State Farm recently announced that four Lee County teachers are receiving a boost towards their innovative teaching methods as recipients of State Farm Teacher Assist program grants. The local grantees are Marion Eidem, Pace Center for Girls; Anna Haag, Trafalgar Middle School; Dianna Quay, Cape Coral High School; and Joy Williams, North Fort Myers High School. Each of their schools will receive $2,500 to implement their innovative ideas.
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MACON, Ga -- Macon's Booker T. Washington Community Center is finally reopening with a revitalized and rejuvenated look. The Center will be home to the Southern Center for Choice Theory, C-Qul, Pace Center for Girls, and more. Additionally, AARP and Central Georgia Technical College will host regular programming.
Pace Center for Girls, Polk was able to purchase equipment for the center’s new science, technology, engineering, art, music and math (STEAM) room thanks to a donation from Nick and Ashley Gibson Barnett. “We’ve been inspired by the work Pace is doing for girls, and we’re incredibly honored to contribute to these efforts by funding this makerspace for STEAM learning," said the Barnetts.
Fifteen years ago, the Community Foundation of North Central Florida’s Board of Directors recognized the connection between the well-being and success of women and that of their communities, and launched the first Women’s Giving Circle in the Gainesville area. What started as an idea 15 years ago has attracted more than 200 local women and made possible more than $1 million in grants to 40 local nonprofits, ranging from the Pace Center for Girls, Peaceful Paths, Girl Scouts of Gateway Council, Displaced Homemakers and so many more.