Performing Arts Grant Received!

We are delighted to announce a recent $100,000 grant to the Foundation from the

Allen Whitehill Clowes
Charitable Foundation.

The grant will enhance the performing arts departments at the Lawrence Township high schools and middle schools.  A special thanks to Moriag McCarthy for coordinating this effort.

We'll share more information about this opportunity very soon!

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LTSF Receives Proceeds from Geist Half Marathon & 5K 

Pictured left to right are Gil Standley, LTSF President; Tom Britt, Geist Half President; Vince Auten, Geist Half Vice President; Robert Holland, Ameriana Bank &
Ellen Robinson, LTSF Executive Director

The Lawrence Township School Foundation is pleased to receive a $15,000 donation from the Geist Half Marathon & 5K.  The second annual race, held May 16, 2009, had 6,000 participants. Over 700 Lawrence Township students participated in the Foundation's after-school "Up & Running" program last spring.  The students trained two days a week after school with the help of teacher and volunteer mentors.  The Geist Half Marathon & 5K was the culminating event of spring training.

The distributed funds from the Geist Half will support Lawrence Township School Foundation's nationally recognized "My Community Gets Healthy" (MCGH) program.  In addition to the Up & Running program, MCGH provides heart rate monitors and computer equipment that allow teachers and students to track their overall fitness levels and the progress students make in improving their fitness. 

"We appreciate our partnership with the Geist Half to support healthy life styles and positively impact our students," stated Ellen Robinson, Foundation Executive Director.  The Foundation's fall Up & Running program will begin in October.

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