Grants Available to Area Teachers from Community Foundation

The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation to Award $15,500 in Grants to Teachers

Applications for grants due September 9

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Aug. 21, 2011 – Area educators who bring learning to life with classroom projects, workshops and equipment are encouraged to apply to the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation's Fund for Educational Excellence and the Marshall Journalism Fund Equipment Grant. The GCRCF will award $15,500 in grants from the two grant programs combined.

The Fund for Educational Excellence accepts proposals from individuals or teams of public school educators in Linn County and awards grants up to $3,000. Grants support hands-on, classroom or “real-world” field trip projects that bring learning to life and increase student academic achievement.

The Marshall Journalism Fund awards grants for up to $1,500 to journalism departments at public schools to purchase equipment, including software, for use with journalism programs.

The deadline for applications to be submitted is Sept. 9, 2011. Guidelines and applications may be found on the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation website at www.gcrcf.org.

For more information, contact Rochelle Naylor, Scholarship Coordinator and Program Assistant at 319.366.2862 or rochelle.naylor@gcrcf.org.

The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation is a critical resource for Linn County, Iowa, by funding nonprofit activities in four essential areas: Arts and Culture, Community Development and the Environment, Education and Health and Human Services. With approximate assets of $117 million as of July 1 2011, the mission of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation is to connect donors to the priorities they care about and to the needs of the community, to increase charitable giving and to provide leadership on important community issues. For more information, visit the organization's Web site at www.gcrcf.org. For good. For ever.

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Media Contact: Amber Mulnik

amber.mulnik@gcrcf.org 319.366.2862