2025 Initiatives

We were very happy to continue to support the music program in our district by helping Bedford Hills Elementary School start a Ukulele program!  New instruments and storage materials are now in school and the kids are loving it!

Mount Kisco Elementary School performed a dual language production of Disney’s “The Jungle Book”.  As we did last year with “Aladdin”, urgently needed equipment was provided by The Suzanne Grant Foundation. The performance was incredible! Our other elementary schools also jumped into theatrical performances. Pound Ridge Elementary School performed Frozen, West Patent performed Annie, and Bedford Village brought us Finding Nemo!

We were pleased to help fund an annual trip for our Hillside students to Lake Compounce. All students in grades 9-12, along with staff members, participate in this memorable event as a way to honor everyone’s achievements.  

We also supported an upcoming trip for the Middle School Rock Ensemble by providing equipment that will be shared across many of the District’s musical ensembles.

So many of our students rely on school-provided meals over the course of the year. Unfortunately over the summer when school is not in session, the source of these meals vanishes. It's a heartbreaking and preventable situation.  The Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry  created the School's Out Supplement (SOS) program and is squarely focused on this issue. They provide local children with lunch items while schools are closed. We are happy to partner with the SOS program and have helped to distribute healthy, kid-friendly foods to over 600 children each week to combat summer hunger. 

It's so important that our youngest students begin the school year ready to learn with the school supplies they need. We were thrilled to join with two of our long-standing partners - Neighbors Link and the Community Center of Northern Westchester - to help support their Backpack and School Supplies drives respectively.  Together, we were able to ensure they each reached 100% of their goal and provided needed supplies to hundreds of students.

Suzanne was a Board member of Rewarding Potential Scholarship – a community-funded effort that helps Fox Lane High School students overcome financial barriers and realize their dream of attending college. RPS puts college within reach by providing financial and mentoring support and changes the trajectory of the lives of these students and their families. We’re honored to continue to support RPS both financially and through mentoring, and we applaud the amazing work that they do.

 You might remember Jacey - our wonderful facility dog who is at West Patent Elementary School every day, along with some occasional visits to other schools.  Jacey is an absolute treasure for our kids, our staff and our community.  Naturally Jacey requires regular veterinary visits and routine care.  Your support is providing for this and she is worth every penny!