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40+ prizes, courtesy of many of our favorite businesses in Cambridge and Somerville — restaurants, stores, services, entertainment venues, health clubs, and more — including the ones below. (Check back here for more as the raffle progresses.) Multiple tickets could win you multiple prizes! All proceeds from ticket sales support opportunities for CRLS students, grads, and faculty through Friends of CRLS’s College Scholarships, Student Travel Fellowships, Faculty Innovation Grants, Faculty Distinction Awards, and the Unsung Heroes Program.
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Spring 2018 Bash a Smash!!
On Thursday, March 29, 2018, we threw Friends of CRLS’s biggest event yet, our 2018 Spring Bash.
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- $65,000 (and counting!) in funds raised to support opportunities at CRLS
- CRLS students celebrated through music, visual media, and applause
- 200+ guests – parents, alumni, students, faculty, sponsors, donors, volunteers, Mayor Marc McGovern, City Manager Louis DePasquale, and more – enjoyed a wonderful party hosted and catered by Google in Kendall Square
- Robin Young, award-winning journalist and radio host of WBUR’s Here & Now, made the evening flow as both emcee and auctioneer
- Marjorie Decker, State Representative and CRLS alumna, spoke passionately about equity and diversity
Gigantic gratitude to Google and all of our event sponsors (below), donors, attendees, performers, presenters, and Bash Committee.
Special thanks to Jean Cummings of CambridgeDay.com for the vibrant story and festive photos.
Stay tuned: we’ll be posting more from the Bash soon.
Our 10th Year Annual Report is Here!
Winner of “Best in Annual Reports @ FOCRLS”
Good Read – Great Photos
We’re delighted to share our Limited Edition 10th Year Annual Report! CLICK HERE to view our Annual Report online. Highlights include reportage of our 10th Year Birthday Bash, quotations from and photos of our scholarship awardees, and details about how we raised over $200,000 this past fiscal year to support opportunities at CRLS.
Slideshow about FoCRLS
Friends of CRLS’s new slideshow, which features photos of many of our awardees, is a great overview of our programs, impact, outreach, and fundraising. We hope you will take a few moments to scroll through the .pdf of the Friends of CRLS slideshow here.
FOCRLS’ Newest Student Prize Announced!
We are excited to announce the newest student prize: The Calvin Hicks Memorial Award for the Study of Music. Please support this award generously in its inaugural year!
FOCRLS’ Newest Scholarship Announced!
We are excited to announce the newest student scholarship: The Rose and Victor Rifkin Family Scholarship. Please support this scholarship to help the next generation reach the American dream.
InvestCRLS Campaign Announced!
InvestCRLS is a new community-opportunity campaign to close in on the opportunity and achievement gaps at CRLS and unleash the diverse and extraordinary talents of our 1800+ students. It includes a new major donor ($1,000+) campaign and an exciting “100 x 100” business initiative. … Continue Reading
Our Mission
The mission of the Friends of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School is to develop, support, and enrich the academic and social development programs at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and to support the alumni of CRLS and its predecessor schools. In so doing, FOCRLS promotes achievement and a greater community investment in the future of CRLS, its current students, and its graduates. Friends of CRLS is a tax-deductible 501(c)(3) non-profit association founded by two CRLS parents in 2006.
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5% Day and $17,840 for FoCRLS from Whole Foods
Student volunteers at 5% Day at Whole Foods, River Street.
April 6, 2017 was 5% Day for Friends of CRLS at Whole Foods Market stores, a four-location event that earned our organization a donation total of $17,840! All proceeds benefit the students, grads, and faculty of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. Student and adult volunteers attended FoCRLS tables at all four participating stores — Prospect Street, River Street, and Fresh Pond in Cambridge as well as Beacon Street in Somerville — representing CRLS and FoCRLS and reminding shoppers that 5% of their entire purchase helps bring opportunities to Cambridge’s only public high school. On May 26, there was an official presentation at the Fresh Pond store with a giant check bearing the donation amount. FoCRLS Executive Director Elaine Schear says that the Whole Foods contribution is “the kind of generous corporate investment in our whole student community that will have a broad impact on their learning and aspirations. Students and parents came out in force to be a presence in the stores throughout the day on April 6th.They understand the significance.” Thank you to Cambridge and Somerville Whole Foods Marketing & Community Liaison Matthew Keller, the managers and team members of the four stores, our student and adult volunteers, and everyone who shopped that day!
FOCRLS 2018 Bash
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Friends of CRLS Student Travel Fellows on an Expedition to Ecuador
(1/3/18) Friends of CRLS is thrilled to be awarding a total of $13,000 to six students traveling to Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands over February school vacation. Students will partake in service... READ MORE