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COLUMBUS—The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina recently awarded Polk County High School a $1,000 grant from the Learning Links grant program. The grants provide local teachers with funding for activities designed to make required coursework engaging and relevant for their students.

The grant will fund the purchase of a greenhouse and materials for raised-bed gardens and an outdoor crop area.

“As a first-time Learning Links grant reviewer, I was impressed by the innovative ideas that WNC teachers brought to the table,” said Alana Nottage, Leadership Associate. “Learning Links grants empower educators to bring hands-on and experiential opportunities to their classrooms. It is exciting to see how these projects can create lasting, real-world connections that inspire students to think critically and creatively.”

Learning Links offers grants up to $1,000 per classroom to public school teachers in Avery, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford and Swain counties to provide experiential learning projects for students. The goal is to increase students’ enthusiasm for learning and school. The grants are funded through the Ben W. and Dixie Glenn Farthing Charitable Endowment, Cherokee County Schools Foundation Endowment Fund, Leon C. and Grace E. Luther Charitable Fund, Fund for Education, and Clyde and Mildred Wright Endowment Fund. The Dr. Robert J. and Kimberly S. Reynolds Fund also provided co-investment for the cycle. This year, 52 grants were awarded totaling $108,111.

CFWNC inspires philanthropy and mobilizes resources to enrich lives and communities in eighteen counties in Western North Carolina.  Last year, the Foundation facilitated $24.8 million in charitable giving. 

For more information, contact The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina at 828-254-4960 or visit www.cfwnc.org.

 

 

Submitted by Lindsay Hearn