Our Mission:

To inspire and support all Sandy Springs public school students to graduate and pursue productive lives beyond high school by providing educational and enrichment programs through community collaboration.

• One out of five children in Sandy

Springs is living in a household

where no one finished high school

and everyone lives in poverty.

• Every 26 seconds during the school year in the US, a child drops out of school.

• While Georgia’s graduation rate is at an “all-time” high, the state’s dropout rate is significantly above the national average.

• Seven out of ten inmates in Georgia’s state prisons lack a high school diploma or GED, costing our state nearly $800 million each year.

• Education is a primary key to a child’s future success!

o However, our Sandy Springs public school students need additional resources and support.

o And, our children need ALL OF US to inspire, encourage and prepare them to become productive adults.

• Mentor, tutor or volunteer: read to a child, help a student decide a career path or fill out a college application, teach an after-school avocation - Our kids need your experience!

• Share your wisdom: Speak to students about your business or profession, offer an internship and help young people plan their career paths - Our kids need your expertise!

• Contact & support SSEF: Together we can make a difference!

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uture!

OUR NUMBERS

over students

served in all public schools

programs

STEAM

projects and competition

books

distributed

program volunteers

program partners

www.sandyspringseducationforce.org

STEAM

LITERACY

AFTER SCHOOL

MENTORING/ROLE MODELS

AND SO MUCH MORE!

MENTORING/ROLE MODELS Business Bridge (200 Students) North Springs Charter High Riverwood International Charter High Sandy Springs Charter Middle Dunwoody Springs Elementary Spalding Drive Elementary Junior Achievement (800 Students) North Springs Charter High Link with a Leader (210 Students) Ridgeview Charter Middle Sandy Springs Charter Middle North Springs Charter High Riverwood International Charter High SAIL (50 Students) Riverwood International Charter High CHOSEN (74 Students) North Springs Charter High

LITERACY PROGRAMS Mini Libraries (3800 Students) Dunwoody Springs Elementary High Point Elementary Ison Springs Elementary Lake Forest Elementary Woodland Elementary North Springs Charter High Riverwood International Charter High Reading Buddies (53 Students) Dunwoody Springs Elementary Ison Springs Elementary Lake Forest Elementary

SSEF PROGRAMS

A community

working

together

September to May every year!

In-Kind Donors

Alon’s Bakery & Market Bank of North Georgia

Breadwinner Café & Bakery Café Sunflower

Chapmans Chick-fil-A

Coca-Cola Enterprises Concourse Athletic Club

Costco CSM Bakery Solutions

Da Vinci’s Donuts Dori’s Nails Fleet Feet

Flying Biscuit Food 101

For the Sole Fresh Market

Hammocks Trading Co. Johnny’s Pizza

KIND Kroger – Orchard Park

Larabar Marlow’s Tavern (Prado)

Mathnasium – Sandy Springs Nothing Bundt Cakes

Peachtree Bikes Phidippides Pinocchio’s

Publix Serve It Up Cookbooks - (Whimsical Designs, Inc)

Slope’s BBQ Southern Bistro Spartan Nation

Sprouts – Sandy Springs 517 Starbucks – Abernathy SQ Starbucks – Roswell Road

Strong4Life (CHOA) Taziki’s Mediterranean Café

Teela Taqueria Urban Cookhouse

SSEF also thanks the

generous donors who provided books for Mini-

Libraries and school supplies for Teacher’s Supply Closet!

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS After-School All-Stars (150 Students) Sandy Springs Charter Middle After-School North Springs (30 Students) North Springs Charter High After-School Lake Forest Tutoring (8 Students) Lake Forest Elementary

STEAM INITIATIVES STEAM Showcase (2600 Students) North Springs Charter High All Schools—Outreach

STEAM Legacy Grants (350 Students) North Springs Charter High Riverwood International Charter High Ridgeview Charter Middle Sandy Springs Charter Middle Heards Ferry Elementary High Point Elementary Ison Springs Elementary Lake Forest Elementary Spalding Drive Elementary Woodland Elementary

Math Hound Bowl (55 Students) Dunwoody Springs Elementary High Point Elementary Lake Forest Elementary Spalding Drive Elementary Woodland Elementary

COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVES Altrusa Reading Day (120 Students) Ison Springs Elementary CAC Teachers’ Closet (1900 Students) All Schools Sandy Springs Reads (870 Students) All Elementary Schools

OUR SSEF STAFF

Irene Schweiger - Executive Director

Kathy Myers -

Program Director

Miriam Salpeter - Communication Director

Penny Rosenfeld -

Bookkeeper

,

CHANCELLOR

Couchman Noble Foundation

PROVOST Ron & Carol Beerman Philanthropic Fund * Comcast * Wells Fargo

DOCTORATE

City of Sandy Springs * Cox Enterprises * Mercedes-Benz USA * Northside Hospital * Quest Orthodontics * Sandy Springs Society

MASTER AT&T * Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital * Junior Achievement *

