Giving Opportunities

Annual Support

Businesses and individuals can provide funding to support our operating expenses and ongoing programs. OPBEA Membership starts at $100.

Program Sponsorship

Student of the Month Breakfast:
Sponsor one or all three Oak Park Elementary Schools for a breakfast honoring students who have been selected for good attendance, citizenship and grades.  Cost is $200 per breakfast sponsorship.

Roosevelt Middle School Student Improvement Luncheon:
Students are honored at each of the five luncheons for significant improvement in school.  A “mystery guest” is invited to create interest in career opportunities. Cost is $200 per luncheon sponsorship.

Oak Park Preparatory Academy Career Exposure Luncheon:
A panel of six business professionals share their personal career pathway with a group of thirty students. During lunch, students have the opportunity to meet and interact wtih each panelist. Cost is $200 per luncheon sponsorship.

Recognition & Scholarship Program: 
Funds are used to reward and recognize the success of students who participate in any of our OPBEA programs. Help honor these students by sponsoring a reward or recognition program. Sponsors will be recognized in all written materials distributed to students and their families, as well as OPBEA publications. Cost is $200 for sponsorship.

Other Ways to Donate

Car Donations:
Ready to get rid of your old car?  If you donate to Charity Motors and select OPBEA as the beneficiary, 70% of the sale price is contributed directly to OPBEA.  The donation is 100% tax deductible at your car’s full market value.  They’ll even pick up your non-running car for free!  Contact the OPBEA office for more information.

Tribute:
Make a donation in any amount to honor someone or send a condolence in the memory of someone.  We have designed a Tribute card that can be mailed out to acknowledge a donation made

Alfreda Bailey Scholarship Fund:
We’re building a legacy and you can help. Dr. Alexander Bailey was the Oak Park Superintendent for over 14 years before retiring in 2005. He made an impact on many lives.  To leave a legacy in honor of his years in Oak Park, we are building an existing OPBEA fund that was established in the name of Dr. Bailey’s wife, Alfreda, upon her death in 1996.  The dollars are invested in restricted funds for scholarship use.  The interest earned each year will generate funds to provide future, deserving Oak Park graduates with scholarships.

In-Kind Donations:
Talk to us about the goods or services that would help to offset budget expenses.

Other In-Kind Opportunities:
Mentoring, job shadowing, guest speaker, job site visits.

Contact us to make a donation.