Grants and Scholarships

Grants And Scholarships News

New Grants From Foundations and Corporations for July 14, 2011Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:31PMFollowing are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on July 14, 2011. New grants are posted every Thursday.

JEF taps local celebs for driveMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:48PMTwo celebrities have lent their name to the Jacksonville Education Foundation’s membership drive.

University kicks off college experience programMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:47PMBy: T.N. KingFOCUS engages students in the arts The University welcomed ninth graders across East Baton Rouge Parish on Monday to experience a two-week college experience program. 'Focusing On College and Unlimited Success' is an arts, humanities and science summer immersion program offered and ...

Hacienda Heights science program extended to La PuenteMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:36PMStudents at Sparks Elementary and Baldwin Academy in La Puente got a helping hand in math and science this summer, thanks to the Youth Science Center in Hacienda Heights.

The Verizon HopeLine Mission is to End Domestic ViolenceMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:34PM*Verizon Wireless supports community efforts and those that are in partnership with their outreach initiatives. One such project is the HopeLine cell phone recycling and re-use program, which was started in 2001. Consumers are invited to bring old cell phones and accessories and put them in a donation bin inside Verizon stores or mail them [...]

Lottery sets record for sales, funds to state educationMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:33PMSales up 4.2 percent; HOPE Scholarships, other education programs funded at record $293.5M More

ART GALLERY CALENDAR: July 22 to 29Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:43PMEDITOR'S NOTE: Calendars in the print version of Kitsap A&E have been edited for space and timeliness. Full-length versions of the calendars are available in the Entertainment section of kitsapsun.com.

Whidbey's Greenbank Farm grows farmersSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:09PMThe Greenbank Farm Agricultural Training Center educates students in the business of farming while housing. On five cultivated acres of farmland students learn large-scale organic gardening. Forty families help support the training by paying a fee to have fresh produce delivered every week.

Shelter for disaster victims comes in a boxSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:23PMRotary International and its clubs all over the world — including four in Naperville — do a tremendous amount of good for mankind.The organization’s most widely known effort is a worldwide campaign to eradicate polio, which has been going on for more than 25 years.Over the years Rotarians have donated more than a billion dollars to the effort, and most recently have pledged to raise an ...