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Mission Statement

The Ridge Meadows Educational Foundation receives, generates and distributes resources to enhance the quality of public education in School District No. 42 (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows).

Guiding principles

To encourage and promote planned giving and legacy donations
To safeguard and administer endowment funds for the purpose to which they were intended
To establish and administer bursaries and scholarships
To provide funding to initiate, enrich and expand School District No. 42 programs
To provide opportunities for community partnerships and involvement

History

The Ridge Meadows Educational Foundation was established by the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Board of School Trustees and is registered with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a “public foundation”. The Foundation exists at arms-length from the Board of School Trustees with four of the Foundation’s seven Directors appointed from the community at large, and three directors by the Board of School Trustees.

Directors

The Foundation directors representing the community at and the Board of education are:

Wendy Lindvik (Chair)
Perry Bateson (Vice Chair)
Don Woytowich (Secretary Treasurer)
Laurie Anderson
Fred Armstrong
Cheryl Ashlie
Ineke Boekhorst
Ernie Daykin
David LoPatiello
Kathy Marshall
Andrew Tolchard

Assets

The Foundation has approximately $500,000 in assets which fund 35 scholarships and a number of enhancements to student programs.