Layer 3 Communications * Lockheed Martin * Microsoft * Stevens & Wilkinson

BACHELOR Ellen Arnovitz Philanthropic Fund * Arrow Exterminators *

Coldwell Banker Cares Foundation * College Tutors * Colonial Pipeline * Dell Corporation * Henssler Financial * Mercer University * Mitchell & Shapiro LLP *

Joe Nagel, Esq. * Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough * Northwestern Mutual * Optech Monette *Sally & Peter Parsonson * Sandy Springs Music *

Michael Stewart, MD * Wacom Business Solutions

GRADUATE

Bank of Sandy Springs * Cambridge Swinerton Builders * Carroll Daniel Construction *

Crème de la Crème * Habif Argoetti & Wynne * Halpern Enterprises * Heery International *

Hoffman & Associates * Indigo Payments * NFHS Netowork * Oakbridge Partners *

Rick Hendrick Toyota * Rotary of Sandy Springs * Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of

Commerce * VMware * Wilensky & Company

HONOR ROLL

Bishoku * Brillant Sky Toys & Books * Charles Schwab – Perimeter * Cyclebar Dunwoody * Fast Signs

Jori Kasher - State Farm * Kelley Sammons Toole & Ellison * Kimmies Bakery *

Kumon - Atlanta/Sandy Springs * Life Martial Arts * Orangetheory Fitness - Sandy Springs * Pink Barre *

PRINTWAVE * Sklar & Associates * Southern Bistro * Springs Yoga Studio * The Pattys *

Tijuana Joes * The Welch Martial Arts

Our

Numbers

78%

13%9%

EXPENSES

Program Services - $141, 560

Fundraising/Marketing - $24, 284

Adminsitration - $15, 984

Our Program Patrons and Event Sponsors are the

financial backbone of SSEF. Their

generous support enables us to fulfill

our mission! .

Program Patrons

and Event Sponsors

Individual Donors

SSEF

BOARD

Kathy Shapiro - CHAIR Jeannie DiLuzio – VICE CHAIR Scotty Hendricks Jr. - VICE CHAIR Ross Perloe - VICE CHAIR Heather Kaufman - SECRETARY Joseph Nagel, Esq. - TREASURER Julia Bernath - PAST CHAIR Carolyn Axt - Board Emeritus Yalanda Bell Jim Berger Tim Bonenberger, CPA Charles Crosby Patrice Dawkins Jackson Christine E. Heller Sandra F. Jewell, PhD Ken Kraft Brooke Perez Kirk Shrum Ed Steele DeeAnn Weprinsky Ava Wilensky, PhD Christine Young

ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL

AFTER-SCHOOL ALL STARS/

GSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION

ART SANDY SPRINGS:

SANDY SPRINGS READS

ATLANTA SCIENCE FESTIVAL

COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER

CREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT

100 BLACK MEN – NORTH METRO

SHPE: SOCIETY OF HISPANIC

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS

ROTARY CLUB OF SANDY SPRINGS

SANDY SPRINGS PERIMETER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

TAG EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE

WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY (WIT)

2016-2017

Many Thanks to Our

Program

Partners

July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017

Ann & Tom Bates Carolyn H. Oppenheimer Betty Klein Lee Smith Jim Winestock Mindy Zatto

Carolyn Axt Laura & DJ DeLong Norma & Peter Gordan Melissa Helms-Buckner Sandra Jewell Gail Heyman Judy Roseman Kathy Shapiro Debbie Sonenshine Julie Stanwick Luci & Stan Sunshine

Linda Bain Andy & Debbie Bauman Jim Berger

Brent & Rebecca Bernath Julia Bernath Michael & Lauren Bernath Donald Bolia Tim Bonenberger Tamara Carrera Ellen Chalef Roz Cohen Jeannie DiLuzio Carolyn Dinberg Henry Doyle Sally Fitzgerald Steven & Candace Flig Viki Freeman David & Carrie Gamsey Susan Glatt Patricia Grayson Elizabeth Hasler Christine Heller Renee Hoelting Robert Hoffman Allen Johnson Heather Kaufman Elizabeth Kelly Ken Kraft

David Kuniansky Catherine Lautenbacher Beppie Lever Lorie Lewis William MacArthur Andra & Aubrey Martin James McDonald Melissa Mortimer Susan Muly Kathy Myers Rachel Perling Ross Perloe Kathy Ray Riverwood Bridge Group Ruth Rosenberg James & Nancy Schisler Irene Schweiger Andrea Settles Alex & Evan Shapiro & Megan Briggs Kirk Shrum Tobyanne Sidman Darrell Speck Peggy Stapleton Karen Niece Tompkins

Linda Trickey Donna Weinstock Ava Wilensky DeeAnn Weprinsky Michael Wilensky Debra Wilson Phyllis Wilson Shaun & Alisa Winters Christine Young

PO Box 567683 Sandy Springs GA 31156

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