The NORTH KINGSTOWN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION and THE BLUE BUS FOUNDATION is hosting a BOOK DRIVE.
Please donate your gently used books suitable for Preschool, Young Readers, Teen, and Adults in the marked bins at the following locations by February 10th, 2021.
Flowers by Bert & Peg Gardner’s Wharf Seafood
Tockwotton Farms
Living Hope Christian Church
Are you an avid reader? Are you looking for a fun way to support a great cause? Are you willing to Catch the Reading wave with the NKEF? IF your answer is yes to any of these you are in the right place!
The North Kingstown Educational Foundation is hosting their first ever, annual read-a-thon fundraiser. The whole month of February we are raising funds to provide grants for the NK School department. It’s easy to participate – Register yourself for a team, read your favorite book or two, track your minutes and collect donations.
NKEF Catch the Wave Read-a-thon Registration and Tracker
There are team challenges and weekly prizes!! Check out the teams!! Families and students can register for their school teams, individuals can register for the NKEF Reader Team and businesses, neighborhoods, book clubs and organizations can create a team.
If you are interested in creating a team, sign up here
The North Kingstown Educational Foundation Catch the Reading Wave Read-A-Thon calendar is now live!!! Check out the month’s worth exciting and fun opportunities to expand your reading experiences!! There is something for everyone!! The NKEF has joined forces with the North Kingstown Town Library, Davisville Library, and the Blue Bus Foundation to compile a calendar of events that will encourage your love of all things reading. Participate in one or all of them. We can’t wait to share the love of reading with you! Mark your calendar, you won’t want to miss out!
The NKEF is hosting a month long event full of fun activities for you and your family to take part in all while raising money for education in our community! Visit Catch the Reading Wave Read-A-Thon to get a calendar of activities, printouts, contests deadlines and more.
We have partnered with The Blue Bus Foundation to bring to you The Blue Bus Book Mobile. Donate your gently used book for all ages to help us fill our Book Mobile. Donations will be accepted from January 15th until February 1st at the locations below. If you looking to host a collection bin at your business please contact treasurer@nkefoundation.org.
Thank you to all who participated in Light UP NK Decorating Contest. This event raised a little over $700 for the North Kingstown Educational Foundation and created a Holiday Fun for the community. We had about 550 votes come in for our registered locations. And the winners are…
Best Light Display: 14 Hawthorne Court- 114 votes – Adam Wotherspoon
Best Use of Tech: 136 Brookside Dr-46 votes – Liane Hagenmoser
Deck the Halls: 8 Brighton Lane-103 votes – Amy Parenteau
Holly Jolly: 517 Glen Hill Rd- 56 votes – Stacy & Rick Connors
Gardner’s Wharf : 64 votes
14 Hawthorne Court
The North Kingstown Educational Foundation is in need of volunteers who are willing to “mask up” and read a story on a virtual meet during our month-long, town-wide Read-a-thon.
We are looking to schedule evening time “storytime” for all ages. This is a volunteer opportunity to support the NKEF and surprise everyone with who you are after you finish reading your book.
We encourage parents, NKSD faculty/staff, coaches, business owners, town officials/employees, and/or anyone else who loves to read to “mask up” and sign up. These storytimes will be done virtually and we will set-up the meet and advertise the event.
Please complete the form and be sure to include your preferred date and time and 3 clues that we can post to advertise the event and gain interest in your storytime. We are prepared to host a storytime each night so the date/time preference will be on a first come, first serve basis.
Sign-ups are due by January 6, 2021. Get creative and join in on fun with the NKEF!!!
Let’s Light up NK tonight! We have sold a little over 225 luminary kits to whole neighborhoods and individuals of NK and they are ready to share a little hope for the holidays. Luminary bag displays will be out tonight and tomorrow night from 5-9pm. Thank you to all who purchased kits and supported the NKEF in our first ever holiday fundraiser. We are so happy to be part of the season and creating a new tradition for North Kingstown.
Take a break from the hustle and bustle and drive around to view the peacefulness of the night and the lights. Here is the map of locations of the bags to view. Enjoy!!!
We only have about 25 kits left !!! They are flying out the door ! If you haven’t purchased yours please click on the link below and we will deliver the kit right to your door.
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Give the gift of a Starfish Honor here. The NKEF Starfish Honor program offers a way to appreciate any faculty, staff or friends of the NKSD, while supporting innovative education in the North Kingstown School Department.
Purchase a one of a kind handcrafted Oyster Shell Ornament from Backyard Beach Decor here . For each ornament sold, $10.00 is donated back to Foundation.
Calendar of Events coming soon!
The North Kingstown Educational Foundation is in need of volunteers who are willing to “mask up” and read a story on a virtual meet during our month-long, town-wide Read-a-thon.
Our vision is not possible without the generous support of donors, like yourself, who see the value of their investment. Thank you for supporting the foundation and education here in North Kingstown!
The Farm Stand is a small family run business that has been in North Kingstown since the 1970s. We take pride in providing our community with fresh naturally grown produce. We are truly grateful for the support of our friends, family and neighbors through out the years. We wanted to be able give back to our community to show our appreciation. We chose to do so by donating to the North Kingstown Education Foundation. This amazing organization is doing so much for our town and our schools and we fully support their efforts. Halloween has always been a favorite holiday of ours so we were happy to participate in this years Spook out NK. This event brought so much joy to our community all while raising funds for the foundation. Over the summer our younger children sold lemonade at the stand to collect donations for the NKEF. It was a great experience for them to contribute to an organization that will benefit them in so many ways. Our family has been a part of the North Kingstown community for many years. We are proud to say that four generations have gone through the school system here in North Kingstown. We are extremely grateful that this organization was founded and we will be happy to continue to support it in the years to come.
The North Kingstown Educational Foundation was founded in 2019 in order to fundraise and award educational grants across the school district.
