Save the Date! 2026 Gala (see below for more info!)
A Big Thank You to All Our 2025 Bounce Back to School Sponsors!
Double Bounce Sponsors
Bounce Sponsors
Thank you to our Foundation, Central Office and student volunteers!
Thank you to our set-up and clean-up crews: Stevenson Hockey and Franklin Volleyball
2025 Golf Outing
Thank you to our sponsors!
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Annual Dinner ~ formerly Annual Luncheon
Cemetery Walk 2024
Pictures from the 2024 Cemetery Walk.
Thank you to all our actors and student tour guides!
Bounce Back to School 2024
The annual event was held at Riley Upper Elementary School on Thursday, August 15. Families enjoyed an evening filled with inflatables, pony rides, a petting farm, face painting, balloon twisters, food and more!
Presenting Sponsor: Sylvan Learning Centers
Double Bounce sponsors: Chick-fil-A, The Dance Academy, Feldman Chevrolet, Lake Michigan Credit Union, Michigan Educational Credit Union, and Schoolcraft College
Bounce sponsors: Debbie Felton’s Academy of Dance, Henry Ford Health, Himm Family Dentistry, MacFarland Home Sales, MacFarland Painting, and TRUE Community Credit Union
In-kind sponsors: Bartos Distributing (who donated the majority of the the ice cream), Larry’s Foodland (who donated water and ice), and the Celebration Station (who donated the awesome balloon)
Thank you to Livonia Police Department and Trinity Health (First Aid table). Thank you too all our volunteers including Foundations members, LPS employees, LPS high school students, the Stevenson High School hockey team (set-up), and the Franklin High School baseball team (clean-up)!
2nd Annual Golf Outing
We had so many local businesses donate for our prizes and raffles. Thank you so much to these businesses who helped make our outing such a huge success! Please visit this wonderful places!
Save 7/19/25 for next year’s outing!
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13th Annual Luncheon ~ Wednesday, November 1, 2023
WXYZ Anchor Shares Inspiration with LPS Education Foundation Supporters
“Everybody can be great… because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
This Martin Luther King Jr. quote rounded out the painfully courageous story relayed by WXYZ Channel 7 News Anchor Carolyn Clifford as she talked about growing up affected by domestic violence in her northwest side Detroit home.
The 20-time Emmy Award winning journalist was the guest speaker at the 13th Annual LPS Education Foundation Luncheon fundraiser on Nov. 1 at the St. Mary’s Cultural & Banquet Center in Livonia.
Clifford, who grew up one of nine children, shared the tragic yet inspiring story of her mother, who not only survived domestic violence at the hands of Carolyn’s father, but found a way to make it out and provide for her children by starting her own business and making a new life. Clifford said she need not look any further for a hero than her mother, who is now 94 years young.
She shares her childhood story with every group that she can in order to bring awareness to domestic violence. She works with non-profit agencies that provide assistance to battered women. It’s her life’s work, when she’s not behind the anchor desk at Channel 7.
“Hearing her story really made me realize that no matter your background or life experiences, there is always something you can harvest from deep within your soul to help others,” said Stacy Jenkins, Livonia Public Schools Administrator of District Communications. “In Carolyn’s mother’s case, it was her children, then eventually, her community. For Carolyn, it is taking those experiences and laying them out for others who may be in that situation to feel heard and supported. It was truly inspiring.”
The annual luncheon holds inspiration as well – with a room filled with supporters of the school district and the LPS Education Foundation, many say that it’s one of the best days of the year.
“We appreciate the support of our community and especially appreciate and value your support by being here today,” said Foundation President Liz Jarvis. “We are very thankful for the generous financial support of our corporate donors and community members. You are the key to our success. We thank you.”
Bounce Back to School 2023
The annual event was held at Stevensom High School on Tuesday, August 22. Families enjoyed an evening filled with inflatables, pony rides, a petting farm, face painting, balloon twisters, food and more! A big Thank You to our sponsors: Bartos Distributing (who donated all the ice cream), Community Financial, Henry Ford Health, MacFarland & Co. Home Sales, MacFarland Painting, The Law Office of Robin M. Persiconi, PC, Urgent Care 365, Community Choice Credit Union, Debbie Felton’s Academy of Dance, Jimmy John’s, Luigi’s, Parkside Credit Union, Livonia Chamber of Commerce, The UPS Store – 5 Mile & Newburgh, Larry’s Foodland and the Celebration Station. Thank you to Livonia Police and Fire Departments and Trinity Health (First Aid table). Thank you too all our volunteers including Foundations members, LPS employees, LPS high school students and the Stevenson High School hockey team!
