Harrisonburg Education Foundation

Teacher appreciation and recognition across the school district is a focus year round for hef. We welcome new teachers at the beginning of the school year with a hot breakfast and door prizes. In october, hef helps students make hundreds candygrams for educators. Hef also hosts a thanks-a-lotto in the spring, where every educator receives a scratch off that has supportive messages from the community as well as prizes to some. Hef also leads the celebration of our educators of the year that are selected at each school by hcps. Throughout the year, hef coordinates a group of liaisons for each school called the hef superfriends to share feedback and updates on our work. We also provide complimentary tickets to select educators to our end of year event.

The scholarship program awards scholarships to graduating harrisonburg city public high school seniors in the spring of each year. Funds come from a variety of sponsors and each sponsor has unique eligibility requirements. Scholarship applications are reviewed by a committee appointed by the foundation.