News from the one-five Foundation
February 1, 2020
50/50 Raffle Tickets Now on Sale!
Each $100 ticket purchased will earn one entry into the raffle. Only 600 tickets will be available for purchase, so odds of winning are high! Buy tickets online by visiting https://www.one-five.org/50-50-raffle.
Half of the money raised through the raffle (up to $30,000) will be retained by the one-five Foundation to further its charitable work in District 15. The other half of the money raised (up to $30,000) will be issued to the raffle winner. Last year's winner took home $16,500!
The raffle drawing will take place live at 12 p.m. on March 17, 2020 through the district's Facebook page. Complete raffle rules, terms and conditions are available at https://www.one-five.org/50-50-raffle. District 15 staff members ARE eligible to enter.
Ticket Proceeds Fund one-five Foundation Initiatives
Blessings in a Backpack
More than 2,400 elementary students in District 15 rely on free breakfasts and lunches at school through the Federal Free & Reduced Price Meal program. These meals are often the only reliable source of nutrition students have during the week. Through Blessings in a Backpack, students are sent home with a bag of healthy food at the end of the week to help provide nutritional meals when school is not in session.
This program is currently in place in several of our schools, serving about 700 students district-wide. There are 1,700 additional children who would benefit from this program, but we do not have enough funding to support it. For every $140 raised, one child will be fed over the weekend for an entire school year. Funding raised through the raffle ticket sales will directly benefit this program.
Flexible Seating for Library Media Centers
If you step into one of District 15's school libraries, they don’t look very different than they did 20 or 30 years ago. Heavy square tables, rows of bookshelves and large wooden chairs are what furnish most of District 15’s library spaces.
In the year 2020, libraries are not just used for reading anymore. Libraries or library media centers (LRC) are the learning hubs of our schools, utilized for everything from STEM activities, to club gatherings to guest speakers.
The furniture in these spaces makes it hard to pivot and change activities easily. The heavy tables, chairs and bookshelves are difficult to move around, and not intended for creative, collaborative activities taking place in school libraries today.
The one-five Foundation wants to change that.
The Foundation has a goal to raise nearly $200,000 to outfit all of District 15’s school libraries with flexible seating, so these spaces can be used more effectively, resulting in improved outcomes for District 15’s students.
Raffle ticket sales will also go toward the purchase of this flexible seating in all of our buildings.
one-five Foundation
Website: www.one-five.org
Location: 580 N. 1st Bank Drive, Palatine, IL 60067
Phone: 847-963-3105
Facebook: facebook.com/onefive