Winters Education Foundation 
Celebrating over 15 years of supporting our schools!

CONGRATULATIONS JILL AGUIAR - YOLO PHILANTHROPY HONOREE!
Jill Aguiar
Jill Aguiar

We are thrilled to announce that Jill Aguiar has been selected as an honoree at the 2024 Yolo Philanthropy Awards! Jill joins a group of incredible individuals and groups that have gone above and beyond to make a lasting impact in their communities. Jill will be honored at the Yolo Community Foundation Philanthropy Awards on November 19th at the California Agricultural Museum in Woodland.

Jill Aguiar has been a board member for the Winters Education Foundation (WEF) for more than ten years. Formally she serves as secretary, but she is much more—she steps in for the board president when he is away, she works alongside the treasurer, and she facilitates communication between WEF and all of the schools in Winters JUSD. She plays a key role in the mini grants program that is WEF’s core program enhancing Winters’s classes. All of this is part of her greater role in our community. She volunteers in support of PTA, she assists with Future Farmers, she works in the schools. Jill is part of the connective tissue that makes Winters a special community.

Jill is a treasure, and we are proud to have her as a valued member of the Winters Education Foundation Board.

YOUR DONATIONS SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS!

WEF relies on your generous donations to fund programs that have a direct impact in our schools. Last year WEF distributed over $20000 in mini grants to our schools to support expanded educational offerings. And though we were thrilled to offer these grants the need indicated by grant requests was over $40,000! As a board we had some very difficult decisions to make. This fall WEF will again be distributing mini grants and we know the need will again be great.  You can give anytime and support our mission.

DONATING IS EASY AND FULFILLING!

Please consider donating by clicking this DONATION LINK or by mailing a check to

Winters Education Foundation
P.O. Box 1047
Winters, CA 95694

If you would like your donation to go towards our endowment fund please make note in the comment section when you donate, donations will otherwise be placed in our grant program fund.

Raising money within our community to subsidize our schools in response to the needs of all our children.

WEF awards over $15,000 in 2018/19 Mini-Grants!

OUR VALUES:

WE CARE

EQUITY

EXCELLENCE

INTEGRITY

COLLABORATION



OUR VISION:
To secure an enduring model education for all children in Winters.

W.E.F.
P.O. Box 1047
Winters, CA 95694

e-mail: WEF

Funding In Action

Since its founding in 2009, WEF has provided several thousands of dollars in mini-grants to our schools funding everything from books to field trips benefiting students at all grade levels. 

WEF Mini Grants get your donations directly to student programs!

To see a history of our mini-grant awards supporting education in the Winters schools click here.


To read student letters of appreciation and reports on grant useage click here.

Check out our Funding in Action photos below.

WEF president Kurt Balasek presentation to the WJUSD Board

For more information on WEF check out this informative January 7, 2016 slide presentation to the WJUSD Board of Trustees here.

WEF recieves Yocha Dehe Community Fund grant!

In 2013 WEF was the recipient of a technology grant in the amount of $353,720 grant from the Yocha Dehe Community Fund.  WEF, working with the Winters Joint Unified School District, identified technology needs throughout the district to be addressed including the purchase of new computers and other technology-based teaching aids and teacher training in the use of technology in the classroom. 

 


WEF Funding in Action Photos

Below are photos of just a few of the educational opportunties funded by WEF.

 

Check out the cool WHS robotics videos!

 


Watch the WHS AP Literature class discuss Catch 22 by Joseph Heller.