Kudos: Thank You Ms. Maloff (AGAIN)

She has done it again... Lisa Maloff had created yet another opportunity to enrich the lives of South Lake Tahoe children. With her generous donation of $100,000, we have begun the F.E.E.T. Fund: a fund that will fulfill equitable educational trips for LTUSD school grades.

This fund is designed to help socio-economically disadvantaged youth with the cost of the amazing standards-based overnight field trips that our school children often have the opportunity to participate in. The FEET fund will allow LTUSD teachers/principals to apply annually to receive a $75 donation per needy student towards their trip.

On top of that, this fund, will provide teachers a small stipend for attending these trips with their students. The idea behind the FEET Fund is to keep these amazingly enriching opportunities available to all our children, and keep the teachers motivated to organize and run them (thank you teachers!).

The El Dorado Community Foundation will host the FEET Fund which, as always, allows 98.5% of our funds we raise to go directly to the children.The FEET Fund will be looking for long time fundraising opportunities to make this annual donation to our schools a long term solution for expensive overnight field trips, but Lisa Maloff’s donation makes an immediate start possible for this coming school year.

For more information on the FEET fund, please visit our new, work-in-progress website, www.feetfund.org.

As Sara Pierce so eloquently wrote a few weeks ago, “Lisa and her loyal friend and fierce protector Ricky, have given us hope and shown the true power of selfless giving. Their free and unbiased contributions have created an immense sense of joy in this community and have inspired positivity and optimism for our future.”

Ms. Maloff’s kindness and love for our community does truly make me strive to be a more like her: selfless, generous and so impactful! Thank you so much Ms. Maloff for creating another opportunity for our children to enjoy their educational experiences and become more well rounded and productive citizens. The words "thank you" just don't seem to be adequate, and yet I sincerely cannot thank you enough, Ms. Maloff!

Kathy Haven
Founder of F.E.E.T. Fund