Memorial & Legacy Giving

Remembering English as a Second Language Professionals
How do you show your heirs what is/was important to you during your lifetime? 
Remember the CATESOL Education Foundation in your wills and trusts. 

Sumako Kimizuka

Our Founding Donor whose generous donation to CATESOL marked the beginning of the CATESOL Education Foundation. Some of these funds were used to cover the start up costs of the Foundation and have been used to support non-political events at CATESOL Conferences.

Gordon Johnson Memorial

A monetary award to an ELD teacher who creates innovative classroom materials. Having served as an ESL editor and sales individual over the course of his forty-year career, Mr. Gordon Johnson valued the creativity demonstrated by many ESL instructors. It is for this reason that this award, created in his honor, will recognize ESL instructors who have developed or designed particularly innovative ESL materials or lesson plans. Look under Grants to apply.

Memorials and Legacies

Consider giving a special memorial for a dear friend or colleague. Building your legacy through the CATESOL Education Foundation will ensure that the charitable intent of your wishes will be realized. Learn how you can make a charitable bequest or utilize your IRA to make a qualified charitable distribution and lower your taxable income. 

Gail Weinstein Memorial

A monetary award to an ESL teacher or graduate student who develops a learning project in their classroom or develops a project-based learning curricular unit for the adult education classroom is eligible to apply.  Friends and family of Ms Weinstein set up this award​.

Some Examples

Suzanne Medina (middle) gives the Gordon Johnson Memorial Award from the CATESOL Education Foundation for “Innovative ESL Materials” to winners: Nina Ito and Christopher Medford. (April 2011)
Gordon Johnson worked for over forty years as an ESL publishing representative for such companies as Prentice-Hall and Cambridge University Press. He was very supportive of CATESOL and CATESOL Orange County Chapter teachers.
His monetary award is given to ESL/ELL teachers for innovative ESL materials.
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Consider Legacy Giving
Dr. Sumako Kimuzuka "Dr. Kimi" was dedicated to teaching and to her many students, friendly & outgoing, gracious, enthusiastic, appreciative, loved beauty, was always fashionable and kind. Graduated from Tsuda College, Japan. Came to the US on a Fulbright scholarship in the early 50's. Studied at Mills College, Oakland & Occidental College, LA. Completed her Doctorate of Education at University of California at Los Angeles, 1962. Associate Professor of Linguistics at USC, Emeritus Associate Professor. Author of a textbook and numerous articles on Linguistics Member of the TESOL (Teachers of English to speakers of other languages), and CATESOL. A 50- year resident of Pasadena. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pasadenastarnews/obituary.aspx?n=sumako-kimuzuka&pid=16749196#sthash.3oC45WxC.dpuf
Gail Weinstein - San Francisco Chronicle on Dec. 9, 2010
Gail Weinstein PhD was an educator, linguist, mentor, world traveler, and peacemaker. Gail was a professor in the English department at SFSU training ESOL teachers.  Friends and family of Dr. Weinstein set up this fund to provide a monetary award to an ESL teacher or graduate student who creates project-based curricular materials for the ESL classroom. 

Gail was a leader in the project-based learning movement.  She presented many times at CATESOL and TESOL on her work with immigrants and project-based learning in the community.  San Francisco State University President Robert Corrigan wrote that Professor Weinstein had made a “ lasting impact in a community that ranges from close friends, students and colleagues, to immigrants who may never know even her name - but whose lives she has changed."