The Wall of Honor was created by the Blue Valley Educational Foundation to honor our contributors in a special way. The wall recognizes corporate and individual donors who have given $2,000 or more since the Foundation’s inception.

The beautiful dark cherry wall, located in District Office outside the Foundation’s office more than 200 sunflowers attached with each donor’s name laser etched onto the sunflower. Four sizes of sunflowers represent four different levels of donor giving: $2,000 - $4,999; $5,000- $9,999; $10,000-$19,999 and $20,000 or more. The wall includes donations made through 6/30/08 and is updated yearly.

Also added this year is a panel for the members of the BVEF Silver Society. Upon receipt of a $25,000 gift to BVEF Endowment Fund, BVEF commits to give a $1,000 annual award in perpetuity to a BVSD student, staff member, school or program of the donor’s choosing.

BVEF Donor Wall event

The Blue Valley Educational Foundation gave special thanks to its donors at the October Board of Education meeting. New donors who have contributed $2,000 or more to the Foundation since its inception 19 years ago were added to the organization’s “Wall of Honor.”

              The wall now reflects the cumulative donations of more than $20,000 for Bayer, Kansas Gas Service, Menorah Medical Center, Inc., Polsky Family Supporting Foundation and Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP. Added to the wall at the $10,000 to $19,999 level were: Robert and Elise Chapline, Gilmore & Bell, P.C., Major Saver, Validity Screening Solutions and William T. Kemper Foundation.  

              Added to the wall at the $5,000 to $9,999 level were: APAC – Kansas, Inc., Randy and Judie Becker, Blue Valley North Parent Booster Club, Cottonwood Point Elementary PTA, Crossland Construction, Inc., Garmin International, Inc., Perkins+Will, The PrivateBank, Walmart – 117th and Metcalf, Zimmerman Construction Co., Inc.

              Recognition also went to the following new donors at the $2,000 to $4,999 level: Josh and Kate Allen, Johnson County Bar Foundation, Kansas City Audio-Visual, Steve and Amber Klika, Bob Kreifels, LearningRx, Jack Goldstein Charitable Trust, Network Integration Services, Overland Trail Middle PTO, Oxford Middle PTA, PGAV Architects, Inc., Premier Bank, Tom and Wendy Soldini, Vintage Moon Creations.

              Silver Society members Dave and Megan Leathers were recognized for contributing $25,000 to the BVEF endowment. With this gift a $1,000 scholarship will be awarded annually by the Foundation in perpetuity.

              The Blue Valley Educational Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides funding for extraordinary educational opportunities for students in Blue Valley Schools. For more information, call (913) 239-4622.