LVEF Major Donors

Livermore Chapter of Foresters of America
Livermore Chapter of Foresters of America have donated $25K as seed money for our new endowment account

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Annual HOME Campaign
LLNS continues to support LVEF with both their employee giving program called, HOME, and for the end of 2007, and additional company matching funds of $20K. This year, as with the prior year, the LLNL HOME Campaign contributions exceeded $50K. This milestone reflects the Laboratory employees' commitment to public education in their community.

National Security Technologies
National Security Technologies will provide two $5,000 scholarships in spring 2008. This is their second year of sponsorship. In addition they have assisted with additional funding for a new math program at Junction Avenue Middle School.

Realtors Getting Real About Education
The third annual 'Realtors Getting Real About Education' dinner/auction was held on Sept. 7, 2007. LVEF was pleased to accept $10,500 in donations from that event which will be used to fund teacher mini-grants for our school district.

Sandia National Laboratories and Lockheed Martin
Sandia National Laboratories and Lockheed Martin have given $10K to LVEF for operating expenses as well as establishing an endowment account to allow LVEF to honor our outstanding science teachers with cash awards.

Christine Wente and Roland von Metsch
Christine Wente and Roland von Metsch donated $10K to purchase new computer hardware and software for the Del Valle / Phoenix High School computer lab.

Wente Vineyards
Thanks to the generosity of performers and attendees at the 2008 Summer Concert Series, Wente Family Estates contributed $37,600 to LVEF in support of district music programs. To date, Wente Family Estates has contributed over $162,000 to the district music program though donations to LVEF that has greatly enhanced the quality of our children's music education. We sincerely thank Wente and appreciate their support.

**LVEF Policy Statement: Corporate Relations & Sponsorship:
The Livermore Valley Education Foundation encourages support from corporate donors, sponsors, and partners. In return, we will willingly and enthusiastically recognize and publicize this support in every forum available to us. However, we do not endorse a product or service. This is necessary to protect our non-profit status and our credibility with our public support base. In other words, we can tell everyone about the wonderful things that our corporate supporters do for us, but we can not tell anyone to buy their products or services.

If you are interested in supporting LVEF, contact LVEF at lvef@comcast.net with your proposal or contact LVEF to present at an upcoming LVEF meeting.