admin

2012 Az Tax Forms Available!

by admin December 13, 2012

The Arizona Department of Revenue has updated most of their site with the new 2012 tax forms. Yeah! We have also updated our donor page with those new forms and instructions. Check them out… DON’T FORGET NEW THIS YEAR:  Az Form 348 is for those donors that took advantage of the “switcher credit“. Don’t forget that if you want to take advantage of the Federal tax deduction, you must complete your donation by 12/31/2012. As we all know that date is just around the corner! Donate Now For the folks and families that have already donated this year, THANKS AGAIN! Now we […]

Read more →

Meet Joseph

by admin November 15, 2012

You have met Brian and Steve in other blog postings. It is now time to meet Joe Bourcier, our newest board member. Growing up on the southwest side of Detroit as a young boy I wasn’t sure what the future held for me.  As I watched my Mother and Father gain success in their respective professions and my sister (who is 8 years older) earn straight A’s I knew that hard work was in my blood and a non-negotiable to succeed in life. I was the type of student athlete that had to study and practice every day to achieve […]

Read more →

We Partnered With Promote Together

by admin October 9, 2012

We are very excited to announce a partnership with Promote Together to help raise funding for scholarships. Promote Together is a very simple, easy to use crowd funding concept for schools to raise donations that can be applied to scholarships. Crowd funding is the collective effort of individuals who network and pool their resources to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations. We will be the first STO to use this crowd funding model for all schools. We view this as an opportunity for the schools to have a more active role in fund raising for scholarships. We also […]

Read more →

School is Back (Or Really Close)

by admin August 9, 2012

The air is filled with the excitement of parents getting the students ready to start another school year. Students are excited to get back with the friends. The meeting place is the school! The new school year begins it is almost met with a new beginning feeling. For some, this is their first year at a new school. For others, it is the beginning of a new year, where your grades and workload start at zero. We all know that will be changing quickly. Make sure not to forget: Set your goals for the new year! What are you going […]

Read more →

Fall 2012 Semester Scholarships Awarded

by admin July 17, 2012

What a difference a year makes! This year we received over 200% more scholarship applications than 2011. As a board member and volunteer for Az4Education it makes me proud to award as many scholarships to deserving students and families as possible. After reviewing ALL of the applications we have selected the scholarship recipients. Email notification to all scholarship recipients was sent out July 16! If you received the email, congratulations. If you did not receive an email notification, we truly wish that we could have done more. With the overwhelming number of applicants this year, we revisited our budget and […]

Read more →

Shopping Online

by admin March 30, 2012

How many people shop online? More and more people that I talk to, would rather shop online then go out to strip malls or the malls in general. I have started to do more of this myself. We have partnered with Market America/Shop.com to set up an AZ4Education portal for you do to your shopping. Market America/Shop.com is one of the largest online retailers for consumers worldwide, featuring exclusive products and services (Market America brands) along with offering products from more than 3500 top Internet retailers. Making up to about 50 million products and services. With that number of products […]

Read more →

AZ4Education Gets A Major Facelift

by admin March 14, 2012

The team is very proud of the work that has been going on with our new site. We welcome you to the redesigned new and improved AZ4Education website. Getting started is our way to help guide the user around the site. If you are a potential donor – everything you wanted to know or were afraid to ask, should be there. Parents, we have a page to help you. What to find a private school – they are under schools. If all else fails, we have a FAQ section to help. That question is not there, submit your question and […]

Read more →

Meet Steve

by admin December 22, 2011

As part of getting to know your Az4Education Board and folks behind the scenes, we are going to write a little bit about ourselves. Since I like to blog, I get to go first. I plan on going over a few things about me, why I got interested in Az4Education and what I would like to see in the future. This by far is not an easy exercise for most people, I am included in the most. Hello! My name is Steve Bell.  For most of my adult life, I have worked at Intel Corporation (28.5 years to be exact). […]

Read more →