Evansville Education Foundation, WI - EEF

08/22/2026

Don't forget to select YES! Every penny counts!

📢 ‼️Attention ‼️🌟

ROUND UP for Education campaign is underway at the Evansville Piggly Wiggly!
Soooo easy to support EEF by selecting YES at check out!! Every penny counts! 🪙🪙🪙

Prompt to round up is automatic at self checkout but you may need to ask cashier through staffed line.

08/17/2026

📢 ‼️Attention ‼️🌟

ROUND UP for Education campaign is underway at the Evansville Piggly Wiggly!
Soooo easy to support EEF by selecting YES at check out!! Every penny counts! 🪙🪙🪙

Prompt to round up is automatic at self checkout but you may need to ask cashier through staffed line.

08/16/2026

Board members Valerie Farnsworth (left) and Megham Cramm (right) attended the Jay's last regular season game and were presented with a $300 donation from Jon Frey on behalf of the Evansville Jays.

The EEF board had a lot of fun working concessions this summer - we hope to see you all at the nest next season!

THANK YOU Jays for the support!!

08/14/2026

📢 ‼️Attention ‼️🌟
ROUND UP Campaign has begun!!
A super easy way to support EEF - select YES at check out!!

Prompt to round up is automatic at self checkout but you may need to ask cashier through staffed line.

07/17/2026

Come see us on Sunday - will we be serving up delish food at the concession stand! Hope to see you at the nest!!

📣JAYS GAMES THIS WEEK‼️

📅 Thursday, July 16
⏰ 7:30 PM
🆚Belleville Raiders
📍 Belleville Community Park

📅 Sunday, July 19
⏰ 1:00 PM
🆚 Fort Atkinson Generals
📍 Jays Nest 🐦🪺 at Lake Leota Park
🌭🍔🍿🍺 Family Friendly Priced Concession Stand
🎓 Evansville Education Foundation will be volunteering in our concession stand with a portion of sales and 100% of tips will be donated towards EEF.
⚾️ HTL Game of the Week
🥇Determines first place in the Southeast Section
⚡️Jays Fans, bring your energy

Evansville Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism

06/23/2026

The EEF Strawberry Shortcake Committee met last night and are already busy planning for next year!

If you are shopping Prime Day Deals - we would love for you to consider some operational and fundraising needs for next year's festival!

06/16/2026

📢🌟Attention Evansville teachers and staff 📢🌟
The grant submission window is open NOW until the end of the month! We want to give away the money we've raised this past year - help us help YOU!! 🫶

➡️Do you have something innovative and fun you'd like to bring into your classroom or area?! Are there iems needed to support or enhance the fine arts? 🎶📸🎭
💥Are there items that would enhance current curriculum or help students better engage at school? 🧩
✨️ Is there a need for a club you moderate?
🚎 A local field trip you'd like to take during the upcoming school year? 🎟
🌟Wish you had tools or items to better support student mental health or wellbeing? 💚

More information on the types of grants we offer can be found here:
https://evansvilleeducationfoundation.org/grants-and-programs/

*link to the grant application is in the comments*

Grants and Programs Each of our grants and endowment funds has a special purpose. Read on to learn more! Wish List Grants The Wish List provides teachers with grants for innovative, educational materials and programs that aren’t normally covered by the district budget. Past examples include: flexi...

06/13/2026

📢Hey Evansville - THANK YOU for an incredibly successful Strawberry 🍓 Shortcake Festival!! Initial totals are showing we raised over $7500, the most in festival history!! 😯💰

A huge congratulations 👏👏 to our 50/50 raffle winners who are spitting the $1010 pot. Rodney Rusch, Tim Grossen, and David O'Bel you should have received a text message from our board secretary to arrange delivery of your winnings! If you did not receive, please drop us an email (see our contact information).

Silent Auction winners - THANK YOU for bidding in our inaugural auction ~ the auction raised just over $2500. 🥳
Winners, you received an email from SignUp Genius AND from our board email address with payment instructions. Due to technical difficulties (aka - our secretary's brain is WAY too fried to figure out how to collect payments via SignUp Genius), the email from our organization includes your payment and pick up instructions.

More details to come in the coming days as we sort through all the notes, tickets, pennies, and ideas. If you took any photos at the festival please add to comments, email or tag us!

06/11/2026

Mother Nature appears to be getting her act together for Friday with promises of sunshine 🌞 & 70s by 3p! 💕 Perfect weather for homemade 🍓shortcake, facepainting, playing yard games, tattoos, photobooth, firetruck 🚒, police car👮‍♂️, and DPW 👷‍♀️truck tours! Don't worry - even if she decides to sprinkle a little, we have a tent!

The silent auction is heating up🔥you do NOT want miss out on these great items!! 40+ items to bid on including.....
~Under sink Reverse Osmosis Water system courtesy of Wisco Water, LLC valued at $1500
~BaByLiss Hair Tools courtesy of Karen Hughes at Maison de V
~Full car detail courtesy of GT Sebranek & DetailLab valued at $260
~Day(s) of pampering with free services donated by The Nail Bar & Healing Touch Massage Therapy
~Hometown nights sponsored by The Evansville Jays & Blue Devil Bowl Bar and Grill
~SkyCarp game pack donated by Beloit Sky Carp
~Photography session courtesy of Side Hustle Photography
~Fly Away to Fun donated by Kelch Aviation Museum
~Coffee & Comfort basket donated by Willow Bay Coffee Shop
~But First Coffee basket with goodies donated by Allen Creek CoffeeHouse & Scrub Roasters Coffee
~$100 The Diamond Center gift card donated by The Diamond Center
~Signed 2025 Packer's Football donated by The Packer's Fondation

AND SO MUCH MORE!!!

Auction closes tomorrow night - don't wait!
https://auctions.signupgenius.com/bid/ssf2026/ #/index

06/08/2026

We are looking for a few more volunteers to make the 9th annual Strawberry Shortcake Festival run smoothly! Please consider helping out for a 2hour shift ~ we would greatly appreciate it!

The annual Strawberry Shortcake Festival is a community tradition and a key fundraiser to allow us to award grants back to the district. To make it successful we need YOU! Saturday May 16th: Shortcake baking - no special skills required. Thursday June 11th: Festival set up and prep Friday June 12th:...