Garrett visits with guests at the aPhilanthropya dinner hosted by The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country last week. Garrett is an estate planning consultant who shared advice on keeping wealth and families together.

Garrett is the president of The Abilene Christian University Foundation and The Garrett Group, a consulting company to non-profits.

Garrett said he has helped families move wealth from one generation to another and has seen, first hand, negative experiences by heirs who were not prepared for the gifts bequeathed to them. Garrett said that watching these people struggle with inherited wealth made him realize that education was necessary to prepare future generations for eventual inheritance.

Traditional estate planning has failed to keep families together for three or more generations, Garrett said.

aAt some point, however, we have to ask our selves if we are preparing our kids for the money or the money for the kids,a Garrett said.

As an example, Garrett said, parents want to take the path their children travel and take out all the dangerous curves and potholes along the way.

Then he asked guests to write down what they thought families who are successful in passing down wealth and unity for multiple generations do differently.

aDoes that mean we talk about he family business all the time?a Garrett asked.

Garrett referred to the aWhite Paper,a which are available at The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country that detail the 12 things that families do that are successful for generations.

Families that are successful share several common traits together, Garrett said, which include sharing a culture of communication and trust.

Successful families also have a shared vision, Garrett said.

aDoes your family know what is important to you?a Garrett asked.

Another shared trait of successful families, Garrett said, is they have a balanced view of wealth, which includes philanthropy.

As a consultant and an author, Garrett said he has devoted the past 42 years helping prepare children for wealth. Generally, the six types of funds that The Community Foundation uses are: Unrestricted Funds, Donor Advised Funds, Field of Interest Funds, Designated Funds, Agency Endowment Funds, and Scholarship Funds.

The Roanoke Women’s Foundation, a component fund of the Foundation for Roanoke Valley, is accepting Phase I applications for its 2016 grant cycle.

Grants will be awarded to nonprofits in the Roanoke, Virginia, area for projects and programs within the foundation’s priority areas of arts and culture, health and human services, education and the environment. Grant requests must be for a minimum of $30,000.

Eligible organizations and programs must be based in and serve the residents of the Virginia cities of Roanoke and Salem, Roanoke County, Botetourt County, Craig County, Floyd County, and/or Franklin County.

Phase I applications must be received no later than March 31, 2016. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a Phase II application by May 27, 2016.

See the Roanoke Women’s Foundation website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.

Hedgesville Middle School news team receives grant – Journal News | News, sports, jobs, community information for Martinsburg – The Journal

This allowed the school to purchase a new MacBook computer, lighting, microphones, an audio mixer and an iPad, which is used as the news team’s teleprompter.

Sandy Stamets, music teacher at Hedgesville Middle School, said she has been helping to oversee the school’s news team since returning to the school three years ago, but the school has been producing morning news for over 20 years.

“What they can produce now is far beyond what they were able to before,” Stamets said.

School counselor Beth Roberts, said the school’s news equipment was completely outdated and it had been borrowing equipment for over a year. Roberts wrote the grant request.

Sam Lussier, a watchdog volunteer and owner of five:am productions of Hedgesville, was lending the news team equipment from his business in order to help out.

At one point the team was using a makeshift teleprompter Lussier and the team had made themselves.

“We took an Amazon box, a black T-shirt, an IKEA picture frame glass and gaff tape and stuck it all together and made our own teleprompter and used that for almost a year, but all of the sudden they were able to look into the eyes of the viewer just by doing that,” Lussier said.

Lussier said the team used that until his business acquired a teleprompter, but ever since that point the news team improved, and the grant was a way to get even better.

Eighth-grader Emily Neely said because the quality has improved the other students have become more engaged.

“I think now that we have the new equipment it draws attention to it more than it used to because kids are starting to like to watch it, instead of being like, ‘oh, it’s the news again, we have to watch it,’ they are actually looking forward to it in the morning to see what we have going on,” Neely said.

The newscast is completely student-run and every week each team member rotates roles in order for everyone to experience all aspects of production. The members of the team are: Cady Potter, Dilyn Ruest, Emily Neely, Sydney Izes, Ashton Kewk, Billy Weigle, Ericka Link and Connor Cook.

The positions the students hold are camera operator, news assistant, audio director, lighting, graphics, teleprompter operator, news anchors and playback.

Lussier said that not only does this give the students an opportunity to learn new technology, understand how a newscast is produced, but it can motivate them to be the best version of themselves.

“You have to let people know who you are and let them see the best you,” Lussier said.

