The Friends of Roosevelt Foundation
The Friends of Roosevelt Foundation, or RooFriends, is committed to raising the money and providing the people power to help our students succeed in school and in their lives.
February 10-13th Campaign All the greatest musicians who ever lived had someone who supported their passions when they were young. Will you help our music students out? Donate today and give them the opportunity to learn from music festivals and become the best musician they can be. **The Harris family has offered to match up to $1000 from 2/10 –…
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Roosevelt MS Community, Students, Families & Friends, This President’s Day Weekend is an opportunity for us to help our school!! RooFriends has scheduled parking fundraisers on three “Very Busy” days: Feb 15, 16 & 17 (Sat, Sun & Mon, 12:00-2:00 PM). Last year, RooFriends parked just one day over President’s Day Weekend and earned over…
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Check your emails for your ASE acceptances because we just sent 232 emails! We’ve gone through 158 applications to place students in 15 classes being offered this semester. The most popular programs were Roosevelt Theatre Company (with some kids getting wait list status) and Running Club. Sadly, we did not meet minimum enrollment for Hip…
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Roosevelt parent volunteers are looking to organize a committee to raise funds for Roosevelt via a Sports-A-Thon event, similar to the popular Jog-A-Thon event that raises money for many grade schools. If you’re interested in being a part of this inaugural committee, please email Mauricio Ahumada. RooFriends sponsored events like this are organized with the…
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RooFriends needs help to balance its budget. We raised almost $6,000 on the drizzly Friday of our December Nights fundraiser, but we cancelled the rainy, big money, Saturday. Last year RooFriends raised $25,000 during these two days to support After School Enrichment and IB Programs. We need to make up for this loss in our…
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Roosevelt parent volunteers are looking to organize a committee to raise funds for Roosevelt via a Sports-A-Thon event, similar to the popular Jog-A-Thon events at most grade schools. If you’re interested in being part of this inaugural committee, please contact Mauricio Ahumada at Maurice68@gmail.com RooFriends sponsored events like this are organized with the goal of raising…
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RooFriends needs help to balance its budget. We raised almost $6,000 on the drizzly Friday of our December Nights fundraiser, but we cancelled the rainy, big money, Saturday. Last year RooFriends raised $25,000 during these two days to support After School Enrichment and IB Programs. We need to make up for this loss in our…
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Thank you SO MUCH for the team that came out to help last night! In addition to parents & students, we also had Roosevelt Staff donate their time. Thank you, also to the PrimeTime staff members that helped out. Unfortunately, due to rain, we will be cancelling today’s parking fundraiser. This is usually our biggest…
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Roosevelt needs your help parking cars to support your school! December Nights in Balboa Park brings in hundreds of thousands of people – and those people need places to park! This December 6th and 7th will be RooFriends’ BIGGEST PARKING FUNDRAISER of the year, raising over $20,000 in 2 days. With the help of teachers,…
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