Your gift has a positive impact on education.

With recent cutbacks to state-funded educational programs and newly mandated science testing, teachers need RAFT more than ever. Your contribution allows us to underwrite teachers' costs and serve thousands of members each year, improving education in schools and community programs across the Bay Area.

From left to right: Mary Simon, Marina Bronstein-Grouchnikov, Emmalynne Hu, Steve Bui, Julie Yamamoto, Nishant Parulekar  

Ways to give to RAFT

RAFT needs Grants to underwrite all our programs supporting teachers – Please contact the Development Office for information.

Showcase of Creativity Dinner – On October 22nd, 2008, RAFT held its annual dinner celebrating hands-on teaching. The theme, "Potential for Disruption" highlighted RAFT's positive role in transforming education. Paul Doherty, Senior Scientist at the Exploratorium, engaged the audience in a hands-on free-for-all featuring catapults and flying balls.

Thanks to our generous sponsors and guests, the 2008 event netted over $100,000!

$10,000 sponsors:
Agilent Technologies
AMD
Intel
Joan and Michael Hackworth
Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme
Rambus

$7,500 sponsors:
Cadence Design Systems

$5,000 sponsors:
Adobe Systems
Applied Materials
Shelley and Steve Brown
Hewlett-Packard Company
KPMG LLP
Lockheed Martin
National Semiconductor
Symantec Corporation
Xilinx

$2,500 sponsors:
Deloitte LLP
First 5 Santa Clara County
IBM
NetApp
Roche Palo Alto LLC
Spansion
Synopsys
Donna Whitney and Uwe Kladde