K-12 EDUCATION GRANTS • $130,000 Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Carolina Siler City, NC • $11,500
Full Frame/The Center for Documentary Studies Durham, NC • $10,000
Chatham Education Foundation Pittsboro, NC • $11,500
Helps Education Fund Raleigh, NC • $11,500
Durham Colored Library/ Techies4 Tomorrow Durham, NC • $11,500
Kidznotes Durham, NC • $11,500
Durham Public Schools Foundation Durham, NC • $11,500 El Sistema USA Durham, NC • $5,000 Empower Dance Foundation Durham, NC • $11,500
Shaundra Daily, Engineering Professor by Techies4 Tomorrow
Paperhand Puppet Intervention Haw River, NC • $11,500 Spanish Dance Arts Company Bahama, NC • $6,500 Walking Classroom Institute Chapel Hill, NC • $11,500 World Relief Durham Durham, NC • $5,000
Shani’s mother wanted her to know that she could have any career she chose. She could be a doctor, a nurse, a school teacher, a dancer, or maybe an engineer.
Phil Freelon, Architect by Techies4 Tomorrow
Not only was Phil good at math and English, but he liked to draw like his grandfather and he could create beautiful designs. NC State had an excellent architecture program and Phil enjoyed his studies there.
Above: Durham Colored Library’s Techies4 Tomorrow program encourages Black students to consider STEM careers. Left: Students walk and learn through the Walking Classroom Institute’s audio lessons. Opposite page: Empower Dance students rehearse.
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