The Karla Bolen
Memorial Fund
The Karla Bolen Memorial Fund was established to provide grants to elementary school teachers with the goal of making good programs great, and inspiring exceptional teachers to keep teaching.
Karla Bolen sought to bring out the potential in everyone she touched. As a teacher she dedicated herself to finding the best in her students. She taught many to achieve more than they ever thought possible. Karla used her time and talents beyond the measure of what was expected. She believed in teaching a love of learning, whenever possible developing activities to broaden and enrich the experience of her students beyond a given curriculum or standard. The legacy she left at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Falls Church, VA provided a key point of inspiration for founding the Angels Foundation.
Karla said it was easy to teach the bright and the gifted. Her friends remember Karla’s special talent with the troubled or average child. She knew how to find the hidden or undiscovered talents deep within – and the ability to bring them out. All of her students were “her children” and she encouraged, loved and taught them as if they were her own.
As a mother, teacher and friend, she was not afraid to ask difficult questions out of love and concern, even if it meant putting herself at risk. She is remembered by many as an angel who forever changed their lives through her teaching, compassion, and persistence in believing in people, especially when they had trouble believing in themselves.
Granting elementary teachers the resources to excel in the classroom.
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Contact us with any questions you might have about how you can get involved with the Angels Foundation – whether to contribute to our cause, or to seek help through one of our scholarships and grants. We’d love to hear from you.
