Basehor Elementary School first-grader Piper Rusk tries out a Nook Color tablet device during class Tuesday, as other students look on.

Cynthia Fletcher's first-grade class at Basehor Elementary reacts with enthusiasm after Fletcher shows them a Nook Color tablet device. Fletcher borrowed the tablet from kindergarten teacher Amy Scruggs to show the students what they had to look forward to after the Basehor-Linwood Education Foundation awarded a $600 grant for two of the tablets.

Amy Scruggs and Cynthia Fletcher, Basehor Elementary School: Classroom Library for 21st Century Students, $613.86 each

Basehor Elementary School principal Teri Boyd (left) and Basehor-Linwood Superintendent David Howard award a grant check to first-grade teacher Cynthia Fletcher from the Basehor-Linwood Education Foundation on Monday.

Basehor-Linwood Superintendent David Howard and Basehor Elementary School Principal Teri Boyd present a grant check to kindergarten teacher Amy Scruggs from the Basehor-Linwood Education Foundation on Monday.

The books give the students the option of reading on their own or listening as the device reads to them, which Fletcher said should allow the students to make their way through trickier, higher-level books than they could read on paper.

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Call for Nominations for The Jenzabar Foundation Student Leadership Awards - MarketWatch

What: The Jenzabar Foundation today announced that it has opened the nomination process for its fifth annual Student Leadership Awards. The Jenzabar Foundation is accepting submissions from institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, religious organizations and self-nominations from students for their community service or humanitarian efforts during the 2010-2011 or 2011-2012 academic years.

"The annual Jenzabar Foundation Student Leadership Awards recognize students or groups with an outstanding level of devotion to social responsibility," said Bob Maginn, Chairman of the Jenzabar Foundation. About The Jenzabar FoundationThe Jenzabar Foundation issues grants to institutions of higher education and other charitable organizations with similarly aligned missions, and helps promote the activities of grant recipients within their communities and on a global level.

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Keokuk's Daily Gate City Online > News The Keokuk Area Community Foundation, serving Hancock County in Illinois, Lee County in Iowa and Clark County in Missouri, will present its 2011 grant awards to 14 non-profit organizations at a luncheon today at the Keokuk Country Club.



Recipients for 2011 are:

From Lee County, Gods Way Christian Center, The Grand Theatre, Hoerner YMCA (Keokuk), Keokuk Area Hospital, Keokuk Fine Arts Council, Keokuk Catholic Schools, Keokuk Public Library, Main Street Keokuk, Mississippi Power 100, Montrose River Front, Three Rivers Conservation Foundation, Tri-State Coalition and Tri-State Family Services.



From Hancock County: Hancock Health and Wellness Coalition and West Hancock Canine.



The grants fund a variety of projects including sponsorship of the concert presented by Simon Estes for the Keokuk Fine Arts Council, a new Hospira PCA pump at Keokuk Area Hospital, Spanish curriculum for the Catholic Schools, a stage curtain at the Grand Theatre and computers and software for the Keokuk Public Library and new doors at the YMCA.



Since 2005, the foundation has awarded more than $326,000 in grants to 50 non-profit organizations, schools and charities in the Tri-State Area.



Friends and donors of the foundation also will receive an annual report of the foundation for 2011, which recently exceeded more than $1 million in endowments and donor advised funds.



The Keokuk Area Community Foundation Board will host the luncheon.

Chair of the board is Debbie Marion.

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation Announces 2012 Innovator Awards Program $100,000 Grants for... The Kenneth Rainin Foundation Announces 2012 Innovator Awards Program $100,000 Grants for Transformative IBD Research Projects 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced today its 2012 Innovator Awards Program for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The program supports "out-of-the-box" innovative research projects that are potentially transformative to the Foundation's efforts to diagnose, treat and/or cure IBD.

Applicant selection will primarily be based on the project's close alignment with the Innovator Awards Program's criteria.

