Sunnyside Unified School District Foundation

10/09/2026

📌 Our office will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2026.

We’ll be back and resume normal activities on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. 🧡

10/07/2026

Comunidad, the numbers are in! 🎉❤️

Thanks to YOU, we raised $119,518 during Sunnyside Gives Week! 🙌

We couldn’t have wished for a better way to celebrate our 30th anniversary. You made this our biggest celebration yet, with 400 Burrito Run participants, 600 Health & Wellness Fair attendees, and so much more!

Take a look through this carousel to relive some of our favorite highlights from an unforgettable week.

To everyone who gave, volunteered, showed up, danced, ran, celebrated, and supported us: THANK YOU! Your commitment to Tucson’s Southside and to the work we do at Sunnyside Foundation makes all the difference. 🌵❤️

30 years of community. And we’re just getting started. 🎉

A huge shoutout our incredible sponsors:
Tucson Electric Power Chasse Building Team, CORE Connie Hillman Family Foundation, Desert Diamond Casino Tucson & Sahuarita, Valley School Management, Southwest Gas Corporation, Stanley M.Reinhaus Family Foundation, Pueblo Mechanical & Controls, , Federal Credit Union , American Eat Co., , , and

Thank you event and media partners!
Sunnyside Unified School District, Tucson Vice Mayor Lane Santa Cruz Tucson Ward 5 Council Member Selina Barajas Bustos Mediaa , Roadrunner Race Timing .day.good.night Los Jarritos Mexican Food, , , , , , Cimarrones de Sierra Folklorico ,

Thank you raffle prize sponsors and event partners !
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10/05/2026

10/01/2026

We’re back with our FREE Drive-Thru Food Distribution!

Join us on Tuesday, October 20 at Desert View High School to receive pantry staples and nutritious food to help fill your cabinets.

⏰ 5:00 PM
📍 4101 E. Valencia Road Desert View High School SUSD

Looking to give back? Join us as a volunteer!

Help bring smiles to our community, and maybe share a little chisme while you’re at it. 😉🧡

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/ygSEfDaFAD2G7REXA

Help us spread the word! Share this post to your feed or stories.
We can’t wait to see you there!

A huge shoutout to the amazing partners who make this possible:
Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
Desert View High School SUSD
Sunnyside Unified School District

09/30/2026

Comunidad, your support turns classroom dreams into reality!

During fiscal year 2025-2026, we awarded more than 100 classroom mini-grants to educators for projects in Fine Arts & Music, Literacy, STEM, and Student Wellness, investing nearly $80,000. 📚🎨🔬

Among the many wonderful projects created by teachers, one that really stood out was the Reading Nook created by teacher Dana Kotter at Rivera Elementary School. Rivera Elementary School

📖 We invite you to take a look at this wonderful story by reporter Isabela Lisco Isabela Lisco to learn more about how this project is helping students enjoy reading and thrive!

Know an educator? Invite them to apply today! The deadline is TODAY, Sept. 30! ⏰

And if you’d like to help make more classroom dreams possible, make a donation today and help us continue investing in our students and educators across the Sunnyside Unified School District!

09/30/2026

Calling all educators at Sunnyside Unified School District! Sunnyside Unified School District

Don’t forget, today is the last day to apply for the 2026–2027 Excellence in Education Mini-Grant!

You can receive up to $1,000 in funding for projects and resources in:
🎨 Fine Arts & Music
📚 Literacy
🔬 STEM
💪 Student Wellness

Apply here: https://forms.gle/C5QM5o1uaQoNwfYr9

09/25/2026

Comunidad, we still haven’t gotten over how much fun we had at the Burrito Run! 🌯

Thank you so much for joining us!

Whether you participated in the run, tabled, volunteered, or simply came out to cheer us on and enjoy a walk during our Health & Wellness Fair, thank you! 🫶

It’s our comunidad that makes Gives Week so special and inspires us to continue working hard to support our community.

Soon, we’ll be posting more pictures and sharing a recap of our Block Party as well! 🎉

And if you haven’t had a chance to donate yet, no worries, there’s still time to show your support!

Donate here: https://2026givesweek.funraise.org/
Every dollar counts!

09/25/2026

Comunidad! Thanks to your support, we’ve raised $117,000 of our $130,000 Gives Week goal! 🎉

There’s still time to get us over the finish line, so please consider making a donation today!

Every dollar you donate helps us continue investing in education, community support, and partnerships that uplift our students, families, and educators in SunnysideUnifiedSchoolDistrict and across Tucson’s Southside.

We do it with all our heart, for all our community.