KIDS PLUS Youth In Philanthropy Grant Awards
Winter 2008

In partnership with the Minnesota Power Foundation, the following grants were awarded to support youth-developed projects in northeastern Minnesota by the young people and adult mentors serving on the KIDS PLUS Youth In Philanthropy Board.

Bay View Elementary, Proctor
$1,000
To implement a character education program with students in grades 4-5 at Bay View Elementary.

Unity High School, Duluth
$600
To support Pathways to Quilting, a service learning project that provides quilts to babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of St. Mary's Medical Center.

Northome FFA, Northome
$1,000
In support of a youth service learning project to build a Forest Learning Shelter in the C.W. Bray School Forest in Northome.

Grant Language and Arts Magnet School, Duluth
$1,000
To support an experiential learning project for 4th grade students at Grant School.

Boys & Girls Club of Duluth, Duluth
$500
To provide homework and technology support for students attending the Boys & Girls Club of Duluth.

Eveleth-Gilbert Public Schools
, Eveleth-Gilbert                
$1,000
In support of a literacy and service learning project involving National Honor Society students at the Eveleth-Gilbert Public Schools and children in grades 3-6.

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