VOL 14 ISSUE # 26 December 6, 2016
In This Issue:
- Youth Sports Camps
- Youth Gardening
- Educator Conferences
- Care Giving
- Hunger Service Learning
Youth Sports Camps
www.finishline.com
The Finish Line Youth Foundation, the charitable arm of athletic products retailer Finish Line, provides funding to youth athletic programs and sports-based camps, especially those serving disadvantaged children and those with special needs. To that end, grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to nonprofit organizations for community-based athletic programs and camps that teach active lifestyle and team-building skills. Preference will be given to organizations that provide opportunities for participation for children and young adults age 18 and under and whose activities provide direct services to individuals that produce tangible results.
Youth Gardening
katieskrops.com
Katie's Krops is accepting applications from youth between the ages of 9 and 16 for grants to start a Katie's Krops vegetable garden in their community with the purpose of donating the harvest to people in need. Selected applicants will be awarded a gift card to a garden center in their area (of up to $500), support from Katie’s Krops, and a digital camera to document the garden and the harvest. In addition to grant materials, winners will be eligible to attend the all-expenses-paid Katie's Krops Summer Camp in Pelion, South Carolina. All grantees that complete all grant requirements are eligible for funds to continue to grow their garden year after year, thereby creating a sustainable solution to hunger in their community.
Educator Conferences
www.spencer.org
The Spencer Foundation is accepting proposals for its Conference Grants program, which provides support to scholars for small research conferences and focused symposia. The program works to bring together researchers whose substantive knowledge, theoretical insight, and methodological expertise can be assembled in ways that build on and advance best practices in education research. The foundation rotates the programs area of focus periodically to generate fresh ideas and perspectives on pressing educational challenges. Currently, it is seeking proposals from scholars with an interest in measuring educational quality and improvement. The program will support conference proposals with budgets of up to $50,000.
Care Giving
www.benrose.org
The Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging is a national organization that pursues innovation in practice and policy aimed at addressing important issues of aging. As a champion for older adults, BRIA works to advance their health, independence, and dignity. The institute is inviting nominations for its 2017 Innovation in Caring Award, which recognizes innovative ideas that have resulted in improvements in care and increased comfort for those receiving care. The annual award recognizes adults (age 18 and over) who, in the course of caring for an adult age 60 or over in a private home or a residential setting, has invented a device or technique that solves a caregiving challenge, or who has found a new application for an existing device or technique that supports caregiving and eases the burden on caregivers. Up to three award winners will receive a commemorative plaque and a check for $1,000.
Hunger Service Learning
www.lead2feed.org
The Lead2Feed Challenge was created by the Foundation for Impact on Literacy and Learning and the Lift a Life Foundation, with assistance from the Yum! Foundation, to encourage middle and high school students to hone their leadership skills by completing a service-learning project that addresses a community need. Teams of students in 6th - 12th grades are invited to enter the challenge. Each team must complete the Lead2Feed lessons and create and execute a service-learning project designed to find and fill a need in their community. Teams will develop an action plan to achieve the goal and apply the leadership skills in the lessons to complete their project. Each entry must be submitted online using the Lead2Feed Challenge Entry Form, which includes questions, student reflections, photos and a video. First-, second-, third- and honorable mention prizes of $20,000, $10,000, $5,000 and $1,000, respectively, will be awarded, for a total of up to $275,000. Up to 50 teams will be recognized as winners. Each winning team also receives a tech bundle for their school or youth club of $10,000, $5,000, $2,000 and $1,000 respectively. 
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