U.S. Coast Guard, Southeastern Sector Woods Hole

Ted Murphy presents VIPS with a donation from the Jimbo Memorial Golf Tournament

Ryan Hewson of MOCEAN, host of the annual "Shopping Night for VIPS"

Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod is one of the original VIPS community partners

Falmouth vips = school + COMMUNITY

For 33 years, VIPS has been facilitating partnerships between Falmouth community members, businesses, and organizations and our public schools. As a result, our students benefit from the extra knowledge, hands-on experiences, and expertise of the entire community.

Business Partners in Education Program

Since 1994, the Falmouth Volunteers In Public Schools (VIPS) Partner in Education program has been formally recognizing the efforts of businesses and individuals who have contributed to the Falmouth Public Schools and VIPS in various ways:  volunteering in classrooms, encouraging employees to volunteer, donating or offering services and/or materials at reduced cost, and event sponsorships, to name a few. VIPS helps create and/or facilitate a process through which a business' resources-knowledge, skills, time, space, or materials-can be shared. 

Examples of successful partnerships include:           
- local bank branches partnering with a school to help students learn applied math

- local scientific organizations partnering with a school or classroom to provide career and topic-specific speakers
- local elder care facilities partnering with a neighborhood school to foster inter-generational relationships.

Through its Partners in Education program and other recognition programs, VIPS has recognized the following local businesses for their generosity and support:
Allied Septic
Bank of America
Bank of Cape Cod
Bilezikian Family Foundation
Carpet Barn
Cape Cod Bagel
Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank
Cape Cod Volunteers
Cape & Islands United Way
Cavossa Companies
Citizens Bank
Coast Guard Sector Southeastern Massachusetts (Woods Hole) 
Coffee Obsession
Colony Insulation
Coonamessett Inn   
The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod
Crane Appliance
DFM Insurance Agency 
Eastern Bank
Ed Heylin, CPA
Elizabeth Hathon Photography
Enterprise Newspapers
Falmouth Academy
Falmouth Chamber of Commerce
Falmouth Country Club
Falmouth Education Foundation
Falmouth Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation
Falmouth Harbormaster's Office
Falmouth Newcomers Club and Encore
Hamilton Tree and Landscape
Island Queen
La Cucina Sul Maré
Lawrence- Lynch Corp.
MA Grand Lodge of Marine Masons
Martha's Vineyard Savings Bank 
Mass Mentoring Partnership
Pie in the Sky Bakery 
Roche Bros.
Rotary Club of Falmouth
Sister Spin Entertainment
Slade Mortgage
Starbucks of Falmouth
Taylor Rental  
U.S. Geological Survey
Wal-Mart
White Tie Limousine 
Woods Hole Foundation
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Wood Lumber

Encourage your employees to volunteer

Does your business or organization want to make a difference in our schools? By encouraging your employees or members to volunteer, you will be impacting many students and encouraging volunteerism. Contact VIPS today to learn how your organization or business can get involved! (508) 548-1621, vips@falmouth.k12.ma.us

Students make great interns, volunteers, or employees

Falmouth VIPS is a proud member of the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce.

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