The Community Foundation of the Ozarks’ Rural Schools Partnership is pleased to announce the inaugural grantees for the Conco Community Arts Program and Student Conservation Grants Program, sponsored by the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation and CFO’s Stewardship Ozarks Initiative. More than 40 student organizations from throughout the region sent in applications, and funding decisions were made by a CFO grants committee chaired by CFO board member, Doug Thornsberry.
Conservation awards:
- Aurora High School Technical Student Association–$650 to build model solar panel for community education
- Eldon High School YEP–$890 for stream clean-up and monitoring
- Gainesville High School YEP–$796 for community recycling program
- Hollister High School STUCO/Cabinet–$500 for landscaping project for high school
- Mountain Grove Junior High 4-H Club–$1,500 for school grounds erosion control
- Nixa Junior High YEP–$1,405 for upgrading school recycling program
- Richards Science Club–$1,470 for renovations and upgrade of nature trail and outdoor classroom
- South Central Career Center (West Plains) Creative Design Class–$710 for plans, design, and PowerPoint for community garden
- Stockton Teen Empowerment Program–$1,500 for walking trail and outdoor classroom enhancement
- West Plains FFA–$610 for woodlands restoration
- Willard FFA–$1,500 for the creation of local wildlife refuge
Arts awards:
- Bradleyville High School Art Club–$725 for pottery wheel for community-based artistic efforts
- Buffalo High School Student Council–$1,500 for concert for Buffalo, Skyline, and Halfway students
- Clinton Christian Academy Middle School Art Club–$1,500 for town historical photo essay
- Fair Grove High School Art Club–$1,500 for series of park-related site-specific installations
- Gainesville Art Club–$599 for public sculpture and time capsule
- Hermann High School art classes–$1,204 for relief printmaking that illustrates history of Hermann
- Halfway Art Club and Leo Club–$250 for community graphics
- Hartville Art Club–$1,273 for ceramic tiles for community rest rooms
- Lockwood High School Band–$800 for community band start-up
- Malta Bend YEP–$1,200 for mural for large, visible building
- Ste. Genevieve Valle Middle School STUCO–$1,500 for Youth Plein Air Event, a community creative arts program
Pictured: Students from the Lockwood High School band receive grant funding
