The mission of the Millbrae Education Foundation (MEF) is to raise funding to maximize educational opportunities for ALL Millbrae students. But it doesn't mean we can't inject a little bit of fun while supporting our main cause. We have events to bring our students, parents, community, and businesses together to build relationships and have some fun while raising much-needed funding for Millbrae Schools.
Hilton SFO, 600 Airport Blvd Burlingame, CA
The Annual MEF Gala and Auction celebrates our children and our schools and is our biggest donation event of the year. This celebration brings parents, teachers, school administrators and city leaders from all over Millbrae together to show their generosity, kindness and amazing sense of community. Last year, our gala & auction raised $247,000. Learn more
This fun event encourages the joys of reading and raises money for our schools. Students will log the amount of time they read and collect donations from friends and family to raise money to support the MEF's fundraising goal.
December 14
11am - 5pm
Millbrae Rec Center
The MEF Holiday Boutique is back! This event brings together our wonderful community for some holiday cheer. Last year, we had nearly 400 attendees and over 40 vendors plus food trucks and activities for the kids. Thank you to all of our amazing volunteers and our student and parent organizations for supporting this effort. We look forward to seeing you on Dec 14.
The Annual MEF Gala and Auction celebrates our children and our schools and is our biggest donation event of the year. This celebration brings parents, teachers, school administrators and city leaders from all over Millbrae together to show their generosity, kindness and amazing sense of community. Last year, our gala & auction raised more than $250,000.
Join us by running (or walking) at your own pace in the 2023 MEF Fun Run! Wherever and whenever you choose to pave the way, all proceeds from this event will benefit MEF.
Register by October 19th, Come to Kick Off and Pancake Breakfast on November 4th, and go Running/Walking!
Event details: FunRun
Last year, Holliday Boutique brought our wonderful Millbrae community together with nearly 400 attendees, 40 vendors plus volunteers from student and parent organizations supporting the event.
We kicked off the Annual Fund Drive with everyone's favorite Ice Cream social. The event (especially the ice cream 🍨) brought together families from all 5 Millbrae schools. With the nearly $24K raised from this event alone, we are starting the year with nearly 10% raised towards the MEF's goal.
On September 19th MEF presented a check to Millbrae School District in the amount of $650,000 to support education for ALL Millbrae District kids. This is over $100,000 more than last year's contribution.
We raised $253,000 towards the MEF Fundraising Goal!
This fun event encourages the joys of reading and raises money for our schools. Students will log the amount of time they read and collect donations from friends and family to raise money to support the MEF's fundraising goal.
Thursday, January 19 at 6:00pm
Celebrate Readathon and join us for a 30-minute virtual author Q&A with Supriya Kelkar. Supriya Kelkar is an award-winning author, illustrator, and screenwriter who has written books Strong as Fire,
Fierce as Flame and Brown is Beautiful. Look forward to a sneak peek of her upcoming middle-grade novel The Cobra's Song! This event is geared toward kids aged 8+.
Free to attend! And free cookies and cocoa!
We found local business and brought them together for the holidays. Hot chocolate, hand-made ornaments, music, and many more!
Congratulations Joy, who became Millbrae Woman of the Year! Recognized by the Millbrae Mayor’s Civic Coordinating Council Man and Woman of the Year Committee and the Millbrae Chamber of Commerce, Joy was awarded for her charitable and volunteering, including her work as the MEF president between 2019 and 2022.
In September MEF Board kicked off this year's Annual Fund Drive with a community event bringing families from all 5 Millbrae schools together for ice cream + slime. With the nearly $20K raised from this event, MEF is now at 27% of our $225K Annual Fund Drive goal.
The Habit Burger Grill will DONATE 20% OF SALES from this event to benefit your organization.
Present a printed flyer or show the offer on your smartphone to the cashier upon ordering.
Lai Lai Restaurant will DONATE a portion of your purchase to MEF. Buy in person or call in for a pickup order and mention MEF. For online orders use code MEF2023.
We are pleased to share that our Winter Read-A-Thon has raised $35,601.41 and our kids read 250,198 minutes! Thank you to all our participants - kids, teachers, parents and families - that have supported MEF’s goal to help fund programs such music, technology coordination, SEL counseling, and STEAM programs that benefit each and every student in the Millbrae School District.
For Top Fundraiser, Top Readers, and prizes, visit the Read-a-Thon page.
If you have some holiday shopping to do, why not support some local small businesses and the MEF at the same time?