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CFNIL awards Blanche Martin Mini Grants
Rockford Register Star
ROCKFORD The Community Foundation of Northern Illinois recently announced the recipients of the 2021 Blanche Martin Mini Grant Awards.
Kelly Duncan of Guilford High School received a grant for technology to allow teachers to simultaneously project lessons and see remote students to improve connection.
Doug Elfstrom of the Prairie Hill School District received a grant for the Willowbrook School Garden Project, an after-school club and opportunity for leisure or study access.
Sarah Logemann of Rockford East High School received a grant for Solar-Powered English, in which newcomer students will work in small teams to build a solar-powered device using a Flinn Scientific Kit.
Children s Hands-on Museum to reopen
Journal Standard
FREEPORT The Children s Hand-on Museum, 233 W. Galena Ave., will reopen Feb. 6 by reservations.
The museum will be open to reservations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through March. Half of the facility will be open.
The museum received support from the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois, the Stephenson County Youth Diversion Grant and its individual members and donors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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One Book One Freeport 2021 title announced
Journal Standard
FREEPORT Freeport Public Library, 100 E. Douglas St., recently announced that the title for One Book One Freeport 2021 is “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead.
“The Underground Railroad” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that tells the story of a young, enslaved woman’s journey to freedom on an underground railroad.
The two additional titles are “47” by Walter Mosley for teens and “Under the Quilt of Night” by Deborah Hopkinson for children.
One Book One Freeport 2021 received grant funding from the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois, Freeport Community Foundation, United Way of Northwest Illinois/Healing Illinois/Chicago Community Trust, Rotary International Freeport Noon Club and Freeport Public Library Foundation.
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A northern Illinois creek that s been hidden by woods and shrubs is about to see the light of day, thanks to a $30,000 grant and Nature at the Confluence.
The Confluence s executive director Therese Oldenburg said Kelly Creek in South Beloit is named after Mary Kelly. She was part of the Irish farming families that settled there, she said. Mary Kelly had her home right there so Kelly Creek it is, she said.
The creek isn t a secret, but most people from the area don t know about it. Oldenburg calls it a hidden creek because it was buried underneath the city.