The Canby Educational Foundation (CEF) was founded in 1997 when a Canby community member made a generous initial donation of $100,000.00 to establish the foundation. Since its inception, CEF has received nearly $1,000,000 through private donations, endowments and fundraising activities.

We award dollars to the Canby School District for curriculum enhancement through a grant process. Some of CEF's grant dollars have funded:

• CEF has funded sound field amplification systems in all Canby Kindergarten through 8th Grade classrooms
• Stay and P.L.A.Y., funded both at the inception and continued yearly support for equipment, scholarships for lower income families
• Recent smaller grants include:
  • math calculators
  • math software
  • an elementary school Bridges in Mathematics program
  • field trip dollars
  • Several Artist-in-Residence programs (Mosaic tile walls at Trost and Eccles Elementary Schools and masks on display at Carus Elementary)
  • Canby High School books
  • Canby High document cameras
  • Audible.com year-long subscriptions for audiobooks on iPods for all district libraries

There are many projects underway to bring additional funds into CEF, and continuing support from our community is key to supporting our students.

Spring Fling 2010 

Thursday April 29th 6:00 p.m.

WIllamette Valley Country Club

$50 ticket price includes Buffet Dinner as well as feature guest speaker Craig Lesley

Please call  Executive director Mary Walsh at 503-263-9099 or 503-516-2631 for ticket information.

Spring Fling 2010  Will feature renowned author Craig Lesley

Craig Lesley is the author of 4 novels and a memoir, along with numerous other works. He has received three Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Awards, the Western Writers of America Golden Spur Award for Best Novel, and an Oregon Book Award. He has been the recipient of several national fellowships and holds a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Whitman College. Currently the Senior Writer-in-Residence at Portland State University, Craig lives with his wife and two daughters in Portland, Oregon. Both Storm Riders and The Sky Fisherman were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.