LAKE CHARLES The Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana announced recently that it received an additional $205,000 to the Workforce Scholarship Fund for more than 60 scholarships through ABC school and Sowela Technical Community College.Sasol contributed $155,000 yielding a total investment of more than $500,000 to the program to date. Lake Charles LNG contributed $50,000 this year, totaling a $100,000 investment from the company to the program thus far.”A second phase of funding from our corporate donors will further support workforce development in our region,” said Sara Judson, Community Foundation president & CEO. Scholarships will continue to be awarded for a variety of craft training programs as funding becomes available.”The financial support afforded to me through this scholarship fund has truly changed my life,” Kenya Cowen, scholarship recipient and resident of Mossville. I look forward to using my new skill set to be of service to my community.”Sasol founded the Community Support Fund and Workforce Scholarship program in 2014 as a pilot program with an overarching goal of establishing the fund as a vehicle of community support to the estimated 20 percent of Southwest Louisiana’s population currently unemployed, underemployed or uneducated. Lake Charles LNG was the fund’s second corporate contributor and the Community Foundation is actively pursuing additional funders.A key success factor of the workforce scholarship program is its foundation the Workforce Resource Guide. Candidates enrolled in the scholarship program navigate this process step-by-step with the help of their trained mentors and designated career counselors.Professional career counselors, with locally-owned workforce development solutions firm Carheel Consulting, provide guidance and serve as an intermediary between participants, educational institutions and service providers. Mentors support scholarship recipients by providing life skills support, guidance, encouragement, mentorship and assistance with coordinating resources.Page 2 of 2 – “Playing a small part in helping another person achieve a goal has been a fun and rewarding opportunity,” Kevin Guidry, Calcasieu Parish Police Juror, former professional athlete and trained mentor, said. With this program, we all can help our neighbors and communities succeed.”Depending on individual needs, scholarships could cover tuition, training costs, career counseling and connection with support services including tutoring, financial literacy, computer literacy and basic life support needs such as clothing and food. 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’);

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GRANADA – The Granada-Huntley-East Chain School Board on Thursday heard from Principal Mandy Fletcher, who reported the school is a recipient of an arts integration grant from the Perpich Arts Integration Network.

The grant is meant to help with the next phase of the school’s STEAM rollout.

GHEC?is one of 10 sites to receive a three-year grant.

The school also has received a Statewide Health Improvement Program grant of $4,500. It will be used to increase physical activity throughout the day.

The school will use some of the funds to purchase a snack cart to provide healthier choices for preschool to third-grade students.

In other business, Superintendent Dale Brandsoy gave an update on upcoming construction work at the school. It’s a tight timeline, but spring has started and the general contractors think they can get things moving.”

He said there will be a groundbreaking ceremony sometime in early April.

In another matter, IT specialist Jim Paisley spoke to the board, noting the school received a $2,000 grant.

“We’ve been talking about acquiring some carts of either Chromebooks or iPads, in order to increase accessibility of those technologies to our students,” Paisley said. The carts are expensive, running from $2,500 to upward of $10,000, so Paisley said the school would rather spend money on the devices, and source carts from another district.

In other action, the board approved a Minnesota State High School League application for girls volleyball to be shared with Martin Luther High School and Truman High School in the 2016-2017 school year.

Home games would be played on a rotating basis, with revenue from those games staying at the home site.

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The Daniel Pitino Shelter has received $231,302 from the U.S.

Earlier in the week, HUD announced it had awarded more than $17 million to support 86 homeless housing and service programs in Kentucky.

According to a HUD press release, the Tier 1 Continuum of Care grants “support the Obama administration’s efforts to end homelessness by providing critically needed housing and support services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness.”

HUD will award approximately $300 million in “Tier 2” grants in the spring.

The Pitino shelter is a homeless shelter that houses 65 individuals, and provides a soup kitchen that served more than 250,000 meals to the public, Barnett said.

The rest of the budget, he said, “comes from donations from our community.”

Donations can be made to the Pitino Shelter by mailing or dropping off a check to the shelter, 501 Walnut St.

Stephanie Salmons, 270-691-7302, ssalmons@messenger-inquirer.com

Private foundations the charitable impulse – FT.com This is not a company, it is a private foundation the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Yet the foundation sector is growing elsewhere, too.

In the UK, rising numbers of rich individuals and shrinking government funding for social services have prompted the growth of foundations. Government spending is $3tn

– Mark Kramer

In India, institutions such as the Azim Premji Foundation and the Shiv Nadar Foundation have risen to prominence as vehicles for private donations. In many Latin American countries, the absence of tax incentives for charitable giving and a traditional reliance on the government and the church to deliver social services has stunted the growth of private foundations.

