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Even as the school year comes to an end, the work by the Clay Education Foundation continues.  

 While students head into summer, we are ramping up efforts to ensure teachers and classrooms are ready for the year ahead, and we can’t do it without the support of the community.  

In collaboration with many partners, including Impact Clay, the United Way, First Coast News, Staples, Whataburger, and more, the first annual Stuff the Bus event in Clay County was a huge success!

School is almost back in session. That means teachers will be digging into their own pockets to get their classrooms ready for their students. Luckily, a program called Tools 4 Clay Schools is picking up the bill for their school supplies.

During any school year, teachers spend an average of $600-$750 on classroom materials. To help ease that burden, the Clay Education Foundation founded Tools 4 Clay Schools to donate free supplies to teachers in Clay County District Schools.

More than a third of Northeast Florida residents live in poverty or at the brink of poverty. This is why First Coast News On Your Side along with United Way of Northeast Florida Full Service Schools have partnered with community sponsors and partners to bring you the area’s premiere school supply drive Stuff the Bus for nearly two decades in Duval County on Friday, July 12. This year, the school supply drive grows even larger as we embrace the hard work of Clay Education Foundation and Impact Clay to collect supplies for students in Clay County on Friday, July 19.

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA), one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, today announced that the HCA Healthcare Foundation, through its Healthier Tomorrow Fund, will donate $1 million over the next three years to the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (Consortium) to help fund its Career Pathways to a Healthier Florida program.

Florida College Access Network (FCAN) is excited to announce participants in a new opportunity developed to support Florida high schools through a yearlong program to enhance and improve the implementation of the College Ready Florida (CRF) statewide initiatives.

Clay Education Foundation, the direct-support 501c3 organization for Clay County District Schools, today announced it has received a grant for $1,000 from VyStar Credit Union.

This year’s scholarship awards were higher than usual because of the opportunity MPWC had to partner with the Clay Education Foundation. CEF introduced a new program that allowed the Women’s Club to pledge funds and, in turn, receive matching funds from the state through CEF.

The Salvation Army, Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Clay Education Foundation, 121 Financial and the Middleburg Civic Association are a few of the groups collecting supplies for distribution ahead of the first day of classes on Aug. 10.

The Foundation started the district’s first robotics club, which is now sustained by the district. Its focus goes in multiple directions with career pathways for kindergarten-through-8th grade students, cybersecurity and drones.

The Fair has partnered with 16 local charities and 16 local artists to raise awareness for the participating charities during the Fair. Artists and Fair volunteers will be painting picnic tables that will be branded for the charity and displayed during the 11 days of the Fair.