SELCO Community Credit Union, through its annual SPARK! Creative Learning Grants program, has awarded more than $42,000 to 47 educators across Oregon. The program, which provides funding for innovative educational and extracurricular projects, provides grants of as much as $1,000 to K-12 educators across the 27 Oregon counties that SELCO serves.
The SPARK! program has long supported teachers who have creative classroom ideas but lack the funds to get those projects off the ground. This year’s program was specifically aimed at helping educators meet the unexpected and evolving challenges of the 2020-21 school year. In all, 38 Oregon schools are represented among 47 diverse programs. The 2020-21 grant projects include a philanthropy project in Gold Hill, a virtual reality art program in Culver and an interactive learning space to explore the lifecycle of salmon and trout in Gervais.
SELCO COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION AWARDS 47 SPARK! CREATIVE LEARNING GRANTS WORTH $42,000 TO 38 OREGON SCHOOLS 13 programs from Central Oregon schools receive grants, which award as much as $1,000 to K-12 educators in SELCO communities across the state
(EUGENE) — SELCO Community Credit Union, through its annual SPARK! Creative Learning Grants program has awarded more than $42,000 to 47 educators across Oregon. The program, which provides funding for innovative educational and extracurricular projects, provides grants of as much as $1,000 to K-12 educators across the 27 Oregon counties that SELCO serves.
The SPARK! program has long supported teachers who have creative classroom ideas but lack the funds to get those projects off the ground. This year’s program was specifically aimed at helping educators meet the unexpected and evolving challenges of the 2020-21 school year. In all, 38 Oregon schools are represented among 47 diverse programs. The 2020-21 grant projects include a philanthropy project in Gold Hill, a virtual reality art program in Culver, and an interactive learning space to explore the lifecycle of salmon and trout in Gervais.