About ACE
The ACE vision is to assist students of any age in the City of Casey who are experiencing significant challenges in their educational pursuits. These challenges may be either cultural, language, socioeconomic, physical or family fracture related etc.
The ACE Foundation is a not-for-profit Foundation which exists solely on donations and has no administrative costs.
OUR STORY
The Chair, Leon Shapero established the ACE Foundation in 2014. He has worked in Cranbourne as a GP Obstetrician since 1987 and has close ties with local schools. Leon sought to expand the reach of assistance that he was able to provide to students in his area, the City of Casey.
HOW WE HELP STUDENTS
Our involvement in assisting the education of students in the City of Casey include:
- Free testing and provision of free prescription reading glasses to vision impaired students. We have provided 3,522 pairs of glasses to date.
- Providing 4,000 meal replacement items every 4 weeks to 12 local secondary schools. These are given to students who attend school without having had breakfast or who have no prepared lunch. In the 11 years of ACE, we are proud to have provided over 528,000 meal replacement items.
- Providing a hard cover reading book to every prep student when they begin school. We have gifted 47,000 to date.
- Providing $415,800 in bursaries to 63 primary and secondary schools for the reward and encouragement of select student’s hard work and diligence.
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