Letter to PAGE

Dear PAGE Foundation Donors and Friends,

PAGE Foundation programs such as PAGE STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Recognition), PAGE Academic Bowl for Middle Grades, PAGE Georgia Academic Decathlon and PAGE Foundation Scholarships are made possible by our association members, individual donors, businesses and charitable foundations.

People, however, are what make the programs meaningful. A good example is Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School teacher Lisa Beck, who coaches the school’s academic decathlon team alongside Ian Beck, her husband and team founder. Years ago when the LakeviewFort Oglethorpe team first won the Academic Decathlon State Championship, Lisa Beck, with her infant son in tow, drove team members to Omaha to participate in the national competition. The team did not have the money to fly. Her commitment to her students and her dedication to teaching is humbling, but she’s not alone. The PAGE

Foundation has the continual privilege of serving educators whose careers and lives are interwoven with the needs of their students, community and family.

The PAGE Foundation was created in 1985 as the charitable arm of

PAGE. It exists today because of your philanthropy. You are part of a large family of contributors who know the power of education to foster dreams, expand horizons and build prosperous, joyful lives. Each year, our programs touch the lives of thousands of Georgia students and professional educators. In many instances, lives are changed profoundly. This is the return on your charitable “investment.” Thank you for supporting us. We know you have many good choices when it comes to supporting nonprofits, and we are grateful that you chose to help us serve the students and educators of Georgia.

John Varner, PAGE Foundation President