Junior Philanthropy Elementary Schools

Bixby School 2

Community Montessori

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Flatirons Elementary School

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Friends’ School

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High Peaks Elementary

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Students and Teachers

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Sponsors 4

Stephanie Willner, Junior Philanthropy Coordinator, assists Friends’ School students with their debate presentation boards.

Boulder County now has 240 new philanthropists!This past semester five area schools participated in the Junior Philanthropy Elementary Program, a 12-week curriculum that teaches youth the impor-tance of giving back and creating impact in their communities.

The program began as an idea from parent, Robin Luff and 3rd grade teacher at Flatirons Elementary School, Stephanie Dolan. After a pilot program in 2006, the curriculum was refined and The Commu-nity Foundation, with sup-port from Philanthropiece Foundation, launched the program in five schools, including Bixby School, Community Montessori, Flatirons Elementary, Friends’ School and High Peaks Elementary.

Students learned about ways they could give back to their community, by volunteering and raising money. Students re-searched area nonprofits and presented their recom-mendations to their class-mates. Each class selected a local nonprofit organiza-tion to support and devel-oped their own unique penny fundraising cam-paign. Some classes sent out letters to schoolmates with seed packets attached to help “grow” community support. Other students

held a car wash and set up booths before and after school to raise support for their selected agency.

Each class set a fundraising goal and every class ex-ceeded their goal! The stu-dents celebrated their ac-complishments with a visit from Wells Fargo, who col-lected their pennies and presented them with a check to give to their organization.

Most classes either visited their selected organization, had a representative visit their school or participated in a volunteer project for their selected nonprofit.

“The students were so proud of their fundraising efforts and really understood how much impact they could have when they worked together as a class to support others in need.” Diane Bramble, Friends’ School

Next year the Junior Philan-thropy Elementary Program will be adding several new schools to join Boulder’s five current program sites.

For more information about the program or to volunteer at your child’s school, please contact Stephanie Willner, Junior Philanthropy Coordinator, at sswillner@comcast.net.

Junior Philanthropy Journal Spring 2007

Junior Philanthropy Elementary Schools Raise over $3000 for local nonprofits

Money Raised for Area Nonprofits

• Archway Wildlife Rehabilitation $292.37

• BioServe $80.11

• Boulder Emergency Squad $360.08

• Colorado Reptile Humane Society $107.85

• Eldora Special Recreation, $360.09

• Every Creature Counts, $107.86

• Humane Society of Boulder Valley, $440.28

• Sinapu, $402.09

• The Children’s Hospital, $1000

Culture of Giving Intern, Tara Carosa, works with High Peaks Elementary students to select an nonprofit organization to support.

Diane Bramble’s 2nd Graders at Friends’ School raised over $400 for Sinapu.

Every morning and every day after school for three weeks, Sierra Aldrich’s 4th and 5th graders took turns greeting peers and parents and asking for their support in raising money for The Children’s Hospi-tal. Their requests were polite, consistent and presented with a smile and a thank you no matter what the response was to their query.

Persistence paid off, as our Bixby Junior Philanthropists raised $1000 for The

Children’s Hospital. Equally impressed was Kathleen McBride, Volunteer Coordi-nator, who visited Bixby students and discussed options for how they could ap-ply their donation. After much discus-sion, the class unanimously voted to put the money towards a mobile Art Cart that would be engraved with their class name and presented at the opening of the new hospital in October. The students knew that this gift would provide entertain-ment and comfort for many children for years to come. Thanks Sierra and Pat for your consistent encouragement! Excellent team efforts Bixby 4th and 5th graders!

Stephanie Dolan’s 3rd grade class choose to fundraise for the Eldorado Special Recrea-tion Program (ESRP). This unique program offers winter sports recreation opportunities for physically and mentally challenged individuals. Instructional programs include adaptive Snow-board, Alpine and Nordic skiing and a Race Training Program. Volunteers participate in an extensive accredited instructor training pro-gram to learn adaptive techniques and safety guidelines. Eldora Mountain Resort has do-nated physical space for ESRP and provides full use of the mountain facilities as well as man-agement support.

