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TSO plans to sell rare viola to its foundation to cut deficit – The Globe and Mail
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, is pictured during a rehearsal at Roy Thomson Hall on Jan 26 2015.
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TSO plans to sell rare viola to its foundation to cut deficit

Student nurses are also going to have start paying tuition fees for their courses in the same way as other undergraduates – meaning they will have to take out a student loan.

Dream career

First year student nurse Ellie Archer has told the BBC that the bursary was vital in allowing her to pursue her dream career.

She already has one sizeable student loan from another undergraduate degree and says: “I really wanted to be a nurse and I can say without a doubt that if I had had to take out a loan to study to become a nurse, I would not have done it.”

“Because of the amount of time spent on a placement it is very, very difficult to pick up second jobs, so there isn’t really any other way of getting an income other than having the bursary in place.”

A model for the future?

There is already a model of what a future without bursaries may look like at Chorley Hospital in Lancashire, which is part of the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Student nurses there, who are on a course run in conjunction with the University of Bolton, are the first in England to pay their own way and once they have successfully completed the course, they are guaranteed a job.

The trust’s director of nursing and midwifery Gail Naylor explains: “We had 800 applicants for 30 places, so I think what that tells us is, there really is the demand out there.

“Students are looking for different ways to train and we’ve been really successful in that.”

Student loan

The Lancashire course is not alone in being oversubscribed.

In 2014, there were 57,000 applicants for places on nursing degree courses, but the NHS in England could fund only 20,000 places.

The Royal College of Nursing says a survey of 17,000 nurses reveals that two-thirds of them would not have studied nursing if faced with the prospect of taking out a student loan.

RCN chief executive Janet Davies says: “We’re concerned that perhaps we won’t get the same diversity of people coming into nursing that we have currently, that having to take out a loan will put people off, particularly those people who are more mature, who may have had a career previously and who are coming into nursing as a second career.”

Bonny Doon Art, Wine and Brew Festival to benefit school Bonny Doon Art, Wine and Brew Festival to benefit school Festival-goers sip wine in the shade and enjoy time with friends in Bonny Doon on Saturday afternoon during the Bonny Doon Art, Wine and Brew Festival. Sarah Elben of the Abalone Trio performs in Bonny Doon on Saturday afternoon during the Bonny Doon Art, Wine and Brew Festival.

The Bonny Doon Art, Wine and Brew Festival on Saturday was the quintessential spring soiree.

And it’s a benefit, put on by the Bonn Doon Community Foundation, that raises money to help fund science and arts programs at Bonny Doon Elementary School.

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Banta Commanding General, MCI West-MCB Camp Pendleton, spoke on behalf of the military child population at Fallbrook High at the Month of the Military Child event held at Fallbrook Union High School.

FALLBROOK Can you imagine boxing up your life every two to three years throughout your childhood, dealing with the absence of a parent for up to years at a time? The project increases school engagement and belonging, academic achievement, and the well-being of transitioning military students and parents.

Utilizing the grant Fallbrook Union High School is able provide the support and resources for the Student-to-Student program, the Parent Welcome Center, an exclusive facility created to welcome new students and parents joining Fallbrook High School and a military parent liaison to provide one-on- one services to military students and parents attending Fallbrook Union High School. Banta Commanding General poses with daughter Bergen Banta, Student at Fallbrook Union High School.</p>
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Brigadier General Edward D. Banta Commanding General poses with daughter Bergen Banta, Student at Fallbrook Union High School.

Brigadier General Edward D. Banta Commanding and Fallbrook High students Bergen Banta and Parker Martin participate in the Marine Corps tradition cake cutting ceremony.

VFW Post 1924 Fallbrook participate in the Month of the Military Child as tribute Banquet Color Guard.

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And I am constantly thinking of new ideas and things that should be started.”

Her latest venture, Crisis Text Line, is a 24/7-support line for young people who are experiencing emotional crisis. “So, we set out to build a crisis text line so they could get help, 24/7, by text.”Growing rapidly since its creation in 2011, counselors currently receive 15 million texts each day.Nancy Lublin joined Mike Walter to discuss what she has learned about inspiring and motivating young people to give back in their communities and take action to make an impact.

