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Packers Award Junior Volunteer Stars Grants
posted 01/13/2004
The Green Bay Packers recently awarded 10 grants from its Junior Volunteer Stars program to non-profit organizations that sponsored a community involvement project performed by children, 18 years and younger, who attend school in Brown County.
The Green Bay Packers Junior Volunteer Stars, a new program in 2003, is designed to promote community investment and volunteerism in children via small-level donations. These donations must be used to finance a community improvement project, such as playground clean-up, repainting of graffiti-marked walls, planting a garden at a senior center and food and clothing distribution.
The grant recipients and their affiliations are as follows:
Washington Middle School Shoveling Snow for the Elderly Project -- Washington Middle School
Project: Shoveling snow for the elderly
St. Thomas More School Student Council -- St. Thomas More School
Project: Once-a-month community projects
Forest Glen Elementary School's "Timbertail Trackers" -- Forest Glen Elementary School
Project: Once-a-month community projects
Jackson School Service Stars -- Jackson Elementary School
Project: Once-a-month community projects
Brown County Youth Service Board (BCYSB) -- Volunteer Center Inc. of Brown County
Project: High school students recruiting other students for 'Youth Dishing Up Service,' a meal program for area assistance organizations, including Family Violence Center, Freedom House and Meals on Wheels
Denmark Elementary Nature Center Committee -- Denmark Elementary School
Project: Finish purchase and installation of split-rail fencing at school's nature center
Mrs. Wautlet's 3rd-Grade Class at Heritage Elementary -- Heritage Elementary School
Project: Once-a-month community projects
Ashwaubenon High School Art Club -- Ashwaubenon High School
Project: Work with Woodside Manor residents on art projects
Learning to Grow -- Chappell Elementary School
Project: Assist with improvement projects at the Golden House - a home for battered women and children
Weblos I Den -- Cub Scout Pack 4167, Meadowbrook Elementary School
Project: Plant flowerbeds on school property
Each grant recipient received a $500 grant.
For more information on the program, please contact Cathy Dworak, Packers manager of community relations, at 920/490-5925. |
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