Every year, the Chatham Education Foundation’s Books on Break program brings excitement, joy, and memories to children and adults, alike! It is a very heartwarming experience. The program is essentially a free book fair for students in some of our most economically disadvantaged schools in Chatham County. Depending upon their

The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) seeks community support for public education to provide supplemental resources to the Chatham County Schools. We do this through individual and business donations, as well as grants from organizations. Recently, three generous organizations granted funds to CEF and changed lives! Duke Energy and the Dollar

PITTSBORO, NC – The Chatham Education Foundation awarded more than $35,000 in grants and scholarships to Chatham County Schools’ teachers and staff on November 1, 2016. “This year we doubled the dollar value of awards to the teachers of Chatham County Schools, and we are grateful to our individual, corporate

The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) is excited to announce a grant received from the Duke Energy Foundation for over $17,000 to support CEF programs and a countywide collaboration, Chatham Reads. In the past year, Duke Energy’s 2015 grant providing funding for a number of valuable programs. This grant will allow

The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) is thrilled to announce the winners of its 2105 Grants. At this year’s grant ceremony we not only awarded our Creative Teaching Grants but two other opportunities. Thanks to the Duke Energy Foundation, this year we were able to add one additional grant for teachers,

The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) is excited to announce a grant received from the Duke Energy Foundation for $30,000 for a countywide collaboration, Chatham Reads. Literacy can make or break one’s education and workforce aspirations, and Duke Energy is helping take a stand in Chatham County. A few quick statistics

How Wheelchair Accessible Gardens are Bringing Students Together Marguerite Fields, of Jordan Matthews High School, is one of our grant recipients who used the funds generously contributed by our donors to purchase a handicap accessible Rolling Garden Kit for her the school.  This was a multi-class project.  The carpentry students

The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) is thrilled to announce the winners of its 2014 Creative Teaching Grants. Each of these projects exemplifies the creativity, professionalism and dedication of Chatham County Schools’ teachers. This year the Chatham Education Foundation supported 12 projects in 8 schools reaching over 1,700 students. The variety

The Chatham Education Foundation graciously accepted a donation in the amount of $10,000 to open an endowment with the Triangle Community Foundation.   This endowment will specifically support the Jordan-Matthews High School’s annual trip to the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. The donors, Karen and Fred Shectman, moved to Chatham