(L-R) FCTA Secretary Shirley MacDonald, Frederick County Board of Education member Bonnie Borsa, and FCTA Vice President Carol Daiger were on hand as FCTA President Gary Brennan presented Community Foundation Trustee Karlys Kline with FCTA’s donation to The Frederick County Public Schools Endowment Fund for Gifts for Education.

Frederick County Teachers Association
Donates To Community Foundation Fund

December 6, 2007: Teachers in Frederick County have an exemplary reputation for excellence in all they do and offer innovative programs to their students to enrich classroom learning. Funding for these programs is at times hard to come by and for that reason, The Frederick County Public Schools Endowment Fund at The Community Foundation of Frederick County offers Gifts for Education, which supports programs allowing teachers, students, and families to participate in creative, unique, and inspirational educational experiences.

This important program was given a boost recently by one of its own – the Frederick County Teachers Association – which donated $1700 to Gifts for Education.

The Frederick County Teachers Association (FCTA) learned that the Gifts for Education program was making contributions to unique educational opportunities in Frederick County Public Schools, and through its Frederick Educators Foundation, made the donation, said Gary Brennan, President of FCTA.

“The Frederick Educators Foundation supports the types of programs made possible by Gifts for Education, programs that inspire students and often spark a life-long interest in a topic or discipline,” said Mr. Brennan. “FCTA wanted to give to a program that would have the greatest affect on the students in Frederick County schools.”

The Community Foundation’s Frederick County Public Schools Endowment Fund recently awarded $4900 in Gifts for Education to:

Brunswick Middle School, to support a geometry project involving cantilevers and architectural design, including a visit to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater;

Catoctin High School, for an FFA Partners for active Learning (PALs) project to help teach Thurmont Primary School’s first graders about agriculture;

Emmitsburg Elementary School, to support socialization and math skills through a quilt club for fifth grade special education and at-risk students;

Hillcrest Elementary School, for programs supplying books, after school recreation activities, and family literacy skills;

New Market Elementary School, for a field trip to “History Alive!, Clara Barton—Red Cross Angel” performance;

Parkway Elementary School, for Maryland Traveling Science Programs “Brain Benders” and “Waves of Change—Save the Bay;” and

Twin Ridge Elementary School, for programs that bring together staff, students, family and community.

Since 1986, the Community Foundation has given back more than $17 million to the Frederick County community made possible by generous citizens who establish funds or donate to existing funds to provide scholarships to deserving students and grants to worthy nonprofit organizations.

To make a secure online contribution to The Frederick County Public Schools Endowment Fund, click here. Checks made payable to The Community Foundation of Frederick County, with the Fund’s name inserted in the check’s memo line, are also accepted and may be mailed to The Community Foundation of Frederick County, 312 East Church Street, Frederick, Maryland 21701. All donations are tax exempt to the fullest extent of the law.