Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - NINE
lone Schools receive $2000 grant from General Mills
lone Schools’ High
Flyers program received a
$2000 Parent Involvement in
E ducation grant (P IE )
through the General Mills’
Box Tops for E ducation
program The High Flyers
program is run with parent
volunteers who w ork to
make fun and creative ways
for children in grades K-5 to
enjoy math and reading
The Box Tops
Parental Involvem ent in
Education grant program is
an extension of General Mills
highly successful Box Tops
for E d u c a tio n loyalty
program The program
further encourages parents’
involvement in their child’s
educational endeavors.
Ten $2000 grants
were distributed to schools
across the country. Grant
applicants com m unicated
how they would use a $2000
g rant in th eir school to
establish a p ro g ram or
enhance an existing program
that encourages parental
involvement in an innovative
and creative way
The
g ra ssro o ts
program underscores Box
T o p s’ com m itm ent to
helping p aren ts develop
unique and simple ways to
be involved in their child’s
ed ucation. The Parental
Involvement in Education
g rant program is not a
retro activ e program that
recognizes past examples o f
p a re n tal in v o lv em en t in
e d u ca tio n , but instead
e n c o u ra g e s
new
and
innovative ways to increase
p a re n t’s p a rtic ip a tio n in
schools.
The Box Tops for
Education program began in
1996, as m ore and more
schools struggled to make
ends meet Each year, all
enrolled schools receive a
c o m p lete p ro g ram kit
(w ritte n in E nglish and
Spanish) to help them build
their own com prehensive
fundraising campaign Most
schools designate a program
coordinator to develop ways
to en co u rag e stu d en ts,
parents, school staff and
community members to clip
Box Tops from participating
products and bring them to
school
After the collected
Box Tops are sent in to
General Mills, the school
receives a check, equivalent
to 10 cents for every Box
Top redeemed Schools can
earn up to $60,000 per year,
up to $20,000 respectively
from the Clip, Shop and
C harge
program
com ponents, to spend on
an y thing they ch o o se.
Thousands o f schools have
used the money from Box
Tops for E d u catio n to
p u rc h a se item s such as
com puters and com puter
software, library books, art
supplies and playground
equipment
B ox
Tops
for
Education is open to any
accredited public, private or
parochial schools for grades
K-8 in the United States that
have a 5 0 1 (c )(3 ) or
5 0 9 (a )(1 )
tax -ex em p t
d e sig n a tio n and to any
U nited S ta te s m ilitary
schools, for grades K-8,
worldwide. The program is
also available to accredited
home school associations,
K-8, in the United States that
have a 5 0 1 (c )(3 ) or
5 0 9 (a )(1 )
tax -ex em p t
designation and have 15 or
more students.
Participating
products include General
Mills cereals, some Betty
Crocker products and Betty
Crocker fruit snacks, Yoplait
Yogurt Multi-Packs, Yoplait
G o -G u rt, som e G eneral
Mills snack products and
General Mills food service
products.
For
. m ore
in fo rm atio n on how to
donate to the Box Tops for
Education program at lone
Schools, contact the school
at 422-7131.
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Community entrepreneurship grants offered
Up to six O regon
com m unities will receive
grants o f $ 12,500 to explore
and initiate a new approach
to
su p p o rtin g
entrepreneurship
O rbis G roup, a
b u sin ess and econom ic
development consulting firm
based in Baker City, has
issued a statewide Request
For
P ro p o sals „ for
com m unities to consider
Enterprise Facilitation® as
an approach to community-
based jo b c re a tio n by
w o rk in g w ith ex istin g
entrepreneurs in Oregon
E n t e r p r i s e
F a c ilita tio n has been
developed and established by
Dr Ernesto Sirolli o f the
Sirolli In stitu te that has
facilitated the establishment
of
300
E n terp rise
F a c ilita tio n
p ro g ram s
worldwide since 1985.
B rian
C ole,
President o f Orbis Group,
has received funding from
the Oregon Economic and
Community Development
D epartm ent to conduct a
fo u r-d ay
E n terp rise
F acilitation O bservatory
session in Baker City. The
event will take place at the
Geiser Grand Hotel in Baker
City on August 1-4.
There are currently
two Enterprise Facilitation
programs operating in the
State o f Oregon The first
program was established in
Baker C ounty in June o f
2000. The program has
assisted in the creation o f 58
businesses supporting 141
jobs.
The second such
program was established in
January o f 2001 serving
W allow a C o u n ty That
program has assisted the
start up or expansion of 46
businesses supporting 103
jobs
“Through years o f
u n d e rsta n d in g
the
m o tiv a tio n s
of
entrepreneurs, Dr. Sirolli has
established a community-
based program that really
works,” said Cole. “I hope
that we can increase the
number o f such programs
from tw o to as many as
eig h t”
As m any as six
Communities may attend the
fo u r-d ay
E n terp rise
F acilitation session. The
Observatory is designed to
accommodate between three
and six community leaders
from each
atte n d in g
community. By the end o f
the session, these community
leaders will understand the
principals, p ractices and
b en efits o f E n te rp rise
Facilitation and then work
w ithin th e ir re sp e c tiv e
com m unities to establish
such programs.
Ernesto Sirolli o f the
Sirolli Institute and Ruth
Townsend o f the BEGIN
program will deliver the
four-day training session.
Orbis Group will coordinate
the event.
The Sirolli Institute
o ffers the O b se rv a to ry
sessions worldwide at a cost
of
$20,000.
O regon
com m unities will have a
limited opportunity to offset
their cost with the $12,500
grant offered by Orbis Group
th ro u g h g ran t funding
provided by the O regon
Economic and Community
Development Department
“The state has wisely
determ ined th a t it is an
effective use o f their funds
to inspire the establishment
o f E nterprise Facilitation
programs,” said Cole “For
lone Schools to hold
kindergarten visitation
V isitatio n
for
c h ild ren
e n terin g
k in d e rg a rte n
at
lone
Elementary School next fall
will be on May 24, from
9:45-11 a m Those children
who will be 5 years old by
Sept t are encouraged to
attend school that morning
and learn w hat will be
happening in their classroom
when they start school The
It
children may stay for lunch,
which costs $1 50.
Parents should bring
their child’s social security
card, birth certificate and
immunization record to a
short meeting at 9:45 a m in
the faculty room in the
elementary school
Any questions may
be answered by calling 422-
7131.
a relatively small investment,
co m m u n ities can have
lasting re su lts fo r many
years.”
Oakridge has already
made a commitment to be
th e
th ird E n terp rise
F a c ilita tio n p ro g ram in
Oregon.
“ We are excited to
have this program coming to
Oakridge,” said Sue Bond,
Mayor. “It is an invaluable
tool in the fight for the
growth and revitalization of
every community facing a
c risis
in eco n o m ic
development.”
“The Sirolli Institute
uses a p roven m odel to
empower individuals with a
passion for their product or
service to become successful
entrepreneurs,” adds Patricia
Gainsforth, Vice Chairman
o f the Deschutes Soil and
Water Conservation District,
who takes an active interest
in the establishment o f one
or more such programs in
Central Oregon
More information on
Enterprise Facilitation, the
Request For Proposals, and
the opportunity for grant
funding can be found by
visiting w w w .sirolli.com /
Oregon or by contacting
Brian Cole at (541) 523-
0400 orbc@orbisgroup org.
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