"We hope these grants encourage our local educators to pursue innovative projects that spark a new passion in their students, which can make a life-long difference," says the president of the California Credit Union Foundation, which has awarded more than $195,000 in teacher grants over the past six years.
The Los Angeles Times reports on 10 grants of $500 each to teachers in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, including two in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Saugus High School teacher Kevin Miner will use his grant to expand the school's physical education programs, while Sarah Anne Sumpoiec's grant will fund equipment to design and print a school newspaper.
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Melbourne social enterprise Who Gives A Crap sold nearly 3 million rolls of toilet paper in 2014/15 and gave half the proceeds to WaterAid Australia, but co-founder Simon Griffiths says the donation would have been less had the startup adopted a non-profit model when it launched two years ago.