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The mission of the Peachtree Ridge Foundation is to create and maintain a community for the Peachtree Ridge Cluster of Schools in their quest for excellence in academics, arts and athletics, while maintaining excellence and integrity in all endeavors.
The Peachtree Ridge Foundation
is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization formed in February of 2003.
Grants - Areas of Focus
Academics - LCD Projectors, Reading Across the Ridge, Freshman Recognition, Black History Month, Oratory Contests, text books for all academic areas...
Arts - Band Equipment, Photography, Video Editing Equipment, Theater Lighting...
Athletics - Softball Facilities, Lights for Practice Fields, Baseball Concession Stand...
Welcome Jane Denton!
The Peachtree Ridge Foundation would like to welcome Jane Denton as the
Executive Director. Jane is a former teacher, past PTA President at
Mason Elementary and has community leadership and nonprofit experience.
She is married and has two sons who are students at Hull Middle School.
Jane will be instrumental in the fund-raising activities sponsored by the
Foundation throughout the year including the Blue Hawaii Fling (live/silent
auction) on October 2, 2009, the Miss PHRS Scholarship Pageant in February,
a Spring golf tournament, and a proposed new event for the cluster.
You may contact Jane at 678-957-3166 or
jane.denton@peachtreeridgefoundation.org
for information on joining the foundation, tickets to upcoming events,
volunteering to serve on event committees, and making donations through your
employer's matching funds program or through United Way. All proceeds
for events go towards the grant program benefitting the students in the
Peachtree Ridge Cluster of Schools.
Grants
The Foundation supports Academics, Arts, and
Athletics through the grant program. Funds are obtained through donations
and three major fundraisers - the Silent and Live Auction, the Annual Lions
Golf Classic, and the Miss Peachtree Ridge High School Scholarship Pageant.
The Peachtree Ridge Foundation announced grants to the schools in the
Peachtree Ridge cluster in excess of $13,000 for the 2008-2009 school year.
Since the inception of the Peachtree Ridge Foundation, over $560,000 hard
dollar and in-kind donations have been collected and awarded in grants to
the schools.
Are you interested in joining the Foundation? Your support will help the Foundation grow and succeed in its mission. Click here for an application.
Foundation News & Events
VALENTINE'S DAY FLOWERS
Buy your Valentine's Day flowers where it makes a difference! Read More
RIDGE'S GOT TALENT
A Peachtree Ridge Foundation Event in conjunction with the Peachtree Ridge High School
Fine Arts Department. Open to all students K-12 in the Peachtree
Ridge Cluster of Schools. Auditions will be held February 27.
The show will be held on March 27. Contestants need to submit their Audition Form by
February 17. Also see the Audition Rules and
Audition Schedule.
MISS PEACHTREE RIDGE 2010
The seventh annual Miss Peachtree Ridge Scholarship Pageant will be held
on February 20. The theme for this year is "The Time Of
My Life - A Tribute to the 80's".
Contestants need to submit their Application and Parent Permission Agreement by January 8, 2010. A Timeline is also available for download.