Meadow Vista Lions Club: 2014 Santa Comes to Town

Submitted by Etta Gross, Club Secretary

The Meadow Vista Lions are looking forward to a busy fall season and preparing for the holidays. Lions club members will be in front of Holiday Market selling Sees' Christmas Candies on November 20-23, December 11th-14th & 18th-21st.

Santa Claus has made his annual contact with us.  He will be visiting our community on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at dusk in the vacant field next to the Post Office.

Residents are always welcome to come bring ideas and see the planning for our events by visiting a meeting on the second and fourth Wednesday, starting at 7pm. at the Grange Hall in Meadow Vista. If you are interested in information contact us at  MeadowVistaLionsClub@gmail.com.  

Placer Hills Education Foundation 2nd Annual BBQ & Brew Fundraiser

Placer Hills Education Foundation Fundraiser with SunPower

PHEF: Press Release

The Placer Hills Education Foundation Grants $91,250 to

the Placer Hills School District!

The Placer Hills Education Foundation (PHEF) is a 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization that formed six years ago to build support and provide resources to preserve and enrich education in the Placer Hills School District which includes Sierra Hills School, Sierra Hills Arts and Science Charter School in Meadow Vista, Weimar Hills Elementary School and Weimar Hills Arts and Technology Charter School.  The 2011-2012 fundraising season proved to be the best yet.

Each year PHEF holds a dinner auction as their primary fundraiser.  This year the auction raised over $70,000 for the schools!  As part of the auction this year, SunPower© donated a residential solar system to be auctioned off for the schools.  In addition, the foundation was awarded a $5,000 grant from the United Auburn Indian Community to help support library services in the district.  Numerous donations from parents, community members and local businesses raised the total award to the schools to $91,250.  The largest grant PHEF has ever awarded to the Placer Hills Union School District.    In total, PHEF has raised half a million dollars for their school district since 1995!

The money granted to the school district this year will be used to support library services, technology and counseling programs in the district.  In the past, PHEF grants have supported art, music, physical education, field trips, new curriculum, computer software, hardware, art docent, and many other areas of education that most districts have seen suffer in the tight economy.

Meadow Vista Lion's Club April May Events

Meadow Vista Lions would like to say “THANK YOU” to their loyal customers for purchasing their Christmas See's Candies from our fundraiser.  With all of your support to this fundraiser the proceeds were over $2,500.  This year's See's Candies proceeds will be provided to Sierra Reach Ministries Food Closet to assist them with their weekly distribution of food for people in need.

Thanks to all who came to our Annual Crab Feed at Auburn Fairgrounds
It was great to receive such wonderful support from our community! The proceeds from this event will allow the Lions to do their community events.

Dates of upcoming Lions events to remember:

Saturday, April 7, 2012  Easter Egg Hunt
    If you show up one minute late, you will miss the event!
    Starting time is 10 a.m. SHARP!  Details will announced soon

Sunday, May 13, 2012  Mother's Day Breakfast
    Details will be coming soon!

Should you have questions regarding Lions, please visit Lion President Mark at True Value Hardware, or visit a meeting on the second and fourth Wednesday night at the Meadow Vista Grange hall, starting at 7 p.m.

Placer Hills Education Foundation Fiesta! Nets $62,000 for Local Schools

By Kathy Ito, PHEF President

Thanks to amazing community support, the annual Placer Hills Education Foundation (“PHEF”) dinner auction netted $62,000 for Sierra Hills and Weimar Hills School programs. As PHEF is an all volunteer organization, one hundred percent of the proceeds go directly to the schools.
 In her second and final year as chairperson, Shalome Briggs and over fifty volunteers orchestrated a quality and well organized event that sold out in just over two weeks.  Tickets were $75 per person.
More than 150 people attended the “PHEF Fiesta!” at Winchester Country Club on Friday March 4th.
 Shalome scheduled the event at Winchester this year so it was easier for the community to participate, and participate they did. Attendees were remarkably generous, merchants in Meadow Vista, Colfax, and Auburn were liberal and thoughtful donors, and the tireless army of volunteers did what was needed.
 The “PHEF Fiesta!” was truly a celebration of what a community has and continues to do for education. Thank you!
 The event included a special “Fund-A-Need” auction that raised $13,750 for the school's K-8 visual and performing arts programs. Jennifer Lynn, a 4th grade teacher at Weimar Hills School, did an really good  job detailing the importance of the program and attendees were very supportive.
 Since 2005, the foundation has raised over $500,000 to support a wide range of school programs from kindergarten cooking, music, PE, and the arts to library services, clubs, and technology.
 PHEF would like to do more to support innovative education in our community, but additional help is needed to grow the contributions PHEF is making to educate children and build our future. There are many ways to support PHEF's mission other than the annual dinner auction. PHEF accepts tax deductible donations year round, and welcomes new volunteers.
For more information, contact Kathy Ito at pres@placerhillseducationfoundation.org or visit PHEF's web site at http://placerhillseducationfoundation.org/. The Placer Hills Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.