COVID-19 will not stop Kent Schools Foundation from supporting students this school year or raising funds to support students in the future.

Kent Schools Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to engaging with families, educators, businesses and the broader community to fund innovative and supportive learning opportunities for every student in the Kent School District.

Kent Schools Foundation is taking its third annual fundraiser online for 30 days to raise funds during November. From Nov. 1-30 is officially #KSFGiving. The foundations’s board decided to turn what would have been the third annual auction into an online fundraiser this year, not letting COVID-19 stop the momentum this nonprofit has had the last two years supporting students, classrooms and schools in the Kent School District.

The funds raised during #KSFGiving will support annual classroom grants, student scholarships and more. This unprecedented time has severely impacted the community’s most vulnerable populations, many of whom face daily shortages of the most basic human needs.

Earlier this year, the Kent Schools Foundation awarded $28,000 in community grants to organizations supporting Kent School District students and families. These critical organizations continue to supply basic needs to children and families, needs like food, clothing, housing support and more. Partners of the foundation who continue this work include Iraqi Community Center of Washington, Kent Community Foundation, Kent Food Bank, Living Well Kent, Mother Africa, The Storehouse, World Relief Seattle and Degh Tegh.

“At times, if it may feel as if nothing has gone just as we planned this year, Kent Schools Foundation also sees this as an opportunity to come together and support our students at unprecedented levels,” said Paul Bogel, Kent Schools Foundation president, in a news release. “With the help of our sponsors, and donors at all levels, we are hopeful that the giving will exceed our previous events, and our community will come together to fund innovative and supportive learning opportunities for every student in the Kent School District.”

You can Join Kent Schools Foundation for a live event on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 12:30 p.m. at ksfgiving.org to learn more about the foundation’s impact in the Kent School District.

Donations are being accepted all month long through the Kent Schools Foundation website and through its Facebook page.