Patience Linfield’s 3rd graders selected Boul-der Emergency Squad for their local non-profit. BES is a 100% volunteer, nonprofit,

technical search and rescue organization dedi-cated to saving lives and property in and around Boulder County.

In operation since 1963, BES works with other county agencies such as the police and fire departments, providing such specialized ser-vices as water, ice and fire rescue, vehicle extri-cations and disaster evacuations. BES volun-teers respond to over 300 calls per year.

Ms. Dolan and Ms. Linfield’s classes chose to combine their money together and split the total with both organizations.

Flatirons Elementary 3rd graders raised a total of $ 720.17 with each nonprofit receiving just over $360! Great job Flatirons!

Community Montessori’s 4th and 5th graders engaged in extensive research before selecting BIOSERVE SPACE TECHNOLO-GIES as the nonprofit organization to sup-port. Student groups represented a vari-ety of animal, health and human service and environmental interests. Patti Bleil and Becky Root worked with their stu-dents to find aspects of BIOSERVE that they could identify with and could benefit their community. Research on growing agricul-tural products for sustainable life in space was of interest to the students. In May, the classes visited BIOSERVE and learned about their current research projects.

They saw a video about research in space and then participated in a service project where they put together science kits for schools around the country. The students were thrilled to be helping other kids learn about the role of gravity in growing agri-cultural products. The money that Com-munity Montessori students raised in the Penny Project will pay for science kits for schools that cannot afford them. Great service work and team efforts, Community Montessori!

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BioServe’s vision is to be recognized world-wide as a major leader in expanding the space frontier by developing valuable life science applications using the unique envi-ronment of space to create breakthroughs that benefit humanity.

BioServe’s mission is to develop new or im-proved products through space life science research in partnership with industry, academia and government.

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Bixby 4th and 5th Graders with their $1000 check for The Children’s Hospital

Bixby’s “Fun”draising

Kathleen McBride, Volunteer Coordinator for The Children’s Hospital receives the “real” check from Christian, a former patient of The Children’s Hospital

BioServe Team Presentation Board

Future Aerospace Engineers?

Stephanie Dolan facilitates the organization selection debates with her 3rd grade class at Flatirons Elementary School

Diane Bramble and Erika Norman, 2nd and 3rd grade teachers at Friends’ School shared some student thoughts about the Junior Philanthropy Elementary Program. Diane’s class raised money for Sinapu, a nonprofit that supports wolf rescue and wildlife re-entry and Erika’s class supported Colorado Reptile Humane Society (aid for reptiles and amphibians in captivity and the wild) and Every Creature Counts (free spay and neuter clinic). “In Erika's class, we talked about the impact we have on our community and how to be a positive influence. We collected money for the organiza-tions that help save animals--Every Creature Counts and the Colorado Reptile Humane Soci-ety. We picked two because the votes were so close. We learned that everybody can make a positive impact on the world--even one person.” “In Diane's class, we were very excited to learn about Junior Philanthropy. We got even more excited as we brought in more money to add to our collection. We were really happy when the banker from Wells Fargo showed us how much money we had raised--it was even more than we thought! People gave money to us for Junior Philanthropy because they believed Sinapu was a good cause. We learned that not everybody is lucky like us --some people need help.” Diane’s class painted pictures to be included in Sinapu’s traveling art show, “Bear Aware.” Billie Gutgell, Outreach Coordinator for Sinapu

visited Diane’s class and provided a wonderful slideshow on wolf history and behaviors and explained to the students how Sinapu helps wolves in Colorado. The class proudly pre-sented Billie with a check for $402.09 to support Sinapu’s education and outreach programs. Erika’s class raised $215.71 which they split between their two organizations, Colorado Reptile Humane Society (CoRHS) and Every Creature Counts (ECC). Students learned that ECC works with PetSmart to rescue cats and place them up for adoption and they offer free spay and neuter for any cat or dog in need. As a service project, students made catnip toys, which they presented to an ECC staff member during a classroom visit. CoRHS, they learned, rescues reptiles and amphibians living in captivity and in the wild. They educate the public about proper captive care and provide shelter and rehabilitation for native species. Way to go, Friends’ School 2nd and 3rd Graders! You did an amazing job raising money and supporting so many animals in our community!

