Disney Stories: Getting to Digital

New Book!  Disney Stories: Getting to Digital
 Authors donate 15% of book sale revenue to charities.
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Betty Boop

Betty Boop
 Betty Boop charity voice impersonators record in Betty Boop sound alike voice any text message that you send us! All donations go to charities.
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Princess X - Charity Through Music

Charity Through Music
 Dance-pop singer-songwriter Princess X donates 15% of her music sales to charities.
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Shopping for a Good Cause
 Shop for creative shirts, kids clothing, hats & caps, bags, fun stuff, pets, home & office, mugs, buttons & magnets, cards & calendars, and more! All profits are donated to charities.
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"We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give." - Douglas M. Lawson
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Established in 2004, the Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS) is a California-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity organization dedicated to improving society by providing resources to high achieving students, scientific researchers, community nonprofits, and educational organizations. Your donations are 100% tax deductible and go to support Education, Research, and Scholarships. All IFERS executives and staff are unpaid volunteers who believe in changing the world for the better.

Founder and President

(Newton Lee, Quincy Jones,
and Dr. Alan Kay) 		"...Newton founded the nonprofit Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships...The dream has come true..."
- Quincy Jones at the American Film Institute, November 4, 2006

IFERS founder and president Newton Lee is the CEO of Newton Lee Laboratories, founder and co-editor-in-chief of ACM Computers in Entertainment, former Disney producer/engineer, and former Bell Labs researcher. He has been honored with two community development awards from the California Junior Chamber of Commerce, and four project leadership awards from The Walt Disney Company. He currently serves on various advisory boards at the Art Institute of California, Digital Hollywood, UCLA, USC, Virginia Tech, and other educational organizations worldwide.

Sponsors and Volunteers

We are grateful to the following sponsors and volunteers:

  • American Film Institute
  • Creative Artists Agency
  • The Disney VoluntEARS
  • IPv6 Summit, Inc.
  • John Michael Ferrari Photography
  • MIT Media Lab
  • The National University of Singapore Mixed Reality Lab
  • NCSoft Europe
  • Quincy Jones Productions
  • SHOP.com
  • Skipstone Productions
  • Southpaw Development, Inc.
  • Truman Van Dyke Company
  • Viewpoints Research Institute
    and many others.

    If you are interested in becoming a volunteer or a sponsor, please send an email to email (at) ifers.org for information.

    Board of Advisors and Directors

    IFERS has a distinguished board of advisors and directors that includes the co-founder of the Boys and Girls Club of Burbank, the Honorable Tim Murphy of the Los Angeles Superior Court of California.

    The 2011-2012 international board of directors and advisors are:

    Dennis Alexander (USA)
    Kristen Bradford (USA)
    Elisa Brown (USA)
    Vincent Cheung (USA)
    Jenny Dennis (USA)
    Guergana Gougoumanova (Europe)
    Catherine T. Katona, Esq. (USA)
    Gina Lee (Asia)
    Sanya Mateyas (Europe)
    The Honorable Tim Murphy (USA)
    Erica Roach, CPA (USA)
    Melody Grace De La Rosa (USA)

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