Kristin Linnea Skvarla Foundation (KLSF)

10/09/2014

Thank you to everyone for supporting KLSF at our 15th Annual Celebration! We loved spending time with each and every one of you - pariticularly our surprise guests of honor!

KLSF is proud to commit up to $50,000 in matching donations to THE AKILAH INSTITUTE through the end of the year! We look forward to watching the organization thrive as they empower African women to achieve their dreams of higher education in both Rwanda and Burundi.

https://akilahinstitute.secure.force.com/donate/

Donate At the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative, Akilah made a commitment to expand and open a second campus in Burundi, a small country in East Africa. Akilah Burundi successfully opened in January! To celebrate, we released our first-ever music video, . Burundi is the fourth poorest co…

10/01/2014

KLSF continues its commitment to investing in students in under-resourced communities and the responsible stewardship of the resources that you have entrusted to us. We have grown from supporting individual students in Chicago and Namibia to supporting the expansion of sustainable educational programs with even greater community impact. This year, KLSF awarded the Akilah Institute for Women a major grant to expand their successful women’s college program into Burundi. Established in Kigali, Rwanda in 2010, the Akilah Institute offers a market-relevant college education to women in Eastern Africa, most of whom are the first in their families to attend college. Please visit akilahinstitute.org to learn more about their remarkable work. We’re thrilled that Akilah’s Founder, Elizabeth Dearborn Hughes, and an Akilah alumna will join us at Celebration.

Our  fifteenth Celebration event will mark the last of what has come to be our traditional fall gathering of friends and family to celebrate Kristin with a commitment of our own to support students and their limitless potential — wherever they may be. We sincerely hope you will join us for this final Celebration. Bring your friends and enjoy this wonderfully warm evening of lasting friendships and collective care for a mission which has opened us all to learning from young people passionate to discover the power of the potential they possess.

If we don’t see you this October, don’t fret — we’ll keep you updated on KLSF by mail, electronic and ‘real,’ so that we can all continue to draw inspiration from the programs and students that KLSF supports around the world.

09/15/2014

09/15/2014

09/18/2012

Hi everyone! Just a quick reminder that our 13th Annual KLSF Celebration is just around the corner! Our private room at The Glenview House is accessible by a private elevator (fancy!) If you park in the west lot of the restaurant you will see the elevator under a pretty wrought iron lighting fixture.

If you come through the front door - we will have signage to help you navigate your way through the bar to the elevator.

Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!

~KLSF Board of Directors

09/20/2011

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!

08/22/2011

Invites will be in the mail this week! Hope to see everyone BIN 36 on September 24th!

07/07/2011

Welcome to the new Fan page for KLSF!