Christmas for Kids 2024
Star Huntsman • January 1, 2025
Our 11th annual Christmas for Kids was a huge success! Thanks to the generosity of our volunteers, donors and businesses, we were able to provide a Christmas shopping experience to over 700 deserving middle and high school students in Jordan School District.
We are grateful to so many whose contributions made this event possible including: Larry H & Gail Miller Family Foundation, S Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation, WEX Inc, Discover Financial, Walmart, and VCBO Architecture. We are particularly grateful for Kevin Carlile and the employees of the South Jordan Walmart for their dedication to making this event a success.
Jordan Education Foundation would also like to thank the volunteer chaperones, our Christmas for Kids committee, the volunteers from Jordan School District’s Language and Cultural Services Department, the Jordan Education Foundation Board of Directors and the many other Jordan District employees who helped plan, organize and carry out this event.
To everyone who contributed in any way, thank you for making the season brighter for so many deserving students!
What a spectacular evening at the Jordan Education Foundation Awards Recognition Banquet! The brand new Salt Lake Bees Ballpark set the perfect stage for a night filled with joy and celebration. We honored our top fourteen “Outstanding Educators of the Year,” and applauded the exceptional talents of our students who received the “Rising Star Scholarship,” “Teri Timpson Legacy Scholarship,” and “Dr. Patrice Johnson Superintendent Scholarship.” First Lady Abby Cox, our guest speaker, and State Superintendent Dr. Sydnee Dickson, our Master of Ceremonies, made the night extra special. Thank you to the JEF Board of Directors, our community sponsors, and everyone who made this night unforgettable!
.THANK YOU to everyone who came out and made the Jordan Education Foundation Golf Tournament such a fun and successful event! Your participation will make a real difference in our schools, as all money raised directly supports students and teachers in Jordan School District. Programs supported by the Jordan Education Foundation include: Classrooms Grants: Providing teachers with resources to innovate and enhance learning. Principal's Pantries: Ensuring students have access to food and other basic needs. STEM: Supporting STEM initiatives to prepare students for future careers. Unified Sports: Encouraging inclusivity through sports. Low-Income Medical: Assisting students with medical needs when other resources are unavailable. A huge shoutout and heartfelt thanks to all of our incredible sponsors whose generous support helped make this event possible. Gold Sponsors: Willmeng Construction, VCBO, MHTN and LHM Real Estate Silver Sponsors: Olsen and Peterson, Midgley-Huber, Whiting Turner, BYU Independent Studies, NWL Architects, Hughes General Contractors, Rocky Mountain Power, EMI Health, Onward Technology, Bud Mahas, Jordan Credit Union, JUDD Construction, Rightway Steele Hole Sponsors: Design West Architects, City of South Jordan, Alder Sales, Scheels, South Valley Chamber, CORE Architecture, Seagull Printing Breakfast Sponsor: Walmart Missed us at the Links to Schools Golf Classic? Join us in September for our Twilight Golf Event. Click here to sign up for communications about our next event.
The Challenge obstacle run is a family-friendly fundraising obstacle course run open to all ages and created to make a difference in Jordan District Classrooms. Sponsored by local businesses and Jordan Education Foundation, 100% of proceeds go directly toward Classroom Grants benefiting students & teachers in Jordan District. At the 2025 Challenge Run we had so much fun, and we were able to raise $20,576 to go towards classroom grants . We look forward to next year's Challenge Run!