1st Annual LPSEF Golf Outing
The 12th Annual Luncheon
The annual luncheon was held on Tuesday, November 29 at St. Mary’s Cultural Center in Livonia. The keynote speaker was Rochelle Riley, former education writer for the Detroit Free Press and currently the Cultural Arts Director for the City of Detroit. Proceeds from the luncheon benefit the Foundation’s Competitive Edge 529 Savings Program.
Luncheon speaker: ‘Children are everything …’
Every famous person was once a child.
And, every child can grow up to be famous.
It’s that simple theory that former journalist Rochelle Riley explored during her time at the podium as the keynote speaker at the 12th Annual LPS Education Foundation luncheon fundraiser in late November.
Current Director of Arts and Culture for the City of Detroit and author of two books, Riley said she believes in changing the idea that children are taught that their futures have limits.
“We need to change the dynamic,” she said. “All children can be taught that they can be great – because every famous person was once a child.”
As a syndicated columnist for nearly two decades, Riley has been known as a child advocate, among other special interests that include the arts, social justice and the City of Detroit. In her book, “That They Lived: African Americans Who Changed the World,” Riley and co-author Cristi Smith-Jones combine classic black and white photos of young children, Lola and Caleb (Riley’s grandson) dressed as famous African Americans who made an impact on America and the world, with biographical information about each notable figure.
The children are depicted as famous black Americans such as Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass and Barrack Obama, with the premise that even famous people were children once.
“Children are everything,” Riley told the crowd at the luncheon. “We need to see each other like children. Remember, keep the main thing the main thing – and that main thing is children.”
Luncheon attendees, including master of ceremonies Robb Drzewicki, enjoyed Riley’s message and even said they would soon be meeting up for a good meal as new “besties.”
The luncheon, attended by nearly 200, is the LPS Education Foundation’s main fundraiser of the year and helps fund the Foundation’s Competitive Edge Savings Program for LPS kindergarten students who go on to graduate from an LPS high school.
If you would like to be a corporate sponsor of the 2023 event, please contact Laura Ulaszek at lulaszek2@livoniapublicschools.org
Bounce Back to School 2022
The annual event was held at Riley Upper Elementary School on Wednesday, August 24. Families enjoyed an evening filled with inflatables, pony rides, a petting farm, face painting, balloon twisters, food and more! A big Thank You to our sponsors: MacFarland Painting, Parkside Credit Union, MacFarland & Co. Home Sales, AlphaUSA, Livonia Chamber of Commerce, The UPS Store – 5 Mile & Newburgh, Larry’s Foodland and Allstate – Cheryl Bowker Agency. Thank you too all our volunteers including Foundations members, LPS employees, LPS high school students and the Stevenson High School hockey team!
The LPS Education Foundation is pleased to offer a new recognition program called Star Awards!
Are you looking for a unique way to thank a Livonia Public Schools staff member? A Star Award honors any LPS employee who has made a difference in a student’s, family’s or fellow staffer’s life. For a $25 donation to the Foundation, a personalized, color certificate will be presented to your honoree, and they will receive recognition on the Foundation’s website and social media platforms as well as the district’s social media platforms. The certificate will be personalized with your praise to show this LPS employee how much they mean to you!
Please click on the link below to send a Star Award to an awesome LPS staff member!
https://bit.ly/LPSEF-StarAward
Donations received will be used to help fund the Foundation’s Grant Program so all funds will be going back into the schools to provide programs and supplies for our students and staff.
Thank you for your support!
If you have any questions, please email lpsfoundation@livoniapublicschools.org
The 11th Annual Luncheon was held on November 10, 2021
The luncheon supports the Competitive Edge College Savings Program! The keynote speaker was Brig Sorber, former executive chairman of Two Men and A Truck International. The luncheon was a huge success! Thank you to all who attended either in-person or online.
Two Men and a Truck International
LPS Education Foundation 