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The Greater Greer Foundation has awarded grants to four Spartanburg County District Five Schools:

Hill Middle School was named the recipient of a $1,500 grant. Greater Greer Foundation awards grants to four District 5 schoolsJanuary 27, 2012 3:29 PM

The Greater Greer Foundation has awarded grants to four Spartanburg County District Five Schools:

The first-grade team at Reidville Elementary School was named the recipient of a $900 grant. Hill Middle School was named the recipient of a $1,500 grant.

The District 113 Foundation this month handed out $25,000 to select Deerfield and Highland Park innovative high school programs.

Each year, a foundation member goes through teachers requests and selects those the group feels most worthy to fund, said Dean Weinberg, the foundations president. Itsmade up of 18 community volunteers who began rising money for District 113 schools in 2007.

Here is a full list of programs that the foundation funded this year:

Endangered Species Plant Garden: Deerfield High School students and elementary feeder school children will plant, raise and study endangered plants in the schools courtyard.

Beyond Deerfield: Global Challenges Summit: Students will study global social, economic and political issues and attend presentations that address divergent world views.

Anti-defamation League Names Program: A Highland Park forum discusses prejudice, racism, bullying and bigotry.

Interactive White Board System: Highland Park teachers will buy a Promethean Activeboard and full set of ActivExpression Learner Response Units for the computer lab.

Spanish and French Libraries: This Highland Park program creates reading libraries in Spanish and French classrooms.

BizCafe Computer Simulations: Highland Park teachers will purchase Interpretive Softwares BizCafe computer simulations. The software allows students to run a simulated coffee shop, controlling all aspects of the business including: staffing, marketing, branding, inventory, menu and pricing.

HP^3 Salsa, Soul & Spirit: (The Highland Park program is designed to address racial equality goals.

Latin Dance: (The Highland Park program will pay for costumes and choreographers for performances in the schools and community.

Bilingual Childrens Books:Highland Park teachers will buy books for language students who will learn about plot developments, perspectives, authors crafts genres and vocabulary analysis.

Young Journalists at Work: (The Highland Park program helps struggling readers using photographer and writing.

Beyond Homework: Economically disadvantaged students in the Highland Park High Schools Homework Club will be offered enrichment activities in art, music and athletics.

Player2Player: The Highland Park students help low-income kindergartners through eighth graders with arts and athletics that they wouldnt have been introduced to otherwise.

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Corporate Benchmarking Leaders Coming Together to Strengthen Annual Reporting of Giving Trends - MarketWatch Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy's Annual Survey and Report to Be Conducted in Association with The Conference Board 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) and The Conference Board are joining forces to promote one survey to capture the full scope and scale of annual contributions by leading global companies. CECP, now in association with The Conference Board, produces an annual benchmarking report, Giving in Numbers, which is corporate philanthropy's premier report focusing on giving and is a resource to assess the trends in corporate initiatives. This association will further strengthen the repository of giving data, building upon the more than $85 billion in corporate cash and non-cash giving collected by CECP since 2001. "CECP is committed to continuing to invest in the development and expansion of Giving in Numbers and its source, the Corporate Giving Standard (CGS) survey, including work currently underway to create a global definition of what constitutes a charitable gift." "This association leverages the pioneering 60-year history of The Conference Board as an advocate for accurate corporate philanthropy measurement and valuation alongside CECP's robust work in defining, reporting on and benchmarking the field," said Jonathan Spector, President and CEO, The Conference Board. "As The Conference Board brings its The Corporate Contributions Report and Corporate Contributions Survey to a close, we reflect back on our proud legacy of data collection and thought leadership, and see this collaboration with CECP as a crucial next phase of work to inform the corporate giving community." CECP releases Giving in Numbers each year, and in the fall of 2012 will release the eighth annual report on corporate giving trends with the benefit of support and insights from The Conference Board. The Conference Board will further support the collection and dissemination of corporate giving data among its 500 largest corporate members, increasing the resulting data set, and continue to provide insight into the creation of the survey. About CECPThe Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) is the only international forum of business leaders exclusively focused on raising the level and quality of corporate philanthropy. About Giving in NumbersCECP, in association with The Conference Board, provides corporate philanthropy's annual premier report focusing on trends in giving, Giving in Numbers, which is an invaluable resource for corporate philanthropy professionals to assess the scope of their corporate contributions initiatives.

Panther Foundation fund-raisers announced

By Elyse Kaner
Staff Writer

The Panther Foundation, an organization that funds creative and innovate projects and grants to benefit students in Spring Lake Park School District 16, has announced three fund-raising events.

Chris Hasling, chairman of Spring Lake Park District 16s Panther Foundation, last spring presents a check on behalf of the foundation to Schoolboard Chairwoman Colleen Vranish. Photo submitted

The foundation has awarded nearly $500,000 in funds to the district since its inception in 2004.

The groups mission is to enhance the education of all students, empower innovations and to bridge the community, staff and students.

The following Panther Foundation fund-raisers are slated for this year:

Eighth annual Hear the Roar Gala, Feb. For ticket information, visit www.pantherfoundation.org.

Unique opportunities

The Panther Foundation grants and special projects allow students unique opportunities beyond what the districts general fund budget affords, according to Chris Hasling, chairman of the foundation board.

Foundation funds also give teachers a chance to generate creative activities and pass enhanced opportunities onto the students, he said.

Grants can range anywhere from $200 to $8,000, he said.

Among special projects, the foundation has matched district funds to bring smart boards to about one-half of the classrooms in the districts K-5 schools.(Half of the classrooms already had smart boards.)

Another project funded book purchases for the district libraries.

Foundation grants have paid for anything from the partial start-up funding for the districts first robotics team to a student project last year in which students built two canoes.

Another grant also purchased a class set of iTouches to allow freshmen students at SLP High School an opportunity to solve math problems in small groups. They learned in an innovative way as opposed to text book or paper (and pencil), Hasling said in an interview with the Life.

One of the biggest financial goals of the foundation is growth, Hasling said.

Currently, the organization has an endowment fund of about $50,000, assets set aside not to be touched and to generate income, he said.

I think the students are getting an incredible benefit from the foundation, Hasling said. I think the foundation is the best way to do that.

The foundation is seeking cash donations or items for its upcoming silent auction for the Hear the Roar Gala.

One can become a member of the Panther Foundation for a donation of $25, $50 or $100 or whatever amount he or she chooses.

For more information, call Colleen Pederson at 763-785-5533.

Elyse Kaner is at elyse.kaner@ecm-inc.com