Giving back

Courtesy photo The Northwest Arkansas Home Builders Foundation, under the supervision of the Northwest Arkansas Home Builders Association, hosted its second annual “PULL! For Construction Trades Trap Shoot” May 2. The foundation is dedicated to bringing construction classes back to high schools. Without trade courses being introduced to the students before leaving high school, they have limited knowledge of careers in the construction industry. The foundation played an integral part in starting trade classes at Bentonville High School and Bentonville West High School. These classes offer dual credit to students interested in pursuing their construction education further at NWACC, where the foundation sits on the Advisory Board for the Construction Management Degree. This year 81 shooters at the event raised enough funds to support every student in the Ignite Program’s dual credit tuition along with an additional materials donation. On May 15, executive officer Marissa Fahrig presented the Bentonville School Board with a check for $4,750. The Foundation is also working closely with the Northwest Arkansas Community College Foundation to provide one $1,000 scholarship to a construction management student interested in residential construction.
Courtesy photo The Northwest Arkansas Home Builders Foundation, under the supervision of the Northwest Arkansas Home Builders Association, hosted its second annual “PULL! For Construction Trades Trap Shoot” May 2. The foundation is dedicated to bringing construction classes back to high schools. Without trade courses being introduced to the students before leaving high school, they have limited knowledge of careers in the construction industry. The foundation played an integral part in starting trade classes at Bentonville High School and Bentonville West High School. These classes offer dual credit to students interested in pursuing their construction education further at NWACC, where the foundation sits on the Advisory Board for the Construction Management Degree. This year 81 shooters at the event raised enough funds to support every student in the Ignite Program’s dual credit tuition along with an additional materials donation. On May 15, executive officer Marissa Fahrig presented the Bentonville School Board with a check for $4,750. The Foundation is also working closely with the Northwest Arkansas Community College Foundation to provide one $1,000 scholarship to a construction management student interested in residential construction.

Teachers

The AEP Teacher Vision Grant program was launched in 2003 to provide aid ranging from $100 to $500 to classroom teachers. "These grants are designed to reward the talents and creativity of Pre-K through grade 12 educators devoted to motivating youth to think creatively, to step into leadership roles and to address the challenges of the future," said Jeff Milford, SWEPCO external affairs manager in Fayetteville.

SWEPCO is presenting 15 teacher grants totaling $7,500 across its three-state service area this month.

Five recipients of $500 grants in Northwest Arkansas are:

Ledbetter Intermediate School in Farmington -- three grants for computer equipment for fourth grade computer coding, fourth and fifth grade special education computer access, and fourth grade literacy through engagement with technology.

Hartford Elementary School -- for second grade Engineering is Elementary program.

Hartford High School -- for tools for electrical success program.

Educators who live or teach in the SWEPCO service area or in communities with major AEP facilities are eligible to apply for the mini-grants. Priority is given to educators who have attended AEP Workshops for Educators, National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project training or who are affiliated with an AEP school-business partnership. Projects that have an academic focus and a goal of improving student achievement are eligible for consideration. SWEPCO has a special interest in science, mathematics, technology, electrical safety and the balanced study of energy and the environment.

Ozark Guidance

For the past few months, Ozark Guidance has been on a mission of creating an Outdoor Discovery Center on the Springdale campus so that children and teens in on-site programs would have a better place to play. This outdoor discovery center intends be a safe environment for kids to play, interact, build confidence and learn in different ways. Black Hills Energy presented a grant for $20,000 toward the Ozark Guidance Outdoor Discovery Center on May 24.

Send information about charitable giving to ourtown@nwadg. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reserves the right to include information only if photos are of poor quality. Giving Back appears in the Thursday Our Town section and the Sunday Profiles section.

NAN Our Town on 06/22/2017

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