High Peaks Elementary 3rd Graders proved to be animal lovers as well! Mrs. Riter’s class raised money for Humane Soci-ety of Boulder County and Mrs. Weatherley’s class selected Arch-way Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc. (AWI). Wildlife Directors Annette and Patrick Archambeau brought a baby squirrel to Mrs. Weatherley’s class and told stu-dents stories about how they find small, injured and abandoned wild animals, rehabilitate them and then return them to their natural settings. Since 1995, Archway has rehabilitated 100-150 animals each year. Annette and Patrick also attended the final celebration for both 3rd grade classes, where they received their check for $292.37 and some very warm, fuzzy sleepers for their baby animals. Mrs. Riter’s class visited the Humane Society where they

learned that they offer more than just pet adoption! They were able to view treatment rooms, learn about education and training services and, of course, visit the pets avail-able for adoption! The class eagerly presented Lisa Peder-sen, CEO, with a check for $440.28. Each class was supported by two incredible parent volun-teers, Caroline McClurg and Amy Beringer who energeti-cally led the class lessons and fundraising efforts. Both classes celebrated their ac-complishments with a picnic where they received their Junior Philanthropy certifi-cates and enjoyed popsicles compliments of Mrs. McClurg and Mrs. Beringer. What a great way to end the school year!

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Mrs. Weatherley (top, left) stands proudly with Annette from Archway (top , right) and some of the class Junior Philanthropists

Students from Mrs. Riter’s class present a check to the staff at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley

Mrs. Riter’s Junior Philanthropists

Erika Norman’s 2nd and 3rd graders proudly display their fundraising meter

Diane Bramble’s class learns about Sinapu’s efforts to rehabilitate and protect wolves, bears and mountain lions

Wolf artifacts and tools—and a bunch of Junior Philanthropists from Friends’ School!

Jun ior Ph i l anthrop i s ts - C lass of 2007

Bixby School

Ms. Aldrich Allison Bell Avi Becker Christian Bolinger Arcadia Beck Kevin Brunwiler Benjamin Diener Simon Cann Kathleen Dow Tessa Ellis Brylan Droody Sarah Gratz Jonathan Karratkin Ryan Gray David Mangham Myles Hammer Connor Perkins Ilana Hertz Sarah Quiat Adam Kiser Robert Sewell Kristopher Kratovil Lauren Steinberg Ataliah Landsman Kenneth Sweetnam Joseph Anessa Ward Michelle Maclennan Max Waters Julia McCue Matteo Wilczak Nicholas Nelson Teodor Wolter Brooke Ryan Josephine Ryder Nathalie Schweiger Bryn Sharp Parker Steinberg Andrew Wechsler Madison Wulf Elbich Anton Zavorotny Sander Zewemaker

Community Montessori Ms. Root Ms. Bleil Rosie Ahlstrand Lee Amidon Michael Claar Sheldon Anderson Kali Barnes Shannon Bull Ginger Beerman Maxx Chance Tristan Burger Anya Copeland Imani Fanga Lukas Erickson-Deriso Christian Feiler Katie Fitzpatrick Claire Green Delaney Gardner-Sweeney Ellie Hacker Cyrus Gidfar Kieya Hansen Jack Glynn Linden Heiberger Ryan Hartzell Andrea Invernizze Keenan Hursh Jack Jackson Max Larson Connor Kerry Christian Hynes-Scott Halea Kerr-Layton Maya Laliberte Kyle Koski Sophie Lattes Matthew Miller Edina Mesan Riker Morss Lilia Meyers Jeremiah Pittman Liam Morrissey Natalie Platt Nick Morrissey Morgan Rott Riley Nerem Bonnie Schrag Raven Popescu Leete Skinner Caitlin Reck Jina Signorelli Paloma Secunda Kai Thomason-Larsen Alan Scheuerrmann Anton Trainer Mackenzee Thomp-son Elatia Wintersquash Griffin Wind

