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The GEC Community Foundation, Inc. awarded a grant to the Trenton Middle School for $954.75 to purchase STEM Robotics. STEM Festival Organizer/teacher Daniel Gott, left, accepted the grant check from Foundation Trustee Dennis Gutshall.
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The GEC Community Foundation, Inc. awarded a grant to the Trenton Middle School of $500 to purchase science tools. Science teacher Darcie Taylor, left, accepted the grant check from Foundation Trustee Dennis Gutshall.
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The GEC Community Foundation, Inc. awarded a grant to the Grundy County R-5 Elementary School for $461 to purchase two tables. From left, is Principal Dr/ Anne Billington and first grade teacher Jessica Golden accepting the grant check from Foundation Trustee Larry May.
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The GEC Community Foundation, Inc. awarded two grants to the Pleasant View R-6 School District. One grant is for $500.84 to purchase two iPad Mini’s for the KEYS program and the other is for $459.30 to purchase five Kindle Fire tablets. Pictured, from left, are R-6 Administrator Rebecca Steinhoff, ECSE teacher Carrie Rogers and teacher Kimberly Ray, who accepted the checks from Foundation Trustee Dennis Gutshall.
The trustees of the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met April 13 and awarded 15 grants totaling $9,164.23.
All grants are funded by member donations called Operation Round Up as members voluntarily round up their utility bills each month to fund education, health and rural development grants to eligible entities.
Successful grant recipients included the Grundy County R-5 School District, Humphreys; Newtown-Harris R-3 School District, Newtown; South Harrison Elementary and Middle Schools, Bethany; Harrison County R-4 School District, Gilman City; Cainsville R-1 School District, Cainsville; Princeton R-5 Elementary, Middle and High School, Princeton; Trenton Middle School, Trenton; Pleasant View R-6 School District, Trenton; and Ridgeway R-5 School District, Ridgeway.
Since 2005, the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. has awarded 486 grants totaling $304,818.16 to deserving schools and community organizations. The Foundation assists qualifying schools and organizations with grant monies in the areas of education, health and rural development. The funds are open to eligible entities within Grundy Electric Cooperative’s 12-county service area which includes Harrison, Mercer and Grundy counties and portions of Linn, Livingston, Daviess, Gentry, Putnam and Sullivan counties in Missouri and portions of Ringgold, Wayne and Decatur counties in Iowa.
The next grant application deadline is June 27. Qualified applicants must be a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization or other eligible entity and may apply for a grant by completing a grant application with supporting information. Grant applications are available at www.grundyec.com or by calling Grundy Electric Cooperative at 660-359-3941 or toll free 1-800-279-2249, ext. 23 or 33.
