Government has not paid feeding grants arrears for the second and third terms of the 2015/2016 academic year for senior high schools in the region contrary to claims by the Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Jacob Kor.

Some head teachers of the second cycle schools told Citi News off record that government has not paid any of the feeding grants arrears for the second and third terms of the 2015/2016 academic year.

They said even though they have been asked to re-open schools for the 2016/2017 academic year on September 5, it would be difficult to feed the students.

They added that, government also owes one term of arrears for day students benefiting from the progressively free senior high school education.

A letter seen by Citi News dated 8th August, 2016 outlined the inability of schools to feed boarding students if government does not settle the feeding grants arrears for second cycle schools in the three regions of the North.

Find the letter below:

NON- RELEASE OF BOARDING GRANTS

We the members of Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools in the three Northern regions wish to again draw the attention of the Honorable Minister for Education and the Director -General of the Ghana Education Service to the huge indebtedness of the boarding schools.

With the co-operation of the food suppliers we were able to feed the students for the three terms of the 2015/2016 academic year on credit up to 7th July,2016 when the first term of boarding grants was released by the scholarship secretariat. Though we were grateful for this release, it only enable us to settle a minimal portion of the debts.

As a result , heads are confronted with following challenges that need urgent attention.

It was extremely difficult to feed the students during the third term since this was the lean season and we owed the suppliers huge sums.
As at the time of writing this letter, the boarding grant for the second and third terms of the 2015/2016 academic year are still outstanding.
The schools indebtedness to the food suppliers is so huge that we are being threatened with court actions by the suppliers.
The suppliers are requesting for upward price reviews as a result of the very long delay in the release of the grants and which ultimately would affect our budgets.

In the light of the above development and constraints, it would be extremely difficult to open for the first term of the 2016/2017 academic year if the outstanding boarding grants are not released to the schools.

In this regard, we respectfully and humbly appeal to you to use your good offices to impress upon the Ministry of Finance to expedite action on the release of the grants to enable the boarding schools in the three Northern regions open the schools as scheduled by the Ghana Education Service.

The source also disclosed that, the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools(CHASS) across the country will hold an urgent conference meeting in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region on Monday the 5th September,2016 to determine the fate of how to feed the students.

By: Frederick Awuni/Citifmonline.com/Ghana

Three new murals have been completed and hung in downtown Franklin, Bargersville and Greenwood.

The Johnson County Community Foundation‘s “Color the County” mural program had a competition for area artists to design murals for three locations in the county.

Longtime Dubuque oral surgeon all smiles after national recognition for philanthropy – THonline.com: Dubuque News Longtime Dubuque oral surgeon all smiles after national recognition for philanthropy

Tom Williams, a longtime Dubuque oral surgeon, will receive the Presidential Achievement Award at the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons annual meeting in September.

The longtime Dubuque oral and maxillofacial surgeon, who retired three years ago, soon will receive national recognition for a career that spanned decades and continents.

Williams will be honored this month with the 2016 Presidential Achievement Award from American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Bill Nelson, a member and past president of the board for the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, said Tom Williams represents the finest qualities of a talented surgeon.

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The Dollar General Literacy Foundation announced Munfordville Elementary School received a $2,000 youth literacy grant. This grant is part of $4.5 million in youth literacy grants awarded to approximately 1,000 organizations across the 43 states that Dollar General serves. Given at the beginning of the academic school year, these grants are aimed at supporting teachers, schools and organizations with resources to strengthen and enhance literacy instruction.

aBy awarding these grants, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation is committed to making a meaningful impact in our local communities,a said Todd Vasos, Dollar Generalas chief executive officer. aThese grants provide funds to support youth literacy initiatives and educational programs throughout the communities we serve to ensure a successful academic year for students.a

Committed to helping increase the literacy skills of individuals of all ages, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $127 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping nearly 7.9 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy or continued education since its inception in 1993. The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards grants each year to nonprofit organizations, schools and libraries within a 20-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center to support adult, family, summer and youth literacy programs.

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation also supports customers interested in learning how to read, speak English or prepare for the high school equivalency test.

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Colorado Mountain College trustees have finalized a lease-option agreement with the Garfield County Library District that paves the way to build out the upstairs Cooper Commons space in Glenwood Springs.

The CMC board, meeting in Steamboat Springs on Thursday, gave final approval to the agreement for the college to eventually pay $226,400 for the 1,435-square-foot unfinished space located above the Glenwood Springs Branch Library at 815 Cooper Ave.

The area was envisioned as a shared-use space between the library and the college when the building was completed in 2013 as one of several tax-funded library expansions and new facilities from Parachute to Carbondale.

Last April, a joint effort between CMC and the library district to build out the space was awarded a $750,000 Garfield County Federal Mineral Lease District grant to turn the larger, 13,000-square-foot upstairs space into a flexible meeting, program, classroom and gallery area that will accommodate 480 people.

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”+ ”+ ” ”; ”; Given at the beginning of the academic school year, these grants are aimed at supporting teachers, schools and organizations with resources to strengthen and enhance literacy instruction.

“By awarding these grants, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation is committed to making a meaningful impact in our local communities,” said Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s CEO. “These grants provide funds to support youth literacy initiatives and educational programs throughout the communities we serve to ensure a successful academic year for students.”

Committed to helping increase the literacy skills of individuals of all ages, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $127 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping nearly 7.9 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy or continued education since its inception in 1993.

Foundation Funds at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo‘S 2016 grant disbursement.

Genesee Cancer Assistance is among 19 organizations across Western New York that received grants from the endowment fund created to carry on Ralph C. Foundation Funds at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has chosen Genesee Cancer Assistance as a recipient,” said GCA Executive Director Sue Underwood in a news release.

The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo was established in 1919 to enhance and encourage long-term philanthropy in the Western New York Community.

For more than 95 years, the Community Foundation has made the most of the generosity of individuals, families, foundations and organizations who entrust charitable assets to its care. Foundation established endowments at the Community Foundation last November, to provide support to three areas important to Mr. Foundation Funds at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo will help meet these needs and have a positive impact on the community”,”

For more information about Genesee Cancer Assistance, including the specific ways it helps cancer patients, visit the website www.geneseecancerassistance.com, call (585) 345-0417, or stop bythe office at United Memorial Medical Center, 127 North Street, directly across the hall from the switchboard near the radiology waiting room.

”+ ”; A program of the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Controlas Education and Prevention Section, each group creates a STAN (Strategies to Act Now) Plan at YADAPP.

aThey brainstorm what they see is needed in their communities,a Amanda Hendricks, the local CHILL chapter leader, said.

While several other students presented good ideas at the conference, such as creating YouTube videos about the effects of drugs and alcohol and starting mentorship projects, the CHILL group from Martinsville came home with the big prize, a grant for $250. The CHILL kids created a plan to educate convenience store owners on selling alcohol to underage students.

aA lot of my friends will brag about going to certain convenience stores and buying alcohol.

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