The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is proud to sponsor Drive for Schools, Santa Cruz County’s largest fundraiser benefiting local schools.
Get Your Tickets Today!
To purchase tickets, find your favorite school listed below and contact the ticket coordinator. Tickets are $5 each or 6 for $25.
Tickets are on sale through participating schools starting Tuesday, September 10 through Sunday, October 20, 2024. All purchased tickets must be returned to your school by its posted deadline. Purchased tickets will not be accepted at the Boardwalk from anyone other than each school’s designated fundraising coordinator. The drawing will be held at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk at 1pm on Sunday, October 27.
Tickets will also be sold on the day of the drawing at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Proceeds from tickets sold on the day of the drawing will benefit the Santa Cruz County Office of Education Special Education Department.
About Drive For Schools
Sponsored by the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Drive for Schools supports all schools in Santa Cruz County. It raised a record $754,700 for local schools in 2023 and has raised almost $9.5 million total since it was founded in 2005.
All elementary, middle and high schools in Santa Cruz County are invited to participate. Best of all, each participating school keeps every single dollar they earn AND they decide how best to spend the money.
This year’s grand prize is $25,000 cash. We will also give away five $1,000 cash prizes and approximately 100 additional prizes.
The $25,000 grand prize and the five $1,000 cash prizes are provided by the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. All other prizes are generously donated by the local businesses listed on the Prize List. We are grateful for their support!
Click here for the latest list of fabulous prizes. Prize listed updated periodically between now and the drawing on October 27.
2024 Participating Schools
| SCHOOL | COORDINATOR | |
|---|---|---|
| ALTERNATIVE FAMILY EDUCATION (AFE) | Gwindolyn Hight | [email protected] |
| ALIANZA CHARTER SCHOOL | Melinda Luna | [email protected] |
| ANN SOLDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Gina Medrano | [email protected] |
| APTOS HIGH SCHOOL | Maria Meade | [email protected] |
| APTOS JR HIGH SCHOOL | Amy Bosso | [email protected] |
| THE BAY SCHOOL | Josh Stogner | [email protected] |
| BAY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Emily Mason | [email protected] |
| BAYMONTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | Pam Hanson | [email protected] |
| BONNY DOON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Ola Mugnier | [email protected] |
| BOULDER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Roxann Morrill | [email protected] |
| BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Jennifer Kulich | [email protected] |
| BRANCIFORTE MIDDLE SCHOOL | Sarah Renfro | [email protected] |
| BROOK KNOLL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Ali Anderson | [email protected] |
| CALABASAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Paula Twisselman | [email protected] |
| CEIBA COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY | Rosie Infante | [email protected] |
| CESAR E. CHAVEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL | Noelle Brand | [email protected] |
| CYPRESS HIGH SCHOOL | Matthew Levy | [email protected] |
| DEL MAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Maria Leon | [email protected] |
| DELAVEAGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Linda Ritten | [email protected] |
| DELTA HIGH SCHOOL | Maria Hastings | [email protected] |
| DIAMOND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE | Marci Keller | [email protected] |
| DUNCAN HOLBERT SCHOOL | Maria Cardoso | [email protected] |
| FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Lorena Rosillo | [email protected] |
| GATEWAY SCHOOL | Kristin Lim | [email protected] |
| GAULT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Ebby Dellamora | [email protected] |
| GREEN ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Vanessa Weber | [email protected] |
| GREEN VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | Ruth Lira | [email protected] |
| H. A. HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Erin Legorreta | [email protected] |
| HALL DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Cynthia Torres | [email protected] |
| HAPPY VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Lindsey Doolan | [email protected] |
| HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL | Alejandra Cardenas | [email protected] |
| HOLY CROSS SCHOOL | Maria Santee | [email protected] |
| KIRBY PREPARATORY SCHOOL | Kaleigh Velo | [email protected] |
| LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Ashley Moules | [email protected] |
| LINSCOTT CHARTER SCHOOL | Danu Schoeck | [email protected] |
| LIVE OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Leanne Butka | [email protected] |
| MAIN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Scott Mangold | [email protected] |
| MAR VISTA ELEMENTARY | Christine Cooke | [email protected] |
| MINTIE WHITE ELEMENTARY | Samantha Legorreta | [email protected] |
| MISSION HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL | Robin Altig | [email protected] |
| MONARCH COMMUNITY | Maria Ryen | [email protected] |
| MORELAND NOTRE DAME | Kris Burkett | [email protected] |
| MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Delphina Sanchez | [email protected] |
| MOUNT MADONNA | Kevict Yen | [email protected] |
| NEW BRIGHTON MIDDLE | Numa Trepanier | [email protected] |
| OCEAN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION | Rebecca Paten | [email protected] |
| OHLONE ELEMENTARY | Gina Elisalde | [email protected] |
| ORCHARD SCHOOL | Manila Bol | [email protected] |
| PACIFIC COAST CHARTER | Tracy Laws | [email protected] |
| PACIFIC COLLEGIATE CHARTER | Vilija Joyce | [email protected] |
| PACIFIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Nanette Blackburn | [email protected] |
| PAJARO MIDDLE SCHOOL | Raymond Myers | [email protected] |
| PAJARO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL | Julie Brusa | [email protected] |
| RADCLIFF ELEMENTARY | Heather Bailey | [email protected] |
| RENAISSANCE HIGH | Robert Ehrlich | [email protected] |
| RIO DEL MAR ELEMENTARY | Natalie Anthony | [email protected] |
| ROLLING HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL | Nicholas Bugayong | [email protected] |
| SALESIAN ELEMENTARY & JR HIGH | Jaden Tran | [email protected] |
| SAN LORENZO VALLEY ELEMENTARY | Becca Rubin | [email protected] [email protected] |
| SAN LORENZO VALLEY MIDDLE | Michelle Onalfo | [email protected] |
| SAN LORENZO VALLEY HIGH | Debbie Prudhomme | [email protected] |
| SAN LORENZO VALLEY NATURE ACADEMY | Amanda Baille | [email protected] |
| SAN LORENZO VALLEY CHARTER | Danelle Matteson | [email protected] |
| SANTA CRUZ COUNTY DEPT OF SPECIAL ED | Deven Stark | [email protected] |
| SANTA CRUZ GARDENS | Laura Noland | [email protected] |
| SANTA CRUZ HIGH | Laura Jones | [email protected] |
| SANTA CRUZ WALDORF | Esther Centers | [email protected] |
| SCOTTS VALLEY HIGH | Erica Turzak | [email protected] |
| SCOTTS VALLEY MIDDLE | Lindsey Rice | [email protected] |
| SOQUEL ELEMENTARY | Katherine Blair Christensen | [email protected] |
| SOQUEL HIGH | Tory Del Favero | [email protected] |
| ST. ABRAHAM'S CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | Magdalena Erhardt | [email protected] |
| ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL | Nicole Dewig | [email protected] |
| ST. LAWRENCE ACADEMY | Yevette Dingman | [email protected] |
| STARLIGHT ELEMENTARY | Cinthia Chacon | [email protected] |
| TARA REDWOOD SCHOOL |