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Oregon Wildfire Family Fund
Santiam Canyon School District received a $5,000 grant to help students who have lost personal items and educational items in the Oregon wildfires. The donation will also help with activities for the students as they return to their distance-learning. Said superintendent Todd Miller, “There’s just smoldering ashes and twisted metal left in some places.”
Link: Radio interview with Todd Miller.
New iPads for Victory
An emergency grant was issued to cover replacement cost of $3,000 in stolen iPads from Victory Academy. The local non-profit school serves 28 children with autism. Said Tricia Hasbrook, school founder: “The Bald Faced Truth Foundation is giving back voices to many of Victory’s students who use iPads on a daily basis to communicate.
Prescott Elementary
A grant for $1,000 was issued to librarian Heather Abney in order to dramatically expand the reading selections in the library. The grant paid for 139 new books available to 400 students ages K-4th grade. Among the books purchased: A “Pistol Pete” Maravich biography… because every library should have one.
Kindergarten
Barnes Elementary
A grant was awarded to send 137 kindergarteners on the school’s annual scheduled field trip to the pumpkin patch. District budget cuts resulted in the field trip being canceled due to a lack of funds for transportation. Wrote one teacher: “Thank you! It probably seems like a little thing, but this is a big deal to the kids.”
Francisco and Pedro
Davis Elementary
Two 4th-grade trumpet players were without instruments and without the means to rent or purchase one. A grant was awarded to provide them with the purchase of functioning instruments. Francisco wrote in his thank-you letter: “This trumpet is better than the one I had before. It doesn’t squeak when I play it.”
Marquita Gets Piano Lessons
A grant was awarded to pay for one year of piano lessons for a 7-year old girl who is musically inclined but can not afford lessons. Marquita’s parents live in Section 8 housing, and her piano lessons are the only daily regular activity she has outside of school. Said her teacher: “She is so excited each week that she runs from the bus to the class.”
5th-8th Graders
Gately Academy
A grant was awarded to assist children at the Gately Academy. The school is a private nonprofit that provides a creative and focused school setting for students with attention deficit disorders, autism, asperger’s syndrome and other learning differences.
Girls Lacrosse
Oregon City
Thieves stole $1,225 worth of holiday wreaths that would have served as the team’s top fundraiser. The Bald Faced Truth Foundation contacted coach Dara Kramer and issued a grant to cover the cost of the stolen wreaths. Said Kramer: “It was an incredible turn of events.”
Football Program
Parkrose HS
A grant was awarded to the Parkrose High football boosters to replace old and damaged football field goal posts. The old goal posts were made of PVC pipe and were in disrepair. The new goal posts will be installed for next season. Said the president of the booster club: “We are trying to bring hope to these kids.”
Summer Program
SE Salem Community Center
A grant was awarded to the Southeast Salem Community Center to fund a summer camp program for 40 children. The camp is designed for elementary-school children and features reading, writing, math and summer activities for the kids during the summer months. The SE Salem CC serves elementary-school children who are all on assisted lunch programs.