The Program's key components for funding consideration include innovation, strong collaboration, scientific merit and a high potential for success as well as projects that, due to their innovative nature, may not be eligible for funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or other more traditional sources.

About the Innovator Awards Program for IBD Research
The goal of the Innovator Awards Program is to encourage worldwide integrative cooperation across all disciplines to uncover the cause of the disease and create opportunities for novel approaches and alternative options for treatment in an effort to accomplish the Foundation's goal of no one suffering from IBD.

The Program is open to tenure track professors (or the equivalent) at all levels from any scientific discipline and from any non-profit research institutions worldwide.

About Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal tract.

About the Foundation
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation (www.KRFoundation.org) is a private family foundation that funds inspiring and world-changing work.

The Scientific Advisory Board members are Averil Ma, M.D., Chair of the SAB and Kenneth Rainin Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Director, Colitis and Crohn's Disease Center, UCSF; Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., David W. Kimmel Professor of Molecular Immunology and Professor of Pathology and Microbiology, Skirball Institute Program of Molecular Pathogenesis, NYU Langone Medical Center; and Claudio Fiocchi, M.D., The Clifford and Jane Anthony Chair for Digestive Disease Research and Education, Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute at Cleveland Clinic.

Greene County Associate Commissioner Roseann Bentley will receive the 2011 Humanitarian Award from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.

Bentley was selected for her long record of community service and philanthropy in education, government and civic leadership, according to a community foundation news release.

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Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF) and Long Beach Community Action Partnership (LBCAP) are moving forward with the revival of public access for Long Beach. This initiative helps community and place-based foundations support news and information projects that inform and engage residents.

The public funding comes from the City of Long Beachs cable franchise fees, known as PEG (Public, Education, Government) funds, which are restricted solely for capital expenses like equipment and facilities. News and information from Long Beach now has the potential to reach far beyond the local community through the Internet, and we intend to increasingly broaden its reach.

Long Beach Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to effecting positive change in Long Beach by encouraging charitable giving, managing endowment funds, assisting professional planned giving advisors, and making strategic grants to Long Beach nonprofit organizations. Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF) and Long Beach Community Action Partnership (LBCAP) ... Long Beach Doctor Walks 50 Miles to Raise Funds For Long Beach Boys & Girls Club:

Abilene Reflector-Chronicle - Jeffcoat Memorial Foundation donates 10 000 for the Vision Therapy program Jeffcoat Memorial Foundation donates $10,000 for the Vision Therapy program

Optometric vision therapy is physical therapy for the eyes and brain that is individualized and provided under the supervision of an optometrist.

Thanks to the Vision Therapy Program, I can see great, said Lois Fitzwater. All as a result of a successful Vision Therapy experience.

The Program is making a difference, said Hank Royer, director, Jeffcoat Memorial Foundation. Of all the worthy programs and organizations that the Jeffcoat Memorial Foundation contributes to, the Vision Therapy Program is probably the most gratifying as it permanently changes lives.

The Community Foundation of Dickinson County provides the back office support for the Vision Therapy Program of USD 435. The Jeffcoat Memorial Foundation, a local private foundation, provides the funding for grants, the Community Foundation provides the staff to administer the grant program and the school district provides staff to identify students who could benefit from the therapy, communicate with parents and monitor program outcomes, said Kristine Meyer, president of the Community Foundation.

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People's United Community Foundation grants $5,000 to Strawbery Banke program

Courtesy photo Pictured are Dianne Mercier, New Hampshire President, Peoples United Bank and Officer, Peoples United Community Foundation; and Lawrence J. PORTSMOUTH The People's United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People's United Bank, recently announced that it has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Strawbery Banke Museum to support History Within Reach which provides tuition and transportation to make Strawbery Banke Museum educational programs accessible to eligible underserved schools.

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Established in 2007, People's United Community Foundation was formed to help support programs and activities that enhance the quality of life for citizens in the communities that People's United Bank serves.