MCCF Awards Over $7,700 in 2025 Classroom Grants

The Martin County Community Foundation Board of Directors awarded over $7,700 to nineteen Martin County teachers through the 2025 MCCF Classroom Grant Cycle.

The Classroom Grant program is designed to fund small, in-class projects that might not have a typical funding source. The goal is to help teachers provide additional educational projects that reinforce curriculum in a creative and innovative way that stimulates student learning. These activities should inspire students to go home and say, “Today in school we . . .”

“This year's Classroom Grant Program saw a host of different projects that teachers designed to emphasize what they are teaching and engross their students,” shared Jennifer Pace, CFP Grants Manager.  “It is a fun and rewarding experience getting to share in the teachers’ excitement for their projects and their appreciation for the classroom grant that enabled them to bring their projects to fruition.”

If you would like to help support our teachers through the classroom grant program, please contact Curt Johnson at (812) 295-1022 or mccf@cfpartner.org.

The Martin County Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity, accepts and manages individual and business contributions made to permanent endowments, including the MCCF Education Fund which helps fund the annual Classroom Grants. MCCF uses the income earned by these endowments to improve the quality of life in Martin County for this generation and generations to come. Enhancing educational opportunities is a natural fit for this goal.

Grant recipients and project names follow:

Loogootee Community Schools

  • Marci Arthur, Storm Kit Project

  • Matthew Birt, Lion Manufacturing

  • Lindsay Burch, Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

  • Sarah Knepp, Hands-On Math

  • Seasonal Lawson, Reading Foundations

  • Andrea Lindsey, Creative Paws: Building Bright Futures

  • MaKaylee Long, Reading Resources

  • Krista Truelove, Third Grade Café

  • Katie Wagler, Play with Purpose!

  • Tyler Walton, Water Rocket

 Shoals Community Schools

  • Kari Goodman, Sense the Fun

  • Aimee Harder, Fun in P.E.

  • Ruby Harder, Butterfly and Blossom Project

  • Melanie Hawkins, Free Build STEM

  • Heidi Hoffman (Elementary), Step up to the Plate

  • Heidi Hoffman (Middle School), Measuring Fitness

  • Molley Parsley, Tiny Seeds, Big Dreams

  • Cassie Phillips, Plant Propagation and Tissue Culture

  • Sarah Sexton, CPR/First Aid/AED Certification

  • Wesley Stephenson, More is Less

 

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