TSF Grant update: School grant applications reveal needs; creative teachers
Posted by Sandra Sims on 23 Feb 2009 in: Grants, News
This morning I’d like to give you a quick update on our Top School Fundraisers grant program. From September to the deadline on December 31st last year we received over 300 applications.
While it has been a daunting task to read each application, giving each due consideration, it has also been very interesting. I have been truly amazed at the creativity of educators all over the country who create special ways for students to learn. Here are just a few of the projects that schools applied for:
- Dance program for inner city school
- Organic gardening
- Art supplies and equipment
- Field trips to the zoo, Washington DC, even Alcatraz
- Technology needs including laptops and projectors
- Books and library materials
- Special learning units on subjects like the Holocaust and Martin Luther King Jr.
- Vocational and college preparatory experiences
All of the schools that applied demonstrated genuine needs. Many came from Title I (below poverty level) schools. Deciding on winners has been really tough! We will announce the grant winners later this week, first telephoning the winners and then announcing here on Top School Fundraisers.
Thank you for all you do to help our children learn, grow and succeed!
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Thanks for the opportunity to apply…it was pretty fun creating the presentation, which I think we can use even but for sharing the garden with others in the community…anyway, it gave us a good laugh to see how artistic/creative we were…the PowerPoint is silly but it sure spelled out what we were doing.
Thx again for the chance to wax creative.
michele
Hi Michelle, I definitely encourage you to use the presentation for publicity or other fundraisers!