Thanks to you, the NEF Endowment Campaign exceeded our $1 million goal, with $1,056,782 gifted and pledged as of Dec. 31, 2019!

Additionally, our Legacy Circle grew by over $100,000 in promised bequests—further securing the future of this valuable resource.

Occasionally during the roller coaster that was 2018, Mo Willems pulled out his pen and markers as a way to absorb, reflect, and share his thoughts on the events of the day. Try Being Nice collects many of these drawings along with a few signs created for various protests Mo attended throughout the year.

Best-selling author and girl expert Rachel Simmons will share strategies to help girls move beyond impossible standards of success to live healthy, happy, and fulfilling lives. Join us for a talk followed by a Q&A and book signing.

NEF Story Stomp!

Draw! Act! Make!

Saturday, March 16, 2019
1:00pm-2:00pm
Forbes Library Community Room

It was wonderful to see so many of you last night at NEF’s 18^th annual Adult Spelling Bee.  What a night – hundreds of people of all ages, thirty-eight creative teams of spellers, a range of challenging words from booboisie to vivisepulture – all to raise important funds so that NEF can say YES to more teachers.
What made last night even more exciting?  It was also the public launch of our campaign to raise $1 million for the NEF Endowment.  Thanks to the generosity of many lead donors, we are already halfway there!