“The landscape in Latin America is primarily corporate foundations,” says Sean McKaughan, chairman of the board of the Brazil-based Avina Foundation, created by Stephan Schmidheiny, the Swiss entrepreneur, in 1994.

The Boston-based Barr Foundation has announced first-quarter grants totaling $13.4 million in the areas of climate, arts and creativity, and education.

Through its climate program, the foundation awarded grants totaling $10.7 million to twelve organizations, including a $3 million grant to the Energy Foundation in support of a new partnership aimed at accelerating energy efficiency and the adoption of renewables across the Northeast; and $4.25 million to the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to support analysis, planning, and technical assistance aimed at incorporating clean energy, improving climate resiliency, and advancing a low-carbon economy in the greater Boston region.

In the area of arts and creativity, the foundation awarded grants totaling $685,000 to two organizations with the goal of stimulating public support for the arts, including a grant of $385,00 to MASSCreative to strengthen its internal systems and staff capacity for advocacy work and external partnerships; and a grant of $300,000 to the New England Foundation for the Arts to produce and share the third installment of the Creative Economy Employment Report.

And through its education program, the foundation awarded grants totaling $1.7 million to six organizations, including a grant of $250,000 to the Center for Collaborative Education for the launch, in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the National Center on Time and Learning, LearnLaunch, and BPE, of the Massachusetts Personalized Learning Network.

The foundation also awarded $200,000 to the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network in support of staffing and new policy initiatives aimed at increasing member engagement and elevating public understanding of the nonprofit sector and its role in the state.

“Barr Foundation Announces $13.4 Million in New Grants.” Barr Foundation Press Release 03/08/2016. March 3, 2016 Barr Foundation Announces Details of New Education Strategies
December 22, 2015 Barr Foundation Announces $16.7 Million in Fourth-Quarter Grants
September 27, 2015 Barr Foundation Awards $6.5 Million in Grants
July 1, 2015 Barr Foundation Awards $10 Million in Grants
June 28, 2011 Barr, Ford Foundations Award $1.5 Million for Massachusetts Great Neighborhoods Initiative
Gates Foundation Awards $24 Million for Women and Girl’s Well-Being March 9, 2016

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN Schuylkill County’s high school students are working on projects to tackle blight in their communities.

More than 100 students came up with projects Thursday as part of the fourth annual Schuylkill Youth Summit in the John E. Dave Argall’s office; Tom Palamar, administrator for the City of Pottsville; Alexa Kramer, education coordinator for the Schuylkill County Conservation District; and Darlene Dolzani, executive director of Schuylkill Keep It Pretty.

“We had a lot of fun today and came up with a lot of ideas to help fight blight in our communities,” Zimerofsky, a member of the student executive committee for the event, said. He said they want to keep the youth in Schuylkill County and eliminating blight will help with that goal.

Students will be fighting blight in their communities throughout the year with the projects they designed and includes improving local playgrounds and parks, helping the elderly maintain their properties and establishing community gardens.

Hess, who spearheaded the project four years ago with other county officials and community organizations, said the students are acknowledging the positives in the county and want to make a difference in their communities.

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By the end of the 19th century, Salem had six other schools in addition to North: East Salem, Yew Park, Lincoln, two Centrals (Big and Little) and a polytechnic school in the Highland area of Salem.

In March 1908, the schoolas name was changed to what it continues to be known as today: Grant.

From 1915-1924, the building also housed middle school students, which also included Chemawa students, according to a100 Years of Marion County Schools: 1857-1957.a The school reverted to elementary-aged students after Parrish Middle School opened.

The building was the oldest still in use for classes in Salem when the decision was made to close the school for practical and safety reasons in 1954. It outlived all of its counterparts from the late 1800s.

Originally, the old building was supposed to have one more school year, but safety issues grew, and students were released from school a week early to allow for demolition to begin.

That fall, two classes were moved to Garfield School, two went to Highland School, one was in a portable building on the site and three were in houses on the site purchased by the district, according to a100 Years.a

Grantas unique situation was the subject of the Oregon Statesmanas first-day-of-school photo on Sept, 14, 1954.

Chattanooga 2.0 remains focused on goals amid school troubles | Times Free Press

Leaders of the Chattanooga 2.0 initiative say despite the tumultuous couple of months Hamilton County’s school system has experienced, the group’s commitment to supporting and partnering with the school system has never been stronger.

Jared Bigham, director of Chattanooga 2.0, announced this week the Boston Consulting Group is working with these groups by bringing expertise and experience to help gather resident’s input across Hamilton County.

Lane McBride, partner and managing director at the Boston Consulting Group, said she is excited for her team to be in Hamilton County several days each week working with these groups and the community.