BVEF Signature Events
35th Annual Community Breakfast
Held August 28, 2025
35th Anniversary Celebration: Community Breakfast 2025
Join Us to Celebrate 35 Years of Innovation, Investment, and Impact!
You're invited to the Blue Valley Educational Foundation's 35th Anniversary Community Breakfast, a special event that officially kicks off our milestone year!
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025
Location: Overland Park Convention Center
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 AM
This memorable morning will feature:
- A celebration of 35 years of BVEF's impact in Blue Valley schools
- The official introduction of Dr. Gillian Chapman, Blue Valley's new superintendent
- Inspiring student performances and student emcees
- A comprehensive State of the District update
Together, we’ll work toward our goal of $10 million invested in the District, benefiting students and educators across all Blue Valley schools.
Proceeds from the event will directly fund our Excellence in Education classroom grants and impact grants, helping to elevate learning opportunities District-wide.
For more information about the 2025 Community Breakfast, including sponsorship opportunities, please contact:
Become a Sponsor...
Breakfast sponsorships make a tremendous impact on our district through teacher and classroom grants, district-wide performing arts initiatives, a diverse schedule of mental health and wellness programs, and supporting teacher recruitment and retention efforts. Sponsorship opportunities are open now. See our sponsorship forms below.
Individual tickets will be available starting in late May 2025.
Battle of the Bands
14th Annual | February 20, 2026
Battle of the Bands 2025 was a huge success! More than $129,000 was secured through sponsorships, ticket sales, a incredible silent auction, and wine and bourbon pull! BVEF's annual adult night out featured bands made up of Blue Valley parents, teachers, and staff, who competed for bragging rights as Best of Blue Valley champion! Congratulations to Young Medicine, for retaining their winning band status for an additional year. Attendees enjoyed a fun night while supporting a great cause! Thank you to the more than 370 people who joined us in February.
Battle of the Bands 2025 will provide significant funding for the performing arts programs in Blue Valley Schools. Blue Valley’s performing arts include band, orchestra (strings), choir, theater, debate and competitive speaking.
Mark your calendars for Battle of the Bands 2026
Friday, February 20, 2026 | 6:30-10pm
Fiorella's in Overland Park
9000 W 137th St
Tickets and Sponsorship Packages will be available early fall.
Women's Giving Circle
Fall and Spring Events
Our Fall Women's Giving Circle Will Be Announced Soon
Women’s Giving Circle offers a $15,000 grant opportunity two times a year to an individual school, a grade level across the district, or a department-wide curriculum. Grant proposals, submitted by principals, administrative leaders, or classroom teachers, are narrowed down to three finalists selected. Finalists will present at the Women’s Giving Circle gathering where voting members, donors, will select the winning grant. Register.
A giving circle is participatory philanthropy; individuals make donations that are pooled and collectively awarded to the winning grant. For the BVEF Women's Giving Circle, up to three grant applications will be presented to members at the spring and fall event. A $100 donation entitles an individual to attend the event and to vote for the grant of their choice. Up to $15,000 will collectively be awarded to the winning grant.
Want to participate but can't attend? All registered Women's Giving Circle members who are unable to join us will receive copies of the grant applications and an opportunity to vote prior to the gathering.