HILLSDALE The Stanton Foundation and the Hillsdale County Community Foundation recently announced two winners of the 2016 Hillsdale County Teacher of the Year award, and two teachers who received honorable mention awards.Joshua Sholler, Reading Community Schools music education teacher, was chosen to receive the fifth annual $10,000 award at a presentation made May 19 at RHS.Jennifer Duff, Hillsdale High School business and English teacher, received a second place award in the amount of $5,000 during class night Thursday at HHS. In addition, two educators were honored with special honorable mention awards: Hillsdale High School Spanish and English teacher Amy Goldsmith and Pittsford High School math teacher Darick Clark.At Thursday night’s presentation, Superintendent Shawn Vondra said the intent of the award is to recognize educators in Hillsdale County who are known for going above and beyond the standard requirements and job duties associated with being a teacher, who enrich the lives of their students and show dedication to their school and community.Vondra said second place award winner Jennifer Duff’s dedication is evident through her personal philosophy of teaching, which is that people learn by doing.Duff is deeply rooted in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter at Hillsdale High School, and is very involved with the Study Cup, a student-run coffee shop. She is involved in several community service and volunteer activities, including the Freshman Mentor Program, several of the school’s musical theater productions, cards for Veterans and care packages for troops overseas.Nominations were received from educational professionals, students, parents, and community members in general. All applications were reviewed by a committee, which utilized a points system in evaluating applications.More information about the Teacher of the Year Award or the award recipients can be obtained by calling the Hillsdale County Community Foundation office at 517-439-5101 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_credit+”; mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_caption+”; $(‘#art-main-image-credit-container_sm’).css(‘width’,smimgwidth).css(‘padding’,’3px ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding – 3)+’px 0 0’); $(‘#art-main-image-caption-container_sm’).css(‘width’,sm_img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px 0 0 ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding + 3)+’px’); $(‘#art-main-image-caption-container’).css(‘width’,img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px 0 0 ‘+mainImageData_leftPadding+’px’); $(‘#art-main-image-credit-container’).css(‘width’,img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding)+’px 0 0’);

Pembroke Council on Aging Receives Grant to Open a Memory Cafe – News – Pembroke Mariner & Express – Pembroke, MA The Pembroke Council on Aging is excited to announce it has received a service incentive grant awarded to the Massachusetts Association of Councils on Aging (MCOA) by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) to open and host a monthly Memory Cafe.A Memory Cafe is a regularly-scheduled time and place for individuals with memory issues and their care partners/givers to meet together for socialization, fellowship, community building and information. In 2008 the first Memory Cafe opened in the U.S., Anna Seery states that as the needs increase there will be more Memory Cafes opening. Pembroke was one of eight COA’s to receive this grant from a pool of twenty-eight applicants.In her grant application Pembroke COA Director Anna Seery stated, “The Town of Pembroke does not offer any programming to individuals experiencing Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or dementia or to their care partners/givers”.This grant comes at the right time as one of Anna Seery’s FY17 goals was to create and offer a program of this type.

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The Huffman Education Foundation made their way through classrooms Friday, May 20 to pass out grants to teachers.

Steve Bahr from Duke Energy presents Brooklyn Elementary School Principal Jennifer Teare (far left), Martinsville South Elementary School Principal Melody Meyer (right middle), and Assistant Superintendent Terry Terhune (far right) with a Reading Camp Grant on Tuesday.

Steve Bahr from Duke Energy presents Brooklyn Elementary School Principal Jennifer Teare (far left), Martinsville South Elementary School Principal Melody Meyer (right middle), and Assistant Superintendent Terry Terhune (far right) with a Reading Camp Grant on Tuesday.

Brooklyn Elementary School and South Elementary School received a Reading Camp Grant on Tuesday to kick-start a summer literacy program for incoming second and third graders.

The grant came from Duke Energy in the amount of $22,638, which will be split between both schools.

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Antioch Discovery Garden of Fort Smith received a $20,000 grant from Seeds of Change. SANDERFORD/TIMES RECORD

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River Thayer and his grandmother Connie Thayer pull some weeds in the Antioch Discovery Garden of Fort Smith, at the corner of North 8th and L streets, after a ceremony at Martin Luther King Jr Park where the garden received a $20,000 grant from Seeds of Change. Friday, an oversized $20,000 check was presented to Antioch for the garden by The Seeds of Change, a national program founded by passionate gardeners with a vision to make organically grown seeds available to gardeners and farmers. “Our passion at The Seeds of Change stems from the idea that great taste and sustainability go hand-in-hand, and (that) the journey starts with a single seed,” according to the representatives.

Charolette Tidwell of Antioch said The Seeds of Change grant will fund an irrigation system and education materials, including child programming materials and parental learning incentives to buy healthier choices.

At the Antioch Discovery Garden, which began five years ago, there are 15 raised garden beds and one multi-level raised bed, all built by Northside High School students.

The garden is part of a partnership between Tidwell, Mercy Fort Smith, the River Valley Regional Food Bank, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, the River Valley Master Gardeners, the City of Fort Smith, Howard Elementary and other supportive community groups and individuals, and is situated in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city.

“What Mercy is about is people having better, healthier lives, and that is exactly what this is,” said Martin Schreiber of Mercy Fort Smith.

Three public schools with more than 95 percent of children on free or reduced meal plans are nearby, according to Antioch and the Seeds of Change.

“We started Antioch 16 years ago … Hundreds of people in our city benefit from her energy and efforts.”

Through patience, diligence and teamwork while at the Antioch Discovery Garden, the students at area schools have the opportunity to become educated about the importance of gardening and health.

One goal of the garden is to foster wellness by changing eating habits through children by growing their own foods and to help improve local food insecurity.

Tidwell added, “We selected a neighborhood in Fort Smith that is in fact the poorest neighborhood in town, and we decided to turn some dirt …