The following a list of Education Grants that were awarded between
July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007
Allen Dale Elementary School, Grants Pass
Amount $2,500
Purpose: For a combined fitness/nature trail at the school.
   
Area Health Education Center of SW OR, Winston
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: For costs associated with the practicum portion of the health care interpreter program at RCC.
   
Ashland Schools Foundation, Ashland
Amount: $5,000
Purpose:To renovate an historic barn at the Willow Wind Learning Center to be used as a multi-use performance space.
   
Central Point School District, Central Point
Amount: $1,420
Purpose: To equip a classroom for special education students to learn and practice life skills.
   
Community Works, Medford
Amount: $15,000
Purpose: To provide fine arts and theatre arts classes to the students enrolled at CrossRoads Alternative School.
   
Eagle Mill Farming Education Project, Ashland
Amount: $2,500
Purpose: For a program teaching youth about gardening and nutrition.
   
Interschool Television, Grants Pass
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: Toward the purchase of digital video cameras and equipment to produce a series of student-led television interviews with WWII veterans.
 
Ja Co Assoc for Educ. of Young Children, Ashland
Amount: $15,000
Purpose: For scholarships and incentives to childcare providers to pursue continuing education in the field of early childhood
   
Kids & Critters, Inc., Medford
Amount: $3,000
Purpose: To create new interactive exhibits and play areas and to provide fundraising consultant services.
   
Kids' Imagination Discovery Station, Medford
Amount: $10,000
Purpose: To develop curriculum incorporating the Oregon Benchmarks for kindergarten through 3rd grade.
   
Lomakatsi Restoration Project, Ashland
Amount: $4,000
Purpose: For a program with local schools, involving students in the forest and watershed restoration process.
   
Mac Field Boosters, Butte Falls
Amount: $9,500
Purpose: For salary & materials to construct a 16-foot sloop in the high school shop.
   
Madrone Trail Initiative, Medford
Amount: $7,500
Purpose: To purchase furniture, toys, and equipment for grades K-2 in a new Waldorf style charter school.
   
Manhattan Theatre Club, New York
Amount: $2,500
Purpose: To continue a distance-learning theatre arts/ playwriting program at Ashland High School.
   
Oregon Community Foundation, for Crater Lake National Park Trust Fund, Portland
Amount: $5,000
Purpose:To support and expand the educational programs at Crater Lake.
   
Oregon Independent College Foundation, Portland
Amount: $6,500
Purpose: To provide scholarships for students from Southern OR to attend private colleges in Oregon.
   
Oregon Museum of Science & Industry OMSI, Portland
Amount: $2,500
Purpose: To bring a hands-on science education program to schools in Jackson and Josephine Counties.
   
Oregon State University Foundation, Corvallis
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To support local mental health providers to participate in a statewide leadership program.
OSU Extension Service So OR, Central Point
Amount: $10,000
Purpose: For a hands-on natural science program at various after-school care sites.
Phoenix-Talent School District, Phoenix
Amount: $8,500
Purpose: For scholarships for Latino youths to attend Academia Latina at SOU
Rogue Community College, Medford and Grants Pass
Amount: $25,000
Purpose: For Jackson & Josephine County student scholarships 2005-2006.
Rogue Valley Foundation, Medford
Amount: $6,000
Purpose: To provide scholarships to local Latino youth to attend Oregon colleges and universities.
Roots & Wings Child Development, Medford
Amount: $4,000
Purpose: To implement board and organizational assessment and board training.
Science Works Hands-On Museum, Ashland
Amount: $10,000
Purpose: To develop a bilingual educational traveling exhibit exploring the science of sound.
Siskiyou Field Institute, Selma
Amount: $6,000
Purpose: To expand marketing and outreach for the Naturalist Certificate Program in conjunction with RCC.
SMART (Start Making A Reader Today), Portland
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: For costs associated with operating the SMART program in 30 local schools.
Southern OR Education Service District, Medford
Amount: $21,000
Purpose: For staffing associated with the LISTO after-school family literacy program.
Southern Oregon University, Ashland
Amount: $25,000
Purpose: In support of faculty development opportunities which improve teaching.
Washington Elementary School, Medford
Amount: $7,500
Purpose: Toward the purchase and installation of a new playground structure.
Total Amount Dispersed
Amount: $331,418