The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS)
Mazda Foundation -- Education and Social Welfare Grants:
The Mazda Foundation supports programs promoting education and literacy,
cross-cultural understanding, and social welfare.
http://www.healthinschools.org
Heineman Foundation -- Seed Money for Start-Up Projects:
The Heineman Foundation is accepting applications for its seed money for
start-up projects. The purpose of the seed money is to support development
of programs related to the Heineman Foundation's areas of interest:
workforce support for economically challenged women; environmental research
to improve water quality; music appreciation in education and culture;
research into prevention, education, and treatment of childhood illnesses;
and youth support for opportunities to think, create, and communicate
effectively.
http://www.healthinschools.org
Boettcher Foundation -- Community & Social Service, Education The Boettcher
Foundation is dedicated to assisting, encouraging and promoting the
residents of the State of Colorado. The Foundation awards grants to projects
in the areas of community and social service, education and healthcare.
http://www.healthinschools.org
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Patience, Grace, Humility and Jane Goodall
PA Senior Consultant Bart Crawford recently had the unmitigated good fortune of meeting and working with Jane Goodall at the University of Montana in Bozeman. Dr. Jane Goodall, renowned primotologist and the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees, is founder of the Jane Goodall Institute. The mission of the Institute is to advance the power of individuals to take informed and compassionate action to improve the environment for all living things. Roots and Shoots is a program of the Institute that engages and inspires youth through community service and service learning.
Bart was in Montana following a training for the staff of the National Indian Youth Leadership Project at the invitation of NIYLP’s Executive Director, Mac Hall. Mac is also a member of Project Adventure's Board of Directors. Bart was introduced to Jane by Mac and a member of the training who had worked for the Roots and Shoots program. He thought it would be important for Bart to meet Jane and discuss the possibility of doing training and consulting work with her organization.
Bart not only met her, but had the opportunity to co-facilitate and speak with and join her and her staff for a candlelit debriefing at the end of a long day.
When asked how meeting Jane will most inform his work, Bart effused…
"She is the most gracious person I have ever met in my life. Her presence and her sense of calm would dissipate any negative feelings in her present surrounding.
One of the biggest goals in my work and in my life is to be Present. I'm a very visual person so, seeing Jane was to see Patience and Grace and Humility embodied in someone. She gave me the model to aspire to.
I have never seen anyone so constantly present. She is Right Here, Right Now….no matter how many hours she has been working.
Being with her, I can never say, 'I'm tired' again. A day of her tour consisted of staff / donor meetings in the morning, TV interview at noon, an interactive presentation with middle school students in the afternoon, followed by a presentation to an audience of 6,000 college and community members. For two hours after that, she greeted people, signed autographs, had photos taken and then, as she was leaving, she personally thanked all the security guards."
There was nothing about her that said 'celebrity,' it was all about being a good person doing good work."
One example of her work brought tears to Bart's eyes. She worked with a reservation in South Dakota that had the second highest suicide rate in the world. Representatives from the reservation spoke of her work. One man said that he had cut his son down out of a tree after he had hung himself. Another said that, after two years of working with Jane's organization, the reservation now has a zero suicide rate. Bart said softly, "They found out that someone cares….and it made all the difference. Remembering that…that is what I will bring to my work."
Bart was in Montana following a training for the staff of the National Indian Youth Leadership Project at the invitation of NIYLP’s Executive Director, Mac Hall. Mac is also a member of Project Adventure's Board of Directors. Bart was introduced to Jane by Mac and a member of the training who had worked for the Roots and Shoots program. He thought it would be important for Bart to meet Jane and discuss the possibility of doing training and consulting work with her organization.
Bart not only met her, but had the opportunity to co-facilitate and speak with and join her and her staff for a candlelit debriefing at the end of a long day.
When asked how meeting Jane will most inform his work, Bart effused…
"She is the most gracious person I have ever met in my life. Her presence and her sense of calm would dissipate any negative feelings in her present surrounding.
One of the biggest goals in my work and in my life is to be Present. I'm a very visual person so, seeing Jane was to see Patience and Grace and Humility embodied in someone. She gave me the model to aspire to.
I have never seen anyone so constantly present. She is Right Here, Right Now….no matter how many hours she has been working.
Being with her, I can never say, 'I'm tired' again. A day of her tour consisted of staff / donor meetings in the morning, TV interview at noon, an interactive presentation with middle school students in the afternoon, followed by a presentation to an audience of 6,000 college and community members. For two hours after that, she greeted people, signed autographs, had photos taken and then, as she was leaving, she personally thanked all the security guards."
There was nothing about her that said 'celebrity,' it was all about being a good person doing good work."
One example of her work brought tears to Bart's eyes. She worked with a reservation in South Dakota that had the second highest suicide rate in the world. Representatives from the reservation spoke of her work. One man said that he had cut his son down out of a tree after he had hung himself. Another said that, after two years of working with Jane's organization, the reservation now has a zero suicide rate. Bart said softly, "They found out that someone cares….and it made all the difference. Remembering that…that is what I will bring to my work."
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Adventure Camp Programs for Youth at Moraine Farm
Looking for a program where your child will:
- Increase their self-confidence?
- Move beyond their perceived limitations?
- Learn communication skills and goal setting skills?
- Be outside, active and have fun?
Project Adventure's PLAY programs are exactly what you are looking for!
Programs are lead by Project Adventure's expert facilitators and include cooperative and problem solving activities, low and high challenge course experiences.
For more info call 978-524-4500 or email info@pa.org or register on line. Space is limited.
All programs are held in Beverly MA on beautiful Moraine Farm.
Programs for Youth at Moraine Farm in 2008 Spring
Ages 5-7, Vacation PLAY, April 22nd
Ages 8-12, Family PLAY, May 3rd
Ages 12 & up, Family PLAY, May 17th & June 7th
Summer
Rising 5th-6th graders, Summer PLAY Camp, July 14-18 & July 21-25
Rising 7th-8th graders, Summer PLAY Camp, July 28- August 1
- Increase their self-confidence?
- Move beyond their perceived limitations?
- Learn communication skills and goal setting skills?
- Be outside, active and have fun?
Project Adventure's PLAY programs are exactly what you are looking for!
Programs are lead by Project Adventure's expert facilitators and include cooperative and problem solving activities, low and high challenge course experiences.
For more info call 978-524-4500 or email info@pa.org or register on line. Space is limited.
All programs are held in Beverly MA on beautiful Moraine Farm.
Programs for Youth at Moraine Farm in 2008 Spring
Ages 5-7, Vacation PLAY, April 22nd
Ages 8-12, Family PLAY, May 3rd
Ages 12 & up, Family PLAY, May 17th & June 7th
Summer
Rising 5th-6th graders, Summer PLAY Camp, July 14-18 & July 21-25
Rising 7th-8th graders, Summer PLAY Camp, July 28- August 1
Friday, May 9, 2008
PA record holder meets world record holder!
Jane Panicucci, lead author of PA's new Achieving Fitness model and COO of Project Adventure recently had the opportunity to meet Carl Lewis. Lewis was featured as a speaker at AAHPERD in Fort Worth.
Anyone who has met Jane in person can instantly tell that she is an athlete and is not surprised to know that she loves to run, bike, ski and climb. What you may not know is that Jane still holds the record in the state of Vermont for the girls 100 yard dash (State Div 1: # 12.1h 1978 Jane Panicucci, MiddleburyUnion HS).
Jane Panicucci and Carl Lewis
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