Spud Giving Days 2024
You've helped us raise $13,000.00 in one big weekend! Your gifts help support scholarships, basic needs, and innovative grants for Moorhead teachers and staff.
There is still time to give - support our Spuds, today! |
2024-2025 Sponsorship OpportunitiesOur annual sponsorship opportunities help support Moorhead students and staff throughout each school year. Supporters can choose from the following:
Visit our Events page for more details. For questions, email [email protected] Sponsorships can be paid online, or Checks can also be mailed to: MLEF, P.O. Box 1006, Moorhead, MN 56561-1006 |
Moorhead Schools celebrated their Sesquicentennial Anniversary in 2023. MLEF is proud to share the underwriting of Spud History's commemorative book to celebrate our district's 150th year. "Once a Spud... Always a Spud" is over 300 pages of historical photos and stories thanks to a grant from the MN Historical Society providing funding for *research.
Book orders have closed.
For those who ordered last year but missed our pick-up distribution dates, message us at [email protected]. If you paid for shipping, those orders were mailed direct from the publisher and some books were returned to the facility.
*A special thank you to the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County for sharing their extensive collection, as well as the public for their personal accounts and stories.
Book orders have closed.
For those who ordered last year but missed our pick-up distribution dates, message us at [email protected]. If you paid for shipping, those orders were mailed direct from the publisher and some books were returned to the facility.
*A special thank you to the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County for sharing their extensive collection, as well as the public for their personal accounts and stories.
WHO WE ARE
Moorhead Legacy Education Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the continued excellence of the educational experience for all students and graduates of Moorhead Area Public Schools ISD 152.
MLEF is a merged entity between Moorhead Schools Legacy Foundation (founded in 2015) and Moorhead Area Education Foundation (founded in 1990). Since 1991, MAEF's Spud Scholars has awarded over $2 Million to 2,000 Moorhead High graduates. Both MLEF and MAEF have awarded annual Spud Impact staff grants totaling $3,000 - $13,000 each year. And MSLF has made great strides in providing milk and snack break for elementary students in the district by raising funds for their Food For Thought program. MSLF has also helped procure funds and historical memorabilia for Spud History, while engaging with alumni and reunion organizers. Together as MLEF, we strive to impact past, present and future students of the district.
Our mission is to support and enhance the ever-changing needs of students, programs, staff and facilities to help shape the future of our school district to make an impact on lifelong learning. Supporters like you will make it happen.
MLEF is a merged entity between Moorhead Schools Legacy Foundation (founded in 2015) and Moorhead Area Education Foundation (founded in 1990). Since 1991, MAEF's Spud Scholars has awarded over $2 Million to 2,000 Moorhead High graduates. Both MLEF and MAEF have awarded annual Spud Impact staff grants totaling $3,000 - $13,000 each year. And MSLF has made great strides in providing milk and snack break for elementary students in the district by raising funds for their Food For Thought program. MSLF has also helped procure funds and historical memorabilia for Spud History, while engaging with alumni and reunion organizers. Together as MLEF, we strive to impact past, present and future students of the district.
Our mission is to support and enhance the ever-changing needs of students, programs, staff and facilities to help shape the future of our school district to make an impact on lifelong learning. Supporters like you will make it happen.
Or Text-to-Donate : text Legacy to (218)-215-4988
Moorhead Legacy Education Foundation provides support for the needs of students in the district through several programs and endowments.
- The 152Club: Unrestricted funds for greatest needs.
- A gift of $152 earns a special recognition in the 152Club. Benefits include one (1) athletic pass to regular-season home games, a commemorative pin, and an invitation to one (1) pre-game event night sponsored by MLEF, SpudsTV and MAPS.
- MAPS employees can support the foundation by participating in the district's payroll deduction program. Just $12.67 per month will be recognized as a 152Club membership. Click here for form.
- Spud Scholars: MHS Seniors and recent graduates can apply for scholarships each year. Online and paper applications are found below.
- MHS Seniors can find the scholarship application linked in Spuds Landing (https://spuds.moorheadschools.org). The deadline for MHS Senior applicants is typically the end of January, and scholarships are announced at the MHS Awards Night in May.
- Post-Secondary Scholarship applications for MHS alumni open in February and close on April 22nd. A downloadable pdf form is available below. Post-Secondary awards are announced at the end of May/early June.
- Spud Impact Grants and Donations
- Staff Grants - application found on MAPS staff-accessed Extranet. Applications are due during MEA in October, and awards are announced in November. For donors: Make your gift to honor a Moorhead teacher or staff person using MLEF's secure online giving page for Spud Impact: https://ddock.co/57e5bd
- Named gifts toward Academics, Activities, Arts, and Athletics - In the years following COVID19, MAPS has been tracking increased need for basic necessities, which have affected student truancy rates. Monetary gifts of $500 and up are recognized as "named" impact gifts. Email for more information or look for our Facebook events for in-kind item donations.
- Moorhead Legacy Education Foundation Impact Fund: Our endowment supports educational initiatives that require ongoing funding. A stable, permanent source of income, the endowed fund allows the foundation to support building and classroom enhancements, staff grants, and long-term, district-wide needs and visionary programming. Contact us for more information about our endowment with FM Area Education Foundation.
- Food For Thought: Providing milk/snack break and meals when families are struggling to make ends meet. Currently, lunch is paid for through state funding, however that does not include milk and snack for our youngest Spuds. Over 2 out of 5 Moorhead students are in need of food assistance. Visit our Events page for this year's campaign info, or visit www.givingheartsday.org.
- Spud History and the History Wall: Located in the lobby of Horizon Middle School's Performing Arts Center is home to a 50-foot long historical timeline of Moorhead Area Public Schools, partially funded by MLEF and Spud History. Plan a visit for your reunion, and join the Spud History facebook and twitter pages for updates.
Read more about these programs on our Impact page, and news links below:
OUR NEWS
- MLEF's Food For Thought Provides $50,000 to Moorhead Schools to Feed Students
- MLEF is Awarded an Alex Stern Family Foundation Grant for Food For Thought
- MLEF Announces the 2020 Spud Impact Teacher Grant Awardees
- MLEF Holds 4th Annual SpudTacular Gala, Virtually
- MLEF Launches Spuds Care Mask Drive
- Two Moorhead foundations merge to better serve students and Moorhead Area Public Schools
- Giving Hearts Day campaign to fund milk and snack for K-4 students