Congratulations 2009 Community & School Grant Recipients!
The Washington Apple Education Foundation Farmworker Education Committee selected eleven recipients to receive funding support in 2009. Funds were awarded to school and community programs assisting farmworker families achieve scholastic success.
2009 Grant Recipients
Brewster Elementary School Library - Purchase of science books and quizzes engaging to K-4 learners - $933
Central Washington University Foundation – Grant for food and supplies for Breaking Boundaries summer learning camp targeting at-risk teenagers in Okanogan County - $3000
Circle of Success (Yakima) - Sponsorship of fifty pre-school students in the Lets Read program - $3000
Friends of Buena Library – Funding for English as a Second Language instructor and classroom supplies - $2810
Lewis & Clark Elementary (Wenatchee) - Support for student intervention instructor and instructors for Parent English as a Second Language and Spanish as a Second Language classes - $3524
Literacy Council of Chelan & Douglas Counties – Funding for books, materials and volunteer training/ recruitment for one-to-one farmworker literacy training - $2750
Moxee Elementary – Purchase of reading materials to enhance Spanish dual language classrooms & learning center - $2750
Orondo School District – Sponsorship of hands on training and on-line English as a Second Language curriculum for parents - $978
Ready by Five (Yakima) – Funding for barcode check-out system for child-care providers to boost early learning - $800
Secondary Education for Migrant Youth & Sunnyside High School – Financial backing for student led training in multiple school districts - $3075
Yakima Interfaith Coalition – Support for migrant education programs - $1500
Funding for the Community & School Educational Grants and the Farmworker/Ag Worker Program is provided by:
Oneonta/Starr Ranch Growers
Jim Matson Memorial Fund
Applications for 2010 funding are due March 15, 2010. Please review Grant Guidelines before submitting application. 2010 Washington Apple Education Foundation Community & School Grant Application
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