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Holiday Thank-a-Teacher Success!
Congratulations
to the 177 P-H-M teachers, administrators, and/or staff
who were recognized by P-H-M parents through a
contribution to the P-H-M Educational Foundation's
Holiday Thank-a-Teacher program! With some of the
individuals receiving multiple recognitions, a total
of 242 donations were made totaling $3,615. These
donations will be used to fund teacher grants this
spring. Each individual recognized was sent a card with
the name of who had recognized them, a recognition pin,
and a personal note from the donor.
A special Thank You to all Holiday Thank-a-Teacher
contributors!
Click
here
for a list of all Holiday
Thank-a-Teacher contributors and honorees.
We Need Your Help!
Our Annual Drive Campaign is going on now to support
our programs. To Donate, click the logo to the
right.
Campaign
for Penn Pride
The
P-H-M Educational Foundation has partnered with
Penn High School to accept donations to their
Campaign for Penn Pride.
This campaign is to raise $250,000 toward the $750,000 cost of a
multi-purpose field at
Penn High School. More
information about the
Campaign for
Penn Pride
and how you
can be a part
of Penn history is in this
brochure.
Click
here to donate.
The following individuals are gratefully acknowledged for the time, talent, and resources they provided the P-H-M Educational Foundation.
Bill DeLuca
Linda Doshi
Gwen Ehlers
Valerie Ovaert
Jim Rice
Jane Wright
The following nine individuals have been elected to the P-H-M Education Foundation's Board of Directors for a three-year term ending June 30, 2012.
Brian Archambeault, Crowe Horwath
Jody Bruetman, Community Volunteer
Kirsten Campbell, Woodard Preschool
Amy Caurro, Community Volunteer
Robert (Bob) Curtis, Healy Group
Thomas (Tom) Meilstrup, Independent Insurance Advisor
Carla Putrich, Growing Kids Learning Center (Elkhart)
Jan Spalding, Memorial Hospital
Judy Urban, Community Volunteer
Click here to view scholarships awarded this year.
2009 Innovative Classroom Grants Awarded
Click here to view grants awarded this year.
Jane Wright has been involved with P-H-M schools
beginning as a Walt Disney Elementary Kindergarten teacher
for 5 years, school board member for 8 1/2 years (president
for 2 of those years), and serving as an outstanding
volunteer. Her extensive volunteering for P-H-M includes;
Chairman for the Drug Free P-H-M Lock-in for 4 years,
creator of the Volunteer Coordinator position at Penn High
School, Penn Carnival chairman for 3 years, and room mother
for 10 years.She is an active member of Junior League and has been for 28 years. During this time she's been named Active and Sustainer of the year. Jane has also been awarded the MaryLou Schwartz Award for Fundraising. She has served on the boards of the Snite Museum, Indiana Historical Society, Studebaker National Museum, and the Michiana Arts & Science. Jane has also served as the President of the board of the American Heart Association of St. Joe County.
Jane served on the P-H-M Educational Foundation's Board of Directors for 6 years. During that time she was the Annual Drive chair and Silver Mile chair for 2 years. As co-creator of the Silver Mile, Jane work tirelessly to grow the community-wide health event into what it is today. Her leadership style and positive "can do" attitude is act like a magnet to get everyone excited to help. She truly has been a CORNERSTONE in making the Foundation what it is today as she is a truly amazing person and leader. Thank you, Jane!
Past Cornerstone Award Recipients:
2007 Malcom (Mick) J. Tuesley, Jr.
2008 Dee Keywood
