The Oak Harbor Education Foundation is holding a fundraiser to help bring education to life.

Kathy Jones, treasurer of the foundation, has been working to help bring the Bud Skinner Breakfast for Education back to Oak Harbor. The breakfast, named for a former leader of the foundation, raises money for Applied Learning Grants in Oak Harbor.

These grants are awarded to teachers and classes within the school district for community-based education projects.

“Applied learning means that teachers would think of a project that kids in their class could do that would solve a real-world problem and have them work out that problem with the community,” Jones said.

The breakfast, according to Jones, usually raises around $15,000 to $20,000, and the entirety of the funds raised goes towards the grants.

“Our grants impacted 1,900 students and 34 teachers,” said Cathy George, organizer of this year’s breakfast. “We’ve been very, very lucky.”

Past projects that have been recipients of the grant include Rachel’s Challenge, an anti-bullying series at the middle schools and the “Giving Garden,” in which Hillcrest Elementary students work to grow vegetables to give to the Help House.

“There’s some really creative and wonderful things,” Jones said.

The breakfast, which will take place at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at Elks Lodge, costs $25 per person, or $200 for a table of eight. So far, Jones said, there are about 100 people signed up, with room for 160.

There will be a raffle with donated prizes from the community. Teachers who received the grants last year will speak about their projects.