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NEW GRANT AND FUNDING INFORMATION

WHERE TO GO WHEN YOU NEED GRANT RESOURCES
Grants for Women, Grants for Women & Girls
Business Plan Resources for Women,
Government Funding Resources Education Grants,
Scholarships & Loans, State Agency Phone Numbers for
Student Financial Aid, Federal Department of
Education Technology Grants, Arts


"Back-to-School Grants"
Dollar General Back-to-School Grants provide funding to assist schools in meeting some of the financial challenges they face in implementing new programs or purchasing new equipment, materials or software for their school library or literacy program. Maximum Award: varies. Eligibility: public and private schools within Dollar General's 35-state market area; public school libraries recovering from major disasters. Deadline: June 15, 2008.


"Grants for Education on Forest Stewardship"
The Save-the-Redwoods League, a nonprofit organization that works to protect the ancient redwood forest from destruction, will grant funds to schools, interpretive associations, and other qualified nonprofits engaged in quality redwood education. Grants are designed to foster and encourage public awareness of redwoods, redwood ecology, and forest stewardship. Maximum Award: $5000. Eligibility: schools and 501(c)3 organizations. Deadline: June 30, 2008.


"Grants for the Welfare of American Children"
American Legion Child Welfare Foundation Grants to Help Children fund proposals that aim to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children of America through innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth. Maximum Award: $70,000. Eligibility: 501(c)3 organizations. Deadline: July 1, 2008.



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INTEGRATE FOLKLORE, MUSIC, & TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Folk music - sung during the days before there was a music
industry when the role of music was about your life -
about the life and times that most of us don't experience
anymore and when the music was sung because it helped
people through it and sustained them.
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"Award for Design and Educational Excellence in Schools"
KnowledgeWorks Foundation and the American Architectural Foundation seek submissions for the Richard Riley Award, which recognizes design and educational excellence in "schools as centers of community" ­ schools that serve as centers of community and provide an array of social, civic, recreational, and artistic opportunities to the broader community and to students, often clustering educational and municipal buildings together. Maximum Award: $10,000. Eligibility: all existing elementary and secondary public schools. Deadline: July 25, 2008.




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INTEGRATE THE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INTO THE CLASSROOM

Do you need resources that will  help your teachers use  art and
technology using, dance, folktales, geometry, digital photography,
poetry, story telling, video production, writing, cartoons, and more.
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