EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR BILLINGS PUBLIC

The foundation operations food insecurity programs include backpack meals and food pantries for the benefit of low-income children in billings public schools to ensure students have food on weekends and school breaks. By working closely with other organizations in the city, the food insecurity programs have become a part of a coordinated effort to end hunger and poverty in billings.

The foundation offers classroom grants to educators in billings public schools to encourage innovation and excellence in the schools. Applicants must demonstrate effective instruction methods that inspire students to learn. The program generally provides seed money for material costs and curriculum development enabling projects to continue long past the initial funding.the foundation offers donor endowment distributions to educators and students in billings public schools in the form of scholarships and grants consistent with donor restrictions and the foundation's mission on a consistent basis in amounts established by donor intent.the foundation offers a summer reading program "reading rocks" from mid-june until the end of july. Reading rocks runs in conjunction with the free/reduced fee lunch in the parks program, encouraging billings kids to continue reading in the summer. Many children who don't read in the summer lose months in their reading levels and fall behind in school. Summer reading is vital for a child's education.saturday live is a day-long, all school district, outdoor carnival benefiting billings public schools. This family oriented event brings hundreds of volunteers,parents, educators, and business leaders together for one of the largest school carnivals in the country. School groups use their proceeds for the following:technology, book purchases, field trips, travel expenses for clubs, uniforms, school materials, and special assemblies.support and development of teen pantry within the schools to curb and mitigate the occurance of food insecurity for students.school district homeless teen funding to curb and mitigate the occurance of students incurring home insecurity.