” he said. “If we’re going to be successful, we need to draw on the talent of the community to make it happen.”
Gilsdorf said funding the proposed aquatic center, which is planned for the new campus slated for construction on Old State Road near Odessa and approved in the Dec. 8 referendum, is one priority for the foundation.
“It takes a partnership between the community, local businesses and the school district to make this thing happen,” Gilsdorf said. “It’s not just going to be for the school district. Every group in the population can benefit.”
Gilsdorf said he hopes residents will see the difference they can make for the district and its students.
“The school district benefits and the constituents benefit from what we’re able to do,” he said.