Flatirons Elementary Ms. Dolan Ms. Linfield Andrea Arnold Leah Baker Kelley Barrett Emma Beck Emma Borden- Mariam Carson Heilman Dylan Borowski Taylor Coil Sarah Burton Max Gelband Evan Busse Ivo Erben Jennifer Compton Elenore Fox Emma Cooney Dylan Friedman Sophie DeFries Max Gelband Brad Emrick Marquise Hill Zoe Fiedler Audrey Jones Griffin Gilbert Jess Lawhead Atticus Higgins Alec Leddon Sam Kirk Jackson Martin Lucy Kodish Ryan McElderry Nicholas Kyvik Makayla Moniz Michaela Mead Avery Moore Matthew Moniz Ian Phelps Ben Neal Anna Prehn Evan Pfosi Chase Presson Elaina Ruger Taylor Ream Christian Sousa Hayden Robinson PJ Stapleton Ashlyn Schultz Christina Thompson Kayla Steinmetz Terran Wieder Haley Sutcliffe Maya Wilson Lucas Swewczyk Jordan Zoller Declan Wilcox Amanda Worthy

Friends’ School Ms. Norman Ms. Bramble Brewer Briggs Spencer Cambor Caroline Cheval Leah Chandler Dendra Cowperthwaite Eleanor Cornish Ava Del Tufo Riley Flanagan Taylor Folwell Devin Giltner Tanner Fulkerson Brendan Haines Cole Hendricks Max Hayward Marie Lane Ellie Johnson Emma Langdon Soren Kloepfer Duncan MacDougal Hannah Lehman Henry Maier Sarah Leidich Jonah Morris Ali Marienthal Kate Rauch Caylin McCalpin Sofia Springer Hadley Mills Gabi Ury Maya Nakauchi-Hawn Avery Tallman Dylan Thompson Allison Traylor

High Peaks Elementary Ms. Riter Ms. Weatherley Alessandro Piras-Rivera Jake Newbury Heather Betz Elle Meyer Alex Koulermos Jessica Steele Shane Bunin Elena Mione Alex Walker Kaixin Cui Madison Coe Stephanie Qi Arash Yousefzadeh Katherine Tomanek Jordan Denholtz Jeremy Smolens Brianna Lund Mackenzie Werner Naomi Gainor Stephan Suarez Bryn Redal Mason Ferguson Kaitlin James Bradley Winchester Carrie Douglass Michael Caraballo Tatjana Kunz Leonard Yu Catherine Chen Michael McClurg Dennis Lamb Casey Zhang Dirk Komarnitsky Nisha Maheshwari Yunyu Lin Derek Zhang Elias Hendricks Olivia Hess Calvin Lincoln Eric Sun Ryan Cotter Stevan Maksinovic Erica Jansen Sarah Ruh Audrey McClurg Evan Derby Sarah Sparling Jessica McGarity Gali Elkon Lev

The Junior Philanthropy Elementary Program encourages youth in Boulder County to create impact and make a difference in their communities through meaningful giving practices. The program is part of The Community Foundation’s Culture of Giving Movement and is generously supported by The Community Foundation and Philanthropiece Foundation. For information on how you can make an impact in your community, visit us at www.cultureofgiving.org or contact Gretchen Minekime, Director of Advancement, The Community Foundation, 303-442-0436