“And so hopefully, mixed in with some integrity, we can give the students the tools and have them think about that kind of stuff, that whatever it is that they believe in, they can craft it, edit out all the junk and leave that on the floor.

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IRVINE, Calif., March 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Kia Motors America’s (KMA) roster of philanthropic partners expanded today with the announcement of a partnership with Hire Heroes USA, a national non-profit organization dedicated to providing consistently effective and individualized career coaching services to help veterans transform their military service into civilian success. Kia will actively support Hire Heroes USA through an initial $25,000 donation and will work with the non-profit on future initiatives and opportunities with Kia.

As an extension of the partnership, Hire Heroes USA has also been designated as the official charity partner of the 2016 LPGA Kia Classic, and a portion of ticket proceeds will be donated to the non-profit. The seventh annual LPGA Kia Classic takes place at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad, California, from March 24-27.

“Kia is grateful to the brave men and women who have served our country, and we are proud to partner with Hire Heroes USA in an effort to empower military veterans and their families,” said Tim Chaney, vice president, marketing communications KMA. “Naming Hire Heroes USA the official charity partner of the 2016 LPGA Kia Classic will help raise awareness for the important career services they provide to veterans and their spouses, and we hope through this partnership to count some of those heroes as part of the Kia team in the near future.”

With a team of Veteran Transition Specialists many of whom are also military veterans in seven locations across the country, Hire Heroes USA assists over 300 transitioning military members, veterans and spouses each week. The personalized career coaching approach used by Hire Heroes USA is nationally recognized as a best-in-class model.

“Our research indicates there is more than a $12,000 net economic impact for every veteran we help find a job,” said Nathan Smith, Hire Heroes USA chief operations officer and a combat Marine veteran.

About Hire Heroes USA

Headquartered just north of Atlanta, GA, with six additional branch offices nationwide, including in San Diego and Los Angeles, Hire Heroes USA is recognized as a best-in-class veteran service organization by the Call of Duty Endowment, the George W.

Bay District School Board approves grant application for charter school

BAY COUNTY, Fla (WJHG/WECP) – A local charter high school has been approved by the Bay District School Board for more than half a million dollars in state funded grant money.

“We are an alternative school but it’s more than that, it’s a family,a said one student who addressed the board during Tuesdayas board meeting.

Central High School is a district charter school that uses adjusted scheduling and specialized curriculum to help at-risk students graduate.

The vote then went to the board, but not before students and parents had an opportunity to share their support for the school and encouraged the board to approve the application.

The board then voted unanimously to support the grant application, allowing board chairman Steve Moss to lend his signature.

Moss also said the school had already been vetted by the Department of Education, and that the board would have to vote again for the school to receive money the second year. aWe had to come before the board to get the board to sign off on the grant award.

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Constance Alexander: NEA grants present opportunities for regional arts partnerships Killoren’s message to the region was of the good news/bad news ilk: We are losing out on NEA grants because we are not applying for them.

Arts organizations were well-represented at the gathering, but they were not the only participants. While Killoren mentioned that some states in fiscal crisis have dissolved their arts councils, he reminded the group that, since state appropriations have to match NEA funding, the federal funding has helped leverage state funds in the past.

According to Killoren, the NEA likes “good geography.” Wilson remarked, adding that contact with NEA on one of these Fly-Ins inspired the Chamber to organize a session with Killoren for the region.

Before he wrapped up the formal part of his presentation, Michael Killoren stressed the importance of grant proposals that are clear and comprehensive.

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Foundation Seeks to Offer Funding for Local Church Projects to Change the Community with the Gospel : Church : Christianity Daily

The workshop, which took place at the Los Angeles Regional Office of Azusa Pacific University (APU), was attended by some 30 local church leaders of various ethnic backgrounds, including Korean American, Latino American, Caucasian American, and African American, and featured Brian Bakke, the president of The Mustard Seed Foundation. Among the projects that received grants included projects such as establishing a loan fund for rehabilitated sex workers and disabled individuals in a church in Kampala, Uganda; expanding a ministry in a prison for gang members and their families in Villa Nueva, Guatemala; building an evangelistic performing arts school in Bogota, Colombia; expanding an after school ministry in Compton, California; revitalizing a church in the South Bronx, New York; and establishing or expanding youth mentoring programs in various places all over the world.

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Brian Bakke explained the history of the Mustard Seed Foundation, and the ways that local churches could receive funding through the organization.

The foundation offers two types of grants for local church or ministry projects